LUX European Audience Film Award 2025.- Photo opportunity for the film representatives and the 27 participants of the LUX Audience Award's Young Talents Programme

Heritage Days 2024 at the European Parliament in Brussels

Committee on International Trade

INTA

Science and Technology Options Assessment (STOA)

Committee on Legal Affairs/ Policy Department: Citizens' Rights and Constitutional Affairs

JURI

António CORREIA DE CAMPOS - STOA Chairman - Professor Rolf HEUER - Director-General of CERN - Peter HIGGS - Professor Emeritus University of Edinburgh - and François ENGLERT - Professor Emeritus, Université Libre de Bruxelles

UNKN

European Parliament Conference of Presidents (open to all members)

Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs

LIBE

Committee on Legal Affairs

Committee on Foreign Affairs

AFET

Joint meeting

Committee on Constitutional Affairs

AFCO

Committee on Transport and Tourism

TRAN

Committee on Budgetary Control

CONT

Committee on Regional Development

REGI

Committee on Culture and Education

CULT

Daniel FREUND in the EP in Brussels

Anniversary of the Ukrainian Independence Day - Station Europe building in Brussels illuminated with the colours of the Ukrainian flag

Anniversary of the Ukrainian Independence Day - Unfurling of a Ukrainian 30-metres flag

Plenary session week 21 2015 - Indices used as benchmarks in financial instruments and financial contracts

TAXE Committee ad hoc Delegation to Luxembourg    Press Conference

TAXE Committee ad hoc Delegation to Luxembourg

Martin SCHULZ - EP President presides over the plenary session in Strasbourg - Week 21 2015

Pertti Edvard SALOLAINEN, Egon A KLEPSCH - EP President

EP President meets with the Minister for Foreign Trade (and Europe) of Finland

Demonstration to oppose the proposal of the Commissioner in charge of Industrial Affairs, Information Technologies and Telecommunications, to restrict the sale of superbikes.

EP Building in Strasbourg - Demolition of the Wacken Hall exhibition

Conference on Local Authorities at the EP in Brussels in april 1994.

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

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.

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

French Chef Marc VEYRAT at the European Parliament in Brussels

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

MEP Mireille ELMALAN at the European Parliament in Brussels

With 378 against, 196 in favour MEPs from all political groups said a firm 'No' to the SWIFT agreement on EU-US bank data exchange. It was heralded as an historic outcome for privacy of EU citizens. MEPs also had their say on online gambling, asking for n

The News: Crisis Exit Plan – SWIFT Rejected – Online Gambling Regulations

Chair of the special economic crisis committee stands firmly behind the Euro. He says of traders betting against it and trying to bring it, that it will 'not be that easy'. He suggests also asks that Europe sticks to the Treaty and calls on Greece to impl

The market isn't dry yet - Wolf Klinz

MEPs have denied Washington the right to access EU citizens’ banking data. The SWIFT agreement’s supporters claim it is a crucial counter-terrorist measure, its detractors say it is a clear and unnecessary violation of privacy. Whoever wins this battle wi

SWIFT Agreement Rejected

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

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

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

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

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