Mr TAJANI was elected President of the European Parliament on 17 January 2017. 

The President chairs the plenary sittings of Parliament, the Conference of the Presidents of Political Groups and the Bureau of Parliament. The President is responsible for the application of the Rules of Procedure of Parliament, and, to this end, oversees all the activities of Parliament and its bodies. The President represents Parliament in all legal matters. He addresses the European Council prior to each of its meetings, stating Parliament's viewpoint on the subjects on the agenda in the framework of a debate with the heads of state and government. The President represents Parliament in its international relations, and, in this connection, undertakes official visits within and outside the EU. The President signs the EU budget into being following Parliament's vote on it at second reading. During the procedure, the President chairs the EP/Council conciliation delegations. The President may, under the EP/Council codecision procedure, chair the EP/Council conciliation committee.

Antonio TAJANI, EP President's Agenda

Antonio TAJANI was elected President of the European Parliament on 17 January 2017.
The President represents Parliament in its international relations, and, in this connection, undertakes official visits within and outside the EU.

Antonio TAJANI, EP President's agenda - March 2019

Antonio TAJANI, EP President's agenda - April 2019

Pre- summit EPP

Official visit by Roberta METSOLA, EP President, to Paris (France) - 6th Trilateral Business Forum organised by MEDEF, BDI & Confindustria

Official visit by Roberta METSOLA, EP President, to New York (United States) - Engagement with Antonio TAJANI, Italian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation

Roberta METSOLA, EP President meets with Antonio TAJANI, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of Italy

Summit on Peace in Ukraine, Bürgenstock, Switzerland

Roberta METSOLA, EP President meets with Antonio TAJANI, Italian Minister for Foreign Affairs

Roberta METSOLA, EP President participates at the Italy-Africa Summit - A bridge for common growth in Rome, Italy

EPP Pre-summit

Official visit by Roberta METSOLA, EP President to Catanzaro (Italy) - Attendance to a simulation of the Emergency System 112 with Antonio TAJANI, Italian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation and Roberto OCCHIUTO, President of the Region of Calabria

Official visit by Roberta METSOLA, EP President to New York (United States) -  Visit to Italian Consulate

Official visit by Roberta METSOLA, EP President to Rome (Italy) - Meeting with Antonio TAJANI, Italian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation

Roberta METSOLA, EP President meets with Antonio TAJANI, Italian Minister of Foreign Affairs

Antonio TAJANI meets with AFCO members

AFCO Committee meeting -  Presentation of the Czech Presidency programme of the Council of the EU

AFCO Interparliamentary Committee Meeting - First results of the Conference on the Future of Europe.

Visit Roberta METSOLA, EP President to Italy .- Roundtable with Italian Journalists on the occasion of World Press Freedom Day with Antonio TAJANI, Former President of the European Parliament and Pina PICIERNO, EP Vice-President

Antonio TAJANI meets with Mikulas BEK, Czech European Affairs Minister

AFCO Committee

Conference of Committee Chairs

Antonio TAJANI meets with Alessandro PROFUMO and Luciano CARTA

AFCO committee meeting

Before the European summit, European People's Party leaders meet in Brussels. This news item shows the arrival and doorsteps of Roberta METSOLA, EP President and EU leaders.

EPP leaders meet ahead of the European Council meeting: arrivals and doorsteps

EP President Metsola and a delegation of 15 MEPs are in New York to meet with representatives of several UN and international organisations. Parliament hosts a discussion on the role of parliaments in multilateralism at the global level. President Metsola delivers an opening speech at the event, which will work to strengthen ties with other parliaments from across the world.

Official visit by Roberta METSOLA, EP President, to New York (United States) - Participation to the event organised by the EP on "The Role of Parliaments in Multilateralism at the Global Level": extracts from the opening remarks

Roberta METSOLA, EP President, visits the Consulate General of Italy in New York where she meets with Antonio TAJANI, Italian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation. Together they participate in an event - "Sport Made in Italy: a tool for growth". European Parliament President Roberta Metsola is in New York for the 2024 United Nations General Assembly.

Official visit by Roberta METSOLA, EP President, to New York (United States) - Meeting with Antonio TAJANI, Italian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs: extracts from the address to "Sport Made in Italy: a tool for growth"

This news item shows the arrivals and doorsteps of EU heads of state and government before the informal European Council meeting of 17 June 2024. The EU leaders discuss on the result of the European Elections and on the nomination for the next legislative terms presidencies of the European Commission, European Council and High Representative/EU Commission vice-president.

EPP leaders meet ahead of the informal European Council meeting (17/06): arrivals and doorsteps

Ahead of the European Council meeting (21-22/03), EPP leaders meet to discuss about their political's priorities. This news item shows extracts from the arrivals and doorsteps.

EPP leaders meet ahead of the European Council meeting (21-22/03): arrivals and doorsteps

Roberta METSOLA, President of the European Parliament, attends the International Summit “Italy – Africa. A bridge for common growth” in Rome (Italy). The event is held in the Italian Senate – Palazzo Madama – and it is attended by Heads of State and Government and Ministers of African countries, as well as the leaders of the European Union, the African Union and the main International Organisations. This news item shows extracts from the arrival of President Metsola to the Italian Senate, family photo with EU and Africans leaders and extracts from her keynote speech.

International summit Italy – Africa with the participation of Roberta METSOLA, EP President: arrival, family photo and extracts from the keynote speech

Roberta Metsola, President of the European Parliament, attends a simulation of the Emergency System 112 and gives a statement to the press with Antonio TAJANI, Italian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Matteo PIANTEDOSI, Italian Minister for the Interior and Roberto OCCHIUTO, President of the Region of Calabria, during her official visit to Catanzaro (Italy). This news item shows extracts from the attendance of the European President to the Emergency System 112 and from the meeting with Antonio TAJANI, Italian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation and Roberto OCCHIUTO, President of the Region of Calabria.

Official visit by Roberta METSOLA, EP President to Catanzaro (Italy): visit to a simulation of the Emergency System 112 and meeting with Antonio TAJANI, Italian Deputy Prime Minister, and Roberto OCCHIUTO, President of the Region of Calabria

During her official visit to Rome in Italy, Roberta METSOLA, EP President meets with Antonio TAJANI, Italian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation. She also gives a speech at Europa in Commune.

Official visit by Roberta METSOLA, EP President to Rome (Italy): meeting with Antonio TAJANI, Italian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation

Roberta METSOLA, President of the European Parliament, inaugurate Rome's “Europa Experience”, named in honour of late European Parliament President David Maria SASSOLI in presence of Antonio TAJANI, Vice- President of the Council of Ministers, former EP President, Paolo GENTILONI, Commissioner for Economy, Raffale FITTO, Minister for European Affairs, Samantha CRISTOFORETTI, Astronaut ISS Commander, Pina PICIERNO, Vice-President of the European Parliament and Roberto GUALTIERI, Mayor of Rome. Esperienza Europa - David Sassoli, Piazza Venezia, is an area which offer to the visitors the opportunity to discover Europe and the European Parliament. Ambiance shots, extracts of the Inauguration of the Europa Experience, and visit of the role play game rooms with students.

Official visit by Roberta METSOLA, EP President to Italy (Rome): Inauguration of the Europa Experience - David Sassoli: ambiance shots, extracts of the Inauguration of the Europa Experience, and visit of the role play game

Roberta METSOLA, President of the European Parliament, during an official visit in Rome (Italy): Inauguration of the Europa Experience named after late President David Maria Sassoli. Statements by Roberta METSOLA, EP President, Antonio TAJANI, Vice-President of the Council of Ministers, former EP President, Paolo GENTILONI, European Commissioner for Economy, Raffale FITTO, Minister for European Affairs, Samantha CRISTOFORETTI, Astronaut ISS Commander, Pina PICIERNO, EP Vice-President, Roberto GUALTIERI, Mayor of Rome.

Inauguration of the Europa Experience named after late President David Maria Sassoli: statements by Statements by Roberta METSOLA, EP President, and other political authorities

Roberta METSOLA, EP President, welcomes in the European Parliament Antonio TAJANI, Italian Prime Minister for Foreign Affairs and former EP President. Extracts from the arrival, the welcome and roundtable.

Roberta METSOLA, EP President meets with Antonio TAJANI, Italian Prime Minister for Foreign Affairs: arrival, welcome and roundtable

EPP leaders and Heads of State meet at the Solvay Library, in Brussels, ahead of the European Council meeting. Extracts from the arrivals and doorsteps.

The drafting of Russian reservists, sham referendums in occupied parts of Ukraine and Putin’s nuclear threats are the focus of a key debate in the European Parliament. MEPs call on the EU and its member states to respond strongly to Russia’s escalation of the war and its preparations to annex Ukrainian territories. First part of MEPs debate.

EP Plenary session - Key debate: Russia’s escalation of its war of aggression against Ukraine - MEPs debate (part 1)

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

&lt;p>The Commission adopted the Taxonomy Delegated Act on 9 March 2022. It proposes the inclusion, under certain conditions, of specific nuclear and gas energy activities in the list of environmentally sustainable economic activities covered by the so-called EU Taxonomy. second part of the debate.&lt;/p>

Amending the Taxonomy Climate Delegated Act and the Taxonomy Disclosures Delegated Act: MEPs debate (Part 2/2)

MEPs outline their expectations for the 23-24 June European Council and will discuss whether Ukraine, Moldova and Georgia should be granted EU candidate status. A resolution on these countries will be put to the vote. Second part of the debate.

Joint debate - Preparation of the European Council meeting: MEPs debate (part 2/2)

MEPs debate on a draft report which would give the Parliament a “general and direct” right to initiate legislation. This would reflect the evolution of the EU and restore balance to its institutional architecture - when the Treaties are next revised.

Parliament’s right of initiative: MEPs debate (part 1/2)

MEPs debate the role of the common security and defence policy in the context of the Russian invasion in Ukraine.

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