Heritage Days 2024 at the European Parliament in Brussels

Pre-session briefing

268134: Oldřich Vlasák

Lux Prize ceremony

Explanations of vote

Voting time

Welcome

Statement by the President

Situation concerning Greece (Commission statement)

268128: Rainer Wieland

Martin SCHULZ - EP President - Hansjörg Walter - President of the National Council of Switzerland - and Hans Altherr - President of the Council of States of Switzerland

Measures to protect the EU market from unusually low priced imports of Chinese origin, especially photovoltaic panels

Granting delegated powers for the adoption of certain measures relating to the common commercial policy (debate)

Presentation of the Court of Auditors' annual report - 2011 (debate)

265164: Roberta Angelilli

Elections to the European Parliament in 2014 (debate)

Opening of the meeting

Agenda of the next sitting : see Minutes

Closure of the sitting

Marko VESLIGAJ in the EP in Strasbourg

Ukrainian Independence Day - Raising of the Ukrainian flags outside of the EP buildings in Brussels, Strasbourg and Luxembourg

Greenpeace Demonstration at the European Parliament in Brussels

European Parliament press seminar 'Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP)'

Diego LOPEZ GARRIDO, Martin SCHULZ EP President

EP President is handed over the report of Fundacion Alternativas

European Parliament press seminar 'Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership'

Inside the European Parliament in Brussels

EU-Burundi Parliamentary Meeting

Markku MARKKULA, the president of the Committee of the Regions attends the - Conference Republic of Moldova ‚Äì An European Country

Conference  Discovering the Republic of Moldova

Patients' rights in the health care sector

Conference of the Intergroup on Biodiversity, Hunting and Countryside - Combatting Wildlife Crime

Discussion about human rights in Belarus with relatives of political prisoners

MEP Monica Stefania BALDI at the European Parliament in Strasbourg

Road to a New Treaty

SPD Sprecherkonferenz - MEP Mathias GROOTE together with a SPD-Delegation of Germany and Environment Director General Karl FALKENBERG - Group picture

Inside View of the European Parliament in Brussels

One World Human Rights Film festival.  A Sakharov Prize Network event in cooperation with People in Need (PIN).  Panel debate following film screening ' National Diploma ' in presence of Sakharov Prize Laureate 2014

Alain LAMASSOURE, Bernd LUCKE, Marisa MATIAS

Special TAXE sub committee meeting on Taxe Rulings and Other Measures Similar in Nature or Effect. Public hearing on Tax Ruling and Harmful Tax Practices

Every year 250,000 people are trafficked in Europe according to UN reports. MEP Edit Bauer is sounding the alarm and calling for a legal framework that punishes the purchaser not the purchased. We talk with her and fellow MEP Antonyia Parvanova from Bulga

Focus: Lives for sale in Europe

Human trafficking is on the rise in Europe, and the EP wants the men, women and child victims to speak out against the criminal gangs. How is this trade to be stopped? Improved cooperation between Member States, better victim protection and harsher senten

Reporter: Closing the net on traffickers

Following the failed climate summit in the Danish capital last December, Europeans are looking for a new direction in the fight against global warming. Many saw the weak agreement as a dead end, others saw it as another stop on the journey. Discussing whi

Public Forum: Copenhagen - climate cross-roads or cul-de-sac?

Jobs are in the headlines, with continuing job losses in EU industry in 2010. We talk to Miguel Portas about the crises' social impact. Bulgaria's Commission candidate is up for a new job, after Rumiana Jeleva's surprise departure from the Commission race

The News: EU job search - Kristalina Georgieva the right candidate - Miguel Portas on the social impact of the crisis

In the wake of the financial crisis, three more million people in the EU may be unemployed at the end of 2010, and a third of those already looking for a job cannot benefit from unemployment benefits - it's high time to find a solution to those problems,

Benefits for the jobless

Fresh from a position at the World Bank, Bulgaria is pinning their hopes on Kristalina Georgieva as International Cooperation, Humanitarian Aid and Crisis Response Commissioner. She stepped in at the last minute after previous candidate, Rumiana Jeleva wi

A new hearing for the 26th Commissioner

The EU doesn’t want to stand idly by when unemployment is on the rise. The European Globalisation Adjustment Fund (EGF), originally created to support workers who'd lost their jobs as a result of globalisation, now also covers those affected by the econom

Fighting unemployment in times of crisis

Never again! In 1945, many politicians dreamt of a united Europe. They envisaged a new model of peace. Today, war in Europe seems impossible.

Eureka: Building the European Union

The Ukraine-Russia stand off over gas supplies energy security rang alarm bells in the EU 27. So should Europe kick its addiction to Russian energy? Can Europe replace Russian supplies with feasible alternatives? Does the EU internal energy market work? E

Forum: How should Europe secure energy supplies?

A 28 member EU looked one step closer to becoming reality as the Foreign Affairs Committee met today to discussed the finer points of Croatia's accession. MEPs discuss the viability of body scanners in airports after the attempted bombing of a flight to D

The News: EU's 28th state - Body Scanners - Marc Tarabella talks food labelling

The last EU expansion was in 2007, and the next expected one is scheduled for 2012 for Croatia. Though there have been some hiccups along the way for the next accession, there were encouraging signs coming from the Foreign Affairs Committee today. If Croa

The 28th Member State

Terrorist bomb attacks in EU airports are back in the headlines following December’s failed plot to blow up a US-bound flight. The US wants to counter the threat by introducing body scanners – in Europe. Some MEPs are not convinced citing privacy concerns

Body scanners in EU airports

The Parliament has a rich and varied collection of over 300 art works and sculptures, which will soon be available for public viewing on the internet. This year showcases the talents of Polish artists.

Celebrating Europe’s artists

Ceremony held in Krakow, Poland, to honour the 65th Anniversary of the Liberation of the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration and extermination camp. Jerzy BUZEK, EP President, took part in the ceremony alongside other European and international leaders.

International Holocaust Remembrance Day: Ceremony marking the 65th anniversary of the Liberation of Auschwitz with Jerzy BUZEK, EP President

In the European Parliament, all Community languages are equally important, and MEPs have the right to speak in the official language of their choice. Interpreters are needed! In the plenary sittings, for example, 800-1000 interpreters are on hand to provi

The magic of interpretation

Fortress Europe is no match for the zebra mussel. This alien species, native to the Caspian and Black Seas, is endangering European ecosystems and wreaking serious socio-economic damage. EuroparlTV goes to Spain to investigate.

Reporter: The EU is united in promoting biodiversity

The Lisbon Treaty brought with it a novel method for the citizens to participate in European politics: the citizens' initiative. With one million signatures to back their demand anyone can ask the Commission to draft a new law. However, many practical det

How it works: The Citizens' Initiative

Some MEPs want all European newborns to get more quality time with their mothers by boosting maternity leave from 14 to 18 weeks. The Spanish minister in charge talks about efforts to tackle gender inequality. The EU will tackle counterfeit drugs. And Eur

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