<p>The European Parliament has its seat in Strasbourg in France where the 12 monthly part-sessions, including the session at which the decision on the annual EU budget is taken, should be held.</p>

<p>Find in this package, audiovisual content of the activities of the European Parliament in Strasbourg such as atmosphere inside and outside the buildings and parliamentary work..</p>

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

EP Plenary session - Cryptocurrencies - need for global standards

Minority Intergroup meeting

ENVI  Extraordinary meeting - Exchange of views with Paulina Hennig-Kloska, Minister of Climate and Environment, Polish Council Presidency

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

Strasbourg's Plenary session through the lens - Week 4

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

Quaestors' meeting

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

Donald TUSK, Polish Prime Minister meets with Polish MEPs

EP Plenary session - Voting session

LUX European Audience Film Award 2025 -  Meeting with Members of the European Parliament

Roberta METSOLA, EP President, opens the Plenary session in Strasbourg. The President gives her introductory remark on the dire situation in Israel and in Gaza. This transcription is a result of an automatic process. Please check against delivery.

Introductory remark by Roberta METSOLA, EP President on the situation in Israel and in Gaza

Roberta METSOLA, EP President, opens the Plenary session in Strasbourg. The President gives her introductory remark on the sixth year anniversary of the assassination of Daphne Caruana Galizia. This transcription is a result of an automatic process. Please check against delivery.

Introductory remark by Roberta METSOLA, EP President, on the sixth year anniversary of the assassination of Daphne Caruana Galizia

Roberta METSOLA, EP President, opens the Plenary session in Strasbourg. The President gives her introductory remark on the school stabbing of Dominique Bernard in Arras and the three years anniversary of the death of Samuel Paty, followed by a minute of silence. This transcription is a result of an automatic process. Please check against delivery.

Introductory remark by Roberta METSOLA, EP President, on the school stabbing of Dominique Bernard in Arras and the three years anniversary of the death of Samuel Paty, followed by a minute of silence

MEPs vote on the following motions for resolution: Recent developments in the Serbia-Kosovo dialogue, including the situation in the northern municipalities in Kosovo; The despicable terrorist attacks of Hamas against Israel.

Voting session, including the motion for resolution on the despicable terrorist attacks of Hamas against Israel

After both candidates, Wopke HOEKSTRA, Commissioner-designate for Climate Action and Maroš ŠEFČOVIČ, Executive Vice-President of the European Commission in charge of the European Green Deal, Interinstitutional Relations and Foresight, failed to secure the 2/3rd majority needed to be confirmed, Pascal CANFIN (Renew, FR), Chair of ENVI, holds a press conference explaining the results of the new hearings.

Press conference by Pascal CANFIN (Renew, FR), Chair of ENVI, on the hearings of Commissioner-designate Hoekstra and Commission Executive Vice-President Šefčovič

Wopke HOEKSTRA, gives a doorstep in Strasbourg (France) after his approval as Commissioner by the European Parliament. The footage shows his arrival and doorstep. The transcript is the result of an automatic process. Please check against delivery.

Doorstep by Wopke HOEKSTRA, gives a doorstep in Strasbourg (France) after his approval as Commissioner by the European Parliament

This news item shows extracts from the MEPs debate on updated rules on the collection, treatment and discharge of urban wastewater to better protect the environment and human health and extracts from the vote on Urban Wastewater Treatment Directive as well. MEPs want chemical pollutants (including “forever chemicals”), microplastics, pathogens and antimicrobial resistance to be monitored more. They also agree that a system of extended producer responsibility (EPR) should be set up for pharmaceuticals and cosmetics, which require additional treatment for micro-pollutants. Nils TORVALDS, Rapporteur, gives a statement on the directive and the next steps with the Council.

Urban wastewater treatment: extracts from the debate; extracts from the vote; and statement by Nils TORVALDS (Renew, FI), Rapporteur

MEPs vote on several texts: opening of negotiations on the Union Code on the rules governing the movement of persons across borders - Guillaume, Human rights situation in Afghanistan, in particular the persecution of former government officials - Motion for resolution, the case of Zarema Musaeva in Chechnya - Motion for resolution, Egypt, in particular the sentencing of Hisham Kassem - Motion for resolution, European green bonds - Tang, Scheme of generalised tariff preferences - Hautala, Financial services contracts concluded at a distance - Kokalari, Urban wastewater treatment. Recast - Torvalds, Situation in Nagorno-Karabakh after Azerbaijan’s attack - Motion for resolution, Taking stock of Moldova’s path to the EU - Motion for resolution, The new European strategy for a better internet for kids (BIK+) - Motion for resolution.

Voting session: Union Code on the rules governing the movement of persons across borders, the new European strategy for a better internet for kids (BIK+), taking stock of Moldova’s path to the EU

MEPs vote on the on the appointment of Wopke HOEKSTRA as member of the European Commission, and on the approval of the allocation of new responsibilities of Executive Vice-President of the Commission, Maroš ŠEFČOVIČ.

Voting session: approval of the appointment of Wopke HOEKSTRA as member of the European Commission, and approval of new responsibilities of Executive Vice-President of the Commission, Maroš ŠEFČOVIČ

MEPs debate on updated rules on the collection, treatment and discharge of urban wastewater to better protect the environment and human health.The Environment Committee adopted its position in September. The report calls for treated wastewater from urban wastewater treatment plants to be reused more widely to prevent water scarcity. MEPs want chemical pollutants (including “forever chemicals”), microplastics, pathogens and antimicrobial resistance to be monitored more. They also agree that a system of extended producer responsibility (EPR) should be set up for pharmaceuticals and cosmetics, which require additional treatment for micro-pollutants. Closing statements by Dubravka ŠUICA, Vice-President of the European Commission in charge of Democracy and Demography and by Nils TORVALDS (Renew, FI), Rapporteur.

Urban wastewater treatment: closing statements by Dubravka ŠUICA, Vice-President of the European Commission in charge of Democracy and Demography and by Nils TORVALDS (Renew, FI), Rapporteur

MEPs debate on updated rules on the collection, treatment and discharge of urban wastewater to better protect the environment and human health.The Environment Committee adopted its position in September. The report calls for treated wastewater from urban wastewater treatment plants to be reused more widely to prevent water scarcity. MEPs want chemical pollutants (including “forever chemicals”), microplastics, pathogens and antimicrobial resistance to be monitored more. They also agree that a system of extended producer responsibility (EPR) should be set up for pharmaceuticals and cosmetics, which require additional treatment for micro-pollutants. Second part of the debate.

Urban wastewater treatment: MEPs debate (part 2)

MEPs debate on updated rules on the collection, treatment and discharge of urban wastewater to better protect the environment and human health.The Environment Committee adopted its position in September. The report calls for treated wastewater from urban wastewater treatment plants to be reused more widely to prevent water scarcity. MEPs want chemical pollutants (including “forever chemicals”), microplastics, pathogens and antimicrobial resistance to be monitored more. They also agree that a system of extended producer responsibility (EPR) should be set up for pharmaceuticals and cosmetics, which require additional treatment for micro-pollutants. First part of the debate.

Urban wastewater treatment: MEPs debate (part 1)

MEPs debate on updated rules on the collection, treatment and discharge of urban wastewater to better protect the environment and human health.The Environment Committee adopted its position in September. The report calls for treated wastewater from urban wastewater treatment plants to be reused more widely to prevent water scarcity. MEPs want chemical pollutants (including “forever chemicals”), microplastics, pathogens and antimicrobial resistance to be monitored more. They also agree that a system of extended producer responsibility (EPR) should be set up for pharmaceuticals and cosmetics, which require additional treatment for micro-pollutants. Opening statements by Nils TORVALDS (Renew, FI), Rapporteur and Dubravka ŠUICA, Vice-President of the European Commission in charge of Democracy and Demography. This transcription is a result of an automatic process. Please cehck agaisnt delivery.

Urban wastewater treatment: opening statements by Nils TORVALDS (Renew, FI), Rapporteur and Dubravka ŠUICA, Vice-President of the European Commission in charge of Democracy and Demography

The European Parliament debates on the current situation in Egypt, and especially, on the sentencing of Hisham Kassem. Kassem is a journalist and dissident who was expected to run in the presidential elections, but he was sentenced to six months in prison, in a trial marred by breaches of fair trial standards. Kassem´s sentence is part of a wave of repression ahead of the elections and is another example of the campaign to silence critics and punish dissent in Egypt.

Debates on cases of breaches of human rights, democracy and the rule of law (Rule 144): Egypt, in particular the sentencing of Hisham Kassem

The MEPs debates on the case of Zarema Musaeva in Chechnya. In January 2022, Zarema Musaeva was violently abducted from a different region of Russia and placed in pre-trial detention in Chechnya and she was sentenced to 5,5 years in prison in July 2023. The Parliament strongly condemns the politically-motivated detention of Zarema Musaeva and urges the Russian authorities, specifically in the Chechen Republic, to immediately release her and drop all the charges brought against her.

Debates on cases of breaches of human rights, democracy and the rule of law (Rule 144): The case of Zarema Musaeva in Chechnya

The Parliament debates on the current situation in Afghanistan, whereas the human rights situation continues to deteriorate alarmingly, with high levels of human rights violations including torture and killings and attacks against minority groups. Moreover, Afghanistan continues to be the most repressive country in the world for women and girls after the Taliban takeover.

Debates on cases of breaches of human rights, democracy and the rule of law (Rule 144): Human rights situation in Afghanistan, in particular the persecution of former government officials

This news item shows extracts from the signature of 3 COD LEX texts by Roberta METSOLA, President of the European Parliament, and by José Manuel ALBARES, Minister for Foreign Affairs, European Union and Cooperation, on behalf of the Spanish Presidency of the Council. "Fishing in the GFCM Agreement Area", the digital information exchange in terrorism cases "CTR", alignment with Union rules on the protection of personal data "Alignment Directive"

LEX signing ceremony: signature of 3 COD LEX texts by Roberta METSOLA, EP President and José Manuel Albares Bueno, Minister for Foreign Affairs, on behalf of the Spanish Presidency of the Council

This news item shows extracts from the MEPs debate with Council and Commission on the proposal to extend the authorisation to use glyphosate in the EU for ten more years. Glyphosate is currently approved in the EU until 15 December 2023 and can therefore be used as an active substance in plant protection products (pesticides) until that date, if authorised by national authorities.

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