EP Plenary session - Ceremony of the 2024 Sakharov Prize

Press conference on European Parliament Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought 2024

Official visit by Roberta METSOLA, EP President to Berlin (Germany) - Round-table discussion with young people

Partnership Agreement Reception

Roberta METSOLA, EP President meets with Sviatlana TSIKHANOUSKAYA, Leader of the Belarusian democratic forces and Head of the United Transitional Cabinet of Belarus

Official visit by Roberta METSOLA, EP President to Valletta (Malta) - Participation in an event on the occasion of the 20th anniversary since Malta joined the European Union

Signing of the Grand Est agreement in presence of Roberta METSOLA, EP President

LEX signing ceremony in presence of Roberta METSOLA, EP President and Mathieu MICHEL, Belgian Secretary of State for Digitalisation, on behalf of the Belgian Presidency

Inauguration ceremony of the Welcome Pavilion

Meeting of the European Parliament's Bureau

Roberta METSOLA, EP President meets with Ursula von der LEYEN, President of the European Commission

Roberta METSOLA, EP President meets with Myriam SPITERI DEBONO, President of Malta

Official visit by Roberta METSOLA, EP President to Portugal - Meeting with Luís MONTENEGRO, Portuguese Prime Minister

Official visit by Roberta METSOLA, EP President to Portugal - Meeting with Marcelo REBELO de SOUSA, President of Portugal

Official visit by Roberta METSOLA, EP President to Portugal - Tram Talk with Portuguese youth and Carlos MOEDAS, Mayor of Lisbon

Official visit by Roberta METSOLA, EP President to Portugal - Meeting with José Pedro AGUIAR-BRANCO, President of the Assembly of the Republic of Portugal and Visit at the Assembly of the Republic of Portugal

Official visit by Roberta METSOLA, EP President to Portugal - Receiving an honorary degree from the University of Lisbon, at the University of Lisbon

European Ombudsman Annual Report 2023 Handover

Special European Council, 17-18 April 2024

Roberta METSOLA, EP President visits Vigil in support of Johan FLODERUS

Roberta METSOLA, EP President, answers the questions from the journalists following her participation at the special European Council meeting (17-18 April). EU heads of state or government discuss the new European competitiveness deal to securing our prosperity and global leadership; the urgency of intensifying EU delivery of military assistance to Ukraine, notably air defence capabilities; the commitment to work with partners to end the crisis in Gaza with an immediate ceasefire and the release of hostages, as well as an urgent increase of unimpeded humanitarian aid; and developing a cooperative and mutually beneficial relationship with Türkiye. This transcription is a result of an automatic process. Please check against delivery.

Press conference by Roberta METSOLA, EP President, following her participation at the Special European Council: questions and answers

Roberta METSOLA, President of the European Parliament, gives her opening remarks following her participation at the special European Council meeting (17-18 April). EU heads of state or government discuss the new European competitiveness deal to securing our prosperity and global leadership; the urgency of intensifying EU delivery of military assistance to Ukraine, notably air defence capabilities; the commitment to work with partners to end the crisis in Gaza with an immediate ceasefire and the release of hostages, as well as an urgent increase of unimpeded humanitarian aid; and developing a cooperative and mutually beneficial relationship with Türkiye. This transcription is a result of an automatic process. Please check against delivery.

Press conference by Roberta METSOLA, EP President, following her participation at the Special European Council

Parliament publishes its last Eurobarometer survey before the 6-9 June elections, covering, among other issues, citizens’ interest in and awareness of the elections as well as their likelihood to vote. The survey also reports on the image citizens have of the EU and Parliament, their priorities for the electoral campaign, and the core values they want to defend. Statement by Roberta METSOLA, EP President.

European Parliament Eurobarometer - Spring 2024: statement by Roberta METSOLA, EP President

Roberta METSOLA, President of the European Parliament, visits Toly Products during her official visit to Zejtun (Malta). The Toly Group focus on the beauty industry, offering a vast range of solutions and services that cater to the needs of any cosmetic company in the packaging industry.

Official visit by Roberta METSOLA, EP President to Zejtun (Malta) - Visit to Toly Products, Bulebel Industrial Estate

Twelve COD LEX texts are scheduled to be signed on Thursday, 11 April 2024, by President Metsola and Ms Hadja LAHBIB, Minister of Foreign Affairs, European Affairs and Foreign Trade and the Federal Cultural Institutions, with the exception of two files which will be signed by Ms Valérie DE BUE , Minister for the Civil Service, Tourism, Heritage and Road Safety (Government of Federation Wallonia-Brussels), and Mr Benjamin DALLE, Minister for Brussels, Youth, Media and Poverty Reduction (Flemish Government), on behalf of the Belgian Presidency.

LEX signing ceremony in presence of Roberta METSOLA, EP President

EP president Roberta METSOLA meets with Irish Prime Minister Simon HARRIS. This news item shows their arrival, meeting and roundtable.

Roberta METSOLA, EP President meets with Simon HARRIS, Irish Prime Minister: arrival, meeting and roundtable

MEPs discuss the EU’s role in protecting the Roma language and culture, following a statement by President Roberta Metsola.

International Roma Day: One round of political group speakers

MEPs discuss the EU’s role in protecting the Roma language and culture. Opening statement by Roberta METSOLA, EP President. This transcription is a result of an automatic process. Please check against delivery.

International Roma Day: Opening statement by Roberta METSOLA, EP President

EP president Roberta METSOLA meets with Prince Carl Philip and Princess Sofia of Sweden.

Roberta METSOLA, EP President meets with Prince Carl Philip and Princess Sofia of Sweden: extracts from the meeting

EP President Roberta METSOLA, Belgian Prime Minister Alexander DE CROO and EC President Ursula VON DER LEYEN speak to the press following the votes on the reform of the EU’s asylum and migration rules. This transcription is a result of an automatic process. Please check against delivery.

Press point by Roberta METSOLA, EP President, Alexander DE CROO, Belgian Prime Minister and Ursula VON DER LEYEN, President of the European Commission following the votes on the reform of the EU’s asylum and migration rules

EP President Metsola meets the President of Slovakia, Zuzana Čaputová. This news item shows the arrival, meeting and roundtable

Roberta METSOLA, EP President meets with Zuzana ČAPUTOVÁ, President of Slovakia: arrival, meeting and roundtable

EP President Metsola meets His Majesty King Philippe, King of the Belgians, before he addresses the plenary. This news item shows the arrival, meeting and extracts from the address in plenary. This will be the first time King Philippe will have addressed the European Parliament. One of his predecessors, King Baudouin, appeared before MEPs in 1987, during a plenary session in Strasbourg.

Visit of Philippe, King of the Belgians to the European Parliament: arrival, meeting with Roberta METSOLA, EP President and extracts from the address in plenary

EP President Metsola participates in the ceremony to mark the naming of the European Parliament's Scholl building in Brussels. The building is located at Rue Wiertz 30-50. Sophie SCHOLL, a German student and anti-Nazi political activist. She was a member of the White Rose group, a pacifist resistance group led by students at the University of Munich. She was detained for treason when she was found distributing anti-Nazi leaflets, sentenced to death and executed by guillotine.

Inauguration of the Scholl building in presence of Roberta METSOLA, EP President

EP President Metsola meets Finnish President Alexander Stubb in Brussels. This footage shows the arrival of the Finnish President, their bilateral meeting and roundtable.

Roberta METSOLA, EP President, meets with Alexander STUBB, President of Finland: arrival, meeting and roundtable

EP President Roberta METSOLA goes an advisory firm in Qormi during her visit to Malta. This news item contains exterior shots of the PWC building in Qorni, the meeting, roundtable and Q&A between Roberta METSOLA, EP President, with the board and the employees.

Official visit by Roberta METSOLA, EP President to Qormi (Malta) - visit of an advisory firm

Leading up to the European Parliament elections in June 2024, Roberta METSOLA, President of the European Parliament, intends to tour all EU Member States, urging citizens to participate in the voting process. President Metsola holds a round-table discussion with young people at the EU House of Nicosia during her official visit to Cyprus. This news item delivers external shots of European Union House, where the discussion is taking place, arrival of President Metsola, and discussion with young people. The main topics of the discussion were upcoming European Elections and the campaing.

Official visit by Roberta METSOLA, EP President to Cyprus - participation to a round-table discussion with young people

Leading up to the European Parliament elections in June 2024, Roberta METSOLA, President of the European Parliament, intends to tour all EU Member States, urging citizens to participate in the voting process. President Metsola visits the House of Representatives of Cyprus in Nicosia and meets the Speaker, Annita Demetriou, during her official visit to Cyprus.

Official visit by Roberta METSOLA, EP President to Cyprus - Visit at the House of Representatives of Cyprus: arrival, meeting with Annita DEMETRIOU, President of the House of Representatives of Cyprus and extracts from the press conference

Leading up to the European Parliament elections in June 2024, President Metsola intends to tour all EU Member States, urging citizens to participate in the voting process. Roberta METSOLA, President of the European Parliament, and Nikos CHRISTODOULIDES, President of Cyprus, hold a press point during her official visit to Cyprus. The topics that resonated were the news of the deaths of humanitarian aid workers of World Central Kitchen in Gaza, the need to protect this organisation, and the two-State solution between Israel and Palestine. Another topics were migration and European elections in June 2024. This transcription is the result of an automatic process. Please check against delivery.

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