Eastern Partnership Summit in Riga: Arrival of Martin SCHULZ, EP President and statement

Debates on cases of breaches of human rights, democracy and the rule of law during the EP plenary session in Strasbourg. Debates on Zimbabwe, the case of human rights defender Itai Dzamara,&nbsp;on the plight of Rohingya refugees, including mass graves in Thailand and on&nbsp;Swaziland, the case of human rights activists Thulani Maseko and Bheki Makhubu. Statements by Geoffrey VAN ORDEN (ECR, UK), rapporteur, Catherine BEARDER (ALDE, UK), rapporteur, Marie-Christine VERGIAT (GUE/NGL, FR), rapporteur, Barbara LOCHBIHLER (Greens/EFA, DE), rapporteur, Charles TANNOCK (ECR, UK), rapporteur, Tunne KELAM (EPP, DE), rapporteur, and Christos STYLIANIDES, Member of the EC in charge of Humanitarian Aid and Crisi Management

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

Vote on Conflict minerals during the EP plenary session in Strasbourg. Vote on the report by Iuliu WINKLER (EPP, RO) and statements by Bernd LANGE (S&amp;D, DE), Chair of the TRADE committee

Conflict minerals: extracts from the vote on the report by Iuliu WINKLER (EPP, RO)

Debate on the European Agenda on Migration during the EP plenary session in Strasbourg. Statements by Manfred WEBER (EPP, DE), Giovanni PITTELLA (S&D, IT), Timothy KIRKHOPE (ECR, UK), Guy VERHOFSTADT (ALDE, BE), Gabriele ZIMMER (GUE/NGL, DE) and Judith SARGENTINI (Greens/EFA, NL)

European Agenda on Migration: MEPs debate

Debate on the European Agenda on Migration during the EP plenary session in Strasbourg. Statements by the Council and Commission. Statements by Zanda KALNIŅA-LUKAŠEVICA, Latvian Presidency of the Council, Frans TIMMERMANS, Vice-President of the EC in charge of better regulation, interinstitutional relations, the rule of law and the charter of fundamental rights, and Dimitris AVRAMOPOULOS, Member of the EC in charge of Interior, Migration and Citizenship

European Agenda on Migration: extracts from the Council and Commission statements

The&nbsp;College of Quaestors&nbsp;took today the decision to keep&nbsp;'foie gras' on the menu in the EP, the discussion came up as a group of MEPs&nbsp;requested a ban in the House. Statement by Elisabeth MORIN-CHARTIER (EPP, FR), Quaestor

Decision by College of Quaestors to keep 'foie gras' on the menu in the EP: statement by Elisabeth MORIN-CHARTIER (EPP,FR)

Debate on the decision adopted on the Digital Single Market during the EP pleanry session in Strasbourg. Statements by&nbsp;Andrus ANSIP, Vice-President of the EC in charge of the Digital Single Market, Fran&ccedil;oise GROSSET&Ecirc;TE (EPP, FR), Marju LAURISTIN (S&amp;D, EE), Vicky FORD (ECR, UK), Dita CHARANZOV&Aacute; (ALDE, CZ), Dennis de JONG (GUE/NGL, NL) and Michel REIMON (Greens/EFA, AT)

Decision adopted on the Digital Single Market: extracts from the debate

Meeting of the the Committee on Foreign Affairs on the state of EU-Russia relations, in the EP in Brussels. Vote and statement by Gabrielius LANDSBERGIS (EPP,LT) , Rapporteur at the Committee on Foreign Affairs

The state of EU-Russia relations: extracts from the vote and statement by Gabrielius LANDSBERGIS (EPP,LT) , Rapporteur at the Committee on Foreign Affairs

Meeting of the Special Committee on Tax Rulings in the EP in brussels. Statements by Alain LAMASSOURE (EPP,FR), Chair of the TAXE Committee, Elisa FERREIRA (S&D,PT)and Michael THEURER (ALDE,DE), rapporteurs and statement by Edouard PERRIN, Journalist.

Meeting of the Special Committee on Tax Rulings: statements by Alain LAMASSOURE (EPP,FR), Chair of the TAXE Committee, Elisa FERREIRA (S&D,PT)and Michael THEURER (ALDE,DE), rapporteurs and by Edouard PERRIN, Journalist

Open Day in the EP 2015 - Presentation by Ulrike LUNACEK (Greens/EFA, AT), Vice-president of the Sakharov Prize network anf by Denis MUKWEGE and Hauwa IBRAHIM, Sakharov Prize laureates - Festival of Europe - 9 May 2015 - Open Doors Days of the European Institutions, in the EP in Brussels. Statements by Lila PIETERS, Unicef Brussels Director, Denis MUKWEGE, Sakharov Prize laureate, Ulrike LUNACEK (Greens/EFA, AT) and Hauwa IBRAHIM, Sakharov Prize laureate

Open Day in the EP 2015 - Presentation by Ulrike LUNACEK (Greens/EFA, AT), Vice-president of the Sakharov Prize network and by Denis MUKWEGE and Hauwa IBRAHIM, Sakharov Prize laureates

Visit Martin SCHULZ, EP President to Auschwitz/Birkenau in Poland. Ceremony in Auschwitz,&nbsp;event "Train of Mille", extracts from the speech by Martin SCHULZ and statements by young students

Martin SCHULZ, EP President participates to the ceremony in Auschwitz: extracts from the event "Train of Mille", extracts from the speech by Martin SCHULZ and statements by young students

Statement by Martin SCHULZ, EP President on the results of the elections in UK, recorded in Oświęcim, Poland.

Statement by Martin SCHULZ, EP President on the results of the elections in UK

One World Human Rights Film Festival in the EP in Brussels. Extracts from the debate with Olivier BASILE of Reporters Without Borders, Sakharov Prize Laureate 2005, Elena VALENCIANO (S&amp;D,ES), Chair of the EP Subcommittee on Human Rights, and S&oslash;ren Steen JESPERSEN, Director of Warriors from the North.

One World Human Rights Film Festival: Extracts from the debate with Olivier BASILE, Elena VALENCIANO (S&D,ES), and Søren Steen JESPERSEN

Statements by Jerzy BUZEK (EPP, PL), Chair of the ITRE Committee, Vicky FORD (ECR, UK), Chair of the IMCO Committee, and Pavel SVOBODA (EPP, CZ), Chair of the JURI Committee in reaction to the Adoption of the Digital Single Market package, in the EP in Brussels.

Adoption of the Digital Single Market package: MEP's reactions to the EC strategy

Martin SCHULZ, EP President participates to the World War II commemoration for Dutch victims in Nijmegen (the Netherlands). Ceremony and commemoration of Jewish victims wreath laying and extracts from the statement

Martin SCHULZ, EP President participates to the World War II commemoration for Dutch victims: Ceremony and commemoration of Jewish victims wreath laying and extracts from the statement

Meeting of the Committee on Foreign Affairs on the Strategic military situation in the Black Sea Basin following the illegal annexation of Crimea by Russia in the EP in Brussels. Vote and statement by Ioan Mircea PAȘCU (S&D,RO), rapporteur

Strategic military situation in the Black Sea Basin following the illegal annexation of Crimea by Russia: extracts from the vote and statement by Ioan Mircea PAȘCU (S&D,RO), rapporteur

Statements by the Council and Commission on the latest tragedies in the Mediterranean and EU migration and asylum policies (Report of the extraordinary European Council (23 April 2015) during the EP plenary session in Strasbourg. Sytatements by Donald TUSK, President of the European Council and Jean-Claude JUNCKER, President of the EC

The latest tragedies in the Mediterranean and EU migration and asylum policies (Report of the extraordinary European Council (23 April 2015): extracts from the Council and Commission statements

Special meeting European Council on migratory pressures in the Mediterranean in Brussels. Statements by Guy Verhofstadt, President of ALDE Group

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