Medal Award Ceremony for Outgoing Members

Composition of Parliament : see Minutes

Opening of the sitting

272125: Othmar Karas

Closure of the sitting

Agenda of the next sitting : see Minutes

Composition of committees and delegations : see Minutes

Situation in Egypt (debate)

Situation in Syria (debate)

Situation in Georgia (debate)

Temporary judges of the European Union civil service tribunal - Protocol on the Statute of the Court of Justice of the European Union (debate)

Breaches of Schengen rules (debate)

Press Conference: Elisabeth MORIN-CHARTIER, EMPL Rapporteur

Financial aid in the field of the trans-European transport and energy networks (debate)

Approval of the minutes of the previous sitting : see Minutes

Press conference: David MARTIN - ACTA rapporteur

Press Conference: Joseph DAUL, President of the EPP Group, Hannes SWOBODA, President of the S&D Group, Guy VERHOFSTADT, President of the ALDE Group, and Rebecca HARMS, Co-President of the GREENS/EFA Group

Explanations of vote

Voting time

Summit on Peace in Ukraine, Bürgenstock, Switzerland

Martin SCHULZ - EP President , Loreta GRAUZINIENE

Martin SCHULZ - EP President meets with Loreta GRAUZINIENE - Speaker of the Seimas of the Republic of Lithuania

Rizanur MERAL, Martin SCHULZ - EP President

Martin SCHULZ - EP President meets with Rizanur MERAL, President of the Turkish Confederation of Businessmen and Industrialists (TUSKON)

Johanna NYMAN, Agnieszka KOZLOWSKA-RAJEWICZ, Cheryl MILLER, Maria NOICHL, Birgit GLASMACHER, Eric CHARBONNIER

DG COMM Seminar - Round-Table discussion:  Strategy for equality between women and men in the EU: next steps

Ellen JOHNSON SIRLEAF - President of Liberia, Martin SCHULZ - EP President

Martin SCHULZ - EP President meets with Ellen JOHNSON SIRLEAF - President of Liberia

Martin SCHULZ - EP President, Didier PETERSHEIM

Martin SCHULZ - EP President meets with Didier PETERSHEIM

DG COMM Seminar:  Education versus job opportunities in the European Union

Martin SCHULZ - EP President, Richard CORBETT

Martin SCHULZ - EP President meets with MEP Richard CORBETT

Inter-Parlamentary Seminar: Political Participation of Women in the Western Balkans and Turkey (with members of the Pre-Accession Countries Parliaments and the European Parliament)

Ozan CEYHUN, Martin SCHULZ - EP President

Martin SCHULZ - EP President meets with Former MEP Ozan CEYHUN

Seminar :  Minority arts - No minor issue

Going for Growth 2015 - Discussion on the OECD's annual report on economic policy reform

United States Mission to the European Union:  Inspiring People, Shaping the Future

Wildlife Interest Group

Campaign for FairTrade Fortnight

Martin SCHULZ - EP President meets with President of Slovakia. Press Point

MEP Matthias GROOTE in the Adenauer passerelle at the European Parliament in Brussels

Cheryl MILLER , Liliana RODRIGUES , Beatriz BECERRA BASTERRECHEA, Mona SEWILAM

DG COMM Seminar:  Empowering women and girls through education

Martin SCHULZ meets with MEP Eva KAILI

Statements by nominees for LUX Prize 2008: Janek MIROSLAV, Director of "Obcan Havel", Kornel MUNDRUCO, Director of "Delta" and Luc DARDENNE, Director of "Le Silence de Lorna", during the EP plenary session in Strasbourg.

LUX Prize 2008: statements by nominees Janek MIROSLAV, Director of "Obcan Havel", Kornel MUNDRUCO, Director of "Delta" and Luc DARDENNE, Director of "Le Silence de Lorna"

The 12-star flag, Beethoven's Ode to Joy, the "United in Diversity" motto and Europe Day, on 9 May, have been adopted as the European Parliament's official symbols (9 Oct 2008)

Europarl Today: European Parliament dotes itself with symbols

Ingrid Betancourt Pulecio is a Colombian-French politician, former senator and anti-corruption activist, especially opposing political corruption. Betancourt was kidnapped by the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) on 23 February 2002 while campaigning for the Colombian presidency as a Green, and was rescued by Colombian security forces six and a half years later on 2 July 2008. On the 8-9 October 2008, she visited the European Parliament and exchanged views with the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the Sub-Committee on Human Rights.

Visit of Ingrid BETANCOURT at the European Parliament : exchange of views with Ingrid BETANCOURT at the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the Sub-Committee on Human Rights

Doyle addresses the plenary session during the debate on "Together for Health: A Strategic Approach for the EU 2008-2013."

MEP Avril Doyle - Plenary speech on the EU's strategic approach to health policy

Ingrid Betancourt Pulecio is a Colombian-French politician, former senator and anti-corruption activist, especially opposing political corruption. Betancourt was kidnapped by the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) on 23 February 2002 while campaigning for the Colombian presidency as a Green, and was rescued by Colombian security forces six and a half years later on 2 July 2008. On the 11th November 2009 she visited the European Parliament and addressed the plenary.

Visit of Ingrid BETANCOURT at the European Parliament : arrival, meeting with Hans-Gert POËTTERING, EP President, address in the formal sitting

Vladimír REMEK (GUE/NGL, CZ), gives an interview on the European Space Policy.

Interview by Vladimír REMEK (GUE/NGL, CZ), on the European Space Policy

Bowles addresses the plenary session on a coordinated EU strategy to improve the fight against fiscal fraud.

MEP Sharon Bowles - Plenary speech on the fight against fiscal fraud

On 19 June 2008, Zita Gurmai spoke at the plenary session in her capacity as rapporteur for the Committee on Transport and Tourism’s own-initiative report ‘Towards Europe-wide Safer, Cleaner and Efficient Mobility: The First Intelligent Car Report’.

Zita Gurmai's speech on ‘Towards Europe-wide Safer, Cleaner and Efficient Mobility: The First Intelligent Car Report’ - 19/06/2008

Press conference by Edward McMillan-Scott, Kate and Gerry McCann on the concept of an EU child alert system.

Europe-wide missing child alert system: extracts from the press conference with the participation of Kate and Gerry McCANN

A inauguration of a Press Room renamed to "Anna Politkovskaya" took place in the European Parliament in Brussels, in the presence of Hans-Gert POETTERING, EP President, in memory of Anna Politkovskaya, a Russian journalist and human rights activist, who was shot dead in October 2006.

Inauguration by Hans-Gert POETTERING, EP President, of a Press Room renamed to "Anna Politkovskaya"

Doyle addresses the plenary session on the scientific facts of climate change and EU decision-making on the subject.

MEP Avril Doyle - Plenary speech on climate change

On 22 April 2008, Ana Gomes spoke at the plenary session in her capacity as rapporteur for the Committee on Development’s own-initiative report on China’s policy and its effects on Africa, in which she called for the promotion of sustainable development and good governance to common benefit and on the basis of the needs and interests of African countries and people through a dialogue between Africa, the EU and China.

Ana Gomes' speech on China’s policy and its effects on Africa - 22/04/2008

Madeleine Beth McCann (born 12 May 2003) disappeared on the evening of 3 May 2007 from her bed in a hotel of Portugal. Her whereabouts remain unknown. Edward McMillan-Scott, Kate and Gerry McCann adress the journalists during a press conference on the concept of an EU child alert system.

Child abduction alert systems: extracts from the press conference by Edward MCMILLAN-SCOTT (EPP-ED, GB), Gerry and Kate McCANN, parents of Madeleine

Madeleine Beth McCann (born 12 May 2003) disappeared on the evening of 3 May 2007 from her bed in a hotel of Portugal. Her whereabouts remain unknown. Kate and Gerry McCann, come to the European Parliament to support the concept of an EU child alert system.

Child abduction alert systems: Meeting with Gerry and Kate McCANN, parents of Madeleine

Doyle addresses the plenary session on the status of EU energy.

MEP Avril Doyle - Plenary speech on energy statistics

Extracts from the debate on the report by Íñigo MENDEZ de VIGO (PPE-DE, SP) and Richard CORBETT (PSE, UK) followed by the Council and Commission statements and the MEPs debate.

The Lisbon Treaty : extracts from the report by Inigo MENDEZ de VIGO and Richard CORBETT - Council and Commission statements and MEPs debate

Final vote by the European Parliament on the recommendation for Treaty of Lisbon and statement by Hans-Gert PÖTTERING, EP President.

Treaty of Lisbon : Extracts of the votes and statement by Hans-Gert POETTERING, EP President

Arrival of HRH the Prince of Wales and meeting with EP President Hans-Gert PÖTTERING

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