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

Roberta METSOLA, EP President meets with Ursula von der LEYEN, President of the European Commission

Danish MEPs group photo

Constitutive meeting of the new Bureau of the EP

Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs

LIBE

Committee on Budgetary Control

CONT

Committee on Culture and Education

CULT

Committee on Transport and Tourism

TRAN

Briefing on parliamentary agenda

UNKN

Euroscola

Press point: Martin SCHULZ - EP President - from the European Council

Adjournment of the session

Dates of forthcoming sittings: see Minutes

Voting time

Situation of migrants in Libya

Situation in Burma, particularly the continuing violence in Rakhine State

Debates on cases of breaches of human rights, democracy and the rule of law (debate)

Approval of the minutes of the previous sitting : see Minutes

268134: Oldřich Vlasák

Lux Prize ceremony

Explanations of vote

Dutch MEPs official portraits - 10th Parliamentary term.

German MEPs official portraits - 10th Parliamentary term.

Adress by Roberta METSOLA, EP President at the EESC Plenary Debate

Elena SANCHO in the EP in Brussels

Meeting of the delegation for relations with the Republics of the Commonwealth of Independent States, at the EP in Strasbourg

Meeting on the Charter for Public Services, with the European Commissioner for Competition at  the EP in Brussels

PHS SPAAK building of the EP in Brussels

Traffic in the Belliard Street in Brussels

TAXE Committee ad hoc Delegation to Luxembourg  Meeting with Minister of Finance together with Head of tax ruling office

TAXE Committee ad hoc Delegation to Luxembourg

Erhard BUSEK, Egon A KLEPSCH - EP President

EP President meets with the Vice Chancellor of Austria

AFET Committee meeting with the Minister for Foreign Trade (and Europe) of Finland, the Vice Chancellor of Austria and the Prime Minsiters of Norway and Sweden.

Klaus HANSCH EP President, Hans van den BROEK

Klaus HANSCH EP President meets with EC Commissioner Hans van den BROEK at the European Parliament in Brussels

French Chef Marc VEYRAT at the European Parliament in Brussels

Meeting with Jozef SKOLC, President of the National Assembly of Slovenia

MEP Mireille ELMALAN at the European Parliament in Brussels

Spanish King Felipe, Francois HOLLANDE,  Martin SCHULZ - EP President, Abdullah II, Joachim GAUCK

Ceremony of the 57th International Charlemagne Prize in Aachen, Germany, on 14th May, 2015.

Karspreis 2015  Abdullah II, King of Jordan gives a speech during the award ceremony of the 57th International Charlemagne Prize in Aachen, Germany, on 14th May, 2015.

Start of the award ceremony of the 57th International Charlemagne Prize in Aachen, Germany, on 14th May, 2015.

57th International Charlemagne Prize 2015 in Aachen

Martin SCHULZ arrives at the 57th International Charlemagne Prize 2015  award ceremony in Aachen

Karlspreis Open air fest at the Marktpaltz. European Parliament President Martin SCHULZ.

Yannick JADOT, Viviane REDING, Sandra LACUT

Press seminar for students

Martin SCHULZ - EP President participates in a discussion on EU current topics at Karman-Auditorium of RWTH Aachen

Gamblers need to be protected from unscrupulous practices and addiction. The Court of Justice has ruled in favour of national regulators’ rights to restrict market access in the name of consumer protection. Many MEPs support this decision and wrung a prom

Regulating the Gamblers

EU leaders send signals to steady the financial markets unnerved by the Greek budgetary crisis that threatens the eurozone’s credibility. As demonstrators in Athens protest at harsh budget cuts, some politicians favour setting up a financial bail-out mech

EU Leaders Reassure Financial Markets

Meet the new presenter of Young Europe who has just arrived at the EP. He will guide you around the backstage of the Parliament in style, and get the inside track on all the top EU stories.

Backstage: Don't Blink or you'll miss it

The President of the Socialists and Democrats, Martin Schulz, tells EuroparlTV his opinion of the Barroso II Commission. For the future he suggests that the Commission President should become the European head of government with the power to decide on pol

Interview: This Commission is neither better nor worse than the last one - Martin Schulz

After  the approval of the new EU Commission on Tuesday Lothar Bisky, President of the GUE/NGL group, tells EuroparlTV what he thinks of the new commissioners and the parliamentary hearings. His conclusion: The parliament's rights of enquiry should be ext

Interview: I would like to see more thoroughness and depth applied to the hearings - Lothar Bisky

Joint leader of the Greens, German Rebecca Harms fears the problems of Barroso I (Commission 2005-2009) will be replicated by Barroso II (2010-2014). The sticking point is not allocating portfolios to the best candidates, and Harms sees Barroso creating a

Interview: The problems could get worse - Rebecca Harms

EPP president Joseph Daul wants an examination of what went wrong with the hearing process and who was responsible to ensure mistakes aren’t repeated. The Frenchman points out that Barroso II has to be better than its predecessor because it has no choice

Interview: Hearings force candidates to take their roles seriously – Joseph Daul

As leader of the third largest group in the Parliament, Belgian Liberal MEP Guy Verhofstadt is pleased with the college of commissioners, headed once again by José Manuel Barroso. However, he insists that the Commissioners must now find their own voices,

Interview: I'm hoping for a much more ambitious Commission - Verhofstadt

After abstaining on the vote for the new Commission, deputy leader of the ECR group, Tory MEP Timothy Kirkhope is generally pleased about the guidelines of the Commission. However, he raises concern about the quality of Barroso's second commission in comp

Interview: We have doubts about the personnel - Kirkhope on Barroso

Joint EFD leaders Nigel Farage and Francesco Speroni see no change in the composition of the new Commission, citing that half of the Commissioners are the same. Though many argued against dredging up people's pasts, Mr Farage also deplored Baroness Ashton

Interview: This is the political class interviewing the political class - Nigel Farage

MEPs envisaged Croatia might wind up its accession already in 2010, with the rest of the Western Balkans following sooner or later. We discuss Turkey's progress - judged to be limited - with its ambassador to the EU. Parliament supports a ban on the trade

The News: Progress made by candidate countries - Saving endangered species - Airport security

MEPs reviewed the progress made by candidate countries, and it looks like Croatia will become the 28th Member State in 2011 or 2012. Iceland's accession talks haven't even begun yet as the country prepares to hold a referendum on Icesave losses. Next in l

Countries at the gates of the Union

The bluefin tuna saga continues in Strasbourg. Stocks are at a critical level and drastic action is required for this endangered species. Some MEPs are arguing for a ban on international trade, restricting fishing for the internal EU market. They propose

Fished to death

Having received a resounding 'yes' of approval from the Parliament, the College of Commissioners can start work tomorrow, Wednesday. Before the vote the EP negotiated new rules for the inter-institutional game, gaining an equal footing with the Council an

The News: Green light for the Commission – Parliament gets more powers – Gender equality

Former Commissioner, MEP Louis Michel wants to see Catherine Ashton, the High Representative for Foreign Affairs, make the most of this new role. She is in the driving seat of the EU's international policies, and she can, she must act accordingly. With gr

We need one voice, one face, one policy - Louis Michel

The Lisbon Treaty brought the EP new powers which have now been negotiated into a more precise agreement with the Commission. Nominating the EU's representatives abroad will stay the High Representative's exclusive domain, but the Parliament gained the pr

A new beginning for the Commission - and for the Parliament

The effects of the economic crisis were at the heart of the EP's yearly report on gender equality. Some MEPs see the crisis as an opportunity to re-think established policies and change attitudes, but others worry over projected job cuts in the female-dom

The politics of gender in a time of crisis

The European Parliament elected the new European Commission by 488 votes in favour, 137 against and 72 abstentions in Strasbourg on Tuesday. The College, originally meant to take up office in November, can now get to work on the challenges facing Europe w

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