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 - Clean Industrial Deal

EP Plenary session - White paper on the future of European defence

EP Plenary session - Presentation of the proposal on a new common approach on returns

EP Plenary session - Presentation of the proposal on Critical Medicines Act (CMA)

EP Plenary session - Roadmap for Women`s Rights

EP Plenary session - defence - Voting session

EP Plenary session International Women's Day Celebration

EP Plenary session - defence - European Council meetings and European Security

EP Plenary session - European Social Fund Plus post-2027

EP Plenary session - Establishing the Reform and Growth Facility for the Republic of Moldova

EP Plenary session - Cutting red tape and simplifying business in the EU: the first Omnibus proposals

EP Plenary session - Supporting the EU’s most vulnerable regions against devastating effects of climate change, such as the recent cyclone hitting La Reunion

EP Plenary session - Resumption of session and order of business

EP Plenary session - Cross-border recognition of civil status documents of same-sex couples and their children within the territory of the EU

EP Plenary session - Voting Session

EP Plenary session - Threats to EU sovereignty through strategic dependencies in communication infrastructure

EP Plenary session - EU-Mercosur Trade Agreement

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

Abdullah II, King of Jordan, addresses the hemicycle during the formal sitting of the plenary session of June 2002, in Strasbourg.

Formal sitting: extracts from the address by ABDULLAH II, King of Jordan

During the plenary session (14-17 May 2001) of the European Parliament in Strasbourg, MEPs debate on the Middle East. Extracts from the statements by Anna LINDH, Swedish Minister for Foreign Affairs and President in office of the Council of the EU, Chris PATTEN, Member of the EC in charge of External Affairs, Gerardo GALEOTE (EPP, ES), and Jacques F. POOS (PES, LU).

The Middle East: extracts from the debate

During the plenary session (12-15/03/2001) of the European Parliament in Strasbourg, MEPs debate on the conclusions of the European Council meeting of 23 and 24 March 2001, organised in Stockholm. Among the discussed topics: the demographic challenge of an ageing population, the employment in a competitive Union, the strategic guidance for the Broad Economic Policy Guidelines, the review of economic and social questions, the candidate countries in the goals and procedures of the Lisbon strategy. Extracts from the statements by Anna LINDH, Swedish Minister for Foreign Affairs and President in office of the Council of the EU, and Romano PRODI, President of the European Commission.

Conclusions of the Stockholm European Council meeting of 23 and 24 March 2001: extracts from the debate

Václav HAVEL, President of the Czech Republic, visited the European Parliament in Strasbourg, and met Nicole FONTAINE, EP President. He also addressed the Members in plenary during a formal sitting. This transcription is a result of an authomatic process. Please check against delivery.

Address by Václav HAVEL, President of the Czech Republic: formal sitting

Live Replay of the debate on humanitarian assistance in the Mediterranean during the plenary session in Strasbourg (15-18/07/2019)

Humanitarian assistance in the Mediterranean: MEPs debate (15:17-16:14)

Vote during the plenary session in Strasbourg on the approval on the nomination of Romano PRODI for President of the Commission, followed by his press conference

Vote of approval on the nomination of Romano PRODI for President of the Commission, followed by his press conference

Statements during the plenary session by Romano PRODI, Nominee for the Presidency of the European Commission on his work programme and Günter VERHEUGEN, German Foreign Affairs Secretary of State, representative for the Council, followed by debate in the European Parliament.

Statements by Romano PRODI, Nominee for the Presidency of the European Commission on his work programme: extracts

John HUME makes a statement during the plenary session in Strasbourg after the announcement by the Nobel Committee that he will receive the 1998 Nobel Peace Prize. During Easter in 1998, the biggest political parties in Northern Ireland signed a peace agreement, which later became know as the Good Friday agreement. In the autumn of 1998, the Nobel Committee decided to award the Peace Prize to John HUME, who is one of the architects of the peace process in the civil war-torn province.

Statement by John HUME (PES, UK) nominated for the 1998 Nobel Peace Prize

Special Plenary Sitting on the Euro - Address by British Chancellor of the Exchequer, Gordon Brown, and European Commission President, Jacques Santer and oral Report by Karl Von Wogau, Chair of the Economic and Monetary Affairs Committee on the Commission’s proposal to allow 11 countries to be in the first wave of the Single Currency. Heads of each political Group took the floor to add their comments to the debate.

Special Euro Sitting: extracts

John HUME makes a statement during the plenary session in Strasbourg on Northern Ireland. John HUME is one of the architects of the peace process in the civil-war-torn province.

Statement by John HUME (PES, UK) on Northern Ireland

Mary ROBINSON, President of the Republic of Ireland, adresses the members of the European Parliament, in Strasbourg, during the plenary session of May 1995.

Address by Mary ROBINSON, President of Ireland, to the European Parliament

Jacques SANTER, President-elect of the EC, gives a speech during the plenary session in Strasbourg before MEPs vote on the election of the Commission. Santer Commission is the frst to be subject to the formal hearings of commissioners-designate which were introduced as a result of the Maastricht Treaty.

Santer Commission: speech by Jacques SANTER, President-elect of the EC, before the vote in plenary on the election of the Commission

MEPs vote on the election of the Commission during the plenary session in Strasbourg. Santer Commission is the frst to be subject to the formal hearings of commissioners-designate which were introduced as a result of the Maastricht Treaty.

Santer Commission: vote in plenary on the election of the Commission

François MITTERRAND, President of the French Republic, delivers his final address to MEPs in plenary session at the European Parliament.

Address by François MITTERRAND, President of the French Republic, to the European Parliament

Lord Plumb as Chairman of the Parliament delegation to Rwanda, reports before the EP on the situation in Rwanda.

Debate on the situation in Rwanda : statement by Lord Henry Plumb, Chairman of the Parliament delegation to Rwanda

Bernard KOUCHNER (PSE, FR), Chair of DEV Committee and member Parliament delegation to Rwanda, reports before the EP on the situation in Rwanda.

Debate on the situation in Rwanda: statement by Bernard KOUCHNER, Chair of the Committee on development

Debate on the election of Jacques Santer as President of the European Commission followed by the vote.

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