Marlena MALAG in the EP in Strabourg

Matej TONIN in the EP in Strasbourg

Monitoring the application of EU law (2010) (debate)

Activities of the Committee on Petitions (2011) (debate)

Possible delays to the start of the operation of SIS II (debate)

Forthcoming World Conference on International Telecommunications (WCIT-2012) of the International Telecommunications Union, and the possible expansion of the scope of international telecommunication regulations (debate)

EU steel industry (debate)

Cases of restructuring in the European car industry (debate)

Werner KUHN, Ádám KÓSA, and Viviane REDING - Vice-President of the European Commission, European Commissioner for Justice Fundamental Rights and Citizenship

UNKN

Androulla VASSILIOU - European Commissioner for Education, Culture, Multilingualism and Youth

Tadeusz ZWIEFKA - JURI rapporteur, and Viviane REDING - Vice-President of the European Commission, European Commissioner for Justice Fundamental Rights and Citizenship

Wim van de CAMP - IMCO rapporteur

Environmental impacts of shale gas and shale oil extraction activities - Industrial, energy and other aspects of shale gas and oil (debate)

Approval of the minutes of the previous sitting : see Minutes

Briefing GUE/NGL - Gabriele ZIMMER - President - João FERREIRA and Sabine LÖSING

Martin SCHULZ - President of the European Parliament - and Michel MARTELLY - President of the Republic of Haiti -

Explanations of vote

Formal sitting - Haiti

Voting time

Verification of credentials

Roberta METSOLA, EP President meets with Dick SCHOOF, Prime Minister of the Netherlands

Italian MEPs official portraits - 10th Parliamentary term

Czech MEPs official portraits - 10th Parliamentary term.

Hungarian MEPs official portraits - 10th Parliamentary term.

Austrian MEPs official portraits - 10th Parliamentary term.

Dutch MEPs official portraits - 10th Parliamentary term.

Irish MEPs official portraits - 10th Parliamentary term.

EP President meets with Prime Minister of Hungary

Emily O REILLY, European Ombudsman, Carl DOLAN, Karl ISAKSON

' Is Brussels the new Washington DC ? ' Lobbying transparency in the EU

Open day 2015 at the EP in Brussels

Open Day 2015 at the EP in Brussels: Speed Dating

Ulrike LUNACEK, Hauwa IBRAHIM, Denis MUKWEGE

open day 2015 at the EP in Brussels

Open Doors Day 2015 - Opening Ceremony. European Parliament Vice-President introduces two Sahkarov Prize Laureates

Family Picture at the Open Doors Open on European Day 2015

Open the doors/cut the ribbon

Martin SCHULZ - EP President and High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy take partin Citizens' Dialogue at Expo Milan and inaugurate EU Pavilion on the Europe Day

Sylvie GUILLAUME , Rudi Vervoort , Willy DECOURTY

Open Doors Day 2015 - Opening Ceremony

Open Doors Day on Europe Day 2015

Oswiecim, Poland, May 8, 2015  EP President attends the commemoration event Train de 1000‚Äù in former german nazi death camp Auschwitz-Birkenau II

Vocal Concert Venray s Mannenkoor in the European Parliament in Strasbourg

Folk musicians group

Frode KRISTOFFERSEN, Lis JENSEN in front of EP Building

Frode KRISTOFFERSEN in front of EP Building

Art painting

Bicycle ride for blind people

Maud from Belgium wonders why Turkey's entry to the European Union is proving to be so difficult. H�l�ne Flautre answers her question.H�l�ne Flautre, France, Greens/European Free Alliance, Turkey, Accession, European Union, Criteria, Democracy, Integratio

Backstage: Tell me about Turkey's entry to the EU

Biodiversity is essential to the survival of the human race, but our activities are changing ecosystems, like the case of the humble bee that is now fleeing pesticide-filled fields, where its numbers have fallen dramatically, to our polluted cities, where

Focus: Boosting Biodiversity

Parental leave in Sweden is a maximum of 480 days, and 21% of men seize the opportunity to stay at home with their children. EuroparlTV met with Swedish fathers who have taken up the offer of parental leave to see what benefits and drawbacks of being a st

Reporter: Sweden's househusbands

Bees are a crucial part of the food chain, their activities help to pollinate plants and account for 30% of food production. However, bees are facing extinction. Now enterprising urban beekeepers have revived the flagging numbers in cities around Europe f

Reporter: Biodiversity - making a beeline for the city

Johan from Sweden wonders what the EU will look like in 10 years. MEP Elmar Brok answers his question by explaining the EU's plans for enlargement.

Backstage: The future of enlargement

Some parents have more rights than others across Europe, and MEPs want to change that. Maternity leave looks set to increase, but crucially there is no consensus on how much women should be paid or which entitlements fathers should receive. EPTV gets opin

Crossborder: Reforming maternity leave

In December 2009 the hopes of the world were pinned on the Copenhagen climate conference. However, the conclusions were somewhat disappointing. EuroparlTV looks back at what went wrong, and where to go from here.

Flashback: The rise and demise of Hopenhagen

A reflective end to a busy plenary. Beginning the week with Commissioner hearings, the political group leaders had their say on the on how it went, and some were less than pleased. Copenhagen one month on: MEPs looked at how to move on from the disappoint

The News: Commissioner hearings review - Copenhagen outcome - Grass-roots green initiatives

Though the votes are not in, the opinions certainly are. MEP Joseph Daul (EPP) attacked the manner in which Bulgarian candiate Rumiana Jeleva's hearing played out. However, MEP Martin Schulz (S&D) praised the performances of socialist candidates Ashton an

Commissioner hearings: farce or fair?

What a difference a month makes, in December the world's hopes shone on the Danish capital, but within a matter of weeks the summit collapsed without a legally binding agreement. During the Strasbourg plenary MEPs dissected the outcome of Copenhagen, and

Copenhagen one month on

MEPs voted for a safe pair of hands by re-electing Nikiforos Diamandouros to be the man who helps citizen combat poor administration in the EU institutions. With the right to good administration a legally-binding fundamental right, Diamandouros says he is

Diamandouros wins second mandate as European ombudsman

NGO representatives question MEPs. Is the EP determined to act on behalf of the poor and hungry people of the world? How far is the EU willing to go in helping the third world? Will politicians ever rise above their national economic interests, linked to

Q&A: Poverty, hunger and the European Union

An open-air gallery. Twenty years after the fall, the Berlin Wall is getting a touch up by the taggers themselves.  Episode 4 of the series on the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall.

A-Z: B for Berlin Wall

Fighting off the competition from Vittorio Bottoli and Pierre-Yves Monette, the bookies' favourite Nikiforos Diamandouros won over a large majority of MEPs during the Strasbourg plenary vote. He will remain the defender of citizens' rights against EU inst

Citizens' rights are safe in the hands of Diamandouros

Looking for the light at the end of the economic crisis tunnel, José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero outlined his plans before MEPs during the Strasbourg plenary today. Energy independence, sustainable development and investing in the information society were amo

Spanish PM Zapatero to the rescue

Arrival of José Luis ZAPATERO, Spanish Prime Minister, welcomed by Jerzy BUZEK, EP President. Statement on Spanish EU presidency programme by José Luis ZAPATERO, Spanish Prime Minister. Spain's key priorities are implementing the Lisbon Treaty, economic recovery, external relations and a Europe of rights and freedoms.

Programme of the Spanish Presidency - Statement by José Luis ZAPATERO, Spanish Prime Minister: extracts

A Greek Cypriot priest has incurred the wrath of the island’s pimps by offering women a way out of prostitution. Duped into coming to the island with promises of work as dancers and waitresses, the mainly Eastern European women are forced into conditions

Protecting Prostitutes

Focus on the Copenhagen summit. What are the real stakes of this summit? How to fight global warming effectively and, especially, how to get all the countries to agree? Thirty students debate the question with MEP Carl Schlyter.

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