European Parliament President Roberta Metsola meets with President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi as well as with Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty.

Discussions are likely to focus on the EU-Egypt Strategic and Comprehensive partnership, EU macro-financial assistance, human rights and the geopolitical situation in the region, including the need to reinvigorate the Middle East Peace Process and the situation in Gaza, as well as recent developments in Syria.

Roberta METSOLA, EP President Official visit to Cairo (Egypt)

European Parliament President Roberta Metsola meets with the Speaker of the House of Representatives of Egypt Hanafy El Gebaly and the President of the Senate of Egypt Abdel-Wahab Abdel-Razeq.

The visit takes place against the background of strengthening relations between the European Union and Egypt, ongoing discussions on EU macro-financial assistance and the geopolitical situation in the Middle East and the neighbouring region.

The meetings provides an opportunity to discuss interparliamentary relations, including the organisation of the next EU-Egypt Inter-Parliamentary Meeting (IPM) in Cairo, the EU's macro-financial assistance to Egypt, currently under discussion in the European Parliament, migration flows and asylum.

EP Plenary session - Voting session

Roberta METSOLA, EP President meets with Badr Ahmed Mohamed ABDELATTY, Egyptian Minister for Foreign Affairs

Official visit by Roberta METSOLA, EP President, to Cairo (Egypt) - Meeting with Badr Ahmed Mohamed ABDELATTY, Egyptian Minister for Foreign Affairs

Official visit by Roberta METSOLA, EP President, to Cairo (Egypt) - Meeting with Abdel Fattah AL-SISSI, President of Egypt

Official visit by Roberta METSOLA, EP President, to Cairo (Egypt) - Meeting with Abdel-Wahab ABDEL-RAZEG, President of the Senate

Official visit by Roberta METSOLA, EP President, to Cairo (Egypt) - Meeting with Hanafy EL GEBALY, Speaker of the House of Representatives

Press conference on EU-Egypt: a strategic partnership for whom?

EP Plenary session - Council and Commission statements - EU-Egypt strategic and comprehensive partnership and agreements with key third countries

MEPs vote on the following topics: JURI Amending Directives (EU) 2022/2464 and (EU) 2024/1760 as regards the dates from which Member States are to apply certain corporate sustainability reporting and due diligence requirements; (A10-0029/2025) SMISZEK JURI Request for waiver of the immunity of Jana Nagyová; (A10-0030/2025) TARCZYNSKI JURI Request for waiver of the immunity of Petr Bystron; (A10-0031/2025) FURORE JURI Request for waiver of the immunity of Maciej Wasik; (A10-0032/2025) FURORE JURI Request for waiver of the immunity of Mariusz Kaminski; (A10-0039/2025) ZDECHOVSKÝ CONT Partial renewal of a member of the Court of Auditors - Lucian Roma.canu; (A10-0018/2025) TSIODRAS ENVI; (A10-0019/2025) TSIODRAS ENVI; (A10-0020/2025) TSIODRAS ENVI; (A10-0038/2025) IMART INTA Macro-financial assistance to Jordan; (A10-0037/2025) IMART INTA Macro-financial assistance to Egypt; and (A10-0034/2025) LANGE INTA Customs duties on imports of certain products originating in the USA.

Voting session

EP President Roberta METSOLA meets with Badr Abdelatty, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Egypt.

Official visit by Roberta METSOLA, EP President to Cairo (Egypt): Badr Ahmed Mohamed ABDELATTY, Egyptian Minister for Foreign Affairs

European Parliament President Roberta Metsola travels to Egypt on 8-9 January 2025, the visit takes place against the background of strengthening relations between the European Union and Egypt, ongoing discussions on EU macro-financial assistance and the geopolitical situation in the Middle East and the neighbouring region. This video shows the meeting between Roberta METSOLA, President of the European Parliament and Abdel Fattah AL-SISSI, President of Egypt

Official visit by Roberta METSOLA, EP President to Cairo (Egypt): meeting with Abdel Fattah AL-SISSI, President of Egypt

European Parliament President Roberta Metsola meets with the President of the Senate, Mr Abdel-Whab Abdel-Razeq in Cairo. The visit takes place against the background of strengthening relations between the European Union and Egypt, ongoing discussions on EU macro-financial assistance and the geopolitical situation in the Middle East and the neighbouring region.

Official visit by Roberta METSOLA, EP President to Cairo (Egypt): meeting with Abdel-Wahab ABDEL-RAZEG, President of the Senate

The President of the European Parliament, Roberta Metsola, travels to Egypt and meets with the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hanafy El Gebaly. The meeting provides an opportunity to discuss interparliamentary relations, including the organisation of the next EU-Egypt Inter-Parliamentary Meeting (IPM) in Cairo, the EU's macro-financial assistance to Egypt, currently under discussion in the European Parliament, migration flows and asylum.

Official visit by Roberta METSOLA, EP President to Cairo (Egypt): meeting with Hanafy EL GEBALY, Speaker of the House of Representatives

Mounir SATOURI (Greens/EFA, FR), Tineke STRIK (Greens/EFA, NL), rapporteurs and Karen MELCHIOR (Renew, DK) hold a press conference on EU-Egypt partnership. This transcription is a result of an automatic process. Please check against delivery.

Press Conference by Mounir SATOURI (Greens/EFA, FR), Tineke STRIK (Greens/EFA, NL), rapporteurs and Karen MELCHIOR (Renew, DK) on EU-Egypt: a strategic partnership for whom?

MEPs vote on several texts: opening of negotiations on the Union Code on the rules governing the movement of persons across borders - Guillaume, Human rights situation in Afghanistan, in particular the persecution of former government officials - Motion for resolution, the case of Zarema Musaeva in Chechnya - Motion for resolution, Egypt, in particular the sentencing of Hisham Kassem - Motion for resolution, European green bonds - Tang, Scheme of generalised tariff preferences - Hautala, Financial services contracts concluded at a distance - Kokalari, Urban wastewater treatment. Recast - Torvalds, Situation in Nagorno-Karabakh after Azerbaijan’s attack - Motion for resolution, Taking stock of Moldova’s path to the EU - Motion for resolution, The new European strategy for a better internet for kids (BIK+) - Motion for resolution.

Voting session: Union Code on the rules governing the movement of persons across borders, the new European strategy for a better internet for kids (BIK+), taking stock of Moldova’s path to the EU

Closing statement by Janez LENARČIČ, European Commissioner for Crisis Management on the current human rights situation in Egypt.

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