EP Plenary session - Social and employment aspects of restructuring processes: the need to protect jobs and workers’ rights

EP Plenary session - White paper on the future of European defence

EP Plenary session - Resumption of session and order of business

EP Plenary session - Silent crisis: the mental health of Europe’s youth

EP Plenary session - US withdrawal from the Paris Climate Agreement, the World Health Organisation and the suspension of US development and humanitarian aid

EP Plenary session - Escalation of violence in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo

EP Plenary session - Wider comprehensive EU-Middle East Strategy

Meeting of the European Parliament's Bureau

Euroscola

Roundtable ' Leading the way: women's representation in political and administrative leadership '

DROI Extraordinary committee meeting

EP Plenary session - Urgent need to revise the medical devices regulation

High Level Group on Gender Equality and Diversity Constitutive meeting

Constitutive meeting of the new Bureau of the EP - group photo

Press briefing Greens/EFA.

Nicolae STEFANUTA in the EP in Brussels

Press conference on the expected compromise on the Fit for 55 votes in next week's plenary.

The Bureau Members of the Delegation for relations with the United States  meets with Mark Gitenstein, the US Ambassador to the EU

EP Plenary session - Voting session

EP Plenary session - Guidelines for the 2023 budget – Section III

Renew Europe, Romanian delegation group photo

Remote participation of MEP STEFANUTA - Due to strict sanitary measures to avoid COVID-19 spreading, Parliament has put in place temporary measures to allow Members to fulfill their democratic rights and legislative duties. MEPs participate and vote in plenary session and other meetings from a distance.

Meeting of the delegation for relations with the US D-US

Nicolae STEFANUTA official portrait - 9th Parliamentary term

Ahead of the plenary session from 13th to 16th March 2023, Philippe LAMBERTS (Greens/EFA, BE), Terry REINTKE (Greens/EFA, DE), co-Presidents of the Greens/EFA group in the EP, hold a press conference with the participation of Nicolae ŞTEFĂNUȚĂ (Greens/EFA, RO), who recently left Renew Europe to join the Greens, to give the priority of their group. The transcription is the result of an automatic process, please check against delivery.

Press conference by Philippe LAMBERTS (Greens/EFA, BE), Terry REINTKE (Greens/EFA, DE), co-Presidents of the Greens/EFA group and Nicolae ŞTEFĂNUȚĂ (Greens/EFA, RO)

MEPs debate new rules on land use, land use change and forestry, member states’ emission reductions and the revision of the Market Stability Reserve. Following a debate on Monday, Parliament will vote on Tuesday on the deals reached with EU countries in late 2022 on three pieces of legislation that are part of the “Fit for 55 in 2030 package”. This is the EU’s plan to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by at least 55% by 2030 compared to 1990 levels in line with the European Climate Law.

Joint debate - Outcome of the negotiations on Fit for 55: MEPs debate

MEPs debate on the surge of respiratory infections and the shortage of medication in Europe.

Surge of respiratory infections and the shortage of medication in Europe: MEPs debate

MEPs, Council and Commission meet to try to reach a deal on the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM). This is a climate measure that should prevent the risk of carbon leakage and support the EU's increased ambition on climate mitigation, while ensuring WTO compatibility. Extracts from the arrivals to the trilogue in the European Parliament, and roundtable.

Trilogue on CBAM (Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism): arrivals and roundtable

Voting session on Draft amending budget 5/2022: Additional measures to address the consequences of the Russian war in Ukraine - Union Civil Protection Mechanism reinforcement - Reduction in payment appropriations and update of revenues - Other adjustments and technical updates - Karlo RESSLER (EPP,HR) & Damian BOESELAGER (Greens/EFA, DE); 2023 budgetary procedure: joint text - Nicolae ŞTEFĂNUȚĂ (Renew, RO) and Niclas HERBST (EPP, DE)

Voting session, including the vote on 2023 budgetary procedure

MEPs debate and approve the deal on next year’s EU budget that addresses the fallout from the Ukraine war and the pandemic recovery process more effectively. Parliament fought for and obtained better support - over €1 billion on top of the Commission’s original proposal - for tackling the consequences of the war in Ukraine, energy, climate and the recovery from the pandemic in the 2023 EU budget. Extracts from the debate in plenary, from the vote and the signature ceremony in presence of Roberta METSOLA, EP President.

2023 budgetary procedure: extracts from the debate (22/11), from the vote and the signature ceremony

Parliament fought for and obtained better support - over €1 billion on top of the Commission’s original proposal - for tackling the consequences of the war in Ukraine, energy, climate and the recovery from the pandemic in the 2023 EU budget. Opening statements by Nicolae ŞTEFĂNUȚĂ (Renew, RO) and Niclas HERBST (EPP, DE), co-Rapporteurs, Johan VAN OVERTVELDT (ECR, BE), Mikuláš BEK, Czech Minister for European Affairs and by Johannes HAHN, European Commissioner for Budget and Administration.

2023 budgetary procedure - Joint text: opening statements by Nicolae ŞTEFĂNUȚĂ (Renew, RO) and Niclas HERBST (EPP, DE), co-Rapporteurs, Mikuláš BEK, Czech Minister for European Affairs and by Johannes HAHN, EU Commissioner for Budget

MEPs are set to call on all countries to step up their 2030 climate targets before the COP27 in Egypt, to limit global warming in line with the Paris agreement. second part of the debate.

Oral question - UN Climate Change Conference 2022 in Sharm-el-Sheikh, Egypt (COP27): MEPs debate (part 2)

In the debate with the Commission and Council, MEPs call for the Schengen passport-free travel area to be completed swiftly by extending it to all EU member states who wish to participate.

The accession of Romania and Bulgaria to the Schengen area: MEPs debate (part 1)

MEPs debate on the provisional agreements to strengthen the EU’s capacity to prevent and control communicable diseases and tackle cross-border health threats.

European Health Union: MEPs debate

MEPs debate on the recent heat wave and drought in the EU where temperatures in some Member States have topped 40°C.

Recent heat wave and drought in the EU: MEPs debate

MEPs debate and vote on key EU draft laws to combat climate change by drastically reducing greenhouse gas emissions and to protect jobs and citizens. Parliament is set to adopt its position on eight proposals that are part of the “Fit for 55 in 2030 package”. This is the EU’s plan to cut greenhouse gas emissions by at least 55% by 2030 compared to 1990 levels and have net-zero greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions (climate neutrality) by 2050, in line with the European Climate Law. The texts approved will be Parliament’s mandate for negotiations with EU governments on the final laws.

Fit for 55: MEPs debate (part 4/5)

MEPs have identified among their priorities for next year’s budget the recovery, health, youth and climate action, and addressing the consequences of the invasion of Ukraine. Statement by Nicolae ŞTEFĂNUȚĂ (Renew, RO), extracts from the debate and result of the vote.

EU's budget for 2023: statement by Nicolae ŞTEFĂNUȚĂ (Renew, RO), rapporteur, extracts from the debate and results of the vote

MEPs have identified among their priorities for next year’s budget the recovery, health, youth and climate action, and addressing the consequences of the invasion of Ukraine. MEPs say they want the 2023 EU budget to be a “future-oriented budget that matches the Union’s political priorities of ensuring a stronger Health Union, making a success of the green and digital transitions, and fostering a fair, inclusive, sustainable and resilient recovery, including increased support for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). Closing statements by Johannes HAHN, European Commissioner for Budget and Administration and by Nicolae ŞTEFĂNUȚĂ (Renew, RO), rapporteur.

Guidelines for the 2023 budget – Section III: closing statements by Nicolae ŞTEFĂNUȚĂ (Renew, RO), rapporteur, and Johannes HAHN, European Commissioner for Budget and Administration

MEPs have identified among their priorities for next year’s budget the recovery, health, youth and climate action, and addressing the consequences of the invasion of Ukraine. MEPs say they want the 2023 EU budget to be a “future-oriented budget that matches the Union’s political priorities of ensuring a stronger Health Union, making a success of the green and digital transitions, and fostering a fair, inclusive, sustainable and resilient recovery, including increased support for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). Opening statements by Nicolae ŞTEFĂNUȚĂ (Renew, RO), rapporteur, Johannes HAHN, European Commissioner for Budget and Administration, Dragoş PÎSLARU (Renew, RO), EMPL; Christian EHLER (EPP, DE), ITRE; Vlad GHEORGHE (Renew, RO), TRAN; Andrea CAROPPO (EPP, IT), AGRI; Morten LØKKEGAARD (Renew, DK), CULT; and by Monika VANA (Greens/EFA, AT), FEMM.

Guidelines for the 2023 budget – Section III: opening statements by Nicolae ŞTEFĂNUȚĂ (Renew, RO), rapporteur, Johannes HAHN, European Commissioner for Budget and Administration

Parliament holds urgent debates on the following human rights, democracy and rule of law topics, in particular on the situation of journalists and human rights defenders in Mexico. Closing statement by Věra JOUROVÁ, Vice-President of the European Commission in charge of Values and Transparency.

Debates on cases of breaches of human rights, democracy and the rule of law: the situation of journalists and human rights defenders in Mexico

Parliament debate and vote on measures and actions to fight cancer in the EU. Key recommendations by the Special Committee on Beating Cancer (BECA) include facilitating access to cross-border health care and clinical trials, managing shortages of cancer medicines more efficiently, and ensuring equal access to innovative drugs and treatments. First part of the debate.

Strengthening Europe in the fight against cancer: MEPs debate (part 1/3)

MEPs debate with the Commission and the Slovenian Presidency the 16th December European Council agenda, in particular the coordinated fight against COVID-19. First part of the debate. Third part of the debate.

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