EP Plenary session - Statement by the Candidate for the Presidency of the European Commission (2024-2029)

Marco SQUARTA in the EP in Strasbourg

Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs

ECON

3rd European Parliament of Persons with Disabilities

UNKN

Seminar for journalists - Roadmap towards a Banking Union

Alain LAMASSOURE - Chairman of the Committee on Budgets - Francesca BALZANI - BUDG rapporteur 2012 - and Giovanni LA VIA -BUDG rapporteur 2013 -

Committee on Budgets

BUDG

Science and Technology Options Assessment

STOA

Committee on Petitions

PETI

Committee on Transport and Tourism

TRAN

Special committee on organised crime, corruption and money laundering

CRIM

Committee on Foreign Affairs

AFET

Barbara WEILER - CRIM rapporteur -

Guy VERHOFSTDADT - President of the ADLE Group -

Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety

ENVI

Marianne Thyssen and Sven Giegold - ECON rapporteur -

Petru LUHAN, Nana ACHILLEOS - Cypriot Ministry of Health - Jackie HUNTER - OI Pharma partners Ltd - John CRAWFORD - IBM - Lisa Bonadonna - GSK - and Hanno CAPPON - Nutricia -

Janusz WOJCIECHOWSKI - AGRI rapporteur - and Dan JORGENSEN

Raising ceremony of the European flag for the beginning of the 10th legislative term in front of the European Parliament in Strasbourg

Plenary Session week 21 2015 in strasbourg - Common Security and Defence Policy

Ingeborg GRASSLE, Roberto GUALTIERI, Agnes JONGERIUS

President of the Committee of the Regions attends the EP's Conference of the Committee Chairs

Martin SCHULZ - EP President meets with Herbert REUL

Opening of an exhibition by the artist Ada LOFFREDO at the EP in Strasbourg

Wilfried MARTENS with guest at the EP in Brussels

Portrait of Gerfrid GAIGG at the EP in Brussels.

EP President meets with guest at the EP in Brussels.

David MARTIN in plenary session in Strasbourg in May 1995.

Karin JONS in plenary session in Strasbourg - May 1995

Friedrich KONIG in a meeting at the EP in Brussels.

Jacques CHIRAC, Klaus HANSCH EP President

Visit of the newly elected French President to the EP in Strasbourg.

Meeting with Abel MATUTES JUAN at the EP in Strasbourg.

Otto von HABSBURG with guests at the EP in Brussels

Martin SCHULZ - EP President, Knud FLECKENSTEIN

EP President meets Knud FLECKENSTEIN

EP President with the representatives of democratic opposition and civil society of Belarus

Debate of the European Socialists at the EP in Brussels

EUROSCOLA event at the EP in Strasbourg

British war veterans visit the EP in Brussels.

A European passport for animals. Since 2004 your pets can no join you on holiday in the EU.

A-Z: P for Pet Passport

Six years on from the Madrid bombings, what lessons has Europe learnt in beating terrorism? Data - can EU-US relations reconcile different counter terrorism strategies? The North Pole remains unconquered, but for how long?

The News: Madrid Remembers – Data Wars – Scrabble for the Arctic

Counter terrorism is creating a rift in EU-US relations. Everyone is ready to fight against terrorism, but the EU is reluctant to submit citizens' personal data to US authorities’ scrutiny. The dispute over data exchange rages on.

War on Data

The icy wilderness of The North Pole is not subject to international law but not free of human interference. Several countries have staked sovereignty claims, no doubt motivated by potential profits from oil and gas deposits. Catherine Ashton, Europe’s fo

Conquering the Arctic

Madrid was the scene of Al-Qaeda’s first murderous appearance in Europe on 11 March 2004. The attacks on commuter trains cost 200 lives and galvanised Europe into implementing a concerted counter-terrorism strategy.

Madrid Remembers The Terror

Spanish MEP Juan Fernando López Aguilar speaks to us for the European Day on the Remembrance of Victims of Terrorism. Commemorating the deadly attacks in Madrid in 2004, he makes clear that totalitarianism is the real threat. Europe needs to work together

Interview: War on terror, not Islam - López Aguilar

MEPs looked at the drastic situation of Europe's unemployed. This took the form of analysing the EU 2020 strategy with a view on green growth to boost the crisis stricken EU. French MEP Pervenche Berès joined us to talk about funding and we prepared a spe

The News: EU 2020 job hunt - From benefits to business - Pervenche Berès talks funding

Following the parliament's approval of a 7.6 million euros funding for re-training workers who lost their jobs in Germany and Lithuania. Patrick Delfosse speaks to French MEP Pervenche Berès about the EU's globalisation adjustment fund. For Berès the fund

Funds should assist workers directly - Pervenche Berès

Storm Xynthia claimed 60 lives and left many homes and businesses severely damaged as it swept through Europe. Following the unending stream of natural diasasters in recent weeks, MEPs are now calling for a European Civil Protection force. But the devil i

EU S.O.S. squad

With a 10% average unemployment rate across the EU, MEPs looked into the matter with the Commission's EU 2020 strategy. It is aiming for a 75% employment rate with a green tinge to it. Some MEPs proposed sanctions for those Member States who don't stick t

Carrot and stick crisis strategy

Globalisation has turned many industrial heartlands into barren waste lands. The European Globalisation Adjustment Fund hopes to turn around the economic fortunes of those who have lost out in the race to modernity. Funds are used to retrain workers and r

Cash for workers where globalisation hits hardest

Speaking with a single voice is proving difficult for EU Member States. The makeup of the new European diplomatic service has caused tensions as accusations fly over national bias. Non-EU citizens will be able to travel freely around the Schengen zone. Th

The News: Tensions Over EU Diplomatic Service – Free EU Travel for Non-EU Nationals – Gender Equality

Catherine Ashton’s new diplomatic service, which will be in charge of EU foreign policy, is causing trouble. Too many Brits are in top jobs say some Member States. Also questions as to its exact mission and cost are still unanswered.

EU Diplomatic Service Causes Conflict

The Schengen zone will be open to non-EU citizens from April. Non-EU nationals will be able to benefit from a new visa that gives them the right, renewable every six months, to travel to other Member States in the zone. The visa will contain biometric dat

Opening up Fortress Europe

Working 9-5 for less pay and fewer opportunities to rise to the top spot, gender equality in the workplace seems a far off dream in Europe. However, the Commission is looking to have 60% female employment by the end of the year, with the current count at

She's the boss

New countries are knocking on the European Union's door. Who are they and what do they need to do to join the club?

A-Z: E for Enlargement

On International Women's Day the focus is on one of the Spanish presidency's top priorities for gender equality: stopping violence against women. Swedish MEP Eva-Britt Svensson shares her story about her abusive spouse which now drives her battle to help

The News: Stopping domestic violence - Svensson's abusive past - EU monetary fund

Should the EU select its immigrants? Should newcomers from outside the EU be forced to learn the language and customs of their new country, or should we control the numbers entering? Some wish to stop immigration to their countries, whilst others encourag

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