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 - US decision to impose tariffs on steel and aluminium during the plenary session in Strasbourg (12-15 March 2018). First round of political group leaders

(10) EP Plenary session - US decision to impose tariffs on steel and aluminium. Second round of political group speakers (09:03 - 09:59)

Statement by Guy VERHOFSTADT, ALDE Group Leader during the debate with the Prime Minister of Portugal, António Costa, on the Future of Europe.

(04) EP Plenary session - Debate on the Future of Europe - First round of political group leaders: Guy VERHOFSTADT (ALDE, BE), ALDE Group Leader (11:07 - 11:12)

Live Replay of the EP Plenary session - US decision to impose tariffs on steel and aluminium during the plenary session in Strasbourg (12-15 March 2018) . Closing statement by the Commission

(01) EP Plenary session - US decision to impose tariffs on steel and aluminium. Closing statement by Cecilia MALMSTRÖM, Member of the EC incharge of Trade (09:59 - 10:04)

Answers by António COSTA, Portuguese Prime Minister to the first round of MEPs Statements, during the debate on the Future of Europe.

EP Plenary session - Debate on the Future of Europe. Answers by António COSTA, Portuguese Prime Minister (11:27 - 11:33)

(07) EP Plenary session - US decision to impose tariffs on steel and aluminium. First round of political group speakers: William The Earl of DARTMOUTH (EFDD, UK) (08:58 - 09:00)

During the EP plenary session (12 - 15 March 2018) in Strasbourg, MEPs vote on the appointment of Luis DE GUINDOS as Vice-President of the European Central Bank. Statements by Rainer WIELAND (PPE, DE), Brian HAYES (EPP, IE), Pervenche BERÈS (S&D, FR) and Sven GIEGOLD (Greens/EFA, DE).

Appointment of the Vice-President of the European Central Bank: extracts from the vote

Statement by Maria Joao RODRIGUES (S&D, PT), S&D Group Leader during the debate with the Prime Minister of Portugal, António Costa, on the Future of Europe.

(02) EP Plenary session - Debate on the Future of Europe - First round of political group leaders: Maria Joao RODRIGUES (S&D, PT)

(05) EP Plenary session - US decision to impose tariffs on steel and aluminium. First round of political group speakers: Yannick JADOT (Greens/EFA, FR) (08:52 - 08:54)

Statement by Tania GONZÁLEZ PEÑAS representative of GUE/NGL group during the debate with the Prime Minister of Portugal, António Costa, on the Future of Europe.

(06) EP Plenary session - Debate on the Future of Europe - First round of political group leaders: Tania GONZÁLEZ PEÑAS (GUE/NGL, ES) (11:15 - 11:17)

Statement by Georgios EPITIDEIOS, NI, during the debate with the Prime Minister of Portugal, António Costa, on the Future of Europe.

(09) EP Plenary session - Debate on the Future of Europe - First round of political group leaders: Georgios EPITIDEIOS (NI, EL) (11:24 - 11:27)

During the EP plenary session (12 - 15 March 2018) in Strasbourg, MEPs debate with Cecilia MALMSTRÖM, Member of the EC in charge of Trade, on additional US duties on imported steel and aluminium and the EU’s response to protect jobs and its industry. Statements by Jyrki KATAINEN, Vice-President of the EC in charge of Jobs, Growth, Investment and Competitiveness, Cecilia MALMSTRÖM, Member of the EC in charge of Trade, Manfred WEBER (EPP, DE), Bernd LANGE (S&D, DE), Emma McCLARKIN (ECR, UK) and Marietje SCHAAKE (ALDE, NL).

US decision to impose tariffs on steel and aluminium: extracts from the debate

Statement by Jiří PAYNE representative of EFFD group during the debate with the Prime Minister of Portugal, António Costa, on the Future of Europe.

(07) EP Plenary session - Debate on the Future of Europe - First round of political group leaders: Jiří PAYNE (EFDD, CZ) (11:17 - 11:21)

Statement by Marcel DE GRAAFF representative of the ENF group during the debate with the Prime Minister of Portugal, António Costa, on the Future of Europe.

(08) EP Plenary session - Debate on the Future of Europe - First round of political group leaders: Marcel DE GRAAFF (ENF, NL) (11:21 - 11:24)

Final statement by António Costa, during the debate on the Future of Europe during the plenary session in Strasbourg .

EP Plenary session - Final statement by António COSTA, Prime Minister of Portugal (11:58 - 12:09)

Statement by Manfred WEBER, EPP Group Leader during the debate with the Prime Minister of Portugal, António Costa, on the Future of Europe.

(01) EP Plenary session - Debate on the Future of Europe - First round of political group leaders: Manfred WEBER (EPP, DE)

Live Replay of the EP Plenary session - Protection of investigative journalists in Europe: the case of Slovak journalist Ján Kuciak and Martina Kušnírová - Opening statements

(02) EP Plenary session - Protection of investigative journalists in Europe: the case of Slovak journalist Ján Kuciak and Martina Kušnírová - Second round of political group speakers (16:35 - 17:35)

EP Plenary session - Minute of silence as tribute to Jens Nilsson (S&D, SV) during the plenary session in Strasbourg (12-15 March 2018)

EP Plenary session - Minute of silence as tribute to Jens Nilsson (S&D, SV). Statements by Antonio TAJANI, EP President, and Maria João RODRIGUES (S&D, PT) (12:40 - 12:44)

French President François Hollande addressed the European Parliament on the future of the European Union , the economic crisis and the EU budget for 2014 to 2020, French intervention in Mali and European cultural exception. His speech is followed by a debate with political group leaders and Commission president José Manuel Barroso.

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