Epidemics and pandemics can have far-reaching and lasting effects on the economy. The EU has a role to play in helping countries coordinate in times of crisis and in providing financial aid.

Economic impact of epidemics and pandemics

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Raising the game: Better Legislation Test

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

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

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

Briefing Renew Europe by Stéphane SÉJOURNÉ, President

Briefing S&D by Iratxe GARCÍA PÉREZ, President

Briefing The Left by Manon AUBRY and Martin SCHIRDEWAN, Co-Presidents

Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs

LIBE

Resilience of critical entities (debate)

Gender balance among non-executive directors of companies listed on stock exchanges (debate)

Gender balance among non-executive directors of companies listed on stock exchanges

Resumption of the sitting

Ceremony of the 70th anniversary of the European Parliament

Voting time

2023 budgetary procedure: joint text (debate)

System of own resources of the European Union (debate)

Composition of committees and delegations

Approval of the minutes of the previous sitting

Question Time (Commission) - Future legislative reform of the Economic Governance Framework in times of social and economic crisis

Delegated acts (Rule 111(6))(action taken)

Question Time (VPC/HR) - The impact on third countries of Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine in relation to the “Black Sea Grain Initiative” agreement

EU-China relations (debate)

EU response to the increasing crackdown on protests in Iran (debate)

Promoting regional stability and security in the broader Middle East region (debate)

New EU strategy for enlargement (debate)

Situation in Libya (debate)

Explanations of vote

Agenda of the next sitting

Approval of the minutes of the sitting

Closure of the sitting

Plenary session

BUDG - ECON

ECON

BUDG

Statements by the President

Approval of the minutes of the previous sittings

Composition of Parliament

Request for the defence of immunity: see Minutes

Composition of political groups: see Minutes

Negotiations ahead of Parliament's first reading (Rule 71) (action taken)

Delegated acts (Rule 111(6))

Signing of acts adopted in accordance with the ordinary legislative procedure (Rule 79)

Order of business

Assessment of Hungary's compliance with the rule of law conditions under the Conditionality Regulation and state of play of the Hungarian RRP (debate)

Prevention, management and better care of diabetes in the EU on the occasion of World Diabetes Day (debate)

Verification of credentials

Situation of human rights in the context of the FIFA world cup in Qatar

Borrowing strategy to finance NextGenerationEU

Implementation report on the European Innovation Council

One-minute speeches (Rule 172)

Closure of the sitting 

Last minute session briefing

Pre-session briefing

Committee on Women's Rights and Gender Equality

FEMM

FEMM - LIBE

Delegation for relations with the countries of Central America

DCAM

Meeting of the Delegation to the Cariforum-EU Parliamentary Committee

DCAR

Joint press conference at COP27 with VP Timmermans and EP delegation Chair Mr Eickhout in Sharm-el-Sheikh, Egypt

JURI - FEMM

JURI

DEVE - AFET

DEVE

AFET

Press conference by Robert BIEDROŃ, Chair of FEMM Committee on backlash against women's rights in Poland, including sexual and reproductive health and rights – findings of FEMM delegation to Poland

Special Committee on foreign interference in all democratic processes in the European Union, including disinformation

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

Official visit by Roberta METSOLA, EP President to Portugal - Meeting with Carlos MOEDAS, Mayor of Lisbon

Official visit by Roberta METSOLA, EP President to Portugal - Meeting with Augusto SANTOS SILVA, the President of the Assembleia da República

Official visit by Roberta METSOLA, EP President to Portugal - Meeting with António COSTA, Portuguese Prime Minister

EP Plenary session - Call for European strategy to counter hostage diplomacy

EP Plenary session - Voting session

Opening of the exhibition ' À un cheveu près '

Minority Intergroup

EP Plenary session - The water crisis in Europe

EP Plenary session - Oral question - Ukraine’s accession to the Convention of 2 July 2019 on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Judgments in Civil or Commercial Matters

ENVI Vote on Nature restoration regulation / Ecodesign

Delegation to the EU-Türkiye Joint Parliamentary Committee

LIBE IMCO Trilogue on Artificial Intelligence

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

EP Plenary session - Oral question - Extension of the mandate of the EPPO with regard to the criminal offence of violation of Union restrictive measures

EP Plenary session - Implementation and delivery of the Sustainable Development Goals

EP Plenary session - Lessons learnt from the Pandora Papers and other revelation

EP Plenary session - Make Europe the place to invest

Delara Burkhardt meets with President of Kosovo Vjosa OSMANI-SADRIU

Swapping the Brussels hemicycle for desert polling stations, Belgian MEP Veronique De Keyser is leading a team of 135 European Election Observers for the first democratic elections in Sudan in almost 25 years. However, escaping Sudan's complicated history

Mission Sudan for Belgian MEP

Going green is fashionable, but do we want to pay for this latest trend? Supporters of organic farming want to ensure Europe’s agricultural reform takes ecological needs into account. Paul Vandoren, the EU’s ambassador to Croatia, is a man on a mission. E

The News: Reforming Agricultural Policy – European Diplomacy

How green is Europe willing to make agricultural policy? Talks on farming policy reform have begun, and organic food supporters want to ensure green farming doesn’t get a raw deal.

Greening subsidies for healthier farming

You need to be fit and flexible to be the public face of European diplomacy. EuroparlTV followed Paul Vandoren, the EU’s ambassador to Croatia in his daily duties. His chief mission is to ensure Zagreb becomes the 28th member of the European Union.

The EU’s man in Croatia

Polish President Lech Kaczyński, along with 95 others, died this weekend in a tragic plane crash en route to commemorate victims of the Katyn massacre during the Second World War. The European Parliament, led by Pole Jerzy Buzek, went ahead with a planned

Flash: Remembering Poland's tragedy in Brussels

In the negotiations for the Lisbon Treaty it was decided that the EP would have 751 seats, with Germany losing 3 but others gaining 18. But "the German three" will sit out this legislature, so the Treaty has to be changed again to permit a temporary 754 s

European Parliament to get 18 extra Members

The European Parliament looks set to get the 18 extra 'Lisbon Treaty' Members during the ongoing legislature, if only the Member States can figure out how to select them. Commission takes steps to enhance cancer prevention in Europe, and we talk to an exp

The News: Extra MEPs - Europe fights cancer – International Roma Day

The Commission has launched a European partnership for reducing the incidence of cancer in Europe by 15% in the next 10 years. This follows a dramatic increase in the number of cases. According to estimates cancer now affects one in three Europeans and ki

Fighting cancer

European Council President Herman Van Rompuy took a grilling when he came to present the Council's vision after their meeting on March 25-26. The main sticking point was what some deemed the half-hearted rescue plan for Greece.

MEPs dissect EU 2020 vision

Following European Council President Herman Van Rompuy's first summit of heads of state and government, he came to the Parliament to present the conclusions on the Europe 2020 strategy. On a more sombre note, MEPs took the time to remember the 'Holocaust

News: Van Rompuy's 2020 vision - Remembering the Holocaust by Bullets

1.8 million were shot dead and left in mass graves on the Eastern edges of Europe, its a part of Holocaust history that must be resolved fast as witnesses are ageing. Father Patrick Desbois has come to Brussels to spread knowledge of this forgotten holoca

Holocaust by Bullets

GM potatoes are back in the spotlight, and the no campaign is up in arms. The Commission wants Member States to decide for themselves, but given the cross-border nature of contamination should it adopt a one-size fits all policy? Could citizens’ initiativ

The News: GMO Dispute – Petitioning the Policymakers

The pen is often said to be mightier than the sword. And in the case of the Citizens’ Initiatives this may be the case. These petitions, which need one million signatures from a third of EU Member States, could lead to EU-wide legal reform. But will the E

Green light for direct democracy?

Eighty percent of Europeans are against GMO foods according to a survey, but they could still find their way on to our supermarket shelves. The Commission gave the go green light to the farming of transgenic potatoes, but can it ensure that GMOs will not

GMO debate re-ignites

We shadow Catalan MEP Ramon Tremosa i Balcells at work in his constituency. Residents in the Ebro Delta are worried by EU plans that jeopardise the economic survival of their region. Dogs might be man’s best friend, but if your pooch’s passport is not in

The News: A Day in the Life of an MEP – Pet Travel Arrangements

Forty-four year old Catalan MEP Ramon Tremosa i Balcells doesn’t intend to die a politician. But before he bows out of politics he wants to ensure that his spirit of service translates into policies that improve the lives of his constituents. We follow hi

MEP's Delta Connection

Be sure which EU country you want to bring Fido to. Finland, Ireland, Malta, Sweden and Britain require extra preparations for entry of domestic animals into their territories. However, MEPs are hoping these exceptions will end by 2011.

Pets abroad

Size isn’t everything, but it certainly matters. Small and medium-sized enterprises, which account for 99% of Europe’s businesses, feel the burden of EU bureaucracy far more than their bigger counterparts. MEPs want to lighten their load with a measure th

Cutting red tape for SMEs

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