María Corina Machado og Edmundo González Urrutia har modtaget Europa-Parlamentets Sakharovpris for tankefrihed 2024. Sakharovprisen for tankefrihed blev oprettet i 1988 for at ære enkeltpersoner og organisationer, der forsvarer menneskerettighederne og de grundlæggende frihedsrettigheder.

Sakharovprisen for tankefrihed 2024

Når man tænker på Europa-Parlamentet, er der nok stor sandsynlighed for, at man forestiller sig en masse parlamentsmedlemmer, der stemmer i mødesalen. Men afstemningerne finder faktisk kun sted én gang om måneden under Parlamentets plenarforsamlinger. Så hvad er plenarforsamlingerne, og hvordan foregår de?

Hvad er plenarforsamlingen?

Med på jargonen: Hvad laver formanden for Europa-Parlamentet?

Hvad laver formanden for Europa-Parlamentet?

On 19 March 1958, the European Parliamentary Assembly hold a first meeting in Strasbourg. Luciano GRANZOTTO BASSO, Oldest member of the Assembly leads the election. The representatives elect Robert Schuman as President. He is the single candidate at the function.

Constitutive session of the European Parliamentary Assembly: election of Robert SCHUMAN, as President of the Assembly

A formal sitting is&nbsp;held to mark an official visit to the European Parliament, made at the President’s invitation after consulting with the Conference of Presidents.

The official guest is seated to the right of the President on the podium. After the welcoming remarks by the President, the official guest addresses the&nbsp; Parliament from the central rostrum in the Chamber.

The address for a formal sitting of Parliament&nbsp;usually lasts 30 minutes and generally takes place before the voting session.

Formal Sittings

On certain occasions, David SASSOLI, President of the European Parliament, gives a speech during plenary sessions highlighting the news, a special event or pays tribute to a personality and asks for a minute of silence.

Statements of David SASSOLI, EP President in Plenary

Holocaust Remembrance Day - Group photo with the leaders of political groups

International Holocaust Remembrance Day

International Holocaust Remembrance Day - Meeting between Roberta METSOLA, EP President, and Corrie Hermann, daughter of Hungarian-born cellist Pál Hermann

EP Plenary session - EU funding of physical border protection structures such as walls, fences or other barriers at the external border

EP Plenary session - Voting session

EP Plenary session - Cryptocurrencies - need for global standards

EP Plenary session - Combating Desertification: 16th session of the Conference of the Parties (COP16) of the United Nations Convention

EP Plenary session - Stepping up international action to protect whales following Iceland’s decision to extend commercial whaling until 2029

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

EP Plenary session - EU financing through the LIFE programme of entities lobbying EU institutions and the need for transparency

EP Plenary session - Links between organised crime and smuggling of migrants in light of the recent UN reports

EP Plenary session - Failure of the negotiations in Busan for a UN plastic treaty and the urgent need to tackle plastic pollution at international and Union level

EP Plenary session - Addressing EU demographic challenges: towards the implementation of the 2023 Demography Toolbox

EP Plenary session - Uniting Europe against actors hostile to the EU: time to strengthen our security and defence

Transport infrastructure in Ukraine is being destroyed and its Black Sea ports blocked by Russia. In light of this, MEPs are expected to call for new EU initiatives to address transport and logistics costs preventing the export of Ukrainian agricultural products, especially of wheat, to the global market.

Facilitating export of Ukrainian agricultural products - key for Ukrainian economy and global food security: MEPs debate

Transport infrastructure in Ukraine is being destroyed and its Black Sea ports blocked by Russia. In light of this, MEPs are expected to call for new EU initiatives to address transport and logistics costs preventing the export of Ukrainian agricultural products, especially of wheat, to the global market. Opening statements by Mikuláš BEK, Czech Minister for European Affairs and by Kadri SIMSON, European Commissioner for Energy.

Facilitating export of Ukrainian agricultural products - key for Ukrainian economy and global food security: opening statements by Mikuláš BEK, Czech Minister for European Affairs and by Kadri SIMSON, European Commissioner for Energy

Vladimír BILČÍK (EPP, SK) and Viola VON CRAMON-TAUBADEL (Greens/EFA, DE), Rapporteurs hold a joint press conference in Strasbourg on their 2021 reports on Serbia and Kosovo.

Press conference by Vladimír BILČÍK (EPP, SK) and Viola VON CRAMON-TAUBADEL (Greens/EFA, DE), Rapporteurs on 2021 reports on Serbia and Kosovo

MEPs debate the UK government’s controversial Northern Ireland Protocol Bill, which, if implemented, would breach the EU-UK Brexit agreement. The proposed bill, which passed the second reading stage in the UK House of Commons on Monday 27 June, would allow the UK government to unilaterally ignore EU-UK arrangements for Northern Ireland after Brexit, potentially risking a trade war while breaking international law. Closing statements by Mikuláš BEK, Czech Minister for European Affairs and by Maroš ŠEFČOVIČ, Vice-President of the European Commission.

The UK unilateral introduction of the Northern Ireland Protocol Bill and respect for international law: closing statements by Mikuláš BEK, Czech Minister for European Affairs and by Maroš ŠEFČOVIČ, Vicepresident of the European Commission

MEPs debate the UK government’s controversial Northern Ireland Protocol Bill, which, if implemented, would breach the EU-UK Brexit agreement. The proposed bill, which passed the second reading stage in the UK House of Commons on Monday 27 June, would allow the UK government to unilaterally ignore EU-UK arrangements for Northern Ireland after Brexit, potentially risking a trade war while breaking international law.

The UK government’s unilateral introduction of the Northern Ireland Protocol Bill and respect for international law: MEPs debate

MEPs debate the UK government’s controversial Northern Ireland Protocol Bill, which, if implemented, would breach the EU-UK Brexit agreement. The proposed bill, which passed the second reading stage in the UK House of Commons on Monday 27 June, would allow the UK government to unilaterally ignore EU-UK arrangements for Northern Ireland after Brexit, potentially risking a trade war while breaking international law. Opening statements by Mikuláš BEK, Czech Minister for European Affairs and by Maroš ŠEFČOVIČ, Vice-President of the European Commission.

The UK government’s unilateral introduction of the Northern Ireland Protocol Bill and respect for international law: opening statements by Mikuláš BEK, Czech Minister for European Affairs and Maroš ŠEFČOVIČ, Vicepresident of the European Commission

MEPs vote on the following topics: Amendment to Parliament’s Rules of Procedure concerning Rule 216 on committee meetings - Gabriele BISCHOFF (S&D, DE); Amending the Taxonomy Climate Delegated Act and the Taxonomy Disclosures Delegated Act; Technical standards for the application of position limits to commodity derivatives and procedures for applying for exemption from position limits; Additional crisis measures to support the EU fishery and aquaculture sectors in the context of Russia's invasion of Ukraine - Nuno MELO (EPP, PT); 2021 Report on Bosnia and Herzegovina - Paulo RANGEL (EPP, PT); 2021 Report on Serbia - Vladimír BILČÍK (EPP, SK); 2021 Report on Kosovo - Viola VON CRAMON-TAUBADEL (Greens/EFA, DE); The EU and the defence of multilateralism - Javi LÓPEZ (S&D, ES); Addressing food security in developing countries - Beata KEMPA (ECR, PL); EU action plan for the social economy - Jordi CAÑAS (Renew, ES)

Voting session, including Amending the Taxonomy Climate Delegated Act and the Taxonomy Disclosures Delegated Act

The Commission adopted the Taxonomy Delegated Act on 9 March 2022. It proposes the inclusion, under certain conditions, of specific nuclear and gas energy activities in the list of environmentally sustainable economic activities covered by the so-called EU Taxonomy. Parliament rejects the motion to oppose the inclusion of nuclear and gas as environmentally sustainable economic activities.

Taxonomy Delegated Act: extracts from the debate and the vote

MEPs will debate the outcome of the 23-24 June EU summit with European Council President Charles Michel and Commission President Ursula von der Leyen. Heads of state or government granted EU candidate status to Ukraine and to the Republic of Moldova. They also stated that Georgia should become an EU candidate, once it has addressed the priorities specified in the Commission’s opinion on Georgia’s membership application. In addition, EU leaders discussed Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine, the follow-up to the Conference on the Future of Europe, the EU’s relations with its European partners and economic issues. Ahead of the European Council, EU leaders also met with their Western Balkan counterparts. Closing statement by Maroš ŠEFČOVIČ, Vice-President of the European Commission.

Conclusions of the European Council meeting of 23-24 June 2022: closing statement by Maroš ŠEFČOVIČ, Vice-President of the European Commission

MEPs will debate the outcome of the 23-24 June EU summit with European Council President Charles Michel and Commission President Ursula von der Leyen. Heads of state or government granted EU candidate status to Ukraine and to the Republic of Moldova. They also stated that Georgia should become an EU candidate, once it has addressed the priorities specified in the Commission’s opinion on Georgia’s membership application. In addition, EU leaders discussed Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine, the follow-up to the Conference on the Future of Europe, the EU’s relations with its European partners and economic issues. Ahead of the European Council, EU leaders also met with their Western Balkan counterparts.

Conclusions of the European Council meeting of 23-24 June 2022: MEPs debate

MEPs will debate the outcome of the 23-24 June EU summit with European Council President Charles Michel and Commission President Ursula von der Leyen. Heads of state or government granted EU candidate status to Ukraine and to the Republic of Moldova. They also stated that Georgia should become an EU candidate, once it has addressed the priorities specified in the Commission’s opinion on Georgia’s membership application. In addition, EU leaders discussed Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine, the follow-up to the Conference on the Future of Europe, the EU’s relations with its European partners and economic issues. Ahead of the European Council, EU leaders also met with their Western Balkan counterparts. Opening statements by Charles MICHEL, President of the European Council and by

Conclusions of the European Council meeting of 23-24 June 2022: opening statements by Charles MICHEL, President of the European Council and by Maroš ŠEFČOVIČ, Vice-President of the European Commission

MEPs debate the outcome of the 23-24 June EU summit with European Council President Charles Michel and Commission Vice-President Maroš Šefčovič. MEPs discuss the decision of Heads of state to grant EU candidate status to Ukraine and to the Republic of Moldova, the enlargement to Western Balkans, the prices of energy, the creation of a European political community and the outcome of the Conference on the Future of Europe.

Conclusions of the European Council meeting of 23-24 June 2022: extracts from the debate

MEPs discuss with Prime Minister Petr Fiala the programme of Czechia’s six month-long Council presidency, which starts on 1 July. The motto of the Czech Presidency is “Europe as a Task: Rethink, Rebuild, Repower”, recalling a speech made by the first Czech President Václav Havel. The motto underlines the need “to re-evaluate current approaches and premises” in light of the Russian war of aggression against Ukraine. Closing statements by Maroš ŠEFČOVIČ, Vice-President of the European Commission in charge of Interinstitutional relations and Foresight, and by Petr FIALA, Czech Prime Minister

Presentation of the programme of activities of the Czech Presidency: closing statements by Maroš ŠEFČOVIČ, Vice-President of the European Commission and by Petr FIALA, Czech Prime Minister

MEPs discuss with Prime Minister Petr Fiala the programme of Czechia’s six month-long Council presidency, which starts on 1 July. The motto of the Czech Presidency is “Europe as a Task: Rethink, Rebuild, Repower”, recalling a speech made by the first Czech President Václav Havel. The motto underlines the need “to re-evaluate current approaches and premises” in light of the Russian war of aggression against Ukraine.

Presentation of the programme of activities of the Czech Presidency: MEPs debate

MEPs discuss with Prime Minister Petr Fiala the programme of Czechia’s six month-long Council presidency, which starts on 1 July. The motto of the Czech Presidency is “Europe as a Task: Rethink, Rebuild, Repower”, recalling a speech made by the first Czech President Václav Havel. The motto underlines the need “to re-evaluate current approaches and premises” in light of the Russian war of aggression against Ukraine. Answer by Petr FIALA, Czech Prime Minister.

Presentation of the programme of activities of the Czech Presidency: answer by Petr FIALA, Czech Prime Minister

MEPs discuss with Prime Minister Petr Fiala the programme of Czechia’s six month-long Council presidency, which starts on 1 July. The motto of the Czech Presidency is “Europe as a Task: Rethink, Rebuild, Repower”, recalling a speech made by the first Czech President Václav Havel. The motto underlines the need “to re-evaluate current approaches and premises” in light of the Russian war of aggression against Ukraine. One round Political group leaders.

Presentation of the programme of activities of the Czech Presidency: one round Political group leaders

MEPs discuss with Prime Minister Petr Fiala the programme of Czechia’s six month-long Council presidency, which starts on 1 July. The motto of the Czech Presidency is “Europe as a Task: Rethink, Rebuild, Repower”, recalling a speech made by the first Czech President Václav Havel. The motto underlines the need “to re-evaluate current approaches and premises” in light of the Russian war of aggression against Ukraine. Opening statements by Petr FIALA, Czech Prime Minister and by Ursula von der LEYEN, President of the European Commission.

Presentation of the programme of activities of the Czech Presidency: opening statements by Petr FIALA, Czech Prime Minister and by Ursula von der LEYEN, President of the European Commission

&lt;p>MEPs will debate the outcome of the 23-24 June EU summit with European Council President Charles Michel and Commission President Ursula von der Leyen. Heads of state or government granted EU candidate status to Ukraine and to the Republic of Moldova. They also stated that Georgia should become an EU candidate, once it has addressed the priorities specified in the Commission’s opinion on Georgia’s membership application. In addition, EU leaders discussed Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine, the follow-up to the Conference on the Future of Europe, the EU’s relations with its European partners and economic issues. Ahead of the European Council, EU leaders also met with their Western Balkan counterparts.&lt;/p>

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