EP Plenary session - Election of the new EP President

German MEPs official portraits - 10th Parliamentary term.

18th report on better legislation - Application of the principles of subsidiarity and proportionality (2010) (debate)

Permitted uses of orphan works (debate)

Forwarding to and handling by the European Parliament of classified information held by the Council on matters other than those in the area of the Common Foreign and Security Policy

Opening of the sitting

265164: Roberta Angelilli

Closure of the sitting

Agenda of the next sitting : see Minutes

Implementation of the bilateral safeguard clause and the stabilisation mechanism for bananas of the Trade Agreement between the EU and Colombia and Peru - Implementation of the bilateral safeguard clause and the stabilisation mechanism for bananas of the Association Agreement between the EU and Central America (debate)

European Venture Capital Funds - European Social Entrepreneurship Funds (debate)

Agricultural product quality schemes (debate)

Composition of committees and delegations : see Minutes

Intergovernmental agreements between Member States and third countries in the field of energy (debate)

Exclusion of certain countries from trade preferences (debate)

Struan STEVENSON - PECH rapporteur and Pat the Cope GALLAGHER

Proposals for a European banking union (EBU) (debate)

Political situation in Romania (debate)

Approval of the minutes of the previous sitting : see Minutes

Michel BARNIER, European Commissioner for Internal Market and Services

Polish MEPs official portraits - 10th Parliamentary term

Slovakian MEPs official portraits - 10th Parliamentary term

Bulgarian MEPs official portraits - 10th Parliamentary term.

Slovenian MEPs official portraits - 10th Parliamentary term.

Lithuanian MEPs official portraits - 10th Parliamentary term.

Italian MEPs official portraits - 10th Parliamentary term

Spanish MEPs official portraits - 10th Parliamentary term

Belgian MEPs official portraits - 10th Parliamentary term.

Luxembourg MEPs official portraits - 10th Parliamentary term.

Maltese MEPs official portraits - 10th Parliamentary term.

European banknotes on a European flag

BUDG Committee Meeting

Conference on art in Europe explained to children

Meeting on the abolition of borders in the Eastman Building at Brussels

Rachida DATI voting in plenary session week 11 2015 in Strasbourg.

General view of the Plenary Chamber in Strasbourg from behind the Presidency. Hemicycle

Evzen TOSENOVSKY, Eva KAILI, Paul RUBIG, Mairead McGUINNESS

STOA : Meeting of the Bureau

Plenary session week 11 2015 in Strasbourg - South Sudan, including recent child abductions

Conference of Presidents

Meeting - IG Minority Languages - The European Roadmap for Linguistic Diversity

Plenary session week 11 2015 in Strasbourg - Sustainable exploitation of sea bass

1 Week at the European Parliament in Strasbourg - Week 11 2015

Selection of the week 11 - 2015 in Strasbourg in 35 images

EP President meets with the EP delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Union for the Mediterranean

Plenary session week 11 2015 in Strasbourg - Annual report from the High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy to the European Parliament

Martin SCHULZ - EP President, Fathallah SIJILMASSI

EP President Preparatory meeting PA-UfM with Secretary General Fathallah SIJILMASSI and Marco AGUIRIANO

Law Enforcement Bodies against terrorism a tribute to the victims

Martin SCHULZ - EP President, Peter NIEDDERMULLER

EP President meets with Peter NIEDDERMULLER

Plenary session week 11 2015 in Strasbourg - Murder of the Russian opposition leader Boris Nemtsov and the state of democracy in Russia  Statement by the Vice-President of the Commission/High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy

Gay couples can say 'I do' in Spain, but the word 'homosexual' can't be utterred in Lithuanian schools. With free movement of people enshrined in European law, shouldn’t all EU citizens be able to enjoy the same rights regardless of sexual orientation?

Action: Gay rights don't stop at the borders

Action: Gay rights don't stop at the borders (Extended version)

The Strasbourg plenary saw the committee chairs appointed, who were then greeted by angry milk producers on their return to Brussels, marking somewhat unceremoniously the beginning of the challenge ahead.

Europarl Today: Demos mark MEPs' return to Brussels (Extended version)

Eighteen of them are lurking around the EP. What do they do? What are their roles and their powers? Let's meet a Spanish shadow MEP.

Shadow MEPs

Most questions with respect to a possible EU accession of Iceland are already answered, says the MEP who was rapporteur on the 2004 enlargement. In his opinion the EU will benefit from Iceland joining; the idea of referenda on EU accessions gives him the

Interview Today: Iceland on EU membership fasttrack - Elmar Brok (Extended version)

Most questions with respect to a possible EU accession of Iceland are already answered, says the MEP who was rapporteur on the 2004 enlargement. In his opinion the EU will benefit from Iceland joining; the idea of referenda on EU accssions gives him the c

Interview Today: Iceland on EU membership fasttrack - Elmar Brok

Codecision on the EU's 130 billion Euro annual budget spending is a core piece of the European Parliament's powers. Alain Lamassoure, newly elected as Chairman of the Budgets Committee, explains how he plans to use the Parliament's increased powers under

The Interview: Preparing for the big budget battle (Extended version)

Codecision on the EU's 130 billion Euro annual budget spending is a core piece of the European Parliament's powers. Alain Lamassoure, newly elected as President of the Budget Committee, explains how he plans to use the Parliament's increased powers under

The Interview: Preparing for the big budget battle

Although it was not the pioneer, Spain is now considered by some as the most progressive EU country for gay rights. It has overtaken the UK with British lesbian couples now travelling to Spain to take advantage of sperm donor anonymity rules that were out

Action: Spain new bastion of gay rights in Europe

It may seem a long way from Constitutional Affairs to the Environment Committee, but protecting nature, health and consumers is not only one of the EU's noblest tasks but also part of his biography, says Jo Leinen, the newly elected ENVI chair.

The Interview: We must do more to combat climate change  - Jo Leinen

The Interview: More needs to be done to stop global warming - Jo Leinen (Extended version)

Gabriele Albertini takes the chair of the Parliament's Foreign Affairs Committee in times of international tensions, from China via Iran to Honduras. With the Lisbon Treaty the Parliament's say in those matters is set to increase, but the 27-member-state

The Interview: Consolidate present EU before Croatia accession - Foreign Affairs chair (Extended version)

Gabriele Albertini takes the chair of the Parliament's Foreign Affairs Committee in times of international tensions, from China over Iran to Honduras. With the Lisbon Treaty the Parliament's say in those matters is set to increase, but the 27-member-state

The Interview: Consolidate present EU before Croatia accession - Foreign Affairs chair

French Socialist Pervenche Berès was replaced by British Lib Dem Sharon Bowles at the head of the Economic Committee. Now head of the Committee on Employment and Social Affairs, Berès states her new aims to beat the crisis.

The Interview: Liberals and Socialists play musical chairs for committees

Ten young film makers from across Europe participated in this year's edition of The Contest, our award for short films on European topics. The jury had a hard time selecting the winner among contributions that were all excellent. Who will be the lucky one

News: Young people look at Europe through the viewfinder

For the first time ever EuroparlTV awarded its prize for European journalism to Julia Thorfinn from Sweden and Elina Tsankova from Bulgaria. Watch this space for the next report funded by the prize followed by next year's Contest.

The Contest: And the winners are...

The election of the 2009-2014 European Parliament marks a historical moment, says the Austrian MEP: As the second-largest democratically elected Parliament in the world will be chaired by an MEP from a former Communist country, and it is close to gaining

The Weekly Review: European history in the making

The Committee chairs have been decided, not without controversy. Some balked at having an environmentalist at the helm of the Environment Committee, and the Industry Committee head being too closely linked to businesses.

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