More than two million Europeans are pig farmers. You too? The EU helps you. Here’s how:

This is what Europe does for pig farmers

The European Union has long been committed to protecting the environment and sets an example for the rest of the world. Here are three things the Union does for environmental protection NGOs:

This is what Europe does for environmental protection NGOs

Do you live near an internal EU border? If so, you’re among the 150 million people who do. The Union is putting in place measures to make travelling across borders a breeze. Here are three of them.

This is what Europe does for people living in border regions

If you don’t drive, it might be because you choose not to, or because you can’t afford to. Whatever the reason, here are three things that Europe is doing for you.

This is what Europe does for people who don’t drive

Children’s early years matter a great deal for their well-being and personal development and later for their success in education and employment. EU countries have agreed to provide early-childhood education and care services for pre-school children. The EU helps countries to improve their services through the European Social Fund and the European Regional Development Fund. It also has other initiatives in place to support training, cooperation and research. Here’s how.

This is what Europe does for pre-school children

Antibiotics are a very useful drug when you are sick and the doctor tells you to take them. However, so-called antimicrobial resistance is a growing global threat to public health. Let’s see what Europe is doing to find a solution.

This is what Europe does for antibiotics users

In an age where information travels fast, online disinformation is a big concern. By co-funding the InVID project, a platform to assess the reliability of videos and other files spread by social media, the EU hopes to make this task easier. This is how.

This is what Europe does for fact-checkers

When a bank fails, savers are usually the last to find out. If you’re a saver, you can’t constantly monitor your bank in the hope of withdrawing your savings before it fails. The EU is finding ways to protect your money and improve the stability of the banking system. But how?

This what Europe does for people with bank savings

If you are a cross-border commuter who lives and works within the euro area, you are surely benefitting from some of the advantages of the EU. How?

This is what Europe does for cross-border commuters in the euro area

Is the thought of incurring extra costs putting you off studying abroad? If you are from a euro area country and choose to study in another, you can enjoy the benefits of the single currency. Here are three examples:

This is what Europe does for students from the euro area.

Are you someone who’s keen to invest your own money? Here’s how the EU is making buying securities safer for you

This is what Europe does for small investors

Do you enjoy a good boiled egg in the morning, but worry about the welfare of the hen that laid it? As it turns out, you can find out more straight from the egg itself. Here are two things the EU does for hen welfare.

This is what Europe does for people concerned about hen welfare.

Like many of us, you may like watching birds and listening to their songs. Birds are also an essential part of our ecosystems.

This is what Europe does for bird watchers

Are you a rambler? A nature lover? Here are some of the things the EU does to preserve nature and biodiversity.

This is what Europe does for nature lovers

Europe has been witnessing the mass arrival of people at its borders, many of them fleeing war, instability or persecution. The EU has put in place common standards for asylum seekers that all Member States must respect. Here are three examples:

This is what Europe does for asylum seekers

Do you want to be sure your jewellery will not give you an allergy or your engagement ring is not made with a blood diamond? Or, if you are a jeweller, how can you be sure you are complying with all the rules?

This is what Europe does for jewellers

LIBE IMCO JURI - Confirmation hearing of Michael MCGRATH, European Commissioner-designate for Democracy, Justice and the Rule of Law

ITRE - Confirmation hearing of Ekaterina ZAHARIEVA, European Commissioner-designate for Startups, Research and Innovation

Opening of the sitting

Council positions at first reading (Rule 63)

Statute and funding of European political parties and European political foundations (debate)

Implementation of the Updated New Industrial Strategy for Europe: aligning spending to policy (debate)

Composition of Parliament

Implementation of the Updated New Industrial Strategy for Europe: aligning spending to policy (debate) (continuation of debate)

State of the SME Union (debate)

Resumption of the sitting

Voting time

Approval of the minutes of the previous sitting

Ecological Disaster in the Oder River (debate)

Explanations of vote

Approval of the minutes of the sitting and forwarding of texts adopted: see Minutes

Closure of the sitting

Adjournment of the session

Plenary session

Delegation for relations with Israel

Press conference by Gwendoline DELBOS-CORFIELD, rapporteur, Isabel WISELER-LIMA, Bettina VOLLATH, Ramona STRUGARIU and Malin BJÖRK on the existence of a clear risk of a serious breach by Hungary of the values on which the Union is founded

Press conference by Frans TIMMERMANS, EC Executive Vice-President  and Kadri SIMSON Commissioner for Energy, on proposals for an emergency intervention to address high energy prices

Press conference by Niels FUGLSANG, rapporteur, on the revision of the Energy Efficiency Directive

Press conference by Markus PIEPER, rapporteur, on the revision of the Renewable Energy Directive

Debate on the State of the Union 2022  (Enhanced version with captions)

Press conference by Christophe HANSEN, rapporteur on Deforestation regulation

Press conference by Roberta METSOLA, EP President and Sanna MARIN, Finnish Prime Minister

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

Briefing Greens/EFA by Ska KELLER, Co-president

Briefing S&D by Iratxe GARCÍA PÉREZ, President

Briefing Renew Europe by Stéphane SÉJOURNÉ, President

Corrigendum (Rule 241)

Consequences of drought, fire, and other extreme weather phenomena: increasing EU's efforts to fight climate change (debate)

This is Europe - Debate with the Prime Minister of Finland, Sanna Marin

Resumption of the sitting


This is Europe - Debate with the Prime Minister of Finland, Sanna Marin (debate)

Adequate minimum wages in the European Union (debate)

Renewable Energy Directive (debate)

Question Time (VPC/HR) The state of play of the war in Ukraine

The situation in the Strait of Taiwan (debate)

EU response to the increase in energy prices in Europe (debate)

Corrigendum (Rule 241)(action taken)

Presentation by the Council of its position on the draft general budget - 2023 financial year (debate)

Renewed partnership with the Southern Neighbourhood – a new agenda for the Mediterranean (debate)

The urgent need for action at EU level to ensure humane treatment of migrants in Europe, including at the borders (debate)

The new European Bauhaus (debate)

Agenda of the next sitting

AFET - DLAT

AFET

DLAT

BUDG - ECON

BUDG

ECON

Committee on Foreign Affairs

AGRI - Confirmation hearing of Christophe HANSEN, European Commissioner-designate for Agriculture and Food

TRAN - Confirmation hearing of Apostolos TZITZIKOSTAS, European Commissioner-designate for Sustainable Transport and Tourism - Press point

EP Press briefing

Europass 2023

Open Days at the European Parliament in Brussels

Open Days at the European Parliament in Brussels.- Jaume DUCH speech

Visit by Roberta METSOLA, EP President to London ( United Kingdom ) - Meeting with Sir Lindsay HOYLE, Speaker of the House of the Commons

Former Members Association Management Committee meeting

ENVI -  Meeting between the Committee Chair Pascal CANFIN and the Spanish Presidency Ambassador Raúl Fuentes Milani

Conference ' Citizen energy for successful energy transition - Reframing the narrative, reforming the system

ITRE -  Meeting between the Committee Chair Zdzislaw KRASNODEBSKI and the Spanish Presidency Ambassador Raúl Fuentes Milani

Euroscola

TRAN - Meeting between the Committee Chair Karima DELLI and the Spanish Presidency Ambassador Raúl Fuentes Milani

Meeting of the EP Conference of Presidents

AGRI -  Meeting between the Committee Vice Chair Elsi Katainen and the Spanish Presidency Ambassador Raúl Fuentes Milani

ENVI Committee on packaging waste and pesticides

IMCO - Meeting between the Committee Chair Anna CAVAZZINI and the Spanish Presidency Ambassador Raúl Fuentes Milani

Former Members Association Memorial Service

Othmar KARAS meets with Eduard Muller

Former Members Association roundtable discussion - Librorum

Spending more efficiently in order to stimulate the economy - that will be the main challenge in the upcoming discussions on the EU's 120 billion euro budget for 2010.

Europarl Today: An EU budget tailored to the crisis

President Jerzy Buzek sets out his priorities in an ambitious speech to the EP. He wants increased MEP participation and more contact with national parliaments.

Europarl Today: Can the Facebook President make the EP livelier?

Barroso's fate will be sealed in Strasbourg when MEPs take their plenary decisions. Commission President since 2004, José Manuel Barroso will find out how hard it is to try and please Socialists and Liberals alike, not to mention Greens, left-wingers and

Europarl Today: Has Barroso got the X factor?

Member States discuss rules for the game of finance ahead of the upcoming G-20 meeting. One idea on the table is to discourage risk-taking by introducing a framework for salaries and bonuses. There's also the question of an exit strategy: everyone wants t

Europarl Today: Rules of the game

José Manuel Barroso didn't win the support of the GUE/NGL, so the decision on his re-appointment as Commission President rests with the Socialist group of the EP. Its leader, Martin Schulz, has a few demands to make.

Europarl Today: Will they or won't they?

As the battle for history rages between Moscow and Warsaw, an exhibition showing how Poland turned the page on communist rule twenty years ago is taking place in Brussels.

Europarl Today: Polish history in the making

With a July deadline for his reappointment been and gone, Jose Manuel Barroso is doing the rounds of the political groups in a final effort to persuade them of his suitability. Though the European Conservatives and Reformists have already spoken out in hi

Europarl Today: Barroso's last stand

It’s sixteen against eleven Member States – the majority argue that a new European milk regulation is necessary to complement a phase-out of milk quotas by 2015. If no solution is found dairy producers will continue with strike plans during the Strasbourg

Europarl Today: Battle lines are drawn in milk feud

The second Irish referendum on the Lisbon Treaty is drawing near, and the 'yes' camp had been sure of victory, but the 'no' camp seem to be gaining on them. It's not a decision to be taken lightly, as Europe and Ireland's futures hang in the balance.

Europarl Today: Just say 'Yes/No' to Lisbon

In 1989, 2 million people from pro-independence movements formed the world's largest human chain across the Baltic states. In 2009, Mini-Europe recreated this event with over 600 people on a 1/25 scale-model.

Europarl Today: Recreating world’s largest human chain in miniature

MEPs will vote on the new Commission president during Strasbourg plenary session on 16 September. The session may be overshadowed by European Council meeting ahead of G-20 in US.

Europarl Today: Barroso’s future at stake

Commission President Barroso remains a divisive figure for the MEPs, but the vote for or against his re-appointment seems increasingly likely for the September plenary.

Europarl Today: No-one wants a lame duck Commission in a time of crisis

Dairy producers are taking their battle to Brussels threatening strike action if no solution is found. Pricing and quota problems continue to dog the debate.

Europarl Today: EU Milk debate turning sour

Landing a plum role as a Commissioner is no picnic. They must first pass oral examinations with MEPs. First up on the chopping block is Karel de Gucht for development and humanitarian aid.

Europarl Today: Wannabe Commissioners get grilled

Weaknesses in EU governance exposed: André Sapir of Brussels-based think tank Bruegel calls on the incoming Commission to show strategic leadership, take risks, and stand up for European interests in a bid to revive the EU economy.

Interview Today: Memos to the Commission

MEPs return to Brussels for the first Committee week of the new term. On the agenda: confirming three Commissioners to their posts, and the priorities of the Swedish Presidency.

Europarl Today: The Parliament's back in business

Eight years ago the European Commission set itself the target of cutting road deaths by 50% by 2010. How is the EU doing so far?

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