María Corina Machado et Edmundo González Urrutia sont les lauréats 2024 du prix Sakharov du Parlement européen pour la liberté de l’esprit. 

Le prix Sakharov pour la liberté de l’esprit a été créé en 1988 pour rendre hommage à des personnes et organisations qui défendent les droits de l’homme et les libertés fondamentales.

Le prix Sakharov pour la liberté de l’esprit 2024

Lorsque l’on pense au Parlement européen, le plus souvent, on imagine les députés en train de voter dans l’hémicycle. En réalité, ces votes ne se déroulent qu’une fois par mois, pendant les périodes de session plénière. Mais en quoi consistent ces périodes de session et comment se déroulent-elles?

Qu’est-ce que la session plénière?

Hors de la jungle du jargon. Quelles sont les fonctions du Président du Parlement européen?

Quelles sont les fonctions de la Présidente du Parlement européen?

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 - 100 days of the new Commission – Delivering on Defence, Competitiveness, Simplification and Migration as our priorities

EP Plenary session - Voting session

EP Plenary session - Action Plan for the Automotive Industry

EP Plenary session - European Semester for economic policy coordination 2025

EP Plenary session - Deteriorating situation in Gaza following the non-extension of the ceasefire

EP Plenary session - The need for EU support towards a just transition and reconstruction in Syria

EP Plenary session - Clean Industrial Deal

EP Plenary session - White paper on the future of European defence

EP Plenary session - Presentation of the proposal on a new common approach on returns

EP Plenary session - Presentation of the proposal on Critical Medicines Act (CMA)

EP Plenary session - Roadmap for Women`s Rights

EP Plenary session - defence - Voting session

EP Plenary session International Women's Day Celebration

EP Plenary session - defence - European Council meetings and European Security

EP Plenary session - European Social Fund Plus post-2027

EP Plenary session - Establishing the Reform and Growth Facility for the Republic of Moldova

EP Plenary session - Cutting red tape and simplifying business in the EU: the first Omnibus proposals

EP Plenary session - Supporting the EU’s most vulnerable regions against devastating effects of climate change, such as the recent cyclone hitting La Reunion

Vote during the plenary session in Strasbourg on the approval on the nomination of Romano PRODI for President of the Commission, followed by his press conference

Vote of approval on the nomination of Romano PRODI for President of the Commission, followed by his press conference

Statements during the plenary session by Romano PRODI, Nominee for the Presidency of the European Commission on his work programme and Günter VERHEUGEN, German Foreign Affairs Secretary of State, representative for the Council, followed by debate in the European Parliament.

Statements by Romano PRODI, Nominee for the Presidency of the European Commission on his work programme: extracts

John HUME makes a statement during the plenary session in Strasbourg after the announcement by the Nobel Committee that he will receive the 1998 Nobel Peace Prize. During Easter in 1998, the biggest political parties in Northern Ireland signed a peace agreement, which later became know as the Good Friday agreement. In the autumn of 1998, the Nobel Committee decided to award the Peace Prize to John HUME, who is one of the architects of the peace process in the civil war-torn province.

Statement by John HUME (PES, UK) nominated for the 1998 Nobel Peace Prize

Special Plenary Sitting on the Euro - Address by British Chancellor of the Exchequer, Gordon Brown, and European Commission President, Jacques Santer and oral Report by Karl Von Wogau, Chair of the Economic and Monetary Affairs Committee on the Commission’s proposal to allow 11 countries to be in the first wave of the Single Currency. Heads of each political Group took the floor to add their comments to the debate.

Special Euro Sitting: extracts

John HUME makes a statement during the plenary session in Strasbourg on Northern Ireland. John HUME is one of the architects of the peace process in the civil-war-torn province.

Statement by John HUME (PES, UK) on Northern Ireland

Mary ROBINSON, President of the Republic of Ireland, adresses the members of the European Parliament, in Strasbourg, during the plenary session of May 1995.

Address by Mary ROBINSON, President of Ireland, to the European Parliament

Jacques SANTER, President-elect of the EC, gives a speech during the plenary session in Strasbourg before MEPs vote on the election of the Commission. Santer Commission is the frst to be subject to the formal hearings of commissioners-designate which were introduced as a result of the Maastricht Treaty.

Santer Commission: speech by Jacques SANTER, President-elect of the EC, before the vote in plenary on the election of the Commission

MEPs vote on the election of the Commission during the plenary session in Strasbourg. Santer Commission is the frst to be subject to the formal hearings of commissioners-designate which were introduced as a result of the Maastricht Treaty.

Santer Commission: vote in plenary on the election of the Commission

François MITTERRAND, President of the French Republic, delivers his final address to MEPs in plenary session at the European Parliament.

Address by François MITTERRAND, President of the French Republic, to the European Parliament

Lord Plumb as Chairman of the Parliament delegation to Rwanda, reports before the EP on the situation in Rwanda.

Debate on the situation in Rwanda : statement by Lord Henry Plumb, Chairman of the Parliament delegation to Rwanda

Bernard KOUCHNER (PSE, FR), Chair of DEV Committee and member Parliament delegation to Rwanda, reports before the EP on the situation in Rwanda.

Debate on the situation in Rwanda: statement by Bernard KOUCHNER, Chair of the Committee on development

Debate on the election of Jacques Santer as President of the European Commission followed by the vote.

Election of Jacques SANTER as President of the Commission

Václav HAVEL, President of the Czech Republic, visited the European Parliament in Strasbourg, and met Egon A. KLEPSCH, EP President. He also addressed the Members in plenary during a formal sitting. This transcription is a result of an authomatic process. Please check against delivery.

Address by Václav HAVEL, President of the Czech Republic: formal sitting

Queen ELIZABETH II visits the European Parliament in Strasbourg and delivers a speech to MEPs in the hemicycle during a plenary session.

Address by Queen ELIZABETH II to the European Parliament

In a plenary sitting of the European Parliament in Strasbourg, Jacques Santer, nominated President of the next European Commission, defends his appointment before the Members of the European Parliament. Statements by Pauline GREEN, PSE Group Leader, Wilfried MARTENS, EPP Group Leader and Bernard TAPIE.

Address by Jacques Santer on his appointment as President of the Commission: extracts from the debate and the vote

Statement by James SCOTT-HOPKINS, rapporteur, introducing the debate on the report on the creation of a Unique European emergency number - 112 during the plenary session of July 1990. It follows the EP's Environment Committee which has unanimously approved the introduction of the number 112.

112 - Unique European emergency number: extract from the debate

Nelson MANDELA, leader of the African National Congress and laureate of the 1988 Sakharov Prize, adresses the members of the European Parliament, in Strasbourg, during the plenary session of June 1990. Afterwards, he gives a press conference in the presence of Winnie Mandela, his wife.

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