EP Plenary session - Commission statement - State of play of the implementation of the Global Gateway and its governance two years after its launch

REGI committee meeting

EP Plenary session - Council and Commission statements - Water scarcity and structural investments in access to water in the EU

DEVE Workshop - Developing countries’ energy needs and priorities under a sustainable development perspective

EP Plenary session - Statement by the VPC/HR - New Agenda for Latin America and the Caribbean in the aftermath of the EU-CELAC Summit

EP Plenary session - The water crisis in Europe

EP Plenary session - Implementation and delivery of the Sustainable Development Goals

EP Plenary session - Ensuring food security and the long-term resilience of EU agriculture

EP Plenary session - Short presentations

DEVE Committee- Election of the 2nd Vice-Chair

EP Plenary session - Oral question - Cohesion dimension of EU state aid and de minimis rules

DEVE Committee meeting - Election of 3rd Vice-Chair

Meeting between French deputy Laurence FARRENG, deputies of the Sport intergroup and the Olympic champion and President of the Paris 2024 Olympic Committee Tony Estanguet.

Stéphane BIJOUX in the EP in Strasbourg

The Paris Agreement entered into force on 4 November 2016 and as part of it a Global Stocktake takes place every five years. The first-ever stocktake, scheduled to conclude at COP28, aims to provide an overall picture of its implementation progress. Parliament adopted its demands ahead of this year’s global climate talks on 21 November 2023. MEPs debate with Commission and Council representatives the conclusions of the UN COP28 Climate Change Conference. MEPs debate

Outcome of the UN Climate Change Conference 2023 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates (COP28): MEPs debate

MEPs debate and call for increased action to preserve and improve EU water resources, already affected by several years of dry conditions and diminishing groundwater levels. The impact of the emerging drought is already visible in France, Spain, and northern Italy and raise concerns about water supply for human use, agriculture, and energy production. For several decades, the EU has developed a framwork for preventing and mitigating water scarcity and nox, the Parliament and the Member States are currently working on a revision of several EU water policy measures, following a proposal on integrated water management of surface and groundwater pollutants. First part of the debate.

The water crisis in Europe: MEPs debate (part 1)

MEPs call on the EU to boost its food security and strategic autonomy. In the light of the Russian war of aggression against Ukraine and the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, the draft text calls for the use of the EU’s strategic food stocks, a protein and feed strategy to allow farmers to become less reliant on third countries, new breeding techniques to decrease the use of synthetic fertilisers and pesticides, and investments in digital technologies in agriculture. It also demands a dedicated EU programme for water management, the reduction of food waste and reciprocity in trade of agricultural products with third countries. MEPs also ask for safeguards to ensure that agricultural activity in the EU is maintained during the implementation of the Green Deal. The transcript is the result of an automated process. Please check against delivery

Ensuring food security and the long-term resilience of EU agriculture: opening statements by Marlene MORTLER (EPP, DE), Rapporteur; Anja HAZEKAMP (The Left, NL), Janusz WOJCIECHOWSKI, EU Commissioner for Agriculture and by Stéphane BIJOUX (RE, FR)

“Question Time” with EU Foreign Policy Chief Josep BORRELL takes stock of the latest attempts by Ukrainian and Russian negotiators to extend a deal, originally struck with UN and Turkish mediation in July. This would enable Ukrainian grain and fertilisers to continue being shipped through the Black Sea, despite the recent escalation of Russia’s military assault on Ukraine. Questions and answers (part 3).

Question Time to Josep BORRELL, European Commission HR/VP - The impact on third countries of Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine in relation to the “Black Sea Grain Initiative” agreement: Questions and answers (part 3)

During the plenary session of the European Parliament in Strasbourg (4-7 October 2021), As the pandemic took a heavy toll on tourism, MEPs look into lessons learned from the 2021 season and the effectiveness of the EU digital COVID certificate.

Assessing the Union’s measures for the EU tourism sector as the end of the Summer season nears: MEPs debate

During the plenary session (5-8 July 2021) of the European Parliament in Strasbourg, MEPs debate on establishment of Antarctic Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) and the conservation of Southern Ocean biodiversity.

Establishment of Antarctic Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) and the conservation of Southern Ocean biodiversity: MEPs debate

During the plenary session (23-24 June 2021) in the European Parliament in Brussels, MEPs debate on the common provisions and cohesion policy. For the EU budget covering the 2021-2027 period, the European Commission proposed to update EU cohesion policy with a new set of rules. The proposal for a Common Provisions Regulation (CPR) sets out common provisions for eight shared management funds: the European Regional Development Fund, the Cohesion Fund, the European Social Fund Plus, the Just Transition Fund, the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund, the Asylum and Migration Fund, the Internal Security Fund and the Border Management and Visa Instrument.

Joint debate on the common provisions and cohesion policy: MEPs debate

During the plenary session of the European Parliament in Brussels (17-20 May 2021), MEPs debate on the situation in Haiti: debate on cases of breaches of human rights, democracy and the rule of law. Closing statement by Josep BORRELL FONTELLES, High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and Vice-President of the European Commission in charge of a stronger Europe in the World.

The situation in Haiti: MEPs debate on cases of breaches of human rights, democracy and the rule of law and closing statement by Josep BORRELL FONTELLES, HRVP of the European Union

On 2nd October 2019, Elisa FERREIRA, from Portugal, Commissioner-designate for Cohesion and Reforms, is heard by the Committee on Regional Development (REGI) in association with the Committees on Budgets (BUDG) and Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs (ECON) of the European Parliament in Brussels to test her general competences, European commitment and specific expertise related to her portfolio. On this occasion,Elisa FERREIRA has the opportunity to take part in a question and answer session. Second round of questions

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