When we think of the European Parliament, we usually imagine MEPs voting in the debating chamber. In reality, though, voting only takes place once a month, during plenary part-sessions. But what actually are these part-sessions, and how do they work?

What are plenary sessions?

EP Plenary session - Topical debate - Tax the rich

EP Plenary session - Commission statement - Social-economic cost of climate change, floods in Emilia Romagna, Marche, Toscana - urgent need EU solidarity

EP Plenary session - Threat to democracy and the rule of law in Poland, in particular the creation of an investigative committee

EP Plenary session - Council and Commission statements - Breaches of the Rule of Law and fundamental rights in Hungary and frozen EU funds

EP Plenary session - Debates on cases of breaches of human rights, democracy and the rule of law

EP Plenary session - Situation in Sudan

EP Plenary session - Adoption of the Act in support of ammunition production

EP Plenary session - Joint debate - CFSP and CSDP (Article 36 TEU).Implementation of the common foreign and security policy and the common security and defence policy- annual reports 2022

EP Plenary session - Debates on cases of breaches of human rights, democracy and the rule of law (Rule 144) - The human rights situation in Afghanistan especially the deterioration of women’s rights

EP Plenary session - Human rights situation in Egypt

EP Plenary session - Situation of human rights in the context of the upcoming FIFA world cup in Qatar

Roberta METSOLA, EP President meets with youth organizations and University Students, at the Library of the University of Cyprus

EP Plenary session - Topical debate: The Three Seas Initiative; challenges and opportunities

EP Plenary session  - Debates on cases of breaches of human rights, democracy and the rule of law

EP Plenary session -  Question time to Josep BORRELL FONTELLES, High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and Vice-President of the European Commission in charge of a stronger Europe in the World - The EU’s security and strategic compass

EP Plenary session - Debates on cases of breaches of human rights, democracy and the rule of law - The situation of journalists and human rights defenders in Mexico

During the plenary session (22-25/10/2018) of the European Parliament in Strasbourg, MEPs debate on Cum Ex Scandal. Statements by Karoline EDSTADLER, Austrian State Secretary in the Ministry of the Interior, Pierre MOSCOVICI, Member of the EC in charge of Economic and Financial Affairs, Taxation and Customs, Sven GIEGOLD (Greens/EFA, DE) and Dariusz ROSATI (EPP, PL).

Cum Ex Scandal; financial crime and the loopholes in the current legal framework: extracts from the debate

Statement by Monica MACOVEI (ECR, RO) during the debate with Klaus IOHANNIS, President of Romania on the Future of Europe

Debate with Klaus IOHANNIS, President of Romania on the Future of Europe: One round of political group speakers - Monica MACOVEI (ECR, RO) (11:34 - 11:38)

Statement by Federica MOGHERINI, High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and Vice-President of the EC during the debate on the killing of the Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi in the Saudi consulate in Istanbul.  The following transcription is the result of an automatic process. Check Against delivery.

The killing of the Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi in the Saudi consulate in Istanbul: Opening statement by Federica MOGHERINI, High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and Vice-President of the EC (16:59 - 17:06)

Opening statement of the EP Plenary session in Strasbourg, by Antonio TAJANI, EP President on the floods in France, Italy and Spain, on the terrorists attack on the polling station in Afghanistan, on press freedom (one year after the murder of Daphne Caruana Galizia) and the request of the EP for an independant inquiry on the death of Jamal Khashoggi.

Plenary session : introductory remarks by Antonio TAJANI, EP President

Development Committee (DEVE) and the European Think Tanks Group (bringing together five think tanks) are organising a public debate on the future of development and innovation in Europe, in the European Parliament in Brussels. Federica MOGHERINI, High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and Vice-President of the EC, and Bill GATES, Bill and Melissa Gates Foundation co-chair, join one of the panels.

The future of EU International cooperation: extracts from the debate with Bill GATES, Co-Chair of BMG Foundation on Europe’s role in International Development

Antonio TAJANI, EP President makes a statement at the European Parliament of Enterprises 2018, in the European Parliament in Brussels.

European Parliament of Enterprises (EPE) 2018: statement by Antonio TAJANI, EP President

Antonio TAJANI, EP President patricpates at the Committee of the Regions 131th Plenary Session - Debate on the State of the Union - The view of Regions and Cities:

Committee of the Regions 131th Plenary Session - Debate on the State of the Union - The view of Regions and Cities: statement by Antonio TAJANI, EP President

Live replay of the Plenary Debate on The rule of law in Romania: Statement by Viorica DANCILA, Romanian Prime Minister

Debate on The rule of law in Romania: Statement by Viorica DANCILA, Romanian Prime Minister (09:19 - 09:26)

Opening speech by Antonio TAJANI, EP President, to the debate on the Future of Europe with Jüri RATAS, Estonian Prime Minister.

Debate with Jüri RATAS, Estonian Prime Minister on the Future of Europe: Introductory speech by Antonio TAJANI, EP President

Live replay of Debate on The rule of law in Romania: Opening statements by Juliane BOGNER-STRAUSS, Council and by Frans TIMMERMANS, First Vice-President of the EC in charge of Better Regulation, Inter-Institutional Relations, the Rule of Law and the Charter of Fundamental Rights

Debate on The rule of law in Romania: Opening statements by Frans TIMMERMANS, First Vice-President of the EC and Juliane BOGNER-STRAUSS, Council (9:08 - 09:19)

Debate on The rule of law in Romania: One round of Political leaders

Debate on The rule of law in Romania: One round of Political speakers. Barbara SPINELLI (GUE/NGL, IT) (09:38 - 09:40)

During the plenary session (01-04/10/2018) of the European Parliament in Strasbourg, MEPs debate on the future of Europe with Juri RATAS, Estonian Prime Minister. He is the tenth EU head of state or government to debate the future of Europe with MEPs and Jean-Claude JUNCKER, President of the EC. Statements by Manfred WEBER (EPP, DE), Udo BULLMANN (S&D, DE), Guy VERHOFSTADT (ALDE, BE) and Philippe LAMBERTS (Greens/EFA, BE).

Future of Europe: extracts from the MEPs debate with Jüri RATAS, Estonian Prime Minister

During the plenary session (01-04/10/2018) of the European Parliament in Strasbourg, MEPs debate on the future of Europe with Jüri RATAS, Estonian Prime Minister. He is the tenth EU head of state or government to debate the future of Europe with MEPs. Andrus ANSIP, Vice-President of the EC in charge of Digital Single Market, also participates in the debate.

Future of Europe: extracts from the opening speech by Jüri RATAS, Estonian Prime Minister

One round of political group speakers during the debate with Jüri RATAS, Estonian Prime Minister on the Future of Europe : Statement by Marcel DE GRAAFF (ENF, NL).

Debate with Jüri RATAS, Estonian Prime Minister on the Future of Europe: Statement by Marcel DE GRAAFF (ENF, NL)

Debate on The rule of law in Romania: One round of Political speakers. Steven WOOLFE (NI, UK) (09:45 - 09:46)

Live replay of Debate on The rule of law in Romania: Debate on The rule of law in Romania: Athmosphere, Opening and Point of order

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