MEPs debate on their position on a new law to reduce energy sector methane emissions.The text strengthens obligations to detect and repair methane leaks and MEPs want imported coal, gas and oil to be covered by the new legislation as of 2026. Closing statement by Kadri SIMSON, European Commissioner for Energy, and Jutta PAULUS (Greens/EFA, DE), rapporteur.

Methane emissions reduction in the energy sector: closing statement by Kadri SIMSON, European Commissioner for Energy, and Jutta PAULUS (Greens/EFA, DE), rapporteur

MEPs debate on their position on a new law to reduce energy sector methane emissions.The text strengthens obligations to detect and repair methane leaks and MEPs want imported coal, gas and oil to be covered by the new legislation as of 2026. They also suggest a binding 2030 reduction target for EU methane emissions for all relevant sectors by the end of 2025. Opening statement by Pascal CANFIN (Renew, FR), Rapporteur, Jutta PAULUS (Greens/EFA, DE), Rapporteurs and by Kadri SIMSON, European Commissioner for Energy. Thus transcription is a result of an automatic process. Please check against delivery.

Methane emissions reduction in the energy sector: opening statements by Pascal CANFIN (Renew, FR), Rapporteur, Jutta PAULUS (Greens/EFA, DE), Rapporteurs and by Kadri SIMSON, European Commissioner for Energy

Roberta METSOLA, EP President gives her opening statement Daphné Caruana Galizia, Maltese journalist, assassinated on 16/10/2017 ahead of the Plenary Session in Strasbourg. This transcription is a result of an automatic process. Please check against delivery.

Resumption of session and order of business: introductory statement by Roberta METSOLA, EP President, on Daphné Caruana Galizia, Maltese journalist, assassinated on 16/10/2017

Roberta METSOLA, EP President gives her opening statement on the situation in Iran ahead of the Plenary Session in Strasbourg. This transcription is a result of an automatic process. Please check against delivery.

Resumption of session and order of business: introductory statements by Roberta METSOLA, EP President, on the situation in Iran

Roberta METSOLA, EP President gives her opening statement on recent mass shootings in Serbia and Minute of silence, ahead of the Plenary Session in Strasbourg. This transcription is a result of an automatic process. Please check against delivery.

Resumption of session and order of business: introductory statements by Roberta METSOLA, EP President, on mass shootings in Serbia and Minute of silence

MEPs from the ENVI (Environment, Public Health and Food Safety) Committee vote on the EU Strategy for Sustainable and Circular Textiles. The European Parliament calls for binding EU legislation to guarantee that fashion is not produced at the cost of environmental destruction and human lives. Requirements should be set that prevent unsold clothes from being shredded or sent to landfill just because they are no longer in fashion or the warehouse is full. Only textiles that meet a minimum standard of sustainability requirements should be imported into the EU or produced within the EU. Extracts from the vote in committee and statement by Delara BURKHARDT (S&D, DE), Rapporteur.

Vote on EU Strategy for Sustainable and Circular Textiles: extracts from the vote and statement by Delara BURKHARDT (S&D, DE), Rapporteur

Official visit by Roberta METSOLA, EP President to Denmark (Copenhagen). Opening statement by Mette FREDERIKSEN, Danish Prime Minister at the Joint Event ‘Europe, what next? Dealing with dilemmas from Climate to War and Migration'. This transcription is a result of an automatic process. Please check against delivery.

Official visit by Roberta METSOLA, EP President to Denmark (Copenhagen) - Joint Event ‘Europe, what next? Dealing with dilemmas from Climate to War and Migration': opening statement by Mette FREDERIKSEN, Danish Prime Minister

Official visit by Roberta METSOLA, EP President to Denmark (Copenhagen). She gives her opening statement at the Joint Event ‘Europe, what next? Dealing with dilemmas from Climate to War and Migration'. This transcription is a result of an automatic process. Please check against delivery.

Official visit by Roberta METSOLA, EP President to Denmark (Copenhagen) - Joint Event ‘Europe, what next? Dealing with dilemmas from Climate to War and Migration': opening statement by Roberta METSOLA, EP President

The Special Committee on Foreign Interference adopt its proposals to fight against malicious foreign actors, particularly Russia and China, using information manipulation to interfere in democratic processes. It is expected that foreign interference and disinformation will continue with increasing intensity in the run-up to the European Parliament elections in 2024. Statement by Sandra KALNIETE (EPP, LV), Rapporteur. This transcription is a result of an atutomatic process. Please check against delivery.

Vote on Foreign interference in all democratic processes in the European Union, including disinformation: extracts from the vote and statement by Sandra KALNIETE (EPP, LV), Rapporteur

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

Roberta METSOLA, EP President holds a press point with Petr PAVEL, President of Czechia at the European Parliament, in Brussels. The transcription is the result of an automatic process. Please, check against delivery.

Press point by Roberta METSOLA, EP President and by Petr PAVEL, President of Czechia

MEPs debate on the recent IPCC report on Climate Change, in particular they discuss a call for urgent additional climate action. Closing statement by Nicolas SCHMIT, European Commissioner for Jobs and Social Rights.

IPCC report on Climate Change - a call for urgent additional action: closing statement by Nicolas SCHMIT, European Commissioner for Jobs and Social Rights

MEPs debate on the recent IPCC report on Climate Change - a call for urgent additional action. Opening statements by Nicolas SCHMIT, European Commissioner for Jobs and Social Rights. This transcription is a result of an automatic process. Please check against delivery.

IPCC report on Climate Change - a call for urgent additional action: opening statement by Nicolas SCHMIT, European Commissioner for Jobs and Social Rights

MEPs debate on cases of breaches of human rights, democracy and the rule of law. In particular, on the risk of death penalty and execution of singer Yahaya Sharif Aminu for blasphemy in Nigeria. Closing statement by Stella KYRIAKIDES, European Commissioner for Health and Food Safety.

The risk of death penalty and execution of singer Yahaya Sharif Aminu for blasphemy in Nigeria

MEPs debate on cases of breaches of human rights, democracy and the rule of law. In particular, on Repression in Russia in the cases of Vladimir Kara-Murza and Aleksey Navalny. Closing statement by Stella KYRIAKIDES, European Commissioner for Health and Food Safety.

Repression in Russia, in particular the cases of Vladimir Kara-Murza and Aleksey Navalny

MEPs debate on cases of breaches of human rights, democracy and the rule of law. In particular, on the crackdown on the right to education and education rights activists in Afghanistan, including the case of Matiullah Wesa. Closing statement by Stella KYRIAKIDES, European Commissioner for Health and Food Safety.

The crackdown on the right to education and education rights activists in Afghanistan, including the case of Matiullah Wesa

Parliament discusses the current situation in Uganda in relation to recent developments in law to pass new anti-lgtbi laws. Closing statements by Jessika ROSWALL, Swedish Minister for EU Affairs and by Stella KYRIAKIDES, European Commissioner for Health and Food Safety.

Universal Decriminalization of Homosexuality, in light of recent developments in Uganda: closing statements by Jessika ROSWALL, Swedish Minister for EU Affairs and by Stella KYRIAKIDES, European Commissioner for Health and Food Safety

Parliament discusses the current situation in Uganda in relation to recent developments in law to pass new anti-lgtbi laws. Opening statements by Jessika ROSWALL, Swedish Minister for EU Affairs and by Stella KYRIAKIDES, European Commissioner for Health and Food Safety. This transcription is a result of an automatic process. Please check against delivery.

Universal Decriminalization of Homosexuality, in light of recent developments in Uganda: opening statements by Jessika ROSWALL, Swedish Minister for EU Affairs and by Stella KYRIAKIDES, European Commissioner for Health and Food Safety

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