EP Plenary session - Voting session

Special committee on organised crime, corruption and money laundering

CRIM

Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety

ENVI

Subcommittee on Security and Defence

SEDE

Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs

ECON

Euroscola

Committee on Industry, Research and Energy/Policy Department: Economic and Scientific Policy

ITRE

Presspoint: Martin Schulz, President of the european Parliament and Angela MERKEL, German chancellor

UNKN

Conference of President - German chancellor Angela MERKEL met MEPs

Joint meeting

AFET

Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection

IMCO

Committee on Employment and Social Affairs

EMPL

Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs

LIBE

Committee on Culture and Education

CULT

Committee on International Trade

INTA

Committee on Budgetary Control

CONT

Committee on Foreign Affairs

Committee on Petitions

PETI

Bruno TOBBACK in the EP in Brussels

Belgian MEPs official portraits - 10th Parliamentary term.

Jose CEPEDA in the EP in Brussels

ENVI committee meeting - Claudiu Ciprian TANASESCU

Debate ' Emerging trends in  mHealth '

Opening of the One World Human Rights Film festival. A Sakharov Prize Network event in cooperation with People in Need (PIN)

Film screening of the documentary ' Neo-Nazi: The Holocaust of Memory '

EPRS roundtable discussion - ' The first five years of permanent presidency of the European Council : The Van Rompuy experience '

TRAN Committee public hearing on the road haulage market and its social  dimension

CONT BUDG Joint hearing: ' Control challenges in the EU's own resources system. Estimation and impact of tax evasion and avoidance within the EU '

PETI Committee Meeting

TRAN Committee - public hearing on the road haulage market and its social dimension

CONT - BUDG Committes Joint Hearing  Control challenges in the EU's own resources system

Meeting:  Health for workforce

Meeting with house of representatives members from Zanzibar

Euranet Plus radio debate - Citizen's corner

EURANET recording in Brussels

Martin SCHULZ - EP President, Ivan ROGERS

Martin SCHULZ - EP President meets with Ivan ROGERS, UK Permanent Representative of the United Kingdom to the European Union

International Family Equality Day:  Families Without Borders !

Anne-Marie FELTON, Arunas VINCIUNAS, Christel SCHALDEMOSE, Therese COMODINI CACHIA, Chris DELICATA

EU Diabetes Working Group:  Diabetes in Europe: The State we are in Key priorities for the European Institutions

736 MEPs debate issues that affect all of us. European laws are voted in the hemicycle. This huge assembly is organised in a very particular way.

Backstage: The hemicycle, the heart of the European Parliament

Latvian Development Commissioner-designate Andris Piebalgs faced gruelling questioning during his hearing. Criticism centred on controversial aid going to developing countries where the human rights situation continues to deteriorate. His message was clea

Interview: Stop supply of aid only in extreme cases - Piebalgs

Such was the verdict on the hearing of Catherine Ashton, nominated by the Member States as High Representative for Foreign Affairs. MEPs had three hours to examine her mastery of international politics through questions on anything from nuclear disarmamen

Baroness Ashton - Not always convincing, but never caught out

Will we see the end of institutional squabbling if Janusz Lewandowski, Polish commissioner-designate for budgetary affairs, is approved by MEPS? The self-styled ‘honest broker’ wants to adopt a consensual line to avoid conflict and to allow the EU to conc

Interview: Janusz Lewandowski – Citizens are tired of the EU’s internal problems

Does Catherine Ashton, would-be foreign affairs chief, have what it takes to negotiate with the Chinese and the Americans? Is Poland’s Janusz Lewandowski the best candidate to control the purse strings of the world’s premier economic bloc? It’s up to MEPs

The News: Commissioner Hearings – Spotlight on the candidates for external affairs and budget

Statement of Andris PIEBALGS (Latvia), Commissioner-designate for Development, during his hearing at EP in Brussels.

Hearing of Andris PIEBALGS (Latvia), Commissioner-designate for Development: extracts

Statement by Catherine ASHTON (UK), High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy / EC Vice-President designate, during his hearing at EP in Brussels.

Hearing of Catherine ASHTON (UK), High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy / EC Vice-President designate: extracts

Statement by Olli REHN (Finland), Commissioner designate for Economic and Monetary Affairs, during his hearing at EP Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs in Brussels.

Hearing of Olli REHN (Finland), Commissioner-designate for Economic and Monetary Affairs: extracts

Statement of Janusz LEWANDOWSKI (Poland), Commissioner designate for Budget and Financial Programming, and question by Ivars GODMANIS (ALDE, LV), during his hearing at EP in Brussels.

Hearing of Janusz LEWANDOWSKI (Poland), Commissioner-designate for Budget and Financial Programming: extracts

With a strong background in both economics and EU politics, Poland’s Janusz Lewandowski is arguably a perfect fit for the post of Commissioner for Budget and Financial Programming. EuroparlTV sketches out the profile of the former Chairman of the EP's Bud

Janusz Lewandowski: The perfect choice for Budget?

More and more green houses are springing up in Europe which means less wasted energy and more respect for the environment.

A-Z: Z for Zero Energy

The European Union does not have a common army. But it can send European soldiers throughout the world. Their mission is to maintain the peace and to help populations in danger. And in the event of attack all 27 Member States agree to defend each other.

A-Z: D for Defence

As MEPs return from their Christmas break, they will be greeted with an in-box rivalling the height of the new Burj Dubai. However large their workload, the new streamlined EU post-Lisbon should help MEPs to tackle the burning issues of energy security, g

2010 - Six month preview

There are almost half a billion Europeans in the twenty-seven member EU, and they are united in their diversity. They don't speak the same language and European doesn't exist, so how do they still manage to get on?

A-Z: E for Europeans

The hearings in which MEPs assess the abilities of the 26 candidates for President José Manuel Barroso's new Commission start on 11 January. The stakes are high, as the Parliament cannot reject single candidates, only the entire Commission. But would many

Winning hearts and minds in the Parliament

It's the 20th anniversary for children's rights: young people are getting together to remind politicians of the rights of under 18s.

Backstage: Kids have rights too

A new face at EuroparlTV Young. Blink is green, nippy, mischievous and a robot! The 3D presenter is set to become the channel's star journalist.

A-Z: B for Blink

Marie-Jeanne was tired of searching for a job, so she decided to become her own boss. She was able to do so thanks to micro-credit organisations such as BRUSOC and Crédal in Belgium. Often these agencies receive funding from other authorities including th

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