EP Plenary session - Voting Session

EP Plenary session - Commission statement - Droughts and extreme weather events as a threat to local communities and EU agriculture in times of climate change

EP Plenary session - Debates on cases of breaches of human rights, democracy and the rule of law

MEP Adam BIELAN in plenary session in Strasbourg.

Hans Gert POETTERING - EP President, Harald ROMER

EP 50th anniversary.  Parliament will mark 50 years since the first sitting of the Assembly set up by the Treaty of Rome, with a ceremony in the hemicycle.

MEP Maria PETRE in plenary session in Strasbourg.

MEP Nicodim BULZESC in plenary session in Strasbourg.

MEP Sorin FRUNZAVERDE in plenary session in Strasbourg.

MEP Monica Maria IACOB-RIDZI in plenary session in Strasbourg.

MEP Nicola POPA in plenary session in Strasbourg.

Demonstration for the liberation of Ingrid Betancourt and other hostages in Colombia during the pelenary session of the EP in Strasbourg.

State Secretary for European Affairs of Slovenia in plenary session at the EP in Strasbourg.

Hans Gert POETTERING - EP President, Hendrik ILVES

Formal sitting of the EP in Strasbourg during the visit of the President of the Republic of Estonia.

MEP Mihaela POPA in plenary session in Strasbourg.

Reinhard RACK MEP in plenary session in Strasbourg.

Theodor Dumitru STOLOJAN MEP in plenary session in Strasbourg.

Rares-Lucian NICULESCU MEP in plenary session in Strasbourg.

Constantin DUMITRIU MEP in plenary session in Strasbourg.

Marian-Jean MARINESCU MEP in plenary session in Strasbourg.

Drago Florin DAVID MEP in plenary session in Strasbourg.

Final vote by the European Parliament on the recommendation for Treaty of Lisbon and statement by Hans-Gert PÖTTERING, EP President.

Treaty of Lisbon : Extracts of the votes and statement by Hans-Gert POETTERING, EP President

Salih Mahmoud OSMAN, Sudanese defence lawyer for the victims of the war in Darfur, receives the Sakharov Prize 2007 award during a ceremony held in the plenary in Strasbourg.

Sakharov Prize 2007: award to Salih Mahmoud OSMAN, Sudanese defence lawyer for the victims of the war in Darfur

During the EP plenary session in Strasbourg, Hans-Gert PÖTTERING, EP President, awards the LUX Prize 2007 to Hanna SCHYGULLA for her film "Auf der anderen Seite".

LUX Prize 2007: handing over of the Prize by Hans-Gert PÖTTERING, EP President, and statement by the winner Hanna SCHYGULLA for her film "Auf der anderen Seite"

Extracts from the address of Nicolas SARKOZY, President of the French Republic.

Address by Nicolas SARKOZY, President of the French Republic: extracts from the formal sitting

Angela MERKEL, German Federal Chancellor, makes a statement during the debate on the outcome of German Presidency in the European Parliament in Brussels.

Outcome of German Presidency: extracts from the statement by Angela MERKEL, German Federal Chancellor

On the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the Treaty of Rome, an extraordinary plenary session is held in the European Parliament during the Europe Day, in Brussels. To mark this anniversary, a group of European Nobel Prize winners is invited to take part in a debate on the past, present and future of the EU, focusing on its scientific, intellectual and cultural achievements. Among the participants: Rita LEVI-MONTALCINI, Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine in 1986, Timothy HUNT, Noble Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 2001, Reinhard SELTEN, Nobel Prize for Economics in 1994, Carlo RUBBIA, Nobel Prize for Physics in 1984, Martinus VELTMAN, Nobel Prize for physics in 1999, John HUME (MEP between 1999 and 2004), Nobel Peace Prize in 1998, Mairead CORRIGAN MAGUIRE, Nobel Peace Prize in 1976, Elisabeth WILLIAMS, Nobel Peace Prize in 1976, and Lech WALESA, Nobel Peace Prize in 1983. The ceremony ends with the playing of the European Hymn - Ode to Joy.

50th anniversary of the Treaty of Rome - Address by European Nobel Prize laureates: arrivals and extracts from the extraordinary plenary session

On the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the Treaties of Rome, the European Parliament organises a extraordinary plenary session in Brussels. Thirteen Europeans who have been honoured with the Nobel Prize are at the European Parliament. They take part in a discussion on the past, present and future of the European Union. Taking place on Europe Day, the objective is to focus on the scientific, intellectual and cultural achievements of Europeans since 1957.

Address by John HUME and David TRIMBLE, joint laureates of the Nobel Peace Prize 1998

The European Parliament, meeting in Plenary session in Brussels, discussed relations with Russia after the assassination of the campaigning Russian journalist Anna Politkovskaya and to pay homage to her. She was shot in her Moscow apartment block by unknown assailants on 7 October. MEps voted on a resolution on relations between the EU and Russia after her assassination.

EU - Russia: vote on the resolution on relations between the EU and Russia after the assassination of Anna POLITKOVSKAÏA, Russian journalist

Ellen JOHNSON-SIRLEAF, President of the Republic of Liberia, addresses the European Parliament during a formal sitting in plenary.

Address by Ellen JOHNSON-SIRLEAF, President of the Republic of Liberia, to the European Parliament

Official visit by Heinz FISCHER, President of Austria to the European Parliament. Arrival, meeting with Josep BORRELL, EP President and extracts from his speech during the formal sitting

Address by Heinz FISCHER, President of Austria: arrival, meeting with Josep BORRELL, EP President and extracts from the formal sitting

Debate on the Programme of the British Presidency of the EU, during the EP plenary session in Brussels. Response by Tony BLAIR, British Prime Minister, to the debate and intervention by José Manuel BARROSO, President of the EC.

Programme of the British Presidency of the EU: response by Tony BLAIR, British Prime Minister, to the debate

Award ceremony of the Sakharov Prize 2004 to Belarusian Association of Journalists during the EP plenary session the 14th of December 2004

Sakharov Prize 2004: Award ceremony with Zhanna LITVINA, President of the Belarus Association of Journalists

On July 22, 2004, Jose Manuel BARROSO is present at EP Plenary session in Strasbourg as EC presidency candidate. Extracts from statements by MEPs before the vote.

Debate on the approval of Jose Manuel BARROSO as EC President-designate : extracts of the group leaders statements

On July 22, 2004, EP Members during EP plenary session in Strasbourg approved the designation of Jose Manuel BARROSO as new EC President. Results of the vote presented by Josep BORRELL, EP President. Congratulations and handshakes to Jose Manuel BARROSO. Extracts from José Manuel BARROSO's speech.

Approval of the designation of Jose Manuel BARROSO, EC President-deisgnate: results of the vote

On July 21, 2004, European Parmliament approved during the plenary session in Strasbourg, the designation of Jose Manuel BARROSO as new EC President.

New President of the European Commission: statement by Jose Manuel BARROSO, EC President designate

During the plenary session (September II 2003), MEPs debate on the report by Christa RANDZIO-PLATH on the nomanination of Jean-Claude TRICHET as President of the European Central Bank, in the European Parliament in Strasbourg.

Debate on the appointment of Jean-Claude TRICHET as the next President of the European Central Bank: extracts

During the plenary session (22-25 September 2003) of the European Parliament in Strasbourg, Pat COX, EP President, pays tribute to Anna LINDH, Swedish Minister for Foreign Affairs, who was murdered on 10 September 2003, aged 46, while she was shopping in a department store in central Stockholm. MEPs observe a minute of silence.

Assassination of Anna LINDH, Swedish Minister for Foreign Affairs: statement by Pat COX, EP President, and a minute of silence

Members of the Convention discuss during the plenary session of the Convention on the Future of Europe in the European Parliament in Brussels. Extracts from the statements by Valéry GISCARD D'ESTAING, President of the European Convention, Íñigo MENDEZ de VIGO (PPE-DE, SP), Ana PALACIO VALLELERSUNDI, Michel BARNIER, René VAN DER LINDEN Henning CHRISTOPHERSEN and Alojz PETERLE.

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