INTA Committee meeting - Exchange of views Margrethe Vestager and Valdis Dombrovskis, Executive Vice-Presidents of the European Commission

Vesna Bedeković (Croatian Minister of Demographics, Family, Youth and Social Policy);Josip Aladrović (Croatian Minister of Labour and Pension System);

EMPL Committee - Presentation of the Croatian Presidency’s programme in the field of employment and social affairs - Exchange of views with the Croatian Minister of Labour and Pension System and with the Croatian Minister of Demographics, Family, Youth and Social Policy

PECH Committee - Exchange of views with the Commissioner in charge of Environment, Oceans and Fisheries

TRAN Committee meeting - Exchange of views  on tourism industry in the light of recent difficulties of Thomas Cook

AFET Committee meeting - Exchange of views with Vadym Prystaiko, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine

AFET Committee meeting - Exchange of views with Tagese Chafo, House Speaker of the Ethiopian Parliament

Exchange of views with the Executive Director of the EUIPO

AFET Committee meeting - Exchange of views with Nikola Dimitrov, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of North Macedonia

EMPL committee - Exchange of views with the Directors of the Agencies under the EMPL remit

LIBE Committee meeting - Exchange of views with the Commissioner for Migration, Home Affairs and Citizenship

LIBE Committee - Exchange of views with Frans TIMMERMANS, First Vice-President of the European Commission - Strengthening the rule of law within the Union - A blueprint for action ; Presentation of the activities of the JHA agencies - EASO and eu-LISA

AGRI Committee - Exchange of views with Jari Leppä, Minister of Agriculture and Forestry on the priorities of the Finnish Presidency of the Council of the European Union

EMPL Committee - Exchange of views with the Commissioner in charge of employment on the state of play regarding the revision of the EU rules on the coordination of social security systems

AFET Committee - Exchange of views with the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Finland, on the priorities of the Finnish Presidency

REGI meeting - Exchange of views with the Finnish presidency of the Council

ENVI Committee - Exchange of views with Greta Thunberg, climate activist

AFET committee on After Brexit - The EU's future relations with the United Kingdom : Exchange of views with Michel BARNIER, EU's Chief Negotiator

Conference of Committee Chairs (CCC). Exchange of views with the President of the European Economic and Social Committee

During her official visit to Zagreb (Croatia), Roberta METSOLA, EP President meets and exchanges views on European Union with young people, at the Town Hall. Extracts from the event.

Official visit by Roberta METSOLA, EP President to Zagreb (Croatia): extracts from the Town Hall with Young People

MEPs from the DROI (SUB Committee on Human Rights) and AFET (Foreign Affairs) Committees discuss how to support human rights, freedom and democracy in Iran with several guests: Mansoureh Shojayi, women's rights activist and writer, Mahdieh Golroo, journalist and women's rights activist, Fatameh Karimi, Researcher in Sociology of Gender, women's rights activist and President of Kurdistan human rights network France, Sattar Rahmani, a former teacher and political prisoner in Iran, expert on teachers' rights movement and Ardeshir Amir Arjomand, senior advisor to presidential candidate Mr. Mir-Hossein Mousavi. Extracts from the exchange of views. The transcription is the result of an automatic process. Please, check against delivery.

How to support Human Rights, Freedom and Democracy in Iran: extracts from the exchange of views

MEPs from the AGRI (Agriculture and Rural Development) Commitee discuss with Markian DMYTRASEVYCH, Ukrainian Deputy Minister of Agrarian Policy and Food, on the critical situation of the Ukraininian agricultural sector suffering from problems such as landmines infestation and problems with exports. Extracts from the exchange of views and statement by Norbert LINS (EPP, DE), AGRI Committee Chair and extracts. The transcription is the result of an automatic process. Please, check against delivery.

Exchange of views with Markian DMYTRASEVYCH, Deputy Minister of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine: statement by Norbert LINS (EPP, DE), AGRI Committee Chair and extracts

MEPs from the COVI Committee (Special Committee on the COVID-19 pandemic: lessons learned and recommendations for the future) exchange with Stella KYRIAKIDES, Commissioner for Health, Food and Safety Commissioner on new regulation on cross-border threats to health, a new EU network of reference laboratories, the long-Covid side effects and the transparency around vaccines contracts. In a second part, they exchange with Emer COOKE, Executive Director of the European Medicines Agency on the recommendations to strengthen EMA’s response to future public health emergencies. Extracts.

Exchange of views with Stella KYRIAKIDES, European Commissioner for Health and Food Safety and with Emer COOKE, Executive Director of the European Medicines Agency (EMA): extracts - COVI Committee

MEPs from the Economic and Monetary Affairs (ECON) Committee exchange with Andrea ENRIA, Chair of the Supervisory Board of the ECB and by Jose Manuel CAMPA, Chair of the European Banking Authority (EBA) on the failure of the Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) and the implications for financial stability in Europe. Opening statements by Andrea ENRIA, Chair of the Supervisory Board of the ECB and by Jose Manuel CAMPA, Chair of the European Banking Authority (EBA).

Exchange of views on the failure of the Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) and the implications for financial stability in Europe: opening by Irene TINAGLI (S&D, IT) and statements by Andrea ENRIA (ECB) and by Jose Manuel CAMPA (EBA)

MEPs from the Economic and Monetary Affairs (ECON) Committee exchange with Andrea ENRIA, Chair of the Supervisory Board of the ECB and by Jose Manuel CAMPA, Chair of the European Banking Authority (EBA) on the failure of the Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) and the implications for financial stability in Europe. Extracts from the exchange of views.

Failure of the Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) and the implications for financial stability in Europe: extracts from the exchange of views

Members of the Economic and Monetary Affairs Committee discuss with European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde the current situation in the Eurozone, particularly inflation as a global challenge and the consequences for EU monetary policy. This Monetary Dialogue will take place in a particularly challenging environment, still marked by high uncertainty and strong inflationary pressures: in October, headline inflation in the euro area reached its highest level since the introduction of the euro, with HICP inflation standing at 10.6%.

Monetary Dialogue with Christine LAGARDE, President of the European Central Bank: extracts from the meeting

Christine LAGARDE, President of the European Central Bank participates to a monetary dialogue with members of the ECON (Economic and Monetary Affairs) Committee. Opening remark by Irene TINAGLI (S&D, IT), Chair and statement by Christine LAGARDE, President of the European Central Bank (ECB).

Monetary Dialogue with Christine LAGARDE, President of the European Central Bank: Opening remark by Irene TINAGLI (S&D, IT), Chair and statement by Christine LAGARDE, President of the European Central Bank (ECB)

The DROI Subcommittee (Human Rights) organises an exchange of views about the world sport events and human rights, in the context of the upcoming FIFA World Cup 2022 in Qatar. Qatar's government has been criticised since international newspaper have reported on thousands of migrants coming from India, Pakistan, Nepal, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka, were hired in Qatar, and in some cases, died, since it won the World Cup organisation. Extracts from the exchange of views with Ali Bin Samikh Al Marri, Minister of Labour of the state of Qatar.

World sport events and human rights in the context of the upcoming FIFA World Cup 2022 in Qatar - DROI Subcommittee: extracts from the exchange of views

The leader of the democratic forces of Belarus, Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya, will address MEPs on the Foreign Affairs Committee. She outline her views to the Foreign Affairs Committee on the war in Ukraine and the role of Belarus in the conflict, as well as comment on the latest political situation in Belarus, which is still ruled by an oppressive regime under dictator Aliaksandr Lukashenka.

Exchange of views with Sviatlana TSIKHANOUSKAYA, leader of democratic forces of Belarus and Sakharov Prize laureate 2020: extracts - EP AFET Committee in association with the Delegation for relations with Belarus

Representatives from Pfizer and Curevac share their views on past and present manufacturing, distribution and equitable access of the COVID-19 vaccines and therapeutics. The debate focuses on the activities undertaken to develop vaccines for new variants, the authorisation process, and transparency of contracts. Extracts from the exchange of views with Janine Small, President of International Developed Markets, Pfizer and and Dr Franz-Werner Haas, Chief Executive Officer, Curevac.

COVID-19 - Lessons learned and recommendations for the future: extracts from the exchange of views - EP Special Committee on the COVID-19 pandemic

In Iran, nationwide demonstrations were triggered by the death in Tehran on 16 September of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini at the hands of Iran’s morality police, who assaulted her for, they claimed, incorrectly wearing her hijab. During the DROI (Subcommittee on Human Rights) meeting in Brussels, MEPs participate to an exchange of views with Firouzeh Nahavandi, Professor of Sociology and Director of the ‘Centre d'Études de la Coopération internationale et du Développement (Université Libre de Bruxelles), Sima Sabet, senior reporter and presenter of Talk Show Program on Iran International TV and Tara Sepehri Far, researcher in the Middle East and North Africa Division of Human Rights Watch.

Women’s role in the rights and freedoms protest in Iran and government crackdown: exchange of views - EP DROI Committee

On 7th October 2022, the Nobel Peace Prize committee awards the russian human rights organisation Memorial. In december 2009, the European Parliament awarded Memorial with the Sakharov Prize. Oleg ORLOV, Sergei KOVALEV and Lyudmila ALEXEYEVA are received by Jerzy BUZEK, EP President, and extracts of the ceremony organised in Strasbourg.

Memorial, Nobel Peace Prize 2022: Exchange of views with Oleg ORLOV, Sergei KOVALEV and Lyudmila ALEXEYEVA on behalf of MEMORIAL, Sakharov Prize Winner 2009 and extracts of the ceremony

Jens STOLTENBERG, Secretary General of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) is invited to the Committee on Foreign Affairs (AFET) meeting to discuss EU-NATO cooperation, the outcome of the NATO summit in Madrid and the Finland and Sweden completed accession talks at NATO Headquarters in Brussels on Monday 4 July 2022.

Exchange of views with Jens STOLTENBERG, Secretary General of NATO on EU-NATO cooperation and the outcome of the NATO summit: extracts

The Economic and Monetary Affairs Committee exchanges views with the European Central Bank President, Christine Lagarde, on the implications for the ECB of the war in Ukraine, as well as on the high and disparate inflation in the Eurozone.

Monetary Dialogue with Christine LAGARDE, President of the European Central Bank: exchange of views

Internal Market and Consumer Protection (IMCO) Committee MEPs discusses the impact of the recently agreed Digital Services Act (DSA) and the Digital Markets Act (DMA) with Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen. The discussion focuses in particular on how the Digital Services Act could set the global benchmark for regulating online platforms in the future.

EP Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection with Frances HAUGEN, Facebook whistleblower: exchange of views with MEPs

Internal Market and Consumer Protection (IMCO) Committee MEPs discusses the impact of the recently agreed Digital Services Act (DSA) and the Digital Markets Act (DMA) with Facebook whistleblower Frances HAUGEN. The discussion focuses in particular on how the Digital Services Act could set the global benchmark for regulating online platforms in the future. This transcription is a result of an automatic process. Please check against delivery.

EP Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection Exchange of views with Frances HAUGEN, Facebook whistleblower: opening statements

Máximo TORERO, FAO's Chief Economist, is invited to discuss the situation of global food markets with MEPs from the AGRI (Agricultral and Rural Development) Committee in the European Parliament, in the presence of Members from the Ukrainian Parliament.

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