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LIBE - Confirmation hearing of Magnus BRUNNER, European Commissioner-designate for Internal Affairs and Migration

ENVI - Confirmation hearing of Jessika ROSWALL, European Commissioner-designate for Environment, Water Resilience and a Competitive Circular Economy

Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs

10 years of supporting parliamentary democracy beyond the EU - Creating parliamentary democratic culture through dialogue and consensus building

Committee on Foreign Affairs

ENVI/PolDep A - Workshop for the ENVI Committee Health Working Group - Novel tobacco products and their effects on health

ENVI

Joint Press conference by Roberta METSOLA, EP President and by Ulf KRISTERSSON, Swedish Prime Minister on Meeting of the EP Conference of Presidents with the upcoming Presidency of the Council

DEVE - DACP

DACP

DEVE

BUDG - ECON

ECON

BUDG

Committee on Fisheries

Committee on Employment and Social Affairs

EMPL

CONT - LIBE

CONT

LIBE

Committee on Petitions

PETI

PECH

Committee on Budgetary Control

Committee on Culture and Education

CULT

AFET

Committee on Environment, Public Health and Food Safety

Committee on Development

ITRE EMPL - Confirmation hearing of Dan JØRGENSEN, European Commissioner-designate for Energy and Housing

ITRE EMPL - Confirmation hearing of Dan JØRGENSEN, European Commissioner-designate for Energy and Housing - Press point

S&D Group - Pre-Summit

IMCO Public Hearing Online safety of vulnerable consumers (minors)

SEDE Workshop on the ' role of cyber in the Russian war against Ukraine '

Roberta METSOLA, EP President meets with Viktorija CMILYTÈ-NIELSEN, Speaker of the Seimas of Lithuania

Event 70 years of Parliamentary democracy at the Royal Palace

ECON - State Aid: EU’s reaction to the US Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) -Exchange of views with Paolo GENTILONI, Commissioner for Economy

Roberta METSOLA, EP President meets with Petteri ORPO, Prime Minister of Finland - Press Point

Roberta METSOLA, EP President meets with Petteri ORPO, Prime Minister of Finland

EMPL Interparliamentary Committee Meeting ' Children at the heart of Europe: Two years of the European Child Guarantee '

Conference ' Holocaust education - Remembering the past, teaching the future! '

European Citizen's Prize Chancellery meeting

Roberta METSOLA, EP President meets with Kaja KALLAS, Estonian Prime Minister - Press Point

LIBE/FEMM vote on combating violence against women and domestic violence

46th European Parliament/Knesset Inter-Parliamentary Meeting

Roberta METSOLA, EP President meets with Kaja KALLAS, Estonian Prime Minister

43rd session of the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly

Keynote address by Roberta METSOLA, EP President at the European Ombudsman 'Award for Good Administration' 2023

Selection Panel meeting for Lux Audience Award 2024

Four units of a nuclear reactor similar to that of Chernobyl will be decommissioned in Bulgaria with the help of EU funds. But MEPs are divided on how the funds should be used. Obviously, there's an energy gap to be filled, but should it be powered by fos

Nuclear power struggle

Fatigue at the wheel costs lives, and lorry drivers run greater risks than most. MEPs want to harmonise driving times, rest periods and the use of tachographs throughout Europe to boost safety.

Driving home the message

British MEP Malcolm Harbour explains how the Internal Market Committee's report debated Tuesday seeks to cut through red tape and make moving across borders a valid option for consumers and citizens.

Time to reboot the single market

Our homes and offices must cut energy consumption by 20% says Europe. But as the crisis hits taxpayers’ pockets, will the politicians pay for the measures needed? Could tax incentives be the answer?

Building A Greener Europe

Over a quarter of a million refugees sought asylum in the EU in 2008. But not every refugee gets the same welcome, and MEPs seek to ensure equal treatment for these people in all EU countries. They hope offering financial incentives will do the trick.

A common EU doorstep

Next time you request a new passport you might also be asked if you want to become an organ donor. This is one European idea to increase transplant donation. MEPs want to adopt common quality and safety standards to boost Member State cooperation and comb

Donating a life

Regulated hedge funds results in reduced market risk. MEPs have just voted for new reforms, but the City of London remains sceptical. Will more detailed labels help consumers to make more informed retail choices? Europe’s political Club Med has run out of

The News: Hedge Fund Control – Textile Labels – Mediterranean Union

MEPs want to give a boost to the Union for the Mediterranean, brainchild of French President Nicolas Sarkozy. This organisation that brings together the EU and the southern Mediterranean countries, and has Israelis and Palestinian sitting side by side for

Propping up Club Med

Would “Made in Europe” make us more money? It might favour SMEs who have decided to keep production in the EU. Obligatory textile labelling could also promote ethical shopping as consumers could spend to promote fairer wages and working conditions.

Clearer Labels, Ethical Shopping?

MEPs on the Economic Affairs Committee have given the green light to tighter regulations on hedge funds and private equity.   Following agreement among several political groups, Jean-Paul Gauzès’ report on Alternative Investment Fund Managers was adopted,

Fencing in Hedge Funds

May's plenary session at Europe's crossroads, Strasbourg, will see important votes on hedge funds, as well as a debate on the Euro rescue package. Also on the agenda is the European Refugee Fund and debates on oil platform safety.

Money matters in Strasbourg

Winners of the Charlemagne Prize 2010, 'European CNC Network - Train for Europe' brought together 24 schools from across Europe to build scale-model trains with parts coming from different countries. The prize is awarded each year to projects promoting EU

EU Youth full steam ahead

What does Europe mean to the young? Does it affect their lives? Are they interested? To mark the Festival of Europe the European Parliament threw open its doors and invited the public in. Let’s see what Europe’s youngest citizens had to say.

Europe opens up to the young

Since 1999, the EU has financed about 3 billion euros of projects and programmes in Latin America. Last week MEPs adopted a report on its relations with the Latin American nations.

Latin American links

Could a supranational financial watchdog end financial boom and bust cycles? MEPs across the political spectrum certainly seem to think so and have proposed a European Systemic Risk Board to make crisis management a thing of the past. Europe concentrated

The News: Reducing Financial Risk - Boosting Latin-America relations

A package of reforms for financial sector supervision garnered support from across the political spectrum, with only a few doubters. Amongst the proposals is a European Systemic Risk Board which would assess risks to financial stability. The Parliament ho

MEPs unite on financial supervision

EU Finance Ministers agreed upon a 500 billion euros fund to aid Eurozone countries in difficulty. But is it too little too late? MEPs seem happy with it, though the UK has been less willing to support the EU fund. It's elections have thrown their commitm

Flash: 750 billion to save the Euro

EU citizens could take part in debates in the European Parliament in Brussels this Sunday as part of 'Europe Day'. Belgian MEPs were there to join citizens in this interactive exercise.

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