&lt;p>Vietämme 9. toukokuuta 2020 Schumanin julistuksen 70‑vuotispäivää. Toinen maailmansota jätti 40-luvun lopussa Eurooppaan ja sen kansoihin syvät arvet. Ranskan ulkoministerinä oli tuolloin Robert Schuman. Hän tiedosti, että Euroopassa oli alkanut jälleenrakentamisen ja sovinnonteon aika. Ja hänellä oli sitä varten suunnitelma.&lt;/p>

Schumanin julistuksen 70-vuotispäivä

&lt;p>On the 9th of May 2020 we celebrate the 70th Anniversary of the Schuman Declaration. At the end of the 1940s, the European continent and its people were deeply scarred by the Second World War. Robert Schuman was French Foreign Minister and well aware that what Europe needed was reconstruction and reconciliation. And he had a plan.&lt;/p>

70th Anniversary of the Schuman Declaration

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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

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

EPRS policy roundtable: Fiscal and monetary policy - two sides of the same coin?

Committee on Industry, Research and Energy

Committee on Transport and Tourism

Committee on Legal Affairs

JURI

LIBE - FEMM

LIBE

FEMM

Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development

AGRI

VodDebate: Machinery products

VodDebate: Making available on the Union market as well as export from the Union of certain commodities and products associated with deforestation and forest degradation and repealing Regulation (EU) No 995/2010

VodDebate: Working group on the implementation of the Digital Markets Act (DMA)* Reporting back to committee by Andreas Schwab (PPE), Chair of the Working group

VodDebate: Implementation report on the Agreement on the withdrawal of the UK from the EU

VodDebate: Transparency and targeting of political advertising

VodDebate: A standardisation strategy for the Single Market

VodDebate: Harmonised rules on fair access to and use of data (Data Act)

VodDebate: IMCO delegation to Seoul, South Korea* Reporting back to committee

Committee on Internal Market and Consumer Protection

IMCO

Special Committee on COVID-19 pandemic

COVI

Committee of inquiry to investigate the use of the Pegasus and equivalent surveillance spyware

PEGA

Subcommittee on Security and Defence

SEDE

JURI - DROI Interparliamentary Committee Meeting (ICM)

DROI

ITRE

Subcommittee on Human Rights

Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs

ECON

Panel for the Future of Science and Technology

AFET - Confirmation hearing of Dubravka ŠUICA, European Commissioner-designate for Mediterranean -  Press point.

AFET - Confirmation hearing of Dubravka ŠUICA, European Commissioner-designate for Mediterranean

Press Seminar LUX Audience Award 2023

ENVI - Vote on Nature Restoration Law

Full-size replica of Sakharov Prize laureate Alexey Navalny’s prison cell

43rd session of the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly - Debate with Commissioner Jutta Urpilainen

ENVI - Exchange of views with Commissionner Janez LENARCIC

INTA Committee Public Hearing ' EU-New Zealand Trade Agreement '

AFET Interparliamentaryy Committee Meeting ' Moving the EU enlargement forward - 20 years since the Thessaloniki Declaration '

DLAT Parliamentary Assembly meeting  - Exchange of views on the conclusions of the XXVIII Ibero-American Summit of Heads of State and Government on 25 March 2023, in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic

IMCO trilogue on Empowering consumers

CONT Interparliamentary Committee Meeting

Conference Are we on track with the SDGs? Civil Society Dialogue with Policy Makers on the EUVR

Europcom Opening Ceremony

43rd session of the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly - Formal opening sitting

Ohtmar KARAS welcomes ACP delegation

Simone Veil Award for Equality and Diversity

Abir Al-Sahlani and Emma Wiesner in the EP in Strasbourg

Thomas RUDNER in the EP in Strasbourg

Official visit by Roberta METSOLA, EP President to Rome (Italy) -  President’s receipt of the Premio Biago Agnes, Premio Internazionale di Gionalismo e Informazione

The ailing economy in Greece will finally be given a cash injection. A 110 billion joint IMF-EU loan has been decided upon. But MEPs want to go further and tackle the root of the problem and are calling for a revision of the Growth and Stability Pact, so

The Greek Patient

Nanotechnologies used in food products extend the shelf life, but could potentially be toxic in certain cases. But the sticking point in negotiations between Parliament and Commission on new foodstuffs has been over products derived from cloned animals. W

Food Clone Wars

The European Parliament opens the doors of its new liaison office in the American capital with much fanfare. US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton was there to welcome EP President Jerzy Buzek for the dawn of a new era in EU-US relations. It is the closer

Flash: EU in the USA

We take responsibility for the EU’s books said Swedish MEP Søndergaard. The Parliament wants answers from the Council on why some invoices and tenders lack transparency. Following Jerzy Buzek’s US visit, Vice-President Joe Biden will come to Parliament to

Flash: Brussels Mini Session

MEPs approved a key report for small business to claim late payment from defaulting companies and public authorities. Eurostat came under fire after the Greek crisis unearthed dodgy figures hadn't been investigated. We spoke to Eurostate Director-General

The News: Relief for SMEs - Eurostat responds to critics - Burkhard Balz on Greek crisis

Hospitals both public and private will have the same late payment terms under the Internal Market Committee's report. MEPs voted on a report that amends the Commission directive which protects small businesses. While toughening up the terms for public aut

Coughing up the cash

Deliberately supplying false data is bound to cause problems in the end, warns the EU’s top statistician, Eurostat's Director-General Walter Rademacher. The eurozone now struggles with the consequences of Greece's creative accounting. An emergency summit

The truth will out

The European Union has a stand in the Shanghai Universal Exposition which opens on May Day. But so do all the Member States too, in the hopes of reviving or maintaining their relations with this important trade partner. Instead of everyone dealing with Ch

Which strategy towards China?

Ahead of the emergency summit on Greece (May 10), we spoke to German MEP Burkhard Balz. He claims now is the time to act, and we need to act together, despite the pressures coming from his homeland which say something to the contrary.

Interview: Greek crisis requires action in 7-10 days - MEP Burkhard Balz

Could this be the nail in the coffin for Nato? European defence ministers met to discuss moving towards a single defence policy for the EU, though not all MEPs are in favour. Commissioner Tajani unveiled his plan to cut emissions with electric cars. But i

The News: Defence and the EU - Green Cars - MacMillan Scott on China

The Commission tells the self-employed how long to work. Self-employed truckers may have to abide by the same laws that limit the amount of hours salaried drivers can work. If the law is not applied the self-employed could work an 86 hour week, raising co

EU imposes work hours

A common defence policy has eluded the EU for years. However, when European Defence Ministers met this week they already took steps to make it a reality, though not all MEPs seem convinced. With most members being part of Nato some don't see the need.

EU on the march

European Commissioner Antonio Tajani unveiled his plan to make Europe's carparks green, an electric car. They emit a negigible amount of greenhouse gases, however, some MEPs are more sceptical about this being a greenwash for cars, as the batteries that p

Electric car greenwash or greendry?

Europe’s new diplomatic service is causing discord before it’s even set up. German EPP member Ingeborg Grässle insists that the Parliament won’t allow the Council to impose its vision of Europe’s latest foreign policy tool. And she says that the Parliamen

Interview: We won’t let the Council get away with it – Ingeborg Grässle

Europe’s fake drug market is worth 10.5 billion euros according to Pfizer. MEPs want to crack down on the online pharmacies that sell them. No-one can guarantee zero risk when taking licensed drugs, but MEPs want to ensure that side effects are kept to a

The News: Fake Drugs – EU Open for Business?

Calling all entrepreneurs! Could your business idea become the next big thing in Milan, Krakow or Valletta? Who can you go to for advice? The one-stop shops or points of single contact in officialese have been set up by the services directive to encourage

One-stop shop for business

Though drugs go through rigorous testing, not all possible side-effects can be avoided. The European Parliament's Environment Committee today looked into pharmacovigilance: the ways of avoiding as far as possible all unpleasant side-effects.

May result in death

Buying medicine online is increasingly common, but often these are fakes. Pfizer estimates the European market represents 10.5 billion euros. But it is the cost to health that worries the EP's Environment Committee which today voted through a report to in

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