EP Plenary session - Right to clean drinking water in the EU

AFET DEVE DROI  joint Committee meeting with Sakharov Prize for freedom of thought 2024 laureates

EP Plenary session - Regional Emergency Support

Sakharov Prize for freedom of thought 2024 - Interviews with laureates

EP Plenary session - Activities of the European Ombudsman – annual report 2023

Lefteris CHRISTOFOROU in the EP in Strasbourg

Rosanna CONTE in the EP in Strasbourg

LUX prize seminar

Plenary session - EU response to extreme meteorological events and their impacts: how to protect European urban areas and their cultural heritage

Lukasz KOHUT meets with Frans TIMMERMANS, EC vice-president

Mario FURORE in the EP in Strasbourg

Plenary session - Debates on foreign affairs issues in the presence of the Vice-President of the Commission/High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy- 2020 budgetary procedure

LUX prize  - Media round table

CCC meeting with Michel BARNIER, European Chief Negotiator for the United Kingdom Exiting the European Union

Press conference by David SASSOLI, EP President and by Oleg SENTSOV, Sakharov Prize 2018 laureate

EP Plenary - Address by Oleg SENTSOV, Sakharov Prize Laureate 2018

Plenary session- Votes

Stockshot of the hemicycle of the European Parliament in Strasbourg

Maria Da Graca CARVALHO in the EP in Strasbourg

David SASSOLI, EP President meets with Oleg SENTSOV, Sakharov Prize Laureate 2018

Ivan Vilibor SINCIC and Mislav KOLAKUSIC in the EP in Strasbourg

Address by Oleg SENTSOV, Sakharov Prize Laureate 2018

To mark the international day for the elimination of gender-based violence, European Parliament’s building in Strasbourg is lit up in orange by David SASSOLI, EP President.

International Day for the elimination of violence against women: speech by David SASSOLI, EP President, illumination in orange of the EP building, enumerating the 138 French women murdered in 2019.

During the plenary session (25-28 November 2019) of the European Parliament in Strasbourg, MEPs debate the climate and environmental emergency and discuss how to ensure that the EU leads in countering climate change, ahead of the UN climate change conference (COP25) in Madrid on 2-13 December. Statements by Kimmo TIILIKAINEN, Finnish Presidency, Miguel ARIAS CAÑETE, Member of the EC in charge of Climate Action and Energy, Pascal CANFIN (RE, FR) and Bas EICKHOUT (Greens/EFA, NL).

Climate and environmental emergency / 2019 UN Climate Change Conference (COP25): extracts from the joint debate

During the plenary session (25-28 November 2019) of the European Parliament in Strasbourg, MEPs discuss on measures to halt violence against women and urge all member states to ratify the Istanbul Convention. To mark the international day for the elimination of gender-based violence, Parliament’s building is lit up in orange on Monday evening by President Sassoli. Statements by Tytti TUPPURAINEN, Finnish Minister for European Affairs, Miguel ARIAS CAÑETE, Member of the EC in charge of Climate Action and Energy, Iratxe GARCÍA PÉREZ (S&D, ES), María Soraya (Renew, ES), Terry REINTKE (Greens/EFA, DE) and Eugenia RODRÍGUEZ PALOP (GUE/NGL, ES).

EU accession to the Istanbul Convention and other measures to combat gender-based violence: extracts from the debate

During the plenary session (25-28 November 2019) in the European Parliament in Strasbourg, David SASSOLI, EP President makes the opening remarks on the illumination of the Paliament's LOW building in orange to mark the international day for the elimination of gender-based violence.

Opening remarks by David SASSOLI, EP President, on the illumination of the LOW building in orange for the International Day to eliminate violence against women

Exterior and interior shots of the European Parliament during the plenary session (25-28 November 2019) in Strasbourg.

EP Plenary session (25-28/11): editing shots

The EP Press Service holds a press briefing ahead the plenary session (25-28 November 2019), in the European Parliament in Strasbourg.

EP Press briefing

The Committee on Foreign Affairs (AFET), the Subcommittee on Human Rights (DROI) and the Committee on Development (DEVE) hold an exchange of views with Oleg SENTSOV, 2018 Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought, in the EUropean Parliament in Strasbourg. Oleg Sentsov is a Ukrainian film director who had been sentenced to 20 years in prison for "plotting terrorist acts" against the Russian "de facto" rule in Crimea. After spending more than five years behind bars, he was released from prison in September this year as part of a major prisoner swap between Russia and Ukraine. Statements by Tomas TOBÉ (EPP, SE), David McALLISTER (EPP, DE) and Oleg SENTSOV, 2018 Sakharov Prize Laureate.

Exchange of views with Oleg SENTSOV, 2018 Sakharov Prize laureate: extracts of AFET/DEVE/DROI committees joint meeting

David SASSOLI, EP President announce the laureate of the Sakharov Prize 2019 during the plenary session in Strasbourg (21-24/10/2019)

Sakharov Prize 2019: Announcement of the laureate of the Sakharov Prize 2019 by David SASSOLI, EP President

Following a decision by Parliament’s Conference of Presidents, David SASSOLI, EP President, announces the winner of the Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought 2019 during the award ceremony in the European Parliament in Strasbourg. The winner is Ilham TOHTI, an Uyghur economist fighting for the rights of China’s Uyghur minority. He was sentenced to life imprisonment on separatism-related charges in 2014. He remains a voice of moderation and reconciliation.

Sakharov Prize 2019: extracts from the announcement of the laureate by David SASSOLI, EP President

During the plenary session (21-24/10/2019) of the European Parliament in Strasbourg, MEPs debate on cases of breaches of human rights, democracy and the rule of law such as Uganda, notably the proposed bill to impose capital punishment of homosexual acts, Egypt, and the proposed new Criminal Code of Indonesia. Statements by Maria ARENA (S&D, BE), Tomas TOBÉ (EPP, SE), Alice BAH KUHNKE (Greens/EFA, SW), Neven MIMICA, Member of the EC in charge of International Cooperation and Development, Miguel URBÁN CRESPO (GUE/NGL, ES), Anna FOTYGA (ECR, PL) and Katalin CSEH (RE, HU).

Cases of breaches of human rights, democracy and the rule of law: extracts from the debates

Review of the parliamentary work in the European Parliament in Strasbourg (16-19/09/2019). Sideshow of photos illustrating the debates in plenary, and visits by Talat XHAFERI, Speaker of Northern Macedonian Parliament, Alessandro MAHMOOD, Italian singer, Luis Marco AGUIRIANO NALDA, Spanish Secretary of State for the European Union and Laura AGEA, Italian State Secretary to European Affairs. Review of the Juncker Commission

EP weekly review: week 43 in Strasbourg

During the plenary session (21-24/10/2019) of the European Parliament in Strasbourg, MEPs vote on measures to take after the bankruptcy of travel agency Thomas Cook.

Effects of the bankruptcy of Thomas Cook Group: extracts from the vote

During the plenary session (21-24/10/2019) of the European Parliament in Strasbourg, MEPs vote on search and rescue in the Mediterranean.

Search and rescue in the Mediterranean: extracts from the vote and illustrative shots

Visit of Talat XHAFERI, President of the Assembly of North Macedonia, to the European Parliament in Strasbourg. Arrival and meeting with David SASSOLI, EP President, in the framework of the opening of accession talks with North Macedonia.

David SASSOLI, EP President meets with Talat XHAFERI, President of the Assembly of North Macedonia: arrival and roundtable

During the plenary session (21-24/10/2019) of the European Parliament in Strasbourg, MEPs strongly condemned the unilateral Turkish military intervention in northeast Syria, urging Turkey to withdraw all of its forces from Syrian territory. In a resolution, adopted on Thursday by show of hands, MEPs warn that Turkey’s intervention in northeast Syria is a grave violation of international law, undermining the stability and security of the region as a whole.

Turkish military operation in Northeast Syria and its consequences: extracts from the vote

Live replay of the plenary debate on the Turkish military operation in Northeast Syria and its consequences during the plenary session in Strasbourg (21-24 October 2019): MEPs debate part 1

The Turkish military operation in Northeast Syria and its consequences: MEPs debate (part 1)

During the plenary session (21-24/10/2019) of the European Parliament in Strasbourg, MEPs adopt a position on next year’s EU budget 2020, focussing on climate change, youth unemployment, Erasmus, migration and external policies. Statement by Kimmo TIILIKAINEN , Finnish State Secretary, EU Presidency.

Draft general budget of the European Union for 2020: extracts from the vote

Live replay of the plenary debate on the Turkish military operation in Northeast Syria and its consequences during the plenary session in Strasbourg (21-24 October 2019): MEPs debate part 2

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