Jacques Delors European Book Prize

Press conference on nature restoration law : what about the protection of oceans ?

REGI Committee - Presentation of the Strategic Technologies for Europe Platform (STEP) with Elisa Ferreira, Commissioner for Cohesion and Reforms

REGI Committee - Presentation of the mid-term review of the Multiannual Financial Framework.(MFF) 2021-2027 with Stéphanie Riso, Director-General, DG Budget

REGI mission to Marseille, France

REGI - Exchange of views with Laura Kövesi, European Chief Prosecutor, on frauds linked to ESI funds and on the cooperation with EU institutions

REGI Committee - Exchange of views with Lyliana Pavlova, Vice-President of the European Investment Bank responsible for cohesion policy

REGI Committee - mission to Romania

REGI Committee - Exchange of views with Vaughan Gething, Minister for Economy of Wales on Brexit and the cooperation of Wales with the European Union

First Inter-Committee meeting of the European Parliament and the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine

REGI Committee Meeting - Votes

REGI Committee - Report on the Commission Assessment on the Outermost Regions

REGI Committee report of Finland's mission

REGI COMMITTEE

REGI Mission to Finland

REGI Committee - Exchange of views on regional aspects of the revision of the RGEC and De Minimis with Commissioner Margarethe VESTAGER

REGI Committee - Presentation of the Communication on Harnessing talent in Europe’s regions with Commissioner Elisa FERREIRA

REGI Committee - Meeting

MEPs quiz the Commission and the Council on the best use of EU funds to help citizens cope with the rising cost of living. The debate comes amid strong inflation, rising interest rates and rocketing energy prices, triggered by the post-COVID-19 recovery and the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

EU initiatives to address the cost of living, including the implementation of the European Pillar of Social Rights: MEPs debate (part 1/2)

During the Plenary session in Strasbourg Younous OMARJEE (The Left, FR), Chair of the REGI, Gilles SIMEONI, President of the Executive Council of Corsica, and Rosario SÁNCHEZ GRAU, Minister for Finance and External Relations of the Balearic Islands hold a press conference on EU Islands and cohesion policy.

EU Islands and cohesion policy: press conference by Younous OMARJEE (The Left, FR), Chair of the REGI Committee, Gilles SIMEONI, President of the Executive Council of Corsica, and Rosario SÁNCHEZ GRAU, Minister for Finance of Balearic Islands

MEPs debate (with a vote) on the EU islands and cohesion policy. Opening statements by Younous OMARJEE (The Left, FR), Rapporteur and by Janusz WOJCIECHOWSKI, European Commissioner for Agriculture.

EU islands and cohesion policy: opening statements by Younous OMARJEE (The Left, FR), Rapporteur and by Janusz WOJCIECHOWSKI, European Commissioner for Agriculture

Elisa FERREIRA, European Commissioner for Cohesion and Reforms, and Younous OMARJEE, President of REGI Committee, visit Warszawa Wschodnia Railway Station and the facilities placed to receive Ukrainian refugees.

Elisa FERREIRA, European Commissioner for Cohesion and Reforms, and Younous OMARJEE, President of REGI Committee, visit Warszawa Wschodnia Railway Station

Elisa FERREIRA, European Commissioner for Cohesion and Reforms, and Younous OMARJEE, Chair of the Committee on Regional Development (REGI) of the European Parliament, visit the reception centre of Ukrainain refugees Punkt pobytowy Wołoska 7.

Elisa FERREIRA, European Commissioner for Cohesion and Reforms, and Younous OMARJEE, President of REGI Committee, visit a reception centre of Ukrainain refugees in Poland

Rafał TRZASKOWSKI, Mayor of the Capital City Of Warsaw, Elisa FERREIRA, EU Commissioner for Cohesion and Reform, Younous OMARJEE, Chair of REGI Committee, and Jerzy OWSIAK, President of the WOŚP Foundation, give a joint press briefing.

Press briefing by Rafał TRZASKOWSKI, Mayor of the Capital City Of Warsaw, Elisa FERREIRA, EU Commissioner for Cohesion and Reform, Younous OMARJEE, Chair of REGI Committee, and Jerzy OWSIAK, President of the WOŚP Foundation

Elisa FERREIRA, European Commissioner for Cohesion and Reforms and Younous OMARJEE, President of REGI Committee, participate in the Committee of Regions event “Regional and local dimension of the Ukrainian War" in Rzeszów, Poland to discuss the impact of the Ukrainian war on EU's regional and local authorities, aid available to refugees from the EU budget, and support offered by regions and cities in the EU.

Elisa FERREIRA, European Commissioner for Cohesion and Reforms and Younous OMARJEE, President of REGI Committee, participate in the Committee of Regions event “Regional and local dimension of the Ukrainian War"

Commissioner for Cohesion and Reforms, Elisa Ferreira, travels with Younous OMARJEE, President of REGI Committee to Poland to discuss with national and regional authorities and civil society organisations EU’s support for Member States’ efforts in receiving and accommodating refugees fleeing the war in Ukraine, notably the initiatives recently proposed by the Commission under the Cohesion’s Action for Refugees in Europe. Commissioner Elisa FERREIRA and Younous OMARJEE, President of REGI Committee visit the reception centre in Hala Kijowska in Młyny, Poland.

Visit to the reception centre in Hala Kijowska in Młynym, Poland, of Commissioner Elisa FERREIRA in Poland and Younous OMARJEE, President of REGI Committee

Commissioner for Cohesion and Reforms, Elisa Ferreira, travels with Younous OMARJEE, President of REGI Committee to Poland to discuss with national and regional authorities and civil society organisations EU’s support for Member States’ efforts in receiving and accommodating refugees fleeing the war in Ukraine, notably the initiatives recently proposed by the Commission under the Cohesion’s Action for Refugees in Europe. They meet zith Grzegorz PUDA, Polish Minister of Agriculture and visit the border crossing in Korczowa.

Visit at border crossing in Korczowa by Elisa FERREIRA, European Commissioner for Cohesion and Reforms, Grzegorz PUDA, Polish Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development and by Younous OMARJEE, President of REGI Committee

Grzegorz PUDA, Polish Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Elisa FERREIRA, European Commissioner for Cohesion and Reforms, Younous OMARJEE, President of the REGI Committee in the European Parliament and Ewa LENIART, Member of the Sejm and Governor of Podkarpackie Region speak to the press following their visit to the Korczowa border crossing with Ukraine and their meeting with regional and local representatives, as well as NGOs working in the reception and accommodation of refugees.

Joint press point by Grzegorz PUDA, Polish Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Elisa FERREIRA, European Commissioner for Cohesion and Reforms, Younous OMARJEE, President of the REGI Committee and Ewa LENIART, Member of the Sejm

On 8th March, European Commission put forward a proposal for Cohesion's Action for Refugees in Europe (CARE). It introduces changes to current cohesion policy rules to allow a swift reallocation of available funding to help Member States to provide emergency support (temporary accommodation, food and water supplies, medical care or education) to people fleeing from Russian aggression in Ukraine. Younous OMARJEE (The Left, FR), Chair of Committee on Regional Development and Elisa FERREIRA, Commissioner for Cohesion and Reforms on Parliament's hold a press conference following the vote on CARE.

Press conference by Younous OMARJEE (The Left, FR), Chair of REGI Committee, and Elisa FERREIRA, Commissioner for Cohesion and Reforms on Parliament's vote on Cohesion's Action for Refugees in Europe (CARE):

MEPs debate on Cohesion's Action for Refugees in Europe (CARE), a new financial instrument that would help Member States and regions to provide emergency support to people fleeing from Russia's invasion of Ukraine. CARE is introducing the necessary flexibility in the 2014-2020 Cohesion policy rules to allow a swift reallocation of available funding to such emergency support. One round of political group leaders and statement by Elisa FERREIRA, European Commissioner for Cohesion and Reforms. Thus transcription is a result of an automatic process. Please Check against delivery.

Refugees in Europe: CARE - One round of political group leaders and statement by Elisa FERREIRA, European Commissioner for Cohesion and Reforms

Points of order by Manfred WEBER (EPP,DE); Christine ANDERSON (ID,DE); Bernhard ZIMNIOK (ID, DE); Iratxe GARCÍA PÉREZ (S&D,ES). Statements by Younous OMARJEE (The Left, FR) on Refugees in Europe (CARE), by Juan Fernando LÓPEZ AGUILAR (S&D, ES) on More flexible use of funds under the AMIF Regulations in light of the war in Ukraine; on Status Agreement between the EU and Moldova, and on Frontex operational activities.

Resumption of session and order of business

A Regional Development Committee delegation go to the East of Belgium after Netherlands, Germany to visit flood-affected regions. MEPs want to take stock of EU relief measures in these regions following the severe flooding and landslides that hit several European countries in the summer of 2021.

EP REGI delegation to Eupen and Verviers: visit of the flood stricken spots, meeting with local authorities and statement by Younous OMARJEE (The Left,FR), Chair of the REGI delegation

MEPs called for a debate on "droughts and other extreme weather phenomena on the Iberian Peninsula and other parts of Europe", after witnessing the situation currently being experienced in Portugal, in which some parts of the country suffer from drought. One round of political groups.

Droughts and other extreme weather phenomena on the Iberian Peninsula and other parts of Europe: one round of political groups

MEPs debate on the new Common Agriculture Policy (CAP). Opening statements by Bronis ROPĖ (Greens/EFA, LT), Younous OMARJEE (The Left, FR), and by Christine SCHNEIDER (EPP, DE)

Common Agricultural Policy (CAP): opening statements by Bronis ROPĖ (Greens/EFA, LT), Younous OMARJEE (The Left, FR), and by Christine SCHNEIDER (EPP, DE)

Parliament debates the recent ruling of the Polish Constitutional Tribunal during the plenary session in Strasbourg. MEPs discuss the contentious verdict of Poland’s Constitutional Tribunal, which states that cornerstone provisions of the Treaty on the EU (Art. 1 and 19) are unconstitutional under Polish law.

The Rule of law crisis in Poland and the primacy of EU law: MEPs debate (part 1/3)

During the plenary session (13-16 September 2021) in the European Parliament in Strasbourg, MEPs participate in the joint debate on Brexit Adjustment Reserve.

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