2024 metų Europos Parlamento Sacharovo premiją už minties laisvę pelnė María Corina Machado ir Edmundo González Urrutia. Sacharovo premija už minties laisvę įsteigta 1988 metais siekiant pagerbti asmenis ir organizacijas už jų pastangas ginant žmogaus teises ir pagrindines laisves.

2024 m. Sacharovo premija už minties laisvę

Pagalvojus apie Europos Parlamentą dažniausiai prieš akis iškyla posėdžių salėje balsuojančių jo narių vaizdas. Iš tiesų, šie balsavimai vyksta tik kartą per mėnesį, plenarinės sesijos laikotarpiu. Bet kas gi yra šios plenarinės sesijos ir kokia būna jų eiga?

Kas yra plenarinė sesija?

Žargono džiunglės. Kokios yra Europos Parlamento pirmininkės pareigos?

Kokios yra Europos Parlamento pirmininkės pareigos?

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

EP Plenary session - Clean Industrial Deal

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

EP Plenary session - Presentation of the proposal on a new common approach on returns

EP Plenary session - Presentation of the proposal on Critical Medicines Act (CMA)

EP Plenary session - Roadmap for Women`s Rights

EP Plenary session - defence - Voting session

EP Plenary session International Women's Day Celebration

EP Plenary session - defence - European Council meetings and European Security

EP Plenary session - European Social Fund Plus post-2027

EP Plenary session - Establishing the Reform and Growth Facility for the Republic of Moldova

EP Plenary session - Cutting red tape and simplifying business in the EU: the first Omnibus proposals

EP Plenary session - Supporting the EU’s most vulnerable regions against devastating effects of climate change, such as the recent cyclone hitting La Reunion

EP Plenary session - Resumption of session and order of business

EP Plenary session - Cross-border recognition of civil status documents of same-sex couples and their children within the territory of the EU

EP Plenary session - Voting Session

EP Plenary session - Threats to EU sovereignty through strategic dependencies in communication infrastructure

EP Plenary session - EU-Mercosur Trade Agreement

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

Václav HAVEL, President of the Czech Republic, visited the European Parliament in Strasbourg, and met Egon A. KLEPSCH, EP President. He also addressed the Members in plenary during a formal sitting. This transcription is a result of an authomatic process. Please check against delivery.

Address by Václav HAVEL, President of the Czech Republic: formal sitting

Queen ELIZABETH II visits the European Parliament in Strasbourg and delivers a speech to MEPs in the hemicycle during a plenary session.

Address by Queen ELIZABETH II to the European Parliament

In a plenary sitting of the European Parliament in Strasbourg, Jacques Santer, nominated President of the next European Commission, defends his appointment before the Members of the European Parliament. Statements by Pauline GREEN, PSE Group Leader, Wilfried MARTENS, EPP Group Leader and Bernard TAPIE.

Address by Jacques Santer on his appointment as President of the Commission: extracts from the debate and the vote

Statement by James SCOTT-HOPKINS, rapporteur, introducing the debate on the report on the creation of a Unique European emergency number - 112 during the plenary session of July 1990. It follows the EP's Environment Committee which has unanimously approved the introduction of the number 112.

112 - Unique European emergency number: extract from the debate

Nelson MANDELA, leader of the African National Congress and laureate of the 1988 Sakharov Prize, adresses the members of the European Parliament, in Strasbourg, during the plenary session of June 1990. Afterwards, he gives a press conference in the presence of Winnie Mandela, his wife.

Address by Nelson MANDELA, Leader of the African National Congress to the European Parliament, and press conference: extracts

Nelson MANDELA, leader of the African National Congress and laureate of the 1988 Sakharov Prize, adresses the members of the European Parliament, in Strasbourg, during the plenary session of June 1990.

Address by Nelson MANDELA, Leader of the African National Congress, to the European Parliament

Debate on the conclusion of the extraordinary European Council meeting which held in Dublin on the 25th April with the participation of Charles HAUGHEY, Irish Taoiseach and President in office of the Council. He is joined by Helmut KÖHL, Federal German chacellor. Lothar de MAIZIERE, RDA Prime Minister, take also this opportunity to visit the EP and participate to a conference of the presidents open to all members.

Conclusion of the extraordinary European Council meeting in Dublin (25 April): extracts from the debate with the participation of Charles HAUGHEY, Irish Taoiseach

The European parliament debate during the May 1990 session in Strasbourg on a motion condemning the desecration of a Jewish cemetery in Carpentras in France. Statement by Yves GALLAND, Karel DILLEN, Jean-Thomas NORDMANN and Djia TAZDAIT.

Desecration of a Jewish cemetery in the French town of Carpentras: extracts from the debate

Debate during the plenary session of May 1990 on the possible resumption of the diplomatic relations with Vietnam. Statements by Benjamin VISSER, rapporteur, Máire GEOGHEGAN-QUINN, for the Council of the Ministers, Claude CHEYSSON and Jean-Thomas NORDMANN.

Resumption of the diplomatic relations with Vietnam: extracts from the debate

Debate on fifth Lome convention, the community's main way of helping 68 African, Caribbean and Pacific developing countries which will provide 12 billion Ecu. Under the single European Act, Parliament's approval is not necessary. Statements by Leo TINDEMANS, rapporteur, Eugenio MELANDRI, Michael McGOWAN and Manuel MARIN, EC Member followed by the final vote on the report.

Fifth Lome Convention: extracts from the debate

Debate on the preparation of the forthcoming Intergovernmental Conference convened for December on economic and monetary union. Discussion on the report by Fernand HERMAN with Alman METTEN, Bouke BEUMER, François-Xavier DE DONNEA,George Benjamin PATTERSON, Brigitte ERNST DE LA GRAETE and Jacques DELORS, EC President followed the the final vote on the report.

Preparation of the Intergovernmental Conference to create the economic and monetary union: extracts from the debate

At the opening of the plenary session of May 1990, Enrique BARON CRESPO, EP President, adresses the Chamber on the desecration of the Jewish cemetery in Carpentras (France).

Statement by Enrique BARON CRESPO on the desecration of the Jewish cemetery in Carpentras

Valéry GISCARD D'ESTAING, chair of the Liberal and Democratic Reformist Group (LDR) of the European Parliament, addresses Jacques DELORS, President of the European Commission, during an EP plenary session, with the group's assessment of the Commission's plans for the year 1990. The LDR demands more ambitious policy to advance European integration.

Valéry GISCARD D'ESTAING intervention in plenary session debate - European Commission's programme for 1990

On 22 November 1989 in Strasbourg, François Mitterrand, President in office of the Council of the EU, invited Helmut Kohl to address the MEPs aftermath of the fall of the Berlin Wall.

EP rewind: Addresses by Helmut KOHL, German Federal Chancellor and François MITTERRAND, President of the French Republic

Debate on the situation in Eastern Europe after the fall of the Berlin wall during the plenary session of November 1989 in Strasbourg. Opening remarks by Enrique BARON CRESPO, EP President and extracts of the statements by François MITTERRAND, President of the French Republic and Helmut KOHL, German Federal Chancellor.

Addresses by Helmut KOHL, German Federal Chancellor and François MITTERRAND, President of the French Republic (22 November 1989): extracts from the statements

On July 25, 1989, Enrique BARON CRESPO is elected as EP President. Shots of the vote, announcement of the results and congratulations. Extracts from the speech by Enrique BARON CRESPO, new EP President.

Election of Enrique BARON CRESPO as EP President (25/07/1989)

Pope John Paul II addresses MEPs in the Strasbourg hemicycle of the European Parliament during a formal sitting in plenary.

Address by Pope John Paul II to the European Parliament

At a ceremony held in the European Parliament in Strasbourg on 12 June 1986, Pierre PFLIMLIN, EP President, Hans van den BROEK, Dutch Minister for Foreign Affairs and President-in-Office of the Council, and Jacques DELORS, President of the European Commission, signed the Declaration against racism and xenophobia, just after the vote session in the plenary. The initiative is a response to the public indignation aroused by the xenophobic attacks on migrant workers and their families which had taken place in a number of Member States.

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