EP Plenary session - Ousting of the Syrian regime, its geopolitical implications and the humanitarian situation in the region

Media seminar - European Parliament Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought

Press briefing EPP

Roberta METSOLA, EP President meets with lva JOHANSSON, European Commissioner for Home Affairs

Press briefing S&D Group

Press briefing The Left

Press briefing EPP group

Press briefing The Greens/EFA

EP Plenary session - Mental health

Press briefing Renew Europe

Press conference on Cohesion responses to crisis for SMEs and households

EP Plenary session - Keep the bills down: social and economic consequences of the war in Ukraine

EP Plenary session - Guidelines for the employment policies of the Member States

EP Plenary session - Joint debate - Fuels

EP Plenary session - FRONTEX's responsibility for fundamental rights violations at EU's external borders in light of the OLAF report

Meeting of the European Parliament's Bureau

EP Plenary session - The Rule of Law in Malta, five years after the assassination of Daphne Caruana Galizia

Roberta METSOLA, EP President meets with Professor Olivier DE SCHUTTER, UN Special Rapporteur

EP Plenary session - International Day for the Eradication of Poverty

EP Plenary session - Resumption of session and order of business

EP Press briefing

Roberta METSOLA, EP President, opens the plenary session on the 3 October in Strasbourg. Statement on Nicaragua’s decision to expel the Dutch ambassador and on the anniversary of the 9th anniversary of migrant shipwreck at Lampedusa (October 2013).

Opening statement by Roberta METSOLA, EP President on Nicaragua’s decision to expel the Dutch ambassador and on the 9th anniversary of migrant shipwreck at Lampedusa (October 2013)

Roberta METSOLA, EP President, opens the plenary session on the 3 October in Strasbourg. Statement on the repression of women's rights protesters in Iran after the killing of Mahsa AMINI.

Resumption of session and order of business: opening statement by Roberta METSOLA, EP President on the repression of women's rights protesters in Iran after the killing of Mahsa AMINI

&lt;p>President of the European Parliament Roberta Metsola exchanges with the astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti, the first European woman to be the Commander of the International Space Station. She intervenes from the ISS, the large spacecraft in orbit around Earth. This transcript is a result of an automatic process. Please check against delivery.&lt;/p>

Video call between Roberta METSOLA, EP President and astronaut Samantha CRISTOFORETTI, next Commander of the International Space Station

MEPs vote on multiple items, including: Human rights violations in the context of forced deportation of Ukrainian civilians to and forced adoption of Ukrainian children in Russia; Violations of human rights in Uganda and Tanzania linked to the investments in fossil fuels projects; Existence of a clear risk of a serious breach by Hungary of the values on which the Union is founded - Gwendoline DELBOS-CORFIELD (Greens/EFA,FR); Situation of fundamental rights in the EU in 2020 and 2021 - Juan Fernando LÓPEZ AGUILAR (S&D,ES); Economic, social and territorial cohesion in the EU: the 8th Cohesion Report - Constanze KREHL (S&D,DE); EU Border Regions: Living labs of European Integration - Younous OMARJEE (The Left,FR); Consequences of drought, fire, and other extreme weather phenomena: increasing EU's efforts to fight climate change

Voting session

Parliament seek to further improve the Commission’s proposal, aiming to protect European values and democratic processes more effectively. MEPs adopt their position for the ensuing negotiations with Council and Commission, in order to pass the law in the first half of 2023, so that it will be in place before the next European elections in 2024. Parliament is set to expand the new rules relating toto like-minded parties outside the EU’s 27 member states, to ensure that thesemember parties come from countries that are full members of the Council of Europe and outside the EU “observe equivalent values” to those of Article 2 TEU, and to adopt a more ambitious approach regarding EU funding for campaigns in national referenda. Closing statements by Rainer WIELAND (EPP, DE) and Charles GOERENS (Renew, LU), rapporteurs, and by Vera JOUROVA, European Commissioner for Values and Transparency.

Statute and funding of European political parties and European political foundations: closing statements by Rainer WIELAND (EPP, DE), Charles GOERENS (Renew, LU), Rapporteurs, and by Vera JOUROVA, European Commissioner for Values and Transparency

Parliament seek to further improve the Commission’s proposal, aiming to protect European values and democratic processes more effectively. MEPs adopt their position for the ensuing negotiations with Council and Commission, in order to pass the law in the first half of 2023, so that it will be in place before the next European elections in 2024. Parliament is set to expand the new rules relating toto like-minded parties outside the EU’s 27 member states, to ensure that thesemember parties come from countries that are full members of the Council of Europe and outside the EU “observe equivalent values” to those of Article 2 TEU, and to adopt a more ambitious approach regarding EU funding for campaigns in national referenda.

Statute and funding of European political parties and European political foundations: MEPs debate

Parliament seek to further improve the Commission’s proposal, aiming to protect European values and democratic processes more effectively. MEPs adopt their position for the ensuing negotiations with Council and Commission, in order to pass the law in the first half of 2023, so that it will be in place before the next European elections in 2024. Parliament is set to expand the new rules relating toto like-minded parties outside the EU’s 27 member states, to ensure that thesemember parties come from countries that are full members of the Council of Europe and outside the EU “observe equivalent values” to those of Article 2 TEU, and to adopt a more ambitious approach regarding EU funding for campaigns in national referenda. Opening statements by Rainer WIELAND (EPP, DE) and Charles GOERENS (Renew, LU), rapporteurs, and by Vera JOUROVA, European Commissioner for Values and Transparency.

Statute and funding of European political parties and European political foundations: opening statements by Rainer WIELAND (EPP, DE), Charles GOERENS (Renew, LU), Rapporteurs and by Vera JOUROVA, European Commissioner for Values and Transparency

MEPs debate on the recent Human rights violations in the context of forced deportation of Ukrainian civilians to and adoption of Ukrainian children in Russia. Closing statement by Elisa FERREIRA, European Commissioner for Cohesion and Reforms.

Human rights violations in the context of forced deportation of Ukrainian civilians to and adoption of Ukrainian children in Russia: closing statement by Elisa FERREIRA, European Commissioner for Cohesion and Reforms

On: 14/09/2022 MEPs debate on the recent Human rights violations in the context of forced deportation of Ukrainian civilians to and adoption of Ukrainian children in Russia.

Human rights violations in the context of forced deportation of Ukrainian civilians to and adoption of Ukrainian children in Russia: MEPs debate

MEPs debate on the recent Human rights violations in the context of forced deportation of Ukrainian civilians to and adoption of Ukrainian children in Russia. Opening statements by Authors : Michaela ŠOJDROVÁ (EPP, CZ); Evin INCIR (S&D, SE); Petras AUŠTREVIČIUS (Renew, LT); Viola VON CRAMON-TAUBADEL (Greens/EFA, DE); Anna FOTYGA (ECR, PL).

Human rights violations in the context of forced deportation of Ukrainian civilians to and adoption of Ukrainian children in Russia: opening statements

MEPs in a debate discuss on how democracy and fundamental rights in Hungary have further deteriorated since Parliament triggered the Article 7 procedure in 2018, through the “deliberate and systematic efforts of the Hungarian government”. Closing statements by Gwendoline DELBOS-CORFIELD (Greens/EFA, FR), Rapporteur, Didier REYNDERS, European Commissioner for Justice.

Risk of a serious breach by Hungary of the values on which the EU is founded: closing statements by Gwendoline DELBOS-CORFIELD (Greens/EFA, FR), Rapporteur, Didier REYNDERS, European Commissioner for Justice and by Włodzimierz CIMOSZEWICZ (S&D, PL)

MEPs in a debate discuss on how democracy and fundamental rights in Hungary have further deteriorated since Parliament triggered the Article 7 procedure in 2018, through the “deliberate and systematic efforts of the Hungarian government”. Second part of the debate.

Risk of a serious breach by Hungary of the values on which the EU is founded: MEPs debate (part 2)

MEPs in a debate discuss on how democracy and fundamental rights in Hungary have further deteriorated since Parliament triggered the Article 7 procedure in 2018, through the “deliberate and systematic efforts of the Hungarian government”. First part of the debate.

Risk of a serious breach by Hungary of the values on which the EU is founded: MEPs debate (part 1)

&lt;p>MEPs in a debate discuss on how democracy and fundamental rights in Hungary have further deteriorated since Parliament triggered the Article 7 procedure in 2018, through the “deliberate and systematic efforts of the Hungarian government”. Opening statements by Gwendoline DELBOS-CORFIELD (Greens/EFA, FR), Rapporteur, Didier REYNDERS, European Commissioner for Justice and by Włodzimierz CIMOSZEWICZ (S&amp;D, PL) AFCO.&lt;/p>

Risk of a serious breach by Hungary of the values on which the EU is founded: opening statements by Gwendoline DELBOS-CORFIELD (Greens/EFA, FR), Rapporteur, Didier REYNDERS, European Commissioner for Justice and by Włodzimierz CIMOSZEWICZ (S&D, PL)

Political group leaders (in reverse order) give their final reactions on the State of the European Union debate with the President of the European Commission, Ursula VON DER LEYEN.

State of the Union debate - SOTEU 2022: statements by Political group leaders (in reverse order)

Ursula von der LEYEN, President of the European Commission gives her final answer afte the end of the debate.

State of the Union debate - SOTEU 2022: answering statement by Ursula von der LEYEN, President of the European Commission

MEPs debate on the annual State of the European Union after the speech of Ursula VON DER LEYEN, President of the European Commission. Second part of the debate. Catch the eye session.

State of the Union debate - SOTEU 2022: Catch the eye

MEPs debate on the annual State of the European Union after the speech of Ursula VON DER LEYEN, President of the European Commission. Second part of the debate.

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