INTA Committee meeting - Exchange of views Margrethe Vestager and Valdis Dombrovskis, Executive Vice-Presidents of the European Commission

TRAN Committee - Exchange of views with Oleksandr Kubrakov, Ukrainian Minister of Infrastructure

AFET Committee - Exchange of views with the Prime Minister of Armenia

AFET Committee - Exchange of views with María Fernanda Espinosa Garcés, President of the 73rd session of the UN General Assembly (UNGA)

Conference of Committee Chairs (CCC) - Exchange of views with EP President

TAX3 Committee - Exchange of views with Maltese Minister for Justice

Exchange of views on the European Anti-Poverty Network’s 2018 Poverty Watch Reports - Poverty Watch : The Reality of Poverty and Social Exclusion in the EU

AFET committee - Exchange of views with Ecuadorian Minister of Foreign Affairs and Human Mobility

REGI Committee - Exchange of views with the Commissioner in charge of Regional Development

AFET committee meeting - Exchange of views with Romanian Minister of Foreign Affairs on the priorities of the Romanian presidency

TRAN committee - Exchange of views with Romanian Interim-Minister for Transport

AFET committee meeting - Exchange of views with the Minister of Malaysian Foreign Affairs

ECON Exchange of views with Mario DRAGHI, Chair of the European Systemic Risk Board (ESRB)

TRAN Exchange of views with Director General of EUROPCONTROL

AFET Committee - Exchange of views with the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Kyrgyzstan

AFET Committee - Exchange of views with the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Georgia

ENVI Committee - Exchange of views with WHO Director-General on the Right to Health in the light of the Human Rights' Week

ECON/TAX3 Committee Open Coordinators meeting - Exchange of views with French Minister of Economy and Finances

AFCO exchange of views on the state of play of the negotiations on Brexit: meeting with the Parliament's coordinator for the negotiations on the UK withdrawal from the EU and the member of the Parliament's Brexit Steering Group

CONT committee meeting - Discharge. Exchange of views with Dimitris AVRAMOPOULOS, Member of the EC in charge of Migration, Home Affairs and Citizenship in the presence of Juhan PARTS , ECA Member

In the context of the International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia, Intersexism and Transphobia (IDAHOT) on the 17th of May, Roberta METSOLA, EP President with Marc ANGEL (S&D, LU) and Terry REINTKE (Greens/EFA, DE) discuss the LGBTIQ's rights in Europe. Plus, Tobias PELLICCIARI, Chief Executive Director of International Support Human Rights Transphobia and Biphobia is invited to exchange and debate with MEPs from Subcommittee on Human Rights (DROI).

IDAHOBIT: ambiance shots from Facebook Live with Roberta METSOLA, EP President and extracts from DROI Subcommittee with, Tobias PELLICCIARI, Chief Executive Director of International Support Human Rights Transphobia and Biphobia

Finland’s Foreign Minister Pekka Haavisto discuss with the Foreign Affairs (AFET) Committee the implications for the EU and Finland of the war in Ukraine as well as the country’s possible bid to join NATO.

Finland's foreign and security policy in the light of the war in Ukraine: extracts from the exchange of views with Pekka HAAVISTO, Finnish Minister for Foreign Affairs - EP Committee on Foreign Affairs

An extraordinary joint meeting of the Committee on Legal Affairs and the Committee on Employment and Social Affairs takes place to discuss the risk of illegal adoption of Ukrainian children from institutional care. The EP Coordinator on Children's Rights VP Ewa Kopacz addresses the MEPs on the legal and social policy aspects of adoption and the need to ensure international and European legal norms. Extract with Theoni KOUFONIKOLAKOU, Aaron GREENBERG, Anna KRAWCZAK, Katarina IVANKOVIC KNEZEVIC

The risk of illegal adoption concerning Ukrainian children from institutional care fleeing from war: extracts from the exchange of views - JURI and EMPL Committees

AFET (Foreign Affairs) Committee MEPs debate the situation in Ukraine and are joined by Ivan Fedorov, the Mayor of Melitopol, Maria Mesentseva, Deputy Head of the Committee on EU Integration of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine and Olena Khomenko, Chairperson of the Sub-committee on External Economic Relations and Efficient Use of International Aid of the Verkhovna Rada. In the meantime, DEVE (Development) Committee MEPs debate with Mykyta Poturayev, the Chair of the Humanitarian Committee of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine. This transcription speech is the result of an automatic process. Check against delivery.

AFET-DEVE Committees: humanitarian situation in Ukraine and effectiveness of EU sanctions: extracts from the meetings

Exchange of views on the impact of western sanctions on Russia two months after their adoption with the participation of Ivan FEDOROV, Mayor of Melitopol and Maria MESENTSEVA, Deputy Head of the Committee on EU integration of the Verkhovna Rada; Olena KHOMENKO, Chairperson of the Sub-committee on External Economic Relations and Efficient Use of International Aid of the Verkhovna Rada.

Situation following Russia's aggression and invasion of Ukraine - Exchange of views with the participation of Ivan FEDOROV, Mayor of Melitopol, Maria MEZENTSEVA and Olena KHOMENKO, Members of the Verkhovna Rada - AFET Committee

The Women's Rights and Gender Equality Committee hold an exchange of views with Home Affairs Commissioner Ylva Johansson on the situation of women refugees fleeing Ukraine. MEPs discuss what support the EU can provide to protect refugees from the risk of gender-based violence and sexual exploitation.

Situation of women refugees: extracts from the opening of the meeting and statement by Robert BIEDROŃ (S&D, PL), FEMM Chair and by Ylva JOHANSSON, European Commissioner for Home Affairs - FEMM Committee

Exchange of views with Josep BORRELL FONTELLES, High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and Vice-President of the European Commission in charge of a stronger Europe in the World, on a Strategic Compass for the EU on the subject of the new military Strategic Compass for the EU

EP AFET and SEDE joint debate - Exchange of views with HRVP Josep BORRELL FONTELLES on a Strategic Compass for the EU

MEPs of the Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development exchanges on the farming sector with Ukrainian Minister for Agriculture.

Exchange of views with Roman LESHCHENKO, Ukrainian Minister for Agriculture - AGRI Committee

Members of the Agriculture and Rural Development Committee meet with with Roman LESHCHENKO, Ukraine’s Minister of Agrarian Policy and Food, to debate the consequences of the Russian invasion of Ukraine on the farming sector.

EP Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development - Exchange of views with Roman LESHCHENKO, Ukrainian Minister for Agriculture on the farming sector: extracts

Members of the AGRI Committee hear from Commissioner for Agriculture Janusz Wojciechowski how the situation on the EU agricultural markets has been developing following the invasion of Russia to Ukraine. It is expected that the war in Ukraine will have a significant impact on the European agricultural markets due to long-term cuts in imports. Russia and Ukraine account for over 30% of world trade in wheat, 32% for barley, 17% for corn and over 50% for sunflower oils, seeds and meals.

The impact of the war in Ukraine on EU agriculture: statement by Norbert LINS (EPP, DE), AGRI Chair and extracts from the exchange of views with Janusz WOJCIECHOWSKI, European Commissioner for Agriculture

Internal Market and Consumer Protection Committee exchange of views with Commissioner Breton on "Ensuring effective approaches to fighting propaganda on online platforms and the role of the DSA in the light of the Russian aggression"

Ensuring effective approaches to fighting propaganda on online platforms and the role of the DSA in the light of the Russian aggression - EP Committee on Internal Market and Consumer Protection

Following the Russia's invasion of Ukraine, MEPs from ITRE (Industry, Research and Energy) Committe discuss its impact on energy prices with Ms Kadri SIMSON, Commissioner for Energy.

Energy related aspects of the Russia-Ukraine crisis: Extracts from the exchange of views with Kadri SIMSON, Commissioner for Energy and statement by Cristian-Silviu BUŞOI (EPP, RO), Chair of the ITRE Committee

MEPs from the Special Committee on Foreign Interference and Disinformation (INGE) hear from Maria A. Ressa, 2021 Nobel Peace Prize laureate, journalist, author, and co-founder and CEO of Rappler, a Philippine online news website, on how to address disinformation and protect freedom of expression on online platforms.

INGE Committee: Exchange of views with Maria A. RESSA, Nobel Peace Prize 2021 laureate, Journalist and Author, Co-founder and CEO of Rapple

Russian opposition politician and anti-corruption activist Alexei Navalny will be awarded the 2021 Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought. The Committees on Foreign Affairs and Development (AFET) and the Subcommittee on Human Rights hold a joint exchange of views with the representatives of the 2021 Sakharov Prize laureate Mr Alexei Navalny - his daughter Daria Navalnaya and his adviser Leonid Volkov. Mr Navalny is currently incarcerated in a high-security penal colony in Russia and therefore cannot be present in person.

Exchange of views with Daria NAVALNAYA, daughter of Alexei NAVALNY, the 2021 Sakharov Prize laureate, and Leonid VOLKOV, Chief of Staff of Alexei NAVALNY

Members of the EP Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety exchange with Emer COOKE, Executive Director of the European Medicines Agency (EMA). Emer COOKE stressed that people will need to extend the protection againt COVID with a booster again, especially with the threat of the new variant Omicron. Some MEP's pointed out that citizens have the right to be informed and to have access to the clinical trial data.

Exchange of views with Emer COOKE, Executive Director of the European Medicines Agency (EMA): Extracts - ENVI Committee

The Executive Director of the European Medicines Agency (EMA), Emer Cooke debates with the members of the Environment and Public Health Committee the latest developments in the COVID-19 vaccination campaign (including reviews, authorisations for paediatric use and boosters), as well as recent developments around COVID-19 therapeutics and the general epidemiological situation

Exchange of views with Emer COOKE, Executive Director of the European Medicines Agency (EMA) - ENVI Committee: Opening statements

The Environment Committee of the European Parliament debates with Virginijus SINKEVIČIUS, Commissioner for Environment, Oceans and Fisheries, about the proposed new legislation that the European Parliament called for in order to stop EU-driven global deforestation and forest degradation by obliging companies placing products on the EU market to carry out due diligence. Extracts from the exchange of views and statement by rapporteur Delara BURKHARDT (S&D,DE).

European Parliament's legislative proposal to reduce the risk of deforestation/forest degradation: extracts from exchange of views between ENVI Committee and Virginijus Sinkevičius Commissioner for Environment, statement by rapporteur Delara BURKHARD

The Committee on International Trade debate with the Commission's Executive Vice-Presidents Margrethe Vestager and Valdis Dombrovskis on the EU-US Trade and Technology Council (TTC) on 26 October, following its inaugural meeting in Pittsburgh (USA) at the end of September. The TTC is a new forum for deepening transatlantic relations and coordinating approaches not only on trade and economic issues but also on technology.

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