Euroopan parlamentin vuoden 2024 mielipiteenvapauden Saharov-palkinnon saavat María Corina Machado ja Edmundo González Urrutia. Mielipiteenvapauden Saharov-palkinto perustettiin vuonna 1988. Tarkoituksena on palkita henkilöitä ja järjestöjä, jotka puolustavat ihmisoikeuksia ja perusvapauksia.

Mielipiteenvapauden Saharov-palkinto 2024

Kun ajattelemme Euroopan parlamenttia, kuvittelemme useimmiten parlamentin jäsenet äänestämässä istuntosalissa. Todellisuudessa äänestyksiä järjestetään vain kerran kuukaudessa, täysistuntojen aikana. Millaisia täysistunnot ovat ja mitä niissä tapahtuu?

Täysistunto

Käsitteet haltuun. Euroopan parlamentin puhemies.

Euroopan parlamentin puhemies

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

EP Plenary session - EU funding of physical border protection structures such as walls, fences or other barriers at the external border

EP Plenary session - Voting session

EP Plenary session - Cryptocurrencies - need for global standards

EP Plenary session - Combating Desertification: 16th session of the Conference of the Parties (COP16) of the United Nations Convention

EP Plenary session - Stepping up international action to protect whales following Iceland’s decision to extend commercial whaling until 2029

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

EP Plenary session - EU financing through the LIFE programme of entities lobbying EU institutions and the need for transparency

EP Plenary session - Links between organised crime and smuggling of migrants in light of the recent UN reports

EP Plenary session - Failure of the negotiations in Busan for a UN plastic treaty and the urgent need to tackle plastic pollution at international and Union level

EP Plenary session - Addressing EU demographic challenges: towards the implementation of the 2023 Demography Toolbox

EP Plenary session - Uniting Europe against actors hostile to the EU: time to strengthen our security and defence

EP Plenary session - Presentation of the programme of activities of the Polish Presidency

EP Plenary session - Conclusions of the European Council meeting of 19 December 2024

Strasbourg's Plenary session through the lens . Week 4

EP Plenary session - Humanitarian crisis in Sudan

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

Live Replay of the EP Plenary session - Conclusions of the European Council meeting of 22 and 23 March 2018 during the plenary session in Strasbourg (16-19/04/2018)

(08) EP Plenary session - Conclusions of the European Council meeting of 22 and 23 March 2018 - First round of political group speakers: Harald VILIMSKY (ENF, AT) (09:05 - 09:07)

(07) EP Plenary session - Conclusions of the European Council meeting of 22 and 23 March 2018 - First round of political group speakers: Nigel FARAGE (EFDD, UK) (09:04 - 09:05)

(01) EP Plenary session - Conclusions of the European Council meeting of 22 and 23 March 2018 - Closing statement by Jean-Claude JUNCKER, President of the EC (09:34 - 09:38)

(02) EP Plenary session - Conclusions of the European Council meeting of 22 and 23 March 2018 - First round of political group speakers: Maria João RODRIGUES (S&D, PT) (08:50 - 08:54)

(03) EP Plenary session - Conclusions of the European Council meeting of 22 and 23 March 2018 - First round of political group speakers: Syed KAMALL (ECR, UK) (08:53 - 08:55)

Live Replay of the EP Plenary session - Debate on Cambridge Analytica and Facebook: Data protection and Citizen's privacy as a line of defence against election manipulation during the plenary session in Strasbourg (16-19/04/2018)

(08) EP Plenary session - Debate on Cambridge Analytica and Facebook - First round of political group speakers: Jean-Luc SCHAFFHAUSER (ENF, FR) (15:33 - 15:34)

During the EP plenary session (16- 19 April 2018) in Strasbourg, MEPs discuss and vote the so-called “waste package” to build a circular economy where household waste ends up being recycled and reused. The four legislative proposals to reduce landfilling and increase recycling have been formally agreed by member states and Parliament’s negotiators. Statements by Simona BONAFÈ (S&D, IT), rapporteur, and Francesc GAMBÚS (EPP, ES), rapporteur. Illustrative pictures

Packaging and packaging waste: extracts from the debate (16/04), extracts from the vote and illustrative pictures

(09) EP Plenary session - Debate on Cambridge Analytica and Facebook - First round of political group speakers: Konstantinos PAPADAKIS (NI, EL) (15:34 - 15:35)

During the EP plenary session (16- 19 April 2018) in Strasbourg, MEPs debate the abuse of Facebook data by Cambridge Analytica, in the light of European rules to protect personal data and online privacy, and discuss whether the European laws are an effective shield against personal data abuse and election manipulation. Statements by Monika PANAYOTOVA, Deputy Minister for the Bulgarian Presidency of the Council of the EU, Vĕra JOUROVÁ, Member of the EC in charge of Justice, Consumers and Gender Equality, Esteban GONZÁLEZ PONS (EPP, ES), Sophia IN'T VELD (ALDE, NL) and Ska KELLER (Greens/EFA, DE).

Cambridge Analytica and Facebook - Data protection and Citizen's privacy as a line of defence against election manipulation: extracts from the debate

(10) EP Plenary session - Debate on Cambridge Analytica and Facebook - Second round of political group speakers (15:34 - 16:48)

EP Plenary session Debate with the President of the French Republic, Emmanuel MACRON, on the Future of Europe during the plenary session in Strasbourg (16-19/04/2018)

(07) EP Plenary session - Debate on the Future of Europe with Emmanuel MACRON, President of the French Republic - First round of political group speakers: Florian PHILIPPOT (EFDD, FR) (11:41 - 11:45)

(01) EP Plenary session - Statement by Emmanuel MACRON, President of the French Republic, on the Future of Europe (10:23 - 10:34)

EP Plenary session - Debate with Emmanuel MACRON, President of the French Republic, on the Future of Europe - Opening statement by Antonio TAJANI, EP President

During the EP plenary session (16- 19 April 2018) in Strasbourg, Emmanuel MACRON, President of the French Republic and MEPs debate on the Future of Europe. This is the fourth in a series of plenary debates between EU government leaders and MEPs reflecting on the future of the EU. Statements by Daniele VIOTTI (S&D, IT), Pervenche BERÈS (S&D, FR), Marisa MATIAS (GUE/NGL, PT), Sylvie GUILLAUME (S&D, FR) and Emmanuel MACRON, President of the French Republic.

Debate on the Future of Europe with Emmanuel MACRON, President of the French Republic: extracts from the debate (Q&A) and final statement

During the EP plenary session (16- 19 April 2018) in Strasbourg, Emmanuel MACRON, President of the French Republic and MEPs debate on the Future of Europe. This is the fourth in a series of plenary debates between EU government leaders and MEPs reflecting on the future of the EU. Statements by Jean-Claude JUNCKER, President of the EC, Manfred WEBER (EPP, DE), Udo BULLMANN (S&D, DE), Syed KAMALL (ECR, UK), Guy VERHOFSTADT (ALDE, BE), Jean LAMBERT (Greens/EFA, UK) and Emmanuel MACRON, President of the French Republic.

Debate on the Future of Europe with Emmanuel MACRON, President of the French Republic: extracts from the debate (Q&A)

During the EP plenary session (16- 19 April 2018) in Strasbourg, MEPs vote on new rules to ensure the EU meets its overall collective pledge, under the Paris Agreement on climate change. By 2030, CO2 emitted by transport, farming, buildings and waste must be cut by 30% in the EU, and any deforestation in the EU will have to be balanced out by planting new trees, according to a set of draft rules to be approved by Parliament. The results from the vote on the LINS report are: 574 in favour, 79 against and 32 abstentions. The results from the vote on the GERBRANDY report are: 343 in favour, 172 against and 170 abstentions. Illustrative pictures: ice breakers, factories next to the river, forests, tree cutting, airplanes, boats and cars.

Greenhouse gas emissions: extracts from the votes and illustrative pictures

(05) EP Plenary session - Debate on the Future of Europe with Emmanuel MACRON, President of the French Republic - First round of political group speakers: Philippe LAMBERTS (Greens/EFA, BE) (11:30 - 11:36)

(09) EP Plenary session - Debate on the Future of Europe with Emmanuel MACRON, President of the French Republic - First round of political group speakers: Aymeric CHAUPRADE (NI, FR) (11:51 - 11:53)

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