EP Plenary session - Election of the new EP President

EP Plenary session.- Election of the new EP President

Joseph DAUL - EPP President

Commission Question Time

Daniel COHN-BENDIT and Mrs Rebecca HARMS - GREENS/EFA Co-Presidents

Johannes SWOBODA - President S&D

Energy efficiency (A7-0265/2012 - Claude Turmes)

Sulphur content of marine fuels (debate)

Composition of Parliament : see Minutes

Opening of the sitting

268134: Oldřich Vlasák

Agenda of the next sitting : see Minutes

Closure of the sitting

Pharmacovigilance (amendment of Directive 2001/83/EC) - Pharmacovigilance (amendment of Regulation (EC) No 726/2004) (debate)

Enhanced intra-EU solidarity in the field of asylum (short presentation)

Women's working conditions in the service sector (short presentation)

Role of women in the green economy (short presentation)

Voluntary and unpaid donation of tissues and cells (short presentation)

One-minute speeches (Rule 150)

Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs

Lithuanian MEPs official portraits - 10th Parliamentary term.

Maltese MEPs official portraits - 10th Parliamentary term.

Polish MEPs official portraits - 10th Parliamentary term

Slovenian MEPs official portraits - 10th Parliamentary term.

Greek MEPs official portraits - 10th Parliamentary term.

Irish MEPs official portraits - 10th Parliamentary term.

French MEPs official portraits - 10th Parliamentary term.

Hungarian MEPs official portraits - 10th Parliamentary term.

Belgian MEPs official portraits - 10th Parliamentary term.

Italian MEPs official portraits - 10th Parliamentary term

German MEPs official portraits - 10th Parliamentary term.

Spanish MEPs official portraits - 10th Parliamentary term

Jadwiga WISNIEWSKA voting in plenary session week 11 2015 in Strasbourg

Eva KAILI in plenary session week 11 2015 in Strasbourg

Plenary session week 11 2015 in Strasbourg - European long-term investment funds

Violeta BULC - Commissioner in charge of  Transport

Plenary session week 11 2015 in Strasbourg - Dimensions and weights of road vehicles circulating within the Community

Plenary session week 11 2015 in Strasbourg - Progress on equality between women and men in the EU in 2013

Jadwiga WISNIEWSKA in plenary session week 11 2015 in Strasbourg

Plenary session week 11 2015 in Strasbourg

Martin SCHULZ - EP President chairing the plenary session week 11 in Strasbourg

Bernd KOLMEL in the European Parliament  in Strasbourg

Plenary session Luxembourg september 1976

David John Alfred HALLAM, Christine Margaret ODDY, Arlene McCARTHY, Phillip WHITEHEAD, Simon Francis MURPHY

The MEPs David John Alfred HALLAM, Christine Margaret ODDY, Arlene McCARTHY, Phillip WHITEHEAD and Simon Francis MURPHY in Strasbourg in September 1996.

For a Clean Environment Day conference in Strasbourg in September 1996.

The MEP Daniel VARELA SUANZES-CARPEGNA during a meeting in Strasbourg in September 1996.

Portrait of the MEP Edward T. KELLETT-BOWMAN in Strasbourg in Septermber 1996.

Jacques SANTER EC President, Klaus HANSCH EP President, John BRUTON

John BRUTON, Irish Prime Minister, Klaus HANSCH EP President, Jacques SANTER EC President pose together in Strasbourg  in September 1996.

Action against Veal Crtates in Strasbourg in September 1996.

As Mario Mauro from the Italian People of Freedom party and UK Liberal leader Graham Watson withdrew their candidacies, the way is now paved for Jerzy Buzek, EPP, who is the only candidate up for nomination, together with Nordic Green Left contestant Eva-

Interview Today: Jerzy Buzek officially nominated (Extended version)

Interview Today: Jerzy Buzek officially nominated

After a break from politics, Carmen Romero makes her debut as a Spanish socialist MEP with her sights set on the creation of a Mediterranean partnership. As for her ex-husband, former PM Felipe González, she believes he could live up to any challenge the

Interview Today: Bringing the Mediterranean countries closer together

José Manuel Barroso is applying again. European leaders gave him their approval. But the European Parliament has a say in the matter. It is its role to approve or not the nomination of the Commission President.

Which President for the European Commission?

Sweden took the European Union Presidency over from the Czech Republic. Facing the economic crisis, saving jobs and fighting against global warming - the challenges awaiting the Swedes are important.

Sweden leads Europe

At the European elections on the 6 of June, 9/10 Slovaks didn’t vote, which made Slovakia the country with the lowest turnout rates.

Slovakia ignored the polling stations

Nigel Farage and Pervenche Berès both have very different views on how much the European Union should or can intervene in issues such as regulating the financial markets, banks, hedge funds and many others. Their opposite ends of the spectrum ensure a liv

Action: Should the next Commission improve the regulation of the financial markets?

Ollerton, a former steal and coal basin in Nottinghamshire, has become a pioneer in re-conversion. By switching over from coal to green, the town has revolutionised its energy sector.

How We Do It: Energy synergy in Ollerton

As the Lisbon Treaty hasn't been ratified by all Member States, some elected MEPs are finding themselves powerless:  They are the shadow MEPs.

Europarl Today: MEPs in the shade

Europarl Today: MEPs in the shade (Extended version)

One in five young person under 24 years old is addicted to cigarette and smokes every day. In order to protect citizens, the EU wants to fight that phenomenon with its anti-smoking campaign. Funny video clips, striking images and tests: everything is good

Daily life: EU anti-smoking campaign

For the past months "The Contest" broadcast videos produced by young journalists from all over Europe. Their stories were the product of a month of training at the CIRCOM - a group of public, regional European TVs - 2008 summer academy. Now time has come

The Contest: Time for the verdict

The German Constitutional Court ruled "an unequivocal 'yes' on the Lisbon Treaty" and the European Parliament is one of the "winners" of that ruling, says the former chairman of the Constitutional Affairs Committee.

The Interview: Jo Leinen on Germany and the Lisbon Treaty

Invisible Frontiers is a contemporary art exhibition focusing on geographic, historical, political and administrative frontiers within Europe.

Focus: Europe's Invisible Frontiers

Focus: Europe's Invisible Frontiers (extended version)

MEP Diana Wallis has seen her dreams of being group leader of ALDE thwarted by the late entry of ex-Belgian PM Guy Verhofstadt to the contest. She would have been one of the few female group leaders in the new Parliament. Despite this knock-back she hopes

The Interview: Still hitting the glass ceiling in the Ivory Towers (extended version)

The Interview: Still hitting the glass ceiling in the Ivory Towers

The race is on, so it’s time to place bets on who the next President of the European Parliament will be: Jerzy Buzek, Mario Mauro, Graham Watson, Martin Schulz  or a surprise candidate from the Greens or GUE? Who is going to win the race?

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