EP Plenary session - Situation in Venezuela following the usurpation of the presidency on 10 January 2025

EP Plenary session - Further deterioration of the political situation in Georgia

EP Plenary session - Oral question - Ukraine’s accession to the Convention of 2 July 2019 on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Judgments in Civil or Commercial Matters

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

EP Plenary session - Oral question - Extension of the mandate of the EPPO with regard to the criminal offence of violation of Union restrictive measures

EP Plenary session - Implementation and delivery of the Sustainable Development Goals

EP Plenary session - Lessons learnt from the Pandora Papers and other revelation

EP Plenary session - Make Europe the place to invest

EP Plenary session - Joint debate - Pegasus spyware

EP Plenary session - Topical debate - Surrogacy in the EU - risks of exploitation and commercialisation

EP Plenary session - Voting session

EP Plenary session - Formal Sitting - Address by Vjosa OSMANI-SADRIU, President of Kosovo

EP Plenary session - The electoral law, the investigative committee and the rule of law in Poland

EP Plenary session - Preparation of the European Council meeting of 29-30 June 2023

EP Plenary session - Quality traineeships in the EU

EP Plenary session - Ensuring food security and the long-term resilience of EU agriculture

EP Plenary session - Negotiations on the European Electoral Law

EP Plenary session - Batteries and waste batteries

EP Plenary session - State of EU Cuba PDCA in the light of the recent visit of the High Representative to the island

EP Plenary session - Situation in Nicaragua

MEPs discuss the outcome of the Special European Council of 1 February, with Charles Michel, President of the European Council and Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission. The special summit was about finding an agreement on the mid-term review of the EU’s long-term 2021-2027 budget (multiannual financial framework, MFF) and a €50 billion financial aid package for Ukraine. Opening statements by the Charles MICHEL, President of the European Council and Ursula VON DER LEYEN, President of the European Commission. This transcription is a result of an automatic process. Please check against delivery.

Conclusions of the special European Council meeting of 1 February 2024: opening statements by the Charles MICHEL, President of the European Council and Ursula VON DER LEYEN, President of the European Commission

Exterior and interior views before the Plenary Session taking place at the European Parliament in Strasbourg on 05-08 February 2024

EP Plenary session: editing shots (exterior and interior shots of the EP)

MEPs debate new rules to ensure transferred funds arrive immediately into the bank accounts of retail customers and businesses across the EU. Closing statements by Mairead MCGUINNESS, European Commissioner for Financial Services and by Michiel HOOGEVEEN (ECR, NL), Rapporteur.

Instant payments in euro: closing statements by Mairead MCGUINNESS, European Commissioner for Financial Services and by Michiel HOOGEVEEN (ECR, NL), Rapporteur

MEPs debate new rules to ensure transferred funds arrive immediately into the bank accounts of retail customers and businesses across the EU. MEPs debate

Instant payments in euro: MEPs debate

MEPs debate new rules to ensure transferred funds arrive immediately into the bank accounts of retail customers and businesses across the EU. Opening statements by Mairead MCGUINNESS, European Commissioner for Financial Services and by Michiel HOOGEVEEN (ECR, NL), Rapporteur. This transcription is a result of an automatic process. Please check against delivery.

Instant payments in euro: opening statements by Mairead MCGUINNESS, European Commissioner for Financial Services and by Michiel HOOGEVEEN (ECR, NL), Rapporteur

Sheva Tehoval, soprano and Marcelo Nisinman bandoneon player play a rendition of The Kaddish by Maurice Ravel. The Kaddish is a hymn that is recited during Jewish prayer services. The term Kaddish is often used to refer specifically to "The Mourner's Kaddish," which is chanted as part of the mourning rituals in Judaism in all prayer services, as well as at funerals and memorials. Along with the Shema Yisrael and the Amidah, the Kaddish is one of the most important and central elements in the Jewish liturgy.

International Holocaust Remembrance Day: "The Kaddish" by Maurice Ravel - Sheva Tehoval, soprano and Marcelo Nisinman bandoneon player

Irene Shashar addresses MEPs on the occasion of the International Holocaust Remembrance Day during a solemn ceremony in the Hemicycle. Irene Shashar, born on 12 December 1937 as Ruth Lewkowicz, survived the Warsaw ghetto. After her father was killed by the Nazis she escaped the ghetto with her mother through the sewers to another part of Warsaw where she was a “hidden child” for the rest of war. She and her mother then moved to Paris. After her mother’s death, she moved to Peru where she was adopted by relatives. After studying in the US, she moved to Israel at the age 25 and became the youngest faculty member to hold a post at the Hebrew University. Today she lives in Modiin, Israel.

International Holocaust Remembrance Day: keynote speech by Irene Shashar, Warsaw Ghetto survivor

Parliament organizes a special plenary session in Brussels on the occasion of the International Day of Commemoration in memory of the victims of the Holocaust, 79 years after the liberation of the Nazi concentration camp of Auschwitz on January 27, 1945. After President Metsola's speech, a musical interlude by the bandoneon player Mr. Marcelo Nisinman takes place in the plenary session.

International Holocaust Remembrance Day: musical interlude by Marcelo Nisinman, bandoneon player

Holocaust survivor Irene Shashar addresses the European Parliament during a plenary session in Brussels to commemorate International Holocaust Remembrance Day (27 January). EP President Roberta Metsola is present and delivers an introductory speech. Prior to the ceremony, the President meets with Irene SHASHARAS, Holocaust survivor. Extracts from the meeting and from the speech in the hemicycle.

International Holocaust Remembrance Day: Roberta METSOLA, EP President, meets with Irene SHASHAR, Holocaust survivor, extracts from the ceremony

On the occasion of the International Holocaust Remembrance Day, Roberta METSOLA, President of the European Parliament, opens the solemn ceremony with an introductory speech in the hemicycle. This transcription is a result of an automatic process. Please check against delivery.

International Holocaust Remembrance Day: opening of the ceremony, video clip and introductory remarks by Roberta METSOLA, EP President

MEPs vote on the following non legilative resolutions: Revision of the European Labour Authority mandate, Situation in Hungary and frozen EU funds, and on the Humanitarian situation in Gaza, the need to reach a permanent ceasefire and the risks of regional escalation.

Voting Session - Part 2 (Situation in Hungary and frozen EU funds, Humanitarian situation in Gaza)

MEPs vote on the following subjects: Implementation report on Regulation (EC) No 1924/2006 on nutrition and health claims made on foods - Metz; Protection of the European Union’s financial interests - combating fraud - annual report 2022 - Grapini; Shaping the EU’s position on the UN binding instrument on business and human rights, in particular on access to remedy and the protection of victims - Hautala; Impact of illegal fishing on food security – the role of the European Union - Melo;

Voting Session - Part 1

MEPs debate on the state of the rule of law and media freedom in Greece with Council and Commission representatives during the plenary session in Strasbourg. MEPs have expressed concerns about the respect for EU values in Greece on multiple occasions, including the use of spyware and allegations of political intervention in the investigations, and media freedom and the safety of journalists, especially in light of the lack of progress in the investigation into the murder of journalist Giorgos Karaivaz in 2021. Closing statement by Didier REYNDERS, European Commissioner for Justice.

Rule of Law and Media freedom in Greece: Closing statement by Didier REYNDERS, European Commissioner for Justice

MEPs debate on the state of the rule of law and media freedom in Greece with Council and Commission representatives during the plenary session in Strasbourg. MEPs have expressed concerns about the respect for EU values in Greece on multiple occasions, including the use of spyware and allegations of political intervention in the investigations, and media freedom and the safety of journalists, especially in light of the lack of progress in the investigation into the murder of journalist Giorgos Karaivaz in 2021. MEPs debate.

Rule of Law and Media freedom in Greece: MEPs debate

MEPs debate on the state of the rule of law and media freedom in Greece with Council and Commission representatives during the plenary session in Strasbourg. MEPs have expressed concerns about the respect for EU values in Greece on multiple occasions, including the use of spyware and allegations of political intervention in the investigations, and media freedom and the safety of journalists, especially in light of the lack of progress in the investigation into the murder of journalist Giorgos Karaivaz in 2021. Opening statement by Didier REYNDERS, European Commissioner for Justice. The transcription is the result of an automatic process. Please, check against delivery.

Rule of Law and Media freedom in Greece: Opening statement by Didier REYNDERS, European Commissioner for Justice

Parliament calls on the Council to finally act to tackle hate speech and hate crime in the EU. The draft report asks for progress on classifying hate speech and hate crime as “EU crimes” - a process stalled in Council since 2022. MEPs highlight the need to ensure all individuals and groups that can become targets of hate are protected, and to ensure that freedom of expression is not exploited to protect hate speech and hate crimes. They are also set to call for an “open-ended” approach whereby incidents would be assessed based on their contextual circumstances. Closing statements by Didier REYNDERS, European Commissioner for Justice and Maite PAGAZAURTUNDÚA (Renew, ES), Rapporteur.

Extending the list of EU crimes to hate speech and hate crime: Closing statements by Didier REYNDERS, European Commissioner for Justice and Maite PAGAZAURTUNDÚA (Renew, ES), Rapporteur

Parliament calls on the Council to finally act to tackle hate speech and hate crime in the EU. The draft report asks for progress on classifying hate speech and hate crime as “EU crimes” - a process stalled in Council since 2022. MEPs highlight the need to ensure all individuals and groups that can become targets of hate are protected, and to ensure that freedom of expression is not exploited to protect hate speech and hate crimes. They are also set to call for an “open-ended” approach whereby incidents would be assessed based on their contextual circumstances. MEP's debate

Extending the list of EU crimes to hate speech and hate crime: MEP's debate

Parliament calls on the Council to finally act to tackle hate speech and hate crime in the EU. The draft report asks for progress on classifying hate speech and hate crime as “EU crimes” - a process stalled in Council since 2022. MEPs highlight the need to ensure all individuals and groups that can become targets of hate are protected, and to ensure that freedom of expression is not exploited to protect hate speech and hate crimes. They are also set to call for an “open-ended” approach whereby incidents would be assessed based on their contextual circumstances. Opening statement by Maite PAGAZAURTUNDÚA (Renew, ES), Rapporteur, Didier REYNDERS, European Commissioner for Justice and Robert BIEDROŃ (S&D, PL), FEMM Committee. This transcription is a result of an automatic process. Please check agaist delivery.

Extending the list of EU crimes to hate speech and hate crime: Opening statement by Maite PAGAZAURTUNDÚA (Renew, ES), Rapporteur, Didier REYNDERS, European Commissioner for Justice and Robert BIEDROŃ (S&D, PL), FEMM Committee

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