Birgit SIPPEL in the EP in Strasbourg

LIBE Committee

LIBE Committee meeting

Birgit SIPPEL in the European Parliament in Brussels

LIBE committee meeting. Exchange of views with Bernard CAZENEUVE, French Minister of the Interior

Eurojust Annual Report for the LIBE committee

Mission to Greece of the Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs

LIBE Delegation to Greece - Nothern border and Hotspots. MEP Peter NIEDERMULLER, in the center, meets with Greek, European and international stakeholders to discuss impressions of the previous days regarding the provision of international protection and migration management to receive information about the implementation of European law and the agreement between the EU and Turkey and its financing, in particular through European funds, at European Parliament office in Athens on May 20, 2016.

MEP Birgit SIPPEL in the European Parliament in Brussels

S&D LIBE working group

SIPPEL, Birgit (S&D, DE) ; SCHULZ, Martin (S&D, DE) - EP President

Martin SCHULZ - EP President meets with Birgit SIPPEL

Martin SCHULZ - EP President meets with MEP Birgit SIPPEL

S-D LIBE working group

Martin SCHULZ - EP President , Birgit SIPPEL

Barbara WEILER, Birgit SIPPEL, Antigoni PAPADOPOULOU, Sylvie GUILLAUME, Vilija BLINKEVICIUTE, Zita GURMAI, Veronique DE KEYSER, Iliana Malinova IOTOVA, Vasilica Viorica DANCILA, Catherine STIHLER, Silvia-Adriana TICAU, Evelyn REGNER, Eider GARDIAZABAL RUBI

Family photo of the Socialist women   Barbara WEILER, Birgit SIPPEL, Antigoni PAPADOPOULOU, Sylvie GUILLAUME, Vilija BLINKEVICIUTE, Zita GURMAI, Veronique DE KEYSER, Iliana Malinova IOTOVA, Vasilica Viorica DANCILA, Catherine STIHLER, Silvia-Adriana TICAU, Evelyn REGNER, Eider GARDIAZABAL RUBIAL, Tanja FAJON, Marlene MIZZI, Marlene IRIGOYEN PEREZ, Lidia Joanna GERINGER de OEDENBERG,  Patrizia TOIA,Evelyne GEBHARDT, Olga SEHNALOVA, Teresa RIERA MADURELL, Silvia COSTA

Evelyne GEBHARDT, Constanze Angela KREHL, Ulrike RODUST,Birgit SIPPEL, Dagmar ROTH-BEHRENDT, Barbara WEILER, Jutta HAUG, Jutta STEINRUCK, Petra KAMMEREVERT

Women S&D members group photo

Jutta HAUG, Birgit SIPPEL, Bernhard RAPKAY

NRW Mitgliendern delegation

MEPs discuss the EU’s capabilities for search and rescue operations of migrants at sea. In the context of the high human toll of migrant casualties at sea and the recent tragic shipwreck off the Greek coast, MEPs debate the prospect of more EU action to support rescue naval operations on the Mediterranean migration routes. Extracts from the debate.

The need on EU action on search an rescue in the Mediterranean: extracts from the debate

In the context of the high human toll of migrant casualties at sea and the recent tragic shipwreck off the Greek coast, MEPs discuss the EU’s capabilities for search and rescue operations of migrants at sea and prospect of more EU action to support rescue naval operations on the Mediterranean migration routes. They also debate the role of NGO sea rescue boats, disembarkations in designated places of safety, alleged pushbacks by Member States, the implementation of an action plan announced by Commissioner Johansson in November 2022, and cooperation with third countries like Tunisia and Libya. First part of MEPs debate.

The need for EU action on search and rescue in the Mediterranean: MEPs debate (part 1)

MEPs of the Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (LIBE) discuss with Ylva JOHANSSON, European Commissioner for Home Affairs, and Hans LEIJTENS, Frontex's Executive director, about the migrant boat shipwreck off the coastal town of Pylos (Greece), where on June 14 at least 79 migrants drowned and hundreds more were missing.

Exchange of views on the migrant boat shipwreck off the coast of Greece: extracts

MEPs vote on the following files: Parliament’s calendar of part-sessions 2024; Macro-financial assistance to North Macedonia - Angelika WINZIG (EPP, AT); Technical adjustments stemming from the political agreements reached on several legislative proposals, including with respect to REPowerEU, the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism and the Union Secure Connectivity programme - Fabienne KELLER (Renew, FR); Amendments to Parliament’s Rules of Procedure concerning the referral of proposals for legally binding acts to committees and the procedure for solving conflicts of competence - Gabriele BISCHOFF (S&D, DE); Electronic evidence in criminal proceedings: legal representatives directive - Birgit SIPPEL (S&D, DE); Electronic evidence regulation: European production and preservation orders for electronic evidence in criminal matters; and other topics.

Voting session: Parliament’s calendar of part-sessions - 2024 and other topics

MEPs debate on the current situation on the child labour and how to protect and guarantee children's rights on the occasion of the World Day against Child Labour during the plenary session in Strasbourg. The European Parliament has condemned child labour and its various forms within and outside the EU in a number of resolutions over the years. During the current term, Parliament has issued, inter alia, a resolution on children's rights in view of the EU strategy on the rights of the child (March 2021), calling on the Commission and Member States to end, in law and in practice, all child labour and all other forms of work likely to harm children's health and safety. One round of political group speakers

Marking the World Day against Child Labour: one round of political group speakers

MEPs debate the US-EU data privacy framework, MEPs debate the US-EU data privacy framework, an attempt to create a legal framework to allow the transfer of personal data to the US, while ensuring an adequate level of protection equivalent to the GDPR.

Adequacy of the protection afforded by the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework: MEPs debate

MEPs vote on the following legislative texts before starting insteristitutional negotiations with the Council of the EU: addressing situations of crisis and force majeure in the field of migration and asylum - Juan Fernando LÓPEZ AGUILAR (S&D, ES); Introducing a screening of third country nationals at the external borders and amending Regulations - Birgit SIPPEL (S&D, DE); Establishing a centralised system for the identification of Member States holding conviction information on third-country nationals and stateless persons - Birgit SIPPEL (S&D, DE); Asylum and migration management and amending Council Directive - Tomas TOBÉ (EPP, SE).

Voting session (part 2)

MEPs debate and vote on the latest Commission report on the respect for core EU values across member states. MEPs are set to confirm that the Commission’s reporting has improved, but that rule of law is deteriorating and that specific concerns persist in several EU countries.

2022 Rule of Law report - the Rule of Law situation in the European Union: MEPs debate

The LIBE (Civil Liberties) Committee adopts its position on key asylum and migration files. After the vote, the rapporteurs brief journalists on the outcome of the vote. The following legislative proposals have been voted: Screening regulation, rapporteur Birgit SIPPEL (S&D, Germany), Asylum and migration management regulation, rapporteur Tomas TOBÉ (EPP, Sweden), Crisis and force majeure regulation, rapporteur Juan Fernando LÓPEZ AGUILAR (S&D, Spain),Asylum procedure regulation - update of an existing mandate, rapporteur Fabienne KELLER (Renew, France). The transcription is the result of an automatic process. Please, check against delivery.

Press conference by Juan Fernando LÓPEZ AGUILAR (S&D, ES), Chair of the LIBE committee, and by Tomas TOBÉ (EPP, SE) Birgit SIPPEL (S&D, DE) and Fabienne KELLER (Renew, FR), Rapporteurs on the new asylum and migration rules

The Civil Liberties Committee votes on four key legislative proposals of the New Pact on Migration and Asylum. MEPs vote on their negotiation mandates for the following legislative proposals: Screening regulation, rapporteur Birgit SIPPEL (S&D, DE), Asylum and migration management regulation, rapporteur Tomas TOBÉ (EPP, SE), Crisis and force majeure regulation, rapporteur Juan Fernando LÓPEZ AGUILAR (S&D, ES) and Asylum procedure regulation - update of an existing mandate, rapporteur Fabienne KELLER (Renew, FR).

Pact on migration and asylum: extracts from the vote and from the press conference - LIBE Committee

MEPs present their migration and asylum priorities ahead of the 9th-10th February special European Council. The focus of this debate is on the progress of the legislative proposals included in the Asylum and Migration Pact, as well as the recently proposed strategy to ease the return of migrants asylum-seekers without the right to remain in the EU. Second part of the debate.

Preparation of the Special European Council meeting of February, in particular the need to develop sustainable solutions in the area of asylum and migration: MEPs debate (part 2)

MEPs vote on the following topics: EU/New Zealand Agreement - exchange of personal data between Europol and New Zealand; Convention on Cybercrime on enhanced co-operation and disclosure of electronic evidence - Second Additional Protocol; Defence of privileges and immunity and Rule 9 on procedures on immunity

Voting session, including the Shipments of waste and the Defence of privileges and immunity and Rule 9 on procedures on immunity

MEPs are discussing with Prime Minister Ulf KRISTERSSON the programme of Sweden's six-month Presidency of the Council, which started on 1 January. The four priorities of the Swedish Presidency are security, competitiveness, the green energy transitions, democratic values and the rule of law. Second part of the debate.

Presentation of the programme of activities of the Swedish Presidency: MEPs debate (part 2)

Plenary quiz the Czech Presidency and the Commission about guaranteeing solidarity and burden sharing in the management of migration flows into Europe. First part of the debate.

Key debate - The need for a European solution on asylum and migration including search and rescue: MEPs debate (part 1)

MEPs review the rules about temporary border controls within the Schengen free-movement area, and adopt a resolution on Bulgaria and Romania’s membership.

Continued internal border controls in the Schengen area in light of the recent ruling by the Court of Justice of the EU: MEPs debate

Dozens of persons were killed on 24 June in clashes with the Moroccan security forces at the border between Spain and Morocco, following an attempt to cross the fence into the Spanish enclave of Melilla. In the plenary debate, MEPs demand member states ensure humane treatment of all persons seeking international protection at their borders and are set to reiterate their calls for legal channels to enter the EU.

Loss of life, violence and inhumane treatment against people seeking international protection at the Spanish-Moroccan border: MEPs debate

MEPs discuss what the EU can do to protect children fleeing war in Ukraine, in particular from trafficking and exploitation, following the activation on 3 March of the temporary protection status for refugees from Ukraine, which gives them temporary residence rights and access to education and the labour market. Second part of the debate.

EU Protection of children and young people fleeing the war against Ukraine: MEPs debate (part 2/3)

MEPs discuss how to handle the increasing number of refugees fleeing from the war in Ukraine as a consequence of the Russian invasion. Second part of the debate.

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