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

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

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

EP Plenary session - Voting session

EP Plenary session - Presentation of the programme of activities of the Polish Presidency

EP Plenary session - Conclusions of the European Council meeting of 19 December 2024

Strasbourg's Plenary session through the lens . Week 4

EP Plenary session - Humanitarian crisis in Sudan

EP Plenary session - Situation in Venezuela following the usurpation of the presidency on 10 January 2025

EP Plenary session - Further deterioration of the political situation in Georgia

EP Plenary session - The need for actions to address the continued oppression and fake elections in Belarus

Live replay of the debate on the report on the inquiry into money laundering, tax avoidance and tax evasion during the plenary session in Strasbourg (11-14/12/2017).

(03) EP Plenary session - Report on the inquiry into money laundering, tax avoidance and tax evasion. Opening statement by Pierre MOSCOVICI, Member of the EC in charge of Economic and Financial Affairs, Taxation and Customs (09:15 - 09:31)

(06) EP Plenary session - Report on the inquiry into money laundering, tax avoidance and tax evasion. Round of political group speakers: Angel DZHAMBAZKI (ECR, BG) (09:35 - 09:37)

(05) EP Plenary session - Report on the inquiry into money laundering, tax avoidance and tax evasion. Round of political group speakers: Peter SIMON (S&D, DE) (09:33 - 09:35)

During the EP plenary session (11-15 December 2017) in Strasbourg, MEPs debate on the situation in Afghanistan. Statements by Christos STYLIANIDES, Member of the EC in charge of Humanitarian Aid and Crisis Management for VPC/HR, Ana GOMES (S&D, PT), Bodil VALERO (Greens/EFA, SE) and Lars ADAKTUSSON (EPP, SE).

Situation in Afghanistan: extracts from the debate

During the EP plenary session (11-15 December 2017) in Strasbourg, MEPs debate (12/12) decide whether to veto an EU Commission proposal to allow phosphate additives in kebab meat out of health concerns. Statements by Christel SCHALDEMOSE (S&D, DK), Bart STAES (Greens/EFA, BE), Vytenis ANDRIUKAITIS and Bogusław LIBERADZKI (S&D, PL). The results are: 373 in favour, 272 against, 30 abstentions.

Use of phosphates in frozen vertical meat spits (kebabs): extracts from the debate (12/12) and from the vote

(12) EP Plenary session - Report on the inquiry into money laundering, tax avoidance and tax evasion. Round of political group speakers: Sotirios ZARIANOPOULOS (NI, EL) (09:46 - 09:47)

(16) EP Plenary session - Report on the inquiry into money laundering, tax avoidance and tax evasion. Catch the eye (10:31 - 10:47)

(17) EP Plenary session - Report on the inquiry into money laundering, tax avoidance and tax evasion. Closing statement by Pierre MOSCOVICI, Member of the EC in charge of Economic and Financial Affairs, Taxation and Customs (10:47 - 10:58)

(18) EP Plenary session - Report on the inquiry into money laundering, tax avoidance and tax evasion. Closing statement by Petr JEŽEK (ALDE,CZ), co-rapporteur (10:58 - 10:59)

(19) EP Plenary session - Report on the inquiry into money laundering, tax avoidance and tax evasion. Closing statement by Jeppe KOFOD (S&D,DK), co-rapporteur (10:59 - 11:02))

(09) EP Plenary session - Report on the inquiry into money laundering, tax avoidance and tax evasion. Round of political group speakers: Molly SCOTT CATO (Grenns/EFA, UK) (09:41 - 09:43)

(11) EP Plenary session - Report on the inquiry into money laundering, tax avoidance and tax evasion. Round of political group speakers: Barbara KAPPEL (ENF, AT) (09:44 - 09:46)

Exterior and interior shots of the EP during the EP plenary session (11-15 December 2017) in Strasbourg.

EP Plenary session (11-14/12): editing shots

During the EP plenary session (29-30 November 2017) in Brussels, MEPs debated and voted on the report Siegfried MURESAN (EPP, RO) and Richard ASHWORTH (ECR, UK) on 2018 budgetary procedure. Statements by Jean ARTHUIS (ALDE, FR), Siegfried MUREȘAN (EPP, RO), Richard ASHWORTH (ECR, UK), Matti MAASIKAS, Estonian Deputy Minister for EU Affairs, Günther OETTINGER, Member of the EC in charge of the budget, and Paul RÜBIG (PPE, AU). The results are: 295 in favour, 154 against and 197 abstention. Signature and family photo with rapporteurs.

2018 budgetary procedure: extracts from the debate, vote and signature on the report Siegfried MURESAN (EPP, RO) and Richard ASHWORTH (ECR, UK): extracts from the debate, vote and signature

During the EP plenary session (29 - 30 November 2017) in Brussels, MEPs debate and vote on the implementation of the European Disability Strategy and Helga STEVENS (ECR, BE), Rapporteur, expresses herself. Statements by Helga STEVENS (ECR, BE), Rapporteur, and Marianne THYSSEN, Member of the EC in charge of Employment, Social Affairs, Skills and Labour Mobility. Sylvie GUILLAUME, EP Vice-president, opens the vote and results are : 529 in favour, 28 against and 45 abstentions. Illustration shots: kids visiting a museum and getting explanations on sign language - two people on wheelchairs using a lift.

Implementation of the European Disability Strategy: extracts from the debate, statement by Helga STEVENS (ECR, BE), Rapporteur, vote and illustrative material

During the Plenary session of January in Strasbourg, Antonio TAJANI, EP President addressed the assembly on the recent earthquake shocks in Italy and the avalanche that has submerged a hotel. He paid a tribute to the "Soccorso alpino della Guardia di finanza".

Statement by Antonio TAJANI, EP President on recent earthquake shocks in Italy and the avalanche that has submerged a hotel

Exterior and interior shots of the EP during the EP Plenary session (29-30 November 2017) in Brussels.

EP Plenary session (29-30/11): editing shots

During the EP plenary session (13-16 November 2017) in Strasbourg, MEPs debate on cases of breaches of human rights, democracy and the rule of law, such as freedom of expression in Sudan, notably the case of Mohamed Zine El Abidine, terrorist attacks in Somalia and Madagascar. Statements by Charles TANNOCK (ECR, UK), Marietje SCHAAKE (ALDE, NL), Phil HOGAN, Member of the EC in charge of Agriculture and Rural Development, and Louis MICHEL (ALDE, BE)

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