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 - 100 days of the new Commission – Delivering on Defence, Competitiveness, Simplification and Migration as our priorities

EP Plenary session - Voting session

EP Plenary session - Action Plan for the Automotive Industry

EP Plenary session - European Semester for economic policy coordination 2025

EP Plenary session - Deteriorating situation in Gaza following the non-extension of the ceasefire

EP Plenary session - The need for EU support towards a just transition and reconstruction in Syria

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

Nelson MANDELA, leader of the African National Congress and laureate of the 1988 Sakharov Prize, adresses the members of the European Parliament, in Strasbourg, during the plenary session of June 1990.

Address by Nelson MANDELA, Leader of the African National Congress, to the European Parliament

Debate on the conclusion of the extraordinary European Council meeting which held in Dublin on the 25th April with the participation of Charles HAUGHEY, Irish Taoiseach and President in office of the Council. He is joined by Helmut KÖHL, Federal German chacellor. Lothar de MAIZIERE, RDA Prime Minister, take also this opportunity to visit the EP and participate to a conference of the presidents open to all members.

Conclusion of the extraordinary European Council meeting in Dublin (25 April): extracts from the debate with the participation of Charles HAUGHEY, Irish Taoiseach

The European parliament debate during the May 1990 session in Strasbourg on a motion condemning the desecration of a Jewish cemetery in Carpentras in France. Statement by Yves GALLAND, Karel DILLEN, Jean-Thomas NORDMANN and Djia TAZDAIT.

Desecration of a Jewish cemetery in the French town of Carpentras: extracts from the debate

Debate during the plenary session of May 1990 on the possible resumption of the diplomatic relations with Vietnam. Statements by Benjamin VISSER, rapporteur, Máire GEOGHEGAN-QUINN, for the Council of the Ministers, Claude CHEYSSON and Jean-Thomas NORDMANN.

Resumption of the diplomatic relations with Vietnam: extracts from the debate

Debate on fifth Lome convention, the community's main way of helping 68 African, Caribbean and Pacific developing countries which will provide 12 billion Ecu. Under the single European Act, Parliament's approval is not necessary. Statements by Leo TINDEMANS, rapporteur, Eugenio MELANDRI, Michael McGOWAN and Manuel MARIN, EC Member followed by the final vote on the report.

Fifth Lome Convention: extracts from the debate

Debate on the preparation of the forthcoming Intergovernmental Conference convened for December on economic and monetary union. Discussion on the report by Fernand HERMAN with Alman METTEN, Bouke BEUMER, François-Xavier DE DONNEA,George Benjamin PATTERSON, Brigitte ERNST DE LA GRAETE and Jacques DELORS, EC President followed the the final vote on the report.

Preparation of the Intergovernmental Conference to create the economic and monetary union: extracts from the debate

At the opening of the plenary session of May 1990, Enrique BARON CRESPO, EP President, adresses the Chamber on the desecration of the Jewish cemetery in Carpentras (France).

Statement by Enrique BARON CRESPO on the desecration of the Jewish cemetery in Carpentras

Valéry GISCARD D'ESTAING, chair of the Liberal and Democratic Reformist Group (LDR) of the European Parliament, addresses Jacques DELORS, President of the European Commission, during an EP plenary session, with the group's assessment of the Commission's plans for the year 1990. The LDR demands more ambitious policy to advance European integration.

Valéry GISCARD D'ESTAING intervention in plenary session debate - European Commission's programme for 1990

On 22 November 1989 in Strasbourg, François Mitterrand, President in office of the Council of the EU, invited Helmut Kohl to address the MEPs aftermath of the fall of the Berlin Wall.

EP rewind: Addresses by Helmut KOHL, German Federal Chancellor and François MITTERRAND, President of the French Republic

Debate on the situation in Eastern Europe after the fall of the Berlin wall during the plenary session of November 1989 in Strasbourg. Opening remarks by Enrique BARON CRESPO, EP President and extracts of the statements by François MITTERRAND, President of the French Republic and Helmut KOHL, German Federal Chancellor.

Addresses by Helmut KOHL, German Federal Chancellor and François MITTERRAND, President of the French Republic (22 November 1989): extracts from the statements

On July 25, 1989, Enrique BARON CRESPO is elected as EP President. Shots of the vote, announcement of the results and congratulations. Extracts from the speech by Enrique BARON CRESPO, new EP President.

Election of Enrique BARON CRESPO as EP President (25/07/1989)

Pope John Paul II addresses MEPs in the Strasbourg hemicycle of the European Parliament during a formal sitting in plenary.

Address by Pope John Paul II to the European Parliament

At a ceremony held in the European Parliament in Strasbourg on 12 June 1986, Pierre PFLIMLIN, EP President, Hans van den BROEK, Dutch Minister for Foreign Affairs and President-in-Office of the Council, and Jacques DELORS, President of the European Commission, signed the Declaration against racism and xenophobia, just after the vote session in the plenary. The initiative is a response to the public indignation aroused by the xenophobic attacks on migrant workers and their families which had taken place in a number of Member States.

Vote and signing ceremony of the joint Declaration against racism and xenophobia

On 11 June 1986, after the vote of a resolution by the European Parliament. The Parliament, the Council and the Commission sign a Joint Declaration against Racism and Xenophobia. The text condemns all forms of intolerance, hostility and use of force on the grounds of racial, religious, cultural, social or national differences, and tends to protect the individuality and dignity of every member of society and to reject any form of segregation of foreigners

Joint Declaration against Racism and Xenophobia

Jacques DELORS, President-elect of the Commission, attends the vote on his new Commission in plenary session in Strasbourg, after having given a speech before the hemicycle. Several MEPs make a speech during the session.

Delors Commission: vote on the inauguration of the new Delors Commission

Jacques DELORS, President-elect of the Commission, gives a speech in the plenary session in Strasbourg before the vote on the new inauguration of the new Commission.

Delors Commission: speech by Jacques DELORS, President-elect of the European Commission before the vote on the inauguration of the new Commission

Extracts from the formal sitting in honnor of Konstatinos KARAMANLIS, President of the Hellenic republic during the plenary session in Strasbourg. Welcome words by Pieter DANKERT, EP President and speech by Konstatinos KARAMANLIS.

Formal sitting on the occasion of the visit of Konstatinos KARAMANLIS, President of the Hellenic republic: extracts

During the plenary session, Anwar Al-SADAT, President of Egypt addresses the hemicycle in the EP in Strasbourg.

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