Raising ceremony of the European flag for the beginning of the 10th legislative term in front of the European Parliament in Strasbourg

Moment of remembrance to pay tribute to the victims of acts of terrorism with the participation of Roberta METSOLA, EP President

Marie-Claude VAYSSADE, Enrique BARON CRESPO EP President

200th birthday of the declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen

COSTA, Silvia (S&D, IT) - CULT Committee Chair; TAJANI, Antonio (EPP, IT) - EP Vice-President

LUX Prize 2015 award ceremony.  Announcement of winning film and presentation of Prize to the winning director by EP President during plenary session week 48 2015 in Strasbourg

Egon KLEPSCH, Jacques DELORS, Simone VEIL, Pierre PFLIMLIN, Lord PLUMB

40th anniversary of the foundation of the European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC) - Formal sitting

Egon KLEPSCH receives the medal of the Legion of Honour

Handover of the European Order of Merit

Handover of the Cross of Merit

Josep BORRELL FONTELLES EP President, Pat COX

Presentation of Gold Medal to former EP President Pat COX

X-mas tree in the European Parliament

Medal giving ceremony to civil servants of the European Parliament in Strasbourg in April 1996.

Handover ceremony new European Data Protection Supervisor

ACES Europe Awards Gala

National ceremony of remembrance at the Deportation Memorial by the concentration camp, KL-Natzweiler in Struthof

The Official Donation Ceremony of the Artwork  European Cross for Peace  to the European Parliament's art collection and European Cross benediction

Tribute to Gabriel GARCIA MARQUEZ:  A Bridge of Words between Europe and Colombia

soldier from Eurocorps, Pat COX EP President

Official ceremony to mark EU enlargement, with guests including former Polish President, the presidents or vice-presidents of the Parliaments of the new Member States and EU ambassadors. - each Parliament President will present his country's flag to EP President.

Salvatore POGLIESE, Salvatore CICU, Antonio TAJANI

The Works of Art (DG COMM) organizes the official opening of the rotating exhibition of artworks from ITALY on the occasion of the IT Presidency of the European Union.

François LOOS, Lubomir ZAORALEK,  Josef OLEKSY, Dimitris CHRISTOFIAS, Borut PAHOR, Aleksander KWASNIEWSKI, , Lech WALESA, Pat COX - EP President, Anton TABONE, Peter PITHART, Andris ARGALIS,

official ceremony to mark EU enlargement, with guests including former Polish President, the presidents or vice-presidents of the Parliaments of the new Member States and EU ambassadors. - Arrival of Presidents of Parliaments of the new Member States and EU Ambassadors at the LOW entrance for a group photograph.

A ceremony to mark the 25th anniversary of the signing of the Good Friday Agreement is organised during the plenary session in the European Parliament, in Brussels. The GFA, also known as the Belfast Agreement, was signed on 10 April 1998 by the British and Irish governments, and confirmed by referendums in Ireland and Northern Ireland in May the same year. The agreement established devolved political power-sharing structures for the nationalist and unionist communities in Northern Ireland, and brought the 30-year period of violent conflict in Northern Ireland, known as The Troubles, to an end. Statement by Ursula von der LEYEN, President of the European Commission. The transcription is the result of an automatic process. Please, check against delivery.

Ceremony on the 25th anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement: Statement by Ursula von der LEYEN, President of the European Commission

A ceremony to mark the 25th anniversary of the signing of the Good Friday Agreement is organised during the plenary session in the European Parliament, in Brussels. The GFA, also known as the Belfast Agreement, was signed on 10 April 1998 by the British and Irish governments, and confirmed by referendums in Ireland and Northern Ireland in May the same year. The agreement established devolved political power-sharing structures for the nationalist and unionist communities in Northern Ireland, and brought the 30-year period of violent conflict in Northern Ireland, known as The Troubles, to an end. Statement by Charles MICHEL, President of the European Council. The transcription is the result of an automatic process. Please, check against delivery.

Ceremony on the 25th anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement: statement by Charles MICHEL, President of the European Council

A ceremony to mark the 25th anniversary of the signing of the Good Friday Agreement is organised during the plenary session in the European Parliament, in Brussels. The GFA, also known as the Belfast Agreement, was signed on 10 April 1998 by the British and Irish governments, and confirmed by referendums in Ireland and Northern Ireland in May the same year. The agreement established devolved political power-sharing structures for the nationalist and unionist communities in Northern Ireland, and brought the 30-year period of violent conflict in Northern Ireland, known as The Troubles, to an end. Statement by Roberta METSOLA, EP President. The transcription is the result of an automatic process. Please, check against delivery.

Ceremony on the 25th anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement: statement by Roberta METSOLA, EP President

A moment of remembrance is being held on Wednesday 22 March 2023 to pay tribute to all victims of acts of terrorism perpetrated in Belgium and to all Belgian victims of terrorist acts committed abroad. Roberta METSOLA, EP President, is invited to participate to the event, along with Alexander DE CROO, Belgian Prime Minister, the CEOs of Brussels Airport and STIB, representatives of the victims' associations Life4Brussels and V-Europe and of the emergency and intervention services. Extracts.

Arrival of Shirin EBADI, 2003 Nobel Peace Prize winner and Samantha CRISTOFORETTI, ESA Astronaut & Commander of the ISS, Statements by Roberta METSOLA, EP President and by Ursula von der LEYEN, President of the European Commission.

International Women's Day Celebration: arrival of Shirin EBADI, 2003 Nobel Peace Prize winner and Samantha CRISTOFORETTI, ESA Astronaut, statements by Roberta METSOLA, EP President and Ursula von der LEYEN, President of the EU Commission

Roberta METSOLA, EP President, visits Lviv in Ukraine, in order to address the United for Justice conference. EP President goes to the Memorial to Fallen Soldiers along with Ruslan STEFANCHUK, Speaker of the Rada. EP President pays tribute and lays flowers on behalf of the people of Europe.

Visit by Roberta METSOLA, EP President, in Ukraine - Wreath-Laying Ceremony at the Memorial to Fallen Soldiers with Ruslan STEFANCHUK, Speaker of the Ukrainian Parliament.

Roberta METSOLA, EP President, during her official visit to Ireland visits the Memorial of investigative journalist Veronica Guerin in the Dublin Castle Gardens. She was an Irish crime reporter who was murdered by drug lords in 1996. She also hold a town hall discussion with Irish young people. President Metsola and Minister of State for European Affairs, Peter Burke, meet with and speak to 175 young people from across Ireland's Universities as well as representatives from several European Parliament Ambassador Schools (EPAS) in Smock Alley theatre, Dublin. The schools represented are from Donegal; Sligo; Meath; Dublin and Clare.

Official visit by Roberta METSOLA, EP President, to Ireland (Dublin): visit to the Memorial of investigative journalist Veronica Guerin, Dublin Castle Gardens and extracts from the Town Hall Discussion with Irish Youth

Roberta Metsola during her official visit to Ireland visited the Trinity College with Leo VARADKAR, Irish Prime Minister (Taoiseach). The University Philosophical Society is a student paper-reading and debating society in Trinity College. They award the Gold Medal of Honorary Patronage to Roberta METSOLA, President of the European Parliament during a ceremony during which she also delivers a keynote speech.

Official visit by Roberta METSOLA, EP President, to Ireland (Dublin): extracts from the Keynote Address and Reception of the Gold Medal of Honorary Patronage from the Philosophical Society of Dublin University, Trinity College

During her official visit to Spain, Roberta METSOLA, EP President, meets with Ander GIL, President of the Spanish Senate. Later, she participates to the ceremony of the Senate marking International Holocaust Remembrance Day. Extracts.

Official visit by Roberta METSOLA, EP President to Spain: meeting with Ander GIL, President of the Spanish Senate, extracts from the ceremony of the Senate marking International Holocaust Remembrance Day

On the occasion of the International Holocaust Remembrance Day, the Holocaust Memorial is inaugurated in the Yehudi Menuhin area in the European Parliament, in Brussels. Extracts from the Inauguration of the memorial with Roberta METSOLA, EP President and Isaac HERZOG, President of Israel, and of the reception with the testimony of Mr Alberto ISRAEL, Holocaust survivor.

International Holocaust Remembrance Day: inauguration of the Holocaust Memorial - extracts

The International Holocaust Remembrance Day ceremony is organised in the European Parliament, with the presence of Isaac HERZOG, President of Israel. Roberta Metsola, EP President, open the solemn sitting with an introductory speech. The International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of the Holocaust on 27 January was established by the United Nations in 2005 to commemorate the Holocaust and the 60th anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp.

International Holocaust Remembrance Day: atmosphere shots of the arrivals in the Chamber and opening statement by Roberta METSOLA, EP President

The International Holocaust Remembrance Day ceremony is organised in the European Parliament, with the presence of Isaac HERZOG, President of Israel. Minute of silence and Performance by Chen Halevi, clarinet and Jenő Lisztes, cimbalom, "Kaddish" by Maurice Ravel. The International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of the Holocaust on 27 January was established by the United Nations in 2005 to commemorate the Holocaust and the 60th anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp.

International Holocaust Remembrance Day: Minute of silence and Performance by Chen Halevi, clarinet and Jenő Lisztes, cimbalom, "Kaddish" by Maurice Ravel

The International Holocaust Remembrance Day ceremony is organised in the European Parliament, with the presence of Isaac HERZOG, President of Israel. Musical interlude by Jenő Lisztes, cimbalom "Lament music by the king of gipsies: 36. Laci Rácz". The International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of the Holocaust on 27 January was established by the United Nations in 2005 to commemorate the Holocaust and the 60th anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp.

International Holocaust Remembrance Day: Musical interlude by Jenő Lisztes, cimbalom "Lament music by the king of gipsies: 36. Laci Rácz"

Israel’s President Isaac Herzog address MEPs during the plenary session in Brussels to commemorate International Holocaust Remembrance Day (27 January). EP President Roberta Metsola opens the solemn sitting and after the ceremony, Presidents Metsola and Herzog inaugurate the Holocaust Memorial in front of Parliament’s plenary chamber.

International Holocaust Remembrance Day: Formal Address by Isaac Herzog, President of Israel

Isaac HERZOG, President of Israel is invited to give an address to the plenary on the occasion of the International Holocaust Remembrance Day, in the EP in Brussels. Extracts from the address of Isaac HERZOG, opening speech of Roberta METSOLA, EP President, and ambiance shots of the ceremony. This transcription is a result of an automatic process. Please check against delivery.

International Holocaust Remembrance Day: extracts from the address by Isaac HERZOG, President of Israel and ambiance shots of the ceremony

MEPs celebrate the 30th anniversary of the launch of the European Single Market which allows, since 1993, the free movement of goods, capitals and services across all the EU Member States. Introductory speeches by Roberta METSOLA, President of the European Parliament, Jessika ROSWALL, Swedish Minister for European Affairs, Margrethe VESTAGER, Executive Vice-President of the European Commission in charge of Europe fit for the Digital Age, and Commissioner for Competition and by Anna CAVAZZINI (Greens/EFA, DE), Chair of the EP Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection (IMCO Committee).

Ceremony on the 30th Anniversary of the Single Market: opening speeches by Roberta METSOLA, EP President, Jessika ROSWALL, Swedish Minister for EU Affairs, Margrethe VESTAGER, Executive Vice-President of the EU Commission

On the 14th December 2022, the Sakharov Prize for Freedom of thought is awarded to the "brave people of Ukraine". A ceremony takes place in the European Parliament, in Strasbourg. Full video of the award being given to the representatives present in the hemicycle: Oleksandra MATVIYCHUK, Human rights lawyer and Chair of the Center for Civil Liberties; Ivan FEDOROV, Mayor of the Ukrainian city of Melitopol; Yaroslav BOZHKO from the Yellow Riboon Civil Resistance Movment; Yulia PAJEVSKA, founder of the medical evacuation unit Angels of Taira; Oleksandr CHEKRYHIN and Stanislav KULYKIVSKI from the State Emergency Service and Vsevolod CHENTSOV, Head of the Mission of Ukraine to the European Union. Family pictures are taken after the ceremony.

Award of the Sakharov Prize 2022: ceremony and hand over of the prize to Oleksandra MATVIYCHUK, Ivan FEDOROV, Yaroslav BOZHKO, Yulia PAJEVSKA, Oleksandr CHEKRYHIN, Stanislav KULYKIVSKI and Vsevolod CHENTSOV

On the 14th December 2022, the Sakharov Prize for Freedom of thought is awarded to the "brave people of Ukraine". A ceremony takes place in the European Parliament, in Strasbourg. Volodymyr ZELENSKYY, President of Ukraine, connects remotely to the hemycicle and gives a speech to thanks the European Parliament for awarding his people. Full speech without cutaways.

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