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News in Brief – 2022-06-24 – English

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Every year, on 20 June, we celebrate World Refugee Day. The focus this year is on the right to seek safety. Everyone on the planet has the right to seek safety, no matter who they are, where they come from or when they are forced to flee. In 2022, as a result of Russia’s war on Ukraine, Europe is receiving a large new wave of refugees in search of peace and safety.

World Refugee Day: EU solidarity with Ukraine

News in Brief – 2022-06-17 – English

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The winner of the 2022 LUX Audience Award is Quo Vadis, Aida? The LUX Award is an instrument for highlighting and reflecting on films that deal with social and political themes. It aims at encouraging debate and reflection and using films to help build a stronger European identity.

LUX - The European Audience Film Award 2022

News in Brief – 2022-06-08 – English

Russia’s invasion has pushed millions of people to flee Ukraine. Millions are displaced within the country. We are witnessing one of the largest European humanitarian crisis in recent times. With each passing day, the atrocities committed on Ukrainian soil are increasing, together with the risk of violence and exploitation for the most vulnerable ones. In this podcast, we will focus on the concerns about human rights violations against those who belong to the LGBTI community.

Russia’s war on Ukraine: the situation of LGBTI people

News in Brief – 2022-06-07 – English

ECON JURI - Confirmation hearing of Valdis DOMBROVSKIS, European Commissioner-designate for Economy and Productivity, Implementation and Simplification

BUDG CONT - Confirmation hearing of Piotr Arkadiusz SERAFIN, European Commissioner-designate for Budget, Anti-Fraud and Public Administration

Delegation for relations with Israel

Euroscola

AGRI - ENVI

AGRI

ENVI

Committee on Development

DEVE

DEVE - DPAP - DACP

DPAP

DACP

5th European Parliament of Persons with Disabilities

DEVE - ENVI

Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs

LIBE

Subcommittee on Security and Defence

SEDE

Subcommittee on Human Rights

DROI

Committee on Budgets

BUDG

Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development

Committee on Internal Market and Consumer Protection

IMCO

Committee on Environment, Public Health and Food Safety

Delegation for relations with the People's Republic of China

Meeting of the European Political Community in Budapest, Hungary

CULT Interparliamentary committee meeting -  European Citizenship Education

INTA - Public Hearing ' New approaches to EU FDI policy: Investment Facilitation Agreements and incentivizing investment in the green and digital transitions '

AGRI-ENVI - Public Hearing on Planting the Future - a new legal framework for seeds

Public Hearing of the High-Level Working Group on the Environmental Consequences of the War in Ukraine

Marak Pawel BALT in the EP in Brussels

Mauri PEKKARINEN in the EP in Brussels

Assita KANKO in the EP in Brussels

Gianna GANCIA in the EP in Brussels

International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women - ' Orange your world ', UN campaign to end violence against women and girls. Orange flag flown outside the EP building in Brussels

International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women - ' Orange your world ', UN campaign to end violence against women and girls. Orange flag flown outside the EP building in Strasbourg.

Roberta METSOLA, EP President meets with Abdallah BOU HABIB, Foreign Affairs and Emigrants of Lebanon

EP Plenary session - Young researchers - Oral question

EP Plenary session - Voting session

EP Plenary session - Joint debate - Judicial cooperation

Minority Intergroup meeting

Meeting of the EP Conference of Presidents

EP Plenary session - Commission statement - International day for the elimination of violence against women

Merkel defends Greece - MEP defends Merkel ahead of Troika meeting, EP observer praises quiet Senegal election and Schulz in Morocco for Mediterranean assembly.

Eurozone crisis / Senegal elections / President in Morocco

The Director of Europol says the European Parliament's new anti-Mafia committee will focus political attention on a growing issue.

Europol welcomes anti-mafia committee

The Brussels mini-plenary will see MEPs scrutinising the Balkan countries' progress towards EU membership, a deal to regulate derivatives and a fund for refugees.

On the Agenda: Enlargement prospects, derivatives, refugees

2014-2020 EU budget in the spotlight, MEPs divided over the Commission's public procurement proposals, and the Parlementarium: a must-see Brussels tourist spot.

EU budget / Procurement / Parlamentarium

MEPs argue over water as a human right and this crucial resource's future, but who'll pay the bill? EPTV visits a wastewater treatment plant on World Water Day.

The price of water

Harry Lindsay travelled to Brussels to get help with the investigation into his son’s death in Spain. MEPs want to support victims of cross-border crimes.

Victims of crimes abroad

MEPs call on the Commission to block loopholes on medical devices, give the green light to challenge food companies’ health claims, and call for tough action on Syria.

Breast implants / Food safety / Syria

EU officials meet with Palestinian Authority representatives on youth. The Swiss President met EP President Schulz and an MEP visits famine-stricken Chad.

Palestinian Authority / Swiss visit / Chad

MEPs are at loggerheads as the momentum builds towards a vote this year on its introduction.

Yes or no to the financial transaction tax?

Eurogroup chief says more thought should have been given to growth in the first Greek bail-out. Ombudsman demands answers from Frontex on fundamental rights.

Juncker's mea culpa / Inquiry into Frontex

More and more people live and die in another EU country. With inheritance laws creating legal headaches for heirs abroad, MEPs want to make succession easier.

Inheriting from abroad

Back in Brussels, the Committees will discuss the financial transaction tax, Syria, the funding of future policies and the world's right to water.

On the Agenda: Transaction tax, Syria and World Water Day

The highlights from Strasbourg, including debates on Schengen and gay marriage and a minute's silence in memory of the victims of a tragic coach crash in Switzerland.

Plenary zapping - March 2012

Some MEPs demand equal rules across the EU allowing merchant vessels to carry armed guards off Somalia.

Maritime piracy: a continuing menace

A minute's silence for accident victims, members move on next-phase enlargement, advance the fight against organised crime and challenge China on rare minerals.

Coach crash / Enlargement / Organised crime / Rare minerals

The disease is on the rise in Europe, but many cases of type II diabetes are preventable. MEPs want an EU strategy for prevention, early diagnosis and research.

Diabetes: A modern day scourge

MEPs vote on a gender equality report proposing strengthened measures for women across the Union.

Bridging the gender gap

MEPs want to close down a Dutch anti-immigrant website, the UN General Assembly President visits the EP and Garry Kasparov speaks out against Putin's re-election.

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