María Corina Machado i Edmundo González Urrutia dobitnici su Nagrade Saharov za slobodu mišljenja Europskog parlamenta za 2024. Nagrada se dodjeljuje od 1988. pojedincima i organizacijama koji brane ljudska prava i temeljne slobode.

Nagrada Saharov za slobodu mišljenja za 2024.

Kad pomislimo na Europski parlament, obično zamišljamo zastupnike koji glasaju u vijećnici. Glasanje se zapravo odvija samo jedanput mjesečno tijekom plenarne sjednice. No, što su plenarne sjednice i kako one funkcioniraju?

Što je plenarna sjednica?

Izgubljeni u žargonu EU-a: koje su dužnosti predsjednika Europskog parlamenta?

Koje su dužnosti predsjednika Europskog parlamenta?

On 19 March 1958, the European Parliamentary Assembly hold a first meeting in Strasbourg. Luciano GRANZOTTO BASSO, Oldest member of the Assembly leads the election. The representatives elect Robert Schuman as President. He is the single candidate at the function.

Constitutive session of the European Parliamentary Assembly: election of Robert SCHUMAN, as President of the Assembly

A formal sitting is&nbsp;held to mark an official visit to the European Parliament, made at the President’s invitation after consulting with the Conference of Presidents.

The official guest is seated to the right of the President on the podium. After the welcoming remarks by the President, the official guest addresses the&nbsp; Parliament from the central rostrum in the Chamber.

The address for a formal sitting of Parliament&nbsp;usually lasts 30 minutes and generally takes place before the voting session.

Formal Sittings

On certain occasions, David SASSOLI, President of the European Parliament, gives a speech during plenary sessions highlighting the news, a special event or pays tribute to a personality and asks for a minute of silence.

Statements of David SASSOLI, EP President in Plenary

Strasbourg's Plenary session through the lens . Week 11

Strasbourg's Plenary session through the lens . Week 11.

EP Plenary session - European Schools Alliance: potential to achieve the European education area by driving innovation, enhancing mobility and championing inclusivity

EP Plenary session - Voting session

EP Plenary session - Action Plan for Affordable Energy

EP Plenary session - A Vision for Agriculture and Food

EP Plenary session - Debates on cases of breaches of human rights, democracy and the rule of law

EP Plenary session - EU Consumers Day: filling the gaps in protecting 440 million consumers in the EU

EP Plenary session - Accelerating the phase-out of Russian gas and other Russian energy commodities in the EU

EP Plenary session - Frozen Russian assets

EP Plenary session - Adoption of the proposal for a Parenthood Regulation

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

EP Plenary session - Union of Skills: striving for more and better opportunities to study, train or work in the EU and to bring our talents back home

EP Plenary session - 100 days of the new Commission – Delivering on Defence, Competitiveness, Simplification and Migration as our priorities

EP Plenary session - Action Plan for the Automotive Industry

EP Plenary session - European Semester for economic policy coordination 2025

EP Plenary session - Deteriorating situation in Gaza following the non-extension of the ceasefire

EP Plenary session - The need for EU support towards a just transition and reconstruction in Syria

MEPs discuss the outcome of the Special European Council of 1 February, with Charles Michel, President of the European Council and Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission. The special summit was about finding an agreement on the mid-term review of the EU’s long-term 2021-2027 budget (multiannual financial framework, MFF) and a €50 billion financial aid package for Ukraine. Second part of the debate.

Conclusions of the special European Council meeting of 1 February 2024: MEPs debate (part 2)

MEPs discuss the outcome of the Special European Council of 1 February, with Charles Michel, President of the European Council and Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission. The special summit was about finding an agreement on the mid-term review of the EU’s long-term 2021-2027 budget (multiannual financial framework, MFF) and a €50 billion financial aid package for Ukraine. First part of the debate.

Conclusions of the special European Council meeting of 1 February 2024: MEPs debate (part 1)

MEPs discuss the outcome of the Special European Council of 1 February, with Charles Michel, President of the European Council and Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission. The special summit was about finding an agreement on the mid-term review of the EU’s long-term 2021-2027 budget (multiannual financial framework, MFF) and a €50 billion financial aid package for Ukraine. One round of political leaders.

Conclusions of the special European Council meeting of 1 February 2024: one round of political leaders

MEPs discuss the outcome of the Special European Council of 1 February. In particular, the €50 billion financial aid package for Ukraine and the agreement on the mid-term review of the EU’s long-term 2021-2027 budget (multiannual financial framework, MFF). This transcription is a result of an automatic process. Please check against delivery.

Conclusions of the Special European Council meeting of 1 February 2024: extracts from the debate

MEPs discuss the outcome of the Special European Council of 1 February, with Charles Michel, President of the European Council and Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission. The special summit was about finding an agreement on the mid-term review of the EU’s long-term 2021-2027 budget (multiannual financial framework, MFF) and a €50 billion financial aid package for Ukraine. Opening statements by the Charles MICHEL, President of the European Council and Ursula VON DER LEYEN, President of the European Commission. This transcription is a result of an automatic process. Please check against delivery.

Conclusions of the special European Council meeting of 1 February 2024: opening statements by the Charles MICHEL, President of the European Council and Ursula VON DER LEYEN, President of the European Commission

Exterior and interior views before the Plenary Session taking place at the European Parliament in Strasbourg on 05-08 February 2024

EP Plenary session: editing shots (exterior and interior shots of the EP)

MEPs debate new rules to ensure transferred funds arrive immediately into the bank accounts of retail customers and businesses across the EU. Closing statements by Mairead MCGUINNESS, European Commissioner for Financial Services and by Michiel HOOGEVEEN (ECR, NL), Rapporteur.

Instant payments in euro: closing statements by Mairead MCGUINNESS, European Commissioner for Financial Services and by Michiel HOOGEVEEN (ECR, NL), Rapporteur

MEPs debate new rules to ensure transferred funds arrive immediately into the bank accounts of retail customers and businesses across the EU. MEPs debate

Instant payments in euro: MEPs debate

MEPs debate new rules to ensure transferred funds arrive immediately into the bank accounts of retail customers and businesses across the EU. Opening statements by Mairead MCGUINNESS, European Commissioner for Financial Services and by Michiel HOOGEVEEN (ECR, NL), Rapporteur. This transcription is a result of an automatic process. Please check against delivery.

Instant payments in euro: opening statements by Mairead MCGUINNESS, European Commissioner for Financial Services and by Michiel HOOGEVEEN (ECR, NL), Rapporteur

Sheva Tehoval, soprano and Marcelo Nisinman bandoneon player play a rendition of The Kaddish by Maurice Ravel. The Kaddish is a hymn that is recited during Jewish prayer services. The term Kaddish is often used to refer specifically to "The Mourner's Kaddish," which is chanted as part of the mourning rituals in Judaism in all prayer services, as well as at funerals and memorials. Along with the Shema Yisrael and the Amidah, the Kaddish is one of the most important and central elements in the Jewish liturgy.

International Holocaust Remembrance Day: "The Kaddish" by Maurice Ravel - Sheva Tehoval, soprano and Marcelo Nisinman bandoneon player

Irene Shashar addresses MEPs on the occasion of the International Holocaust Remembrance Day during a solemn ceremony in the Hemicycle. Irene Shashar, born on 12 December 1937 as Ruth Lewkowicz, survived the Warsaw ghetto. After her father was killed by the Nazis she escaped the ghetto with her mother through the sewers to another part of Warsaw where she was a “hidden child” for the rest of war. She and her mother then moved to Paris. After her mother’s death, she moved to Peru where she was adopted by relatives. After studying in the US, she moved to Israel at the age 25 and became the youngest faculty member to hold a post at the Hebrew University. Today she lives in Modiin, Israel.

International Holocaust Remembrance Day: keynote speech by Irene Shashar, Warsaw Ghetto survivor

Parliament organizes a special plenary session in Brussels on the occasion of the International Day of Commemoration in memory of the victims of the Holocaust, 79 years after the liberation of the Nazi concentration camp of Auschwitz on January 27, 1945. After President Metsola's speech, a musical interlude by the bandoneon player Mr. Marcelo Nisinman takes place in the plenary session.

International Holocaust Remembrance Day: musical interlude by Marcelo Nisinman, bandoneon player

On the occasion of the International Holocaust Remembrance Day, Roberta METSOLA, President of the European Parliament, opens the solemn ceremony with an introductory speech in the hemicycle. This transcription is a result of an automatic process. Please check against delivery.

International Holocaust Remembrance Day: opening of the ceremony, video clip and introductory remarks by Roberta METSOLA, EP President

Holocaust survivor Irene Shashar addresses the European Parliament during a plenary session in Brussels to commemorate International Holocaust Remembrance Day (27 January). EP President Roberta Metsola is present and delivers an introductory speech. Prior to the ceremony, the President meets with Irene SHASHARAS, Holocaust survivor. Extracts from the meeting and from the speech in the hemicycle.

International Holocaust Remembrance Day: Roberta METSOLA, EP President, meets with Irene SHASHAR, Holocaust survivor, extracts from the ceremony

MEPs vote on the following non legilative resolutions: Revision of the European Labour Authority mandate, Situation in Hungary and frozen EU funds, and on the Humanitarian situation in Gaza, the need to reach a permanent ceasefire and the risks of regional escalation.

Voting Session - Part 2 (Situation in Hungary and frozen EU funds, Humanitarian situation in Gaza)

MEPs vote on the following subjects: Implementation report on Regulation (EC) No 1924/2006 on nutrition and health claims made on foods - Metz; Protection of the European Union’s financial interests - combating fraud - annual report 2022 - Grapini; Shaping the EU’s position on the UN binding instrument on business and human rights, in particular on access to remedy and the protection of victims - Hautala; Impact of illegal fishing on food security – the role of the European Union - Melo;

Voting Session - Part 1

MEPs debate on the state of the rule of law and media freedom in Greece with Council and Commission representatives during the plenary session in Strasbourg. MEPs have expressed concerns about the respect for EU values in Greece on multiple occasions, including the use of spyware and allegations of political intervention in the investigations, and media freedom and the safety of journalists, especially in light of the lack of progress in the investigation into the murder of journalist Giorgos Karaivaz in 2021. Closing statement by Didier REYNDERS, European Commissioner for Justice.

Rule of Law and Media freedom in Greece: Closing statement by Didier REYNDERS, European Commissioner for Justice

MEPs debate on the state of the rule of law and media freedom in Greece with Council and Commission representatives during the plenary session in Strasbourg. MEPs have expressed concerns about the respect for EU values in Greece on multiple occasions, including the use of spyware and allegations of political intervention in the investigations, and media freedom and the safety of journalists, especially in light of the lack of progress in the investigation into the murder of journalist Giorgos Karaivaz in 2021. MEPs debate.

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