2024. aastal pälvisid Sahharovi auhinna María Corina Machado ja Edmundo González Urrutia. Euroopa Parlamendi Sahharovi mõttevabaduse auhind loodi 1988. aastal. Sellega tunnustatakse inimesi ja organisatsioone, kes kaitsevad inimõigusi ja põhivabadusi.

2024. aasta Sahharovi mõttevabaduse auhinna võitja

Mõeldes Euroopa Parlamendi tööle, kujutleme enamasti, kuidas parlamendiliikmed täiskogusaalis hääletavad. See ongi täiskogu istung. Täiskogu istungid ja seega ka hääletused toimuvad parlamendis iga kuu ühel nädalal. Mida aga täiskogu istunginädalal peale hääletamise veel teeb?

Mis on täiskogu istung?

Mis on Euroopa Parlamendi presidendi ülesanded?

Mida teeb Euroopa Parlamendi president?

On 19 March 1958, the European Parliamentary Assembly hold a first meeting in Strasbourg. Luciano GRANZOTTO BASSO, Oldest member of the Assembly leads the election. The representatives elect Robert Schuman as President. He is the single candidate at the function.

Constitutive session of the European Parliamentary Assembly: election of Robert SCHUMAN, as President of the Assembly

A formal sitting is&nbsp;held to mark an official visit to the European Parliament, made at the President’s invitation after consulting with the Conference of Presidents.

The official guest is seated to the right of the President on the podium. After the welcoming remarks by the President, the official guest addresses the&nbsp; Parliament from the central rostrum in the Chamber.

The address for a formal sitting of Parliament&nbsp;usually lasts 30 minutes and generally takes place before the voting session.

Formal Sittings

On certain occasions, David SASSOLI, President of the European Parliament, gives a speech during plenary sessions highlighting the news, a special event or pays tribute to a personality and asks for a minute of silence.

Statements of David SASSOLI, EP President in Plenary

Strasbourg's Plenary session through the lens . Week 11

Strasbourg's Plenary session through the lens . Week 11.

EP Plenary session - European Schools Alliance: potential to achieve the European education area by driving innovation, enhancing mobility and championing inclusivity

EP Plenary session - Voting session

EP Plenary session - Action Plan for Affordable Energy

EP Plenary session - A Vision for Agriculture and Food

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

EP Plenary session - EU Consumers Day: filling the gaps in protecting 440 million consumers in the EU

EP Plenary session - Accelerating the phase-out of Russian gas and other Russian energy commodities in the EU

EP Plenary session - Frozen Russian assets

EP Plenary session - Adoption of the proposal for a Parenthood Regulation

EP Plenary session - Social and employment aspects of restructuring processes: the need to protect jobs and workers’ rights

EP Plenary session - Union of Skills: striving for more and better opportunities to study, train or work in the EU and to bring our talents back home

EP Plenary session - 100 days of the new Commission – Delivering on Defence, Competitiveness, Simplification and Migration as our priorities

EP Plenary session - Action Plan for the Automotive Industry

EP Plenary session - European Semester for economic policy coordination 2025

EP Plenary session - Deteriorating situation in Gaza following the non-extension of the ceasefire

EP Plenary session - The need for EU support towards a just transition and reconstruction in Syria

Debate during the plenary session of July in Strasbourg on the new initiatives related to the Middle East Peace Process. Statements by Federica MOGHERINI, High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy / Vice-President of the EC, Mariya GABRIEL (EPP, BG),&nbsp; Victor BOŞTINARU (S&amp;D, RO), Mark DEMESMAEKER (ECR, BE) and Elmar BROK (EPP, DE),

New initiatives related to the Middle East Peace Process: extracts from the debate

Debate during the plenary session of July in Strasbourg on the New EU strategy on China. Statements by Federica MOGHERINI, High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy / Vice-President of the EC,&nbsp;&nbsp;Frank ENGEL (EPP, LU), Victor BOŞTINARU (S&amp;D, RO),&nbsp; Bas BELDER (ECR, NL) and&nbsp;Marietje SCHAAKE (ALDE, NL)

New EU strategy on China: extracts from the debate

Debate during the plenary session of July in Strasbourg on the programme of activities of the Slovak Presidency. Statement by Robert FICO, Slovak Prime Minister and President in office of the Council of the EU, 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, Manfred WEBER (EPP, DE), EPP Group leader, Giovanni PITTELLA (S&amp;D, IT), S&amp;D Group leader, Ashley FOX (ECR, UK), Pavel TELIČKA (ALDE, CZ),&nbsp;Rebecca HARMS (Greens/EFA, DE), Greens/EFA co-Group leader and Petr MACH (EFDD, CZ).

Programme of activities of the Slovak Presidency: extracts from the debate

At the opening of the plenary session (4-7 July) of the European Parliament, Martin SCHULZ, EP President paid tribute to and held a minute of silence for Michel ROCARD, former French Prime Minister, and longstanding MEP (1994-2009), as well as for the great number of victims of the terror attacks in Istanbul, Dhaka and Bagdad and in Yemen in the preceding week.&nbsp; Extracts.

Introductory remarks by Martin SCHULZ, EP President : tribute to Michel Rocard and to the victims of the terror attacks in Istanbul, Dhaka, Bagdad and in Yemen: extracts

Debate during the plenary session of July in Strasbourg on the refugees; social inclusion and integration into the labour market. Statement by Brando BENIFEI (S&amp;D, IT), rapporteur, Julie WARD (S&amp;D, UK), Marianne THYSSEN, Member of the EC in charge of Employment, Social Affairs, Skills and Labour Mobility, Thomas MANN (EPP, DE), Jutta STEINRUCK (S&amp;D, DE), Helga STEVENS (ECR, BE), Renate WEBER (ALDE, RO), Tania GONZ&Aacute;LEZ PE&Ntilde;AS (GUE/NGL, ES) and Jean LAMBERT (Greens/EFA, UK).

Refugees; social inclusion and integration into the labour market: extracts from the debate

Exterior and interior shots of the EP, during the EP plenary session (04-07 June) in Strasbourg.

EP Plenary session (04-07 July): editing shots

Live replay of the EP Extraordinary Plenary session (Outcome of the UK's EU membership referendum)

(26) EP Extraordinary Plenary session (Outcome of the UK's EU membership referendum): Vote (11:59 - 12:11)

(19) EP Extraordinary Plenary session (Outcome of the UK's EU membership referendum): Second round of political group speakers. Nigel FARAGE (EFDD, UK) (11:46 - 11:47)

(9) EP Extraordinary Plenary session (Outcome of the UK's EU membership referendum): Round of political group speakers. Gabriele ZIMMER (GUE/NGL, DE) (11:11 - 11:18)

EP Extraordinary Plenary session (Outcome of the UK's EU membership referendum)

(0) EP Extraordinary Plenary session (Outcome of the UK's EU membership referendum): atmosphere in the plenary before the beginning of the meeting

(2) EP Extraordinary Plenary session (Outcome of the UK's EU membership referendum): Statement Jeanine HENNIS-PLASSCHAERT, Dutch Presidency of the Council (10:15 - 10:25)

(11) EP Extraordinary Plenary session (Outcome of the UK's EU membership referendum): Round of political group speakers. Nigel FARAGE (EFDD, UK) (11:24 - 11:31)

Vote on the outcome of the referendum in the United Kingdom, during the Extraordinary plenary session of the EP in Brussels. Martin SCHULZ, EP President, opens the vote and announces the results: 666 MEPs voting, 395 in favour, 200 against, 71 abstentions.

Outcome of the referendum in the United Kingdom: extracts from the motions for resolutions

(8) EP Extraordinary Plenary session (Outcome of the UK's EU membership referendum): Round of political group speakers. Guy VERHOFSTADT (ALDE, BE) (11:04 - 11:11)

(12) EP Extraordinary Plenary session (Outcome of the UK's EU membership referendum): Round of political group speakers. Marine LE PEN (ENF, FR) (11:31 - 11:35)

(17) EP Extraordinary Plenary session (Outcome of the UK's EU membership referendum): Second round of political group speakers. Final statement Jean-Claude JUNCKER (11:44 - 11:44)

Statements by Jeanine HENNIS-PLASSCHAERT, Presidency of the Council of the EU and by Jean-Claude JUNCKER, EC President, on the outcome of the UK referendum, during the Extraordinary Plenary session of the EP in Brussels.

EP Extraordinary Plenary session: extracts from the statements by Jeanine HENNIS-PLASSCHAERT, Dutch Presidency of the Council and by Jean-Claude JUNCKER, EC President

Debate on the Outcome of the referendum in the United Kingdom, during the Extraordinary Plenary session of the EP in Brussels. Statements by Jean-Claude JUNCKER, EC President, Jeanine HENNIS-PLASSCHAERT, Dutch Minister of Defence, Marcel de GRAAFF (ENF, NL), Nigel FARAGE (EFDD, UK), Alyn SMITH (Greens/EFA, UK), Martina ANDERSON (GUE/NGL, UK), Guy VERHOFSTADT (ALDE, BE), Ryszard LEGUTKO (ECR, PL), Giovanni PITTELLA (S&amp;D, IT), and Manfred WEBER (EPP, DE)

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