EP Plenary session - Restoring the EU’s competitive edge - the need for an impact assessment on the Green Deal policies

Peace Light Ceremony

EP Plenary session - Guidelines for employment policies in member states

EP Plenary session - Council and Commission statements - The historic CJEU ruling on the Apple state aid case and its consequences

EP Plenary session - Commission statement - State of the Energy union

Austrian MEPs official portraits - 10th Parliamentary term.

EP Plenary session - Debate - Geographical Indications for wine, spirit drinks and agricultural products

ITRE Committee - Votes and group photo

Final Trilogue on the Gigabit Infrastructure Act

EP Plenary session - Transparency and accountability of non-governmental organisations funded from the EU budget

EP Plenary session - Council and Commission statements - Preparation of the European Council meeting of 14-15 December 2023

EP Plenary session - EU-US relations

EP Plenary session - Control of the financial activities of the European Investment Bank - annual report 2021

Peace Light Ceremony - Hand over of the flame of Peace

EP Plenary session - Roaming Regulation

Peace Light Ceremony - Hand over of the flame of Peace in presence of David SASSOLI, EP President

Handover of the Flame of Peace of Bethlehem with David SASSOLI, EP President

Peace light ceremony

EP President, Roberta METSOLA, participates to the ceremony of handing over of the Peace light at the European Parliament of Strasbourg, with Angelika WINZIG, EP Member, Reinhold LOPATKA, EP Member

Peace Light Ceremony with the participation of Roberta METSOLA, EP President: extracts from the event

MEPs debate on the historic CJEU ruling on the Apple state aid case and its consequences. MEPs discuss the European Court of Justice (ECJ) ruling that deemed Ireland’s tax arrangements with Apple as illegal state aid. The court's decision requires Ireland to recover €13 billion in taxes from Apple and overturns a previous General Court ruling that was favorable to Apple. This ruling is final and definitive. Representatives from the Commission and Council will provide insights on the potential impact of the ECJ’s verdict. The Chair of Parliament’s tax subcommittee has described the ruling as "historic," highlighting its significance for European tax policy. This debate explores the broader implications of the ruling for EU state aid regulations and international tax practices.

The historic CJEU ruling on the Apple state aid case and its consequences: MEPs 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. Second part of the debate.

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

MEPs present their demands and expectations one day ahead of the EU summit on 14-15 December. At their meeting in Brussels, heads of state or government focus on the latest developments in Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine and continued EU support for the country and its people, on the situation in the Middle East and on EU enlargement policy, including the stabilisation and association process. They also discuss the EU’s long-term 2021-2027 budget with a view to reaching an agreement, security and defence issues as well as external relations.

Preparation of the European Council meeting of 14-15 December 2023: MEPs debate

Roberta METSOLA, President of the European Parliament, attends and participates the ceremony of handover of the Flame of Peace Light, during the plenary session of the European Parliament in Strasbourg. The Flame of Peace of Bethlehem that arrived at the European Parliament is a tradition of a charitable relief mission for people in need. It was initiated by Austria and over the years the flame has spread to several European countries. This news item shows extracts from the ceremony and the participation of President Roberta METSOLA.

Handover of the Flame of Peace with the participation of Roberta METSOLA, EP President: extracts

Following the Commission’s proposal for a mid-term revision on the EU’s long-term budget (multiannual financial framework, MFF) the full house debate on the proposal of the Committee on Budgets to demand an extra €10 billion for 2024-2027. MEPs want to boost areas linked to external challenges, especially the Russian war against Ukraine and growing migration issues, the EU’s strategic autonomy, and enhance the EU’s crisis-response capabilities. Second part of the debate.

Mid-term revision of the Multiannual Financial Framework 2021-2027: MEPs debate (part 2)

MEPs debate new trade rules seek to deter foreign powers from bullying the EU or member states into policy changes using economic coercion and enable the EU to take countermeasures. The Anti-Coercion Instrument (ACI) seeks to protect the EU’s and member states’ sovereignty in a geopolitical environment where trade and investment are increasingly weaponised by foreign powers. The regulation would enable the EU to respond, in line with international law and as a last resort, if the EU or a member state is blackmailed economically by a non-EU country trying to influence a particular policy choice or stance.

Economic coercion by third countries: MEPs debate

Every September, the President of the European Commission comes to the European Parliament to discuss with MEPs what the Commission has done over the past year, what it intends to do in the coming year and its vision for the future in the State of the European Union debate. Nine months before the next European Parliament elections on 6 - 9 June, President Ursula von der Leyen outlines her Commission’s priorities from now until the end of its mandate. She focuses on a stronger and more resilient European Union, on the EU’s continued support for Ukraine in its war against Russia’s aggression, on energy security and EU energy independence, the EU’s twin green and digital transitions, and on protecting core EU values. MEPs debate (part 3)

State of the European Union 2023: MEPs debate (part 3)

MEPs debate the EU’s international commitments and the risks of compromising the EU’s green transition. The European Green Deal was presented by the EC in 2019. Its purpose is to transform the EU into a modern, resource-efficient and competitive economy, ensuring zero net emissions of greenhouse gases by 2050, economic growth decoupled from resource consumption, and with no one and nowhere left behind. Parliament debates the risks of compromising the EU’s green transition and the EU’s international commitments including those under the Paris Agreement on climate change and the UN Biodiversity Agreement, the latter of which seeks to protect 30% of the earth’s lands, oceans, coastal areas and inland waters. MEPs debate (part 1)

Council and Commission statements - Delivering on the Green Deal: risk of compromising the EU path to the green transition and its international commitments, MEPs debate (part 1)

Signing ceremony on E-evidence Directive and E-evidence Regulation, Waste batteries regulation and on the decision providing macro-financial assistance to the Republic of North Macedonia by Roberta METSOLA, President of the European Parliament, and Pascual Navarro Rios, State Secretary for the European Union, on behalf of the Spanish Presidency of the Council.

Signature of COD texts in presence of Roberta METSOLA, EP President and Pascual NAVARRO RÍOS, Spanish Secretary of State for the European Union on behalf of the Spanish Presidency of the Council

MEPs debate on the world’s first set of comprehensive rules to manage AI risk and promote uses of AI that align with EU values including human oversight, privacy, and non-discrimination. The rules follow a risk-based approach and establish obligations for providers and users depending on the level of risk the AI can generate. They would prohibit AI systems with unacceptable levels of risk. They are also proposing tailor-made rules for generative AI, like ChatGPT, including labelling AI-generated content and making publicly-available summaries of copyrighted data used for training. To boost AI innovation, MEPs propose exemptions for research activities and open-source AI components. First part of Second part of MEPs debate

Artificial Intelligence Act: MEPs debate (part 2)

MEPs vote on the following files: Parliament’s calendar of part-sessions 2024; Macro-financial assistance to North Macedonia - Angelika WINZIG (EPP, AT); Technical adjustments stemming from the political agreements reached on several legislative proposals, including with respect to REPowerEU, the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism and the Union Secure Connectivity programme - Fabienne KELLER (Renew, FR); Amendments to Parliament’s Rules of Procedure concerning the referral of proposals for legally binding acts to committees and the procedure for solving conflicts of competence - Gabriele BISCHOFF (S&D, DE); Electronic evidence in criminal proceedings: legal representatives directive - Birgit SIPPEL (S&D, DE); Electronic evidence regulation: European production and preservation orders for electronic evidence in criminal matters; and other topics.

Voting session: Parliament’s calendar of part-sessions - 2024 and other topics

Nikos Christodoulides, President of Cyprus, discuss with MEPs his views on Europe’s challenges and future on the occasion of the "This is Europe" debate in Strasbourg. MEPs debate

This is Europe - Debate with Nikos Christodoulides, President of Cyprus: MEPs debate

MEPs debate the newly proposal which aims to improve existing anti-corruption frameworks, proactively tackle corruption at the policy-making level, support EU countries in their efforts and leverage the annual rule of law report. MEPs debate.

Update of the anti-corruption legislative framework: MEPs debate

MEPs debate on the current situation in Italy regarding the management of migrants who arrived in Italy through the Central Mediterranean route from Northern Africa. Second part of the debate.

The need for a European solidarity in saving lives in the Mediterranean, in particular in Italy: MEPs debate (part 2)

MEPs debate on a draft resolution that would highlight how the The Istanbul Convention remains the international standard to eradicate gender-based violence. Second part of the debate.

Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence - EU accession: MEPs debate (part 2)

MEPs discuss on a deal reached with the Council in December 2022. Under the agreement, member states applying to receive additional funds through an amended recovery and resilience plan will be required to include measures to save energy, produce clean energy and diversify energy supplies, as foreseen in the EU’s REPowerEU plan. Second part of the debate.

REPowerEU chapters in recovery and resilience plans: MEPs debate (part 2)

MEPs vote on the following topics: Humanitarian consequences of the blockade in Nagorno-Karabakh - Motions for resolutions, The storming of the Brazilian democratic institutions - Motions for resolutions, Situation of journalists in Morocco, notably the case of Omar Radi - Motions for resolutions, The establishment of a tribunal on the crime of aggression against Ukraine - Motions for resolutions, EU response to the protests and executions in Iran - Motions for resolutions, Control of the financial activities of the European Investment Bank - annual report 2021 - Angelika WINZIG (EPP,AT), Protection of the European Union’s financial interests -combating fraud - annual report 2021 - Sabrina PIGNEDOLI (NI,IT), Small-scale fisheries situation in the EU and future Perspectives - João PIMENTA LOPES (The Left, PT), Revision of European Works Councils Directive - Dennis RADTKE (EPP, DE).

Voting session: including the motion for resolutions on the EU response to the protests and executions, and the The establishment of a tribunal on the crime of aggression against Ukraine

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