On 19 March 1958, the European Parliamentary Assembly hold a first meeting in Strasbourg. Luciano GRANZOTTO BASSO, Oldest member of the Assembly leads the election. The representatives elect Robert Schuman as President. He is the single candidate at the function.

Constitutive session of the European Parliamentary Assembly: election of Robert SCHUMAN, as President of the Assembly

INTA AFCO - Confirmation hearing of Maroš ŠEFČOVIČ, European Commissioner-designate for Trade, Economic Security, and Interinstitutional Relations and Transparency

Roberta METSOLA, EP President meets with Eric NUSSBAUMER, President of the National Council of Switzerland

CULT - Confirmation hearing of Glenn MICALLEF, European Commissioner-designate for Intergenerational Fairness, Youth, Culture and Sport

Press conference by Roberta METSOLA, EP President, on the Special Meeting of the European Council

Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs

LIBE

ECON - ENVI

ENVI

ECON

Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development

AGRI

ECON - BUDG

BUDG

Press Conference: End of LIBE Delegation Visit in Malta with Chair Sophie in t' Veld

World Economic Forum 2022 Davos - Address by European Parliament President Roberta METSOLA

High Level Conference CPCC HLC - Shaping Civilian CSPS for the future

SEDE

Knesset - Special Plenary Session - Address by European Parliament President Roberta METSOLA

Euroscola

Subcommittee on Security and Defence

DEVE - Poldep E Workshop

DEVE

Committee on Employment and Social Affairs

EMPL

Press conference by Cristian BUŞOI, rapporteur and Jerzy BUZEK head of the EP negotiation team on the trilogue agreement on gas storage

Establishing the European Education Area by 2025 - micro credentials, individual learning accounts and learning for a sustainable environment (debate)

The fight against impunity for war crimes in Ukraine (debate)

The REPowerEU Plan: European solidarity and energy security in face of Russia's invasion of Ukraine, including the recent cuts of gas supply to Poland and Bulgaria (debate)

Voting time

Explanations of vote

Approval of the minutes of the part-session and forwarding of texts adopted

Closure of the sitting

Plenary session

Press conference by Adrián VÁZQUEZ LÁZARA, JURI Chair on the verification of credentials report

Press conference by Roberta METSOLA, EP President and by Maia SANDU, President of  the Republic of Moldova

Santander International Banking Conference 2024 - Madrid - Participation of Roberta METSOLA, EP President to the exchange on "Growth in a Disrupted World"

Event ' Without rebirth, nothing is fully alive '

Brussels Pride 2023

International Women’s Day 2023 - All for Gender Equality

LIBE mission to Athens, Greece - News conference

LIBE mission to Athens, Greece - Meeting with Alison Gatt, Head of the European Affairs Sector, EUAA, and Jette Christiansen, Head of Greece sector, EUAA.

EUVP 2nd event for Interlocutors

LIBE mission to Athens, Greece - Meetings with Eleni TOULOUPAKI, Maria GAVOUNELI, Dimitris VERVESOS

STOA meeting - Workshop ' The future of EU’s Open Strategic Autonomy: Ensuring citizens’ well-being '

Photo action in solidarity and memory of Ukrainian prisoner of war Timofey Shadura

CCC Reflection Day

EPRS event ' Increasing European added value in an age of global challenges '

Meeting with the President Christos RAMOS and representatives of the Hellenic Authority for Communication Security and Privacy.

LIBE mission to Athens, Greece - Meeting with representatives of the National Transparency Authority (NTA)

Event ' In Defense of Our Defenders - Violence Against Europe’s Police '

Study visit - Newly elected Members of the National Assembly of the Republic of Serbia

LIBE mission to Athens, Greece - Meeting with representatives of Border police and Frontex

EMPL shadow meeting before the trilogue on European Year of Skills

BUDG ECON joint Committee - Implementation of InvestEU

The Committees on Industry, Research and Energy (ITRE) and the Committee on Culture and Education (CULT) hold a joint public hearing with Ms Iliana IVANOVA, Commissioner-designate for innovation, research, culture, education and youth. Ivanova has been named by the Bulgarian Government to substitute the former Commissioner Maryia Gabriel who left the office on the 15th of may 2023. Second part of the questions and answers session with the MEPs.

Hearing of Iliana IVANOVA, Commissioner-designate for innovation, research, culture, education and youth: questions and answers (part 2)

The Committees on Industry, Research and Energy (ITRE) and the Committee on Culture and Education (CULT) hold a joint public hearing with Ms Iliana IVANOVA, Commissioner-designate for innovation, research, culture, education and youth. Ivanova has been named by the Bulgarian Government to substitute the former Commissioner Maryia Gabriel who left the office on the 15th of may 2023. First part of the questions and answers session with the MEPs.

Hearing of Iliana IVANOVA, Commissioner-designate for innovation, research, culture, education and youth: questions and answers (part 1)

Iliana IVANOVA, Commissioner candidate gives her opening statement during the Committees on Industry, Research and Energy (ITRE) and the Committee on Culture and Education (CULT) joint public hearing. Ivanova has been named by the Bulgarian Government to substitute the former Commissioner Maryia Gabriel, who left the office on the 15th of may 2023, as Commissioner for innovation, research, culture, education and youth. Opening statement by Iliana IVANOVA, Commissioner candidate. The transcript is the result of an automated process. Please check against delivery.

Hearing of Iliana IVANOVA, Commissioner-designate for innovation, research, culture, education and youth: opening statement by Iliana IVANOVA, Commissioner candidate

Cristian-Silviu BUŞOI (EPP, RO), Chair of ITRE and Sabine VERHEYEN (EPP, DE), Chair of CULT give their opening statements during the joint public hearing with Ms Iliana IVANOVA, Commissioner-designate for innovation, research, culture, education and youth. Ivanova has been named by the Bulgarian Government to substitute the former Commissioner Maryia Gabriel who left the office on the 15th of may 2023. Opening and introduction by Cristian-Silviu BUŞOI (EPP, RO), Chair of ITRE and Sabine VERHEYEN (EPP, DE), Chair of CULT. The transcript is the result of an automated process. Please check against delivery.

Hearing of Iliana IVANOVA, Commissioner-designate for innovation, research, culture, education and youth: opening statements by Cristian-Silviu BUŞOI (EPP, RO), Chair of ITRE and Sabine VERHEYEN (EPP, DE), Chair of CULT

The Committee on Industry, Research and Energy (ITRE) and the Committee on Culture and Education (CULT) hold a joint public hearing with Ms Iliana IVANOVA, Commissioner-designate for innovation, research, culture, education and youth. Ivanova has been named by the Bulgarian Government to substitute the former Commissioner Maryia Gabriel who left the office on the 15th of may 2023. Arrivals and ambiance shots.

Hearing of Iliana IVANOVA, Commissioner-designate for innovation, research, culture, education and youth: arrivals and ambiance shots

This infoclip shows the project "Quantum Austria" (funded with 107 million euros by the Recovery and Resilience Facility) aims to support excellent, transformative, and innovative basic research in the field of quantum physics, quantum computing, as well as next generation high performance computing to ensure continued competitiveness globally. The footage illustrate ongoing research projects: "Preqursor" which aim to perform machine learning on photonic platforms, and probing optical nonlinearities of material and "QuBELT" for the investigation of 2D materials (University of Vienna); "Quantum Klystron" and "Quantum Optics with Electron Photon Pairs" (Technical University of Vienna) which goal is respectively to employ a spatially modulated electron beam as method of manipulation of quantum systems, and to develop novel quantum technology for electron microscopy. License for using the footage: CC BY-NC-ND.

Infoclip: Projects for quantum research and technologies, "Quantum Austria" - Recovery and Resilience Facility (RRF) - Vienna (Austria)

The five nominated films have been announced during the Venice film festival for the LUX Audience Award 2024: "20 000 Species of Bees" by Spanish director Estibaliz Urresola Solaguren, "Fallen Leaves" by Finnish director Aki Kaurismäki, "On the Adamant" by French director Nicolas Philibert, "Smoke Sauna Sisterhood" by Estonian director Anna Hints, "The Teachers' Lounge", directed by Ilker Çatak and produced in Germany. The audience and the Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) are invited to rate the films online. The film that receives the highest overall ranking from the public and the MEPs, with each group being weighted at 50%, will be the winner of the LUX Audience Award. The winner will be announced at the LUX Audience Award Ceremony, which will take place in the European Parliament in March 2024.

Clip: LUX Audience Award 2024 - Presentation of the 5 nominated films

The LUX Audience Award is presented every year by the European Parliament and the European Film Academy, in partnership with the European Commission and Europa Cinemas. The award celebrates European cinema and its aim is to raise awareness of Europe’s social, political and cultural issues. The five films nominated for the LUX Audience Award’s fourth edition, 20 000 Species of Bees, Fallen Leaves, On the Adamant, Smoke Sauna Sisterhood and The Teachers’ Lounge, were publicly unveiled during the Venice International Film Festival in presence of Members of European Parliament, audience, filmmakers and film professionals. Statement by Sabine VERHEYEN (EPP, DE), Chair of CULT Committee.

LUX Audience Award 2024: statement by Sabine VERHEYEN (EPP, DE), Chair of CULT Committee

Roberta METSOLA, EP President meets with Ion-Marcel CIOLACU, Romanian Prime Minister, in the European Parliament, in Brussels. Extracts from the arrival, welcome and roundtable.

Roberta METSOLA, EP President, meets with Ion-Marcel CIOLACU, Romanian Prime Minister: arrival, welcome and roundtable

Committed to European integration, the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) contributes to strengthening the democratic legitimacy and effectiveness of the European Union by enabling civil society organisations from the Member States to express their views at European level. The EESC President, Oliver RÖPKE, meets Roberta METSOLA, the European Parliament President, in Brussels.

Roberta METSOLA, EP President meets with Oliver RÖPKE, President of the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC)

This event takes stock of the origins, evolution, and current experiences of the transnational groups in the European Parliament, 70 years after their creation. Following a historical analysis by Professor Jürgen Mittag, three eminent former group chairs - Hans-Gert Pöttering (EPP), Hannes Swoboda (S&D), and Gijs de Vries (ELDR) - will talk about their experiences of leading a transnational group in the EP, thus exploring the past, present and future of transnational politics in Europe.

EPRS history and politics roundtable: 70 years of Transnational Groups in the European Parliament

Members of the Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development (AGRI) quiz Janusz WOJCIECHOWSKI, European Commissioner for Agriculture on the Black Sea grain deal and market situation. Statement by Norbert LINS (EPP, DE), Chair of AGRI. Extracts from the exchange of views.

Black Sea grain deal and market situation: statement by Norbert LINS (EPP, DE), Chair of AGRI; extracts from the exchange of views with Janusz WOJCIECHOWSKI, European Commissioner for Agriculture

Every five years European voters are called to the ballot box to choose Members of the European Parliament. The vote has a direct impact on EU policy over the following parliamentary term. 

The European elections are the biggest transnational vote on the planet and they shape not only Europe but also the EU’s place in the world.

Find out more about European elections!

Voting in the European elections

Members of the European Parliament will question the president of the European Commission in the annual State of the European Union debate (SOTEU) in September.
 
The debate is traditionally the occasion when the European Parliament gets to hold the Commission to account on its track record over the past year and scrutinise its policy priorities.
 
This SOTEU is the final such debate before European elections in June 2024, so MEPs will be keen to look back at the track record of Ursula von der Leyen and her Commission since the last elections in 2019.

MEPs to scrutinise Commission in State of EU debate

To mark Ukraine Independence Day on the 24th August 2023, the European Parliament lights up its "Station Europe" buidling, on Place du Luxembourg in Brussels, in the colors of the Ukrainian flag.

European Parliament building in Brussels illuminated in the colors of the Ukrainian flag to mark Ukraine Independence Day

&lt;p>Interview with Nicole FONTAINE, former EP President (1999-2002) on EU integration.&lt;/p>

The story of the EP by its Presidents: Nicole FONTAINE, EP President 1999-2002 - EU integration: From multilingualism to a single currency

&lt;p>Rising sea levels, excessive logging, the loss of biodiversity... Across the EU, people from all walks of life are concerned about climate change. Meet Anu and Carlos, two climate advocates who are taking concrete steps for the planet. One as an 'Activist Granny' in Finland, the other as a member of the 'Global Shapers' NGO in the Canary Islands. The European Parliament is acting to protect our planet with the European Green Deal, new legislation on carbon emissions and better safeguards for the EU’s biodiversity.&lt;/p>

Climate action across generations and nations: meet Anu & Carlos (4:5) - TRAD

Climate action across generations and nations: meet Anu & Carlos - TRAD

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