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Deepfakes are hyper-realistic videos created through artificial intelligence techniques. They present many possibilities, but also dangers. A wide range of malicious uses have been identified, including fraud, extortion and political disinformation. The impacts of such misuse can be financial, psychological and reputational. While the technology itself is legal, some malicious uses are not, and a combination of legal and technical measures may be mobilised to limit their production and dissemination.

EPRS STOA podcast - What if deepfakes made us doubt everything we see and hear?

Initial coin offerings (ICOs) are a relatively new method of raising capital for early-stage ventures. They constitute an alternative to more traditional sources of start-up funding such as venture capital and angel finance.

EPRS policy podcast - Understanding initial coin offerings: A new means of raising funds based on blockchain

Fear, worries, insecurity… In this episode, we are talking about the effects of the pandemic on people’s mental health, especially young people, and look at the recommendations and guidance given by European and international organisations to deal with this ‘silent pandemic'.

EPRS policy podcast - Mental health and the pandemic

What is the EU’s long term vision for rural areas? In this episode, we’ll look at their needs, their potential and challenges, see where current support policies have succeeded and where they’ve been less successful… and have a quick look into the future.

EPRS policy podcast - EU rural development policy: Impact, challenges and outlook

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This is My History and the ‘View of the Future Shaped by the Past’ series, in which we are proud to present Paul Collowald. Mr Collowald is a journalist and writer who witnessed the emergence of today’s European Union first hand. It all started when he met one of the EU’s founding fathers, Robert Schuman. He would later go on to work in many roles at the European Commission and the European Parliament, including Director-General for Information and Head of the Private Office of Parliament President Pierre Pflimlin. His story is divided into two parts. This is part one, in which he tells us about his early life in Europe during the war. In part two, he shares his experience of working with the EU’s founding fathers. This podcast is based on an interview by Valter Mavrič, Director-General for Translation at the European Parliament.

I witnessed the birth of Europe – interview with Paul Collowald - Part 1

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

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

BUDG - ECON

ECON

BUDG

Delegation for relations with the People's Republic of China

Committee on Environment, Public Health and Food Safety

ENVI

Delegation to the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary

DACP

Delegation to the EU-Chile Mixed Parliamentary Committee

Delegation for relations with the countries of Central America

DCAM

Panel for the Future of Science and Technology

IMCO - JURI

IMCO

JURI

Euroscola

Committee on Transport and Tourism

TRAN

Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs

LIBE

Subcommittee on Human Rights

DROI

Committee on International Trade

INTA

Committee on Budgets

Committee on Internal Market and Consumer Protection

EP Plenary session - Council and Commission statements - Need to complete new trade agreements for sustainable growth, competitiveness and the EU’s strategic autonomy

EP Plenary session - Council and Commission statements - Energy Charter Treaty: next steps

EP Plenary session - Council and Commission statements - The proposed extension of glyphosate in the EU

DLAT meeting with Jose Manuel Albares Bueno, acting Minister of Foreign Affairs of Spain

Meeting of the EP Conference of Presidents

LEX signing ceremony: signature of 3 COD LEX texts by Roberta METSOLA, EP President and José Manuel Albares Bueno, Minister for Foreign Affairs, on behalf of the Spanish Presidency of the Council

EP Plenary session - European green bonds

EP Plenary session - Topical debate- Decent housing for all

EP Plenary session - Voting session

EP Plenary session - Formal sitting with Petr PAVEL, President of Czech Republic

Roberta METSOLA, EP President welcomes Petr PAVEL, President of Czech Republic - Joint Press Point

Press seminar for French journalists

Roberta METSOLA, EP President welcomes Petr PAVEL, President of Czech Republic

Interview of David CASA

Press conference on the hearings of Commissioner-designate Wopke Hoekstra and Commission Executive Vice-President Maroš Šefcovic

EP Plenary session - Council and Commission statements - Need for a speedy adoption of the asylum and migration package

Czech MEPS meet with  Petr PAVEL, President of Czech Republic

EP Plenary session - Council and Commission statements - The 10th consecutive increase in reference interest rates decided by the ECB and its consequences (without resolution)

EP President Roberta METSOLA goes to a pharmaceutical manufactory in Birzebuggia during her visit to Malta. She meets with the board and employees of Aurobindo Pharma. She visits the production site.

Official visit by Roberta METSOLA, EP President to Valletta (Malta): visit of a pharmaceutical manufactory in Birzebuggia

Eco-friendly, biodegradable, climate-neutral… 
  
In recent years, many corporations have overstated or misrepresented their green credentials, often misleading consumers with exaggerated environmental or durability claims. So much so that the practice gave rise to the term ‘greenwashing’. 
  
Parliament has voted to outlaw greenwashing and make durability information clear and easily accessible to consumers.  
     
Find out more in our short explainer video.

New EU rules to prevent greenwashing decrypted - EE24

EP President Roberta METSOLA and Swedish Prime Minister Ulf KRISTERSSON speak to the press after their meeting in Stockholm. This transcription is a result of an automatic process. Pleas check against delivery.

Joint Press Point by Roberta METSOLA, EP President and Ulf KRISTERSSON, Swedish Prime Minister

Roberta METSOLA, President of the European Parliament, meets with Andreas NORLÉN, Speaker of the Riksdag (Swedish Parliament) and representatives of the political groups in the Parliament during her official visit to Stockholm. This news item shows extracts from the arrival and from the official meeting between President Metsola and Speaker Andreas NORLÉN.

Official visit by Roberta METSOLA, EP President to Stockholm (Sweden): arrival at the Riksdag (Parliament of Sweden) and meeting with Andreas NORLÉN, Speaker of the Riksdag and representatives of the political groups in the Parliament

During her official visit to Sweden ahead of the European elections of 6-9 June 2024 Roberta METSOLA, President of the European Parliament, meets with Ulf KRISTERSSON, Swedish Prime Minister. This news item shows extracts from her arrival and meeting, as well as highlights from the press point.

Official visit by Roberta METSOLA, EP President to Stockholm (Sweden): arrival, meeting with Ulf KRISTERSSON, Swedish Prime Minister and extracts from the press point

In occasion of an official visit to Stockholm (Sweden) ahead of the European elections of 6-9 June 2004 Roberta METSOLA, EP President, exchanges views with young people in a town hall meeting

Official visit by Roberta METSOLA, EP President to Stockholm (Sweden): Town Hall discussion with young Swedish people

Digital technologies, such as artificial intelligence, bring exciting opportunities but also potential risks. 
  
The European Parliament has had a crucial role in shaping groundbreaking EU rules to make sure our digital world is safe and fair.

The European Parliament’s actions for a safe and innovative digital world

Digital technologies, such as artificial intelligence, bring exciting opportunities but also potential risks. 
  
The European Parliament has had a crucial role in shaping groundbreaking EU rules to make sure our digital world is safe and fair. 
  
Find out more about how it is protecting Europeans and their rights, while giving business the space it needs to innovate.

Roberta METSOLA, EP President, presides the Conference of Presidents (CoP) of the political groups represented in the European Parliament. This news item shows arrivals and roundtable at the beginning of the meeting which has as main topic the current situation of rule of law in Hungary.

Meeting of the EP Conference of Presidents: arrivals and roundtable

EP Plenary session - Voting session, including the resolution regarding the immediate risk of mass starvation in Gaza and the attacks on humanitarian aid deliveries, the resolution regarding the repressive environment in Afghanistan, including public executions and violence against women, and the resolution about the adoption of the Special Measure in favour of Tunisia for 2023. It also includes the vote on the case of Rocío San Miguel and General Hernández Da Costa, the subscription by the European Union to additional shares in the capital of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) and amending the Agreement establishing the EBRD, financial rules applicable to the general budget of the Union, the return of Romanian national treasure illegally appropriated by Russia, the creation of a European initiative for an annual designation of European capitals for children and the ohesion policy 2014-2020 – implementation and outcomes in the Member States

EP Plenary session - Voting session, including the resolutions about Gaza, Afghanistan and Tunisia

MEPs debate on the inclusion of the right to abortion in the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights with Council and Commission. The debate is wound up by a resolution, to be put to a vote in the April I part-session. Closing statement by Elisa FERREIRA, European Commissioner for Cohesion and Reforms.

Inclusion of the right to abortion in the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights: Closing statement by Elisa FERREIRA, European Commissioner for Cohesion and Reforms

MEPs debate on the inclusion of the right to abortion in the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights with Council and Commission. The debate is wound up by a resolution, to be put to a vote in the April I part-session. MEPs debate

Inclusion of the right to abortion in the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights: MEPs debate

MEPs debate on the inclusion of the right to abortion in the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights with Council and Commission. The debate is wound up by a resolution, to be put to a vote in the April I part-session. Opening statement by Elisa FERREIRA, European Commissioner for Cohesion and Reforms. This transcription is a result of an automatic process. Please check against delivery.

Inclusion of the right to abortion in the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights: Opening statement by Elisa FERREIRA, European Commissioner for Cohesion and Reforms

MEPs hold urgent debates on human rights, democracy and rule of law topics such as the immediate risk of mass starvation in Gaza and the attacks on humanitarian aid deliveries.

EP Plenary session - Debates on cases of breaches of human rights, democracy and the rule of law: The immediate risk of mass starvation in Gaza and the attacks on humanitarian aid deliveries

MEPs debate and vote on new EU rules to reduce emissions from passenger cars, vans, buses, trucks and trailers and to set battery durability requirements for them. The regulation governing the type-approval and market surveillance of motor vehicles (Euro 7) aims to support the EU’s transition towards clean mobility and improve air quality. Closing statements by Elisa FERREIRA, European Commissioner for Cohesion and Reforms, and Alexandr VONDRA (ECR, CZ), Rapporteur.

Type-approval of motor vehicles and engines with respect to their emissions and battery durability (Euro 7): Closing statement by Elisa FERREIRA, Commissioner for Cohesion and Reforms, and Alexandr VONDRA (ECR, CZ), Rapporteur

MEPs debate and vote on new EU rules to reduce emissions from passenger cars, vans, buses, trucks and trailers and to set battery durability requirements for them. The regulation governing the type-approval and market surveillance of motor vehicles (Euro 7) aims to support the EU’s transition towards clean mobility and improve air quality.

Type-approval of motor vehicles and engines with respect to their emissions and battery durability (Euro 7): MEPs debate

MEPs debate and vote on new EU rules to reduce emissions from passenger cars, vans, buses, trucks and trailers and to set battery durability requirements for them. The regulation governing the type-approval and market surveillance of motor vehicles (Euro 7) aims to support the EU’s transition towards clean mobility and improve air quality. Opening statements by Alexandr VONDRA (ECR, CZ), Rapporteur, Massimiliano SALINI (EPP, IT), ITRE Committee, Elisa FERREIRA, European Commissioner for Cohesion and Reforms, Antonius MANDERS (EPP, NL), IMCO Committee, and Marian-Jean MARINESCU (EPP, RO), TRAN Committee. This transcription is the result of an automatic process. Please check against delivery.

Type-approval of motor vehicles and engines with respect to their emissions and battery durability (Euro 7): Opening statement by Alexandr VONDRA (ECR, CZ), Rapporteur, and Elisa FERREIRA, Commissioner for Cohesion and Reforms

Roberta METSOLA, EP President and Hadja LAHBIB, Minister of Foreign Affairs, European Affairs and Foreign Trade and the Federal Cultural Institutions, on behalf of the Belgian Presidency, sign some legislative acts.

LEX signing ceremony in presence of Roberta METSOLA, EP President and Hadja LAHBIB, Minister of Foreign Affairs, European Affairs and Foreign Trade and the Federal Cultural Institutions, on behalf of the Belgian Presidency

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