AGRI - Confirmation hearing of Christophe HANSEN, European Commissioner-designate for Agriculture and Food

EP Delegation to COP25 Chile (Madrid) - 25th Conference of the Parties (COP25) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). The EP Delegation meets with Laurence TUBIANA, Chief Executive Officer of the European Climate Foundation, in the center in Madrid, Spain on December 13, 2019.

EP Delegation to COP25 Chile (Madrid) - 25th Conference of the Parties (COP25) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). The EP Delegation meets with Fekadu BEYENE ALEKA, Commissioner for Environment, Forest and Climate Change of Ethiopia, 2nd on the left in Madrid, Spain on December 13, 2019.

EP Delegation to COP25 Chile (Madrid) - 25th Conference of the Parties (COP25) to the UNFCCC

EP Delegation to COP25 Chile (Madrid) - 25th Conference of the Parties (COP25) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). The EP Delegation meets with Zhao YINGMIN, Vice Minister of Ecology and Environment and Head of the Chinese delegation, 2nd on the right, in Madrid, Spain on December 13, 2019.

EP Delegation to COP25 Chile (Madrid) - 25th Conference of the Parties (COP25) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) - Pradeep KURUKULASURIYA, Executive Coordinator Environmental Finance of United Nations Development Program (UNDP), 3rd on the left poses for a family photo with EP Delegation in Madrid, on December 11, 2019.

EP Delegation to COP25 Chile (Madrid) - 25th Conference of the Parties (COP25) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) - The EP Delegation meets with Dr. Hoesung LEE, Chair of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) at the COP 25 in Madrid, on December 11, 2019.

EP Delegation to COP25 Chile (Madrid) - 25th Conference of the Parties (COP25) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), Members of the European Parliament meet with South Africa Parliamentary delegation in Madrid, on December 11, 2019.

EP Delegation to COP25 Chile (Madrid) - 25th Conference of the Parties (COP25) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) - European Parliament Delegation meeting with Ms. Julie CERQUEIRA, Executive Director, US Climate Alliance at COP 25 in Madrid, on December 10, 2019.

EP Delegation to COP25 Chile (Madrid) - 25th Conference of the Parties (COP25) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) - Family photo

Hearing of Phil HOGAN, Commissioner-designate, Trade- Q&A

Frank ENGEL, Georges BACH and Christophe HANSEN in the EP in Strasbourg

51st Meeting of the EEA joint Parliamentary committee

MEPs debate on a new law obliging companies to ensure products sold in the EU do not come from deforested land anywhere in the world.The new regulation, already agreed with EU member states, helps fight climate change and biodiversity loss by preventing deforestation related to EU consumption of products from cattle, cocoa, coffee, palm-oil, soya, wood, rubber, charcoal and printed paper. Before such products can be placed on the EU market, companies must verify and issue a so-called “due diligence” statement that the products have not led to deforestation and forest degradation anywhere in the world. Extracts from the debate and statement by Christophe HANSEL (EPP, LU), Rapporteur.

Deforestation regulation: statement by Christophe HANSEN (EPP, LU), Rapporteur, extracts from the debate

MEPs debate on a new law obliging companies to ensure products sold in the EU do not come from deforested land anywhere in the world. The new regulation, already agreed with the EU member states, helps fight climate change and biodiversity loss by preventing deforestation related to EU consumption of products from cattle, cocoa, coffee, palm-oil, soya, wood, rubber, charcoal and printed paper. Opening statements by Christophe HANSEN (EPP, LU), Rapporteur, Karin KARLSBRO (Renew, SE), ITRE Committee; Anna CAVAZZINI (Greens/EFA, DE), INTA Committee, Stella KYRIAKIDES, European Commissioner for Health and Food Safety, Hildegard BENTELE (EPP, DE), DEVE; Petri SARVAMAA (EPP, FI) AGRI Committee.

Deforestation Regulation: opening statement by Christophe HANSEN (EPP, LU), Rapporteur, Karin KARLSBRO (Renew, SE), Anna CAVAZZINI (Greens/EFA, DE), Stella KYRIAKIDES, EU Commissioner for Health, Hildegard BENTELE (EPP, DE), Petri SARVAMAA (EPP, FI)

MEPs seek answers on how the EU is handling the massive tax breaks to companies producing in the US, a scheme that puts European companies at a disadvantage. The roughly €350 billion Inflation Reduction Act aims to build a new green economy by giving subsidies and tax credits to companies which manufacture with local parts or produce in the US from 1 January 2023, to the detriment of European manufacturers and in potential breach of World Trade Organisation (WTO) rules.

EU response to the US Inflation Reduction Act: MEPs debate

During the plenary session, MEPs vote on: Agreement between the European Union and Ukraine on the carriage of freight by road - Marian-Jean MARINESCU (EPP, RO); agreement between the European Union and the Republic of Moldova on the carriage of freight by road - Marian-Jean MARINESCU (EPP, RO); Conclusion of an agreement under GATS on the modification of schedules of specific commitments - Bernd LANGE (S&D, DE) and Distortive foreign subsidies - Christophe HANSEN (EPP, LU).

EP Plenary session - Voting session

Press conference by Christophe HANSEN, (EPP,LU), rapporteur

Deforestation regulation: Press conference by Christophe HANSEN, (EPP,LU), rapporteur

&lt;p>The Commission adopted the Taxonomy Delegated Act on 9 March 2022. It proposes the inclusion, under certain conditions, of specific nuclear and gas energy activities in the list of environmentally sustainable economic activities covered by the so-called EU Taxonomy. second part of the debate.&lt;/p>

Amending the Taxonomy Climate Delegated Act and the Taxonomy Disclosures Delegated Act: MEPs debate (Part 2/2)

Bas EICKHOUT (Greens/EFA), Christophe HANSEN (EPP, LU), Emma WIESNER (RE, SE), Silvia MODIG (The Left, FI) and and Inna SOVSUN, member of the Ukrainian Parliament /Rada (remotely) hold a press conference on Taxonomy, the Commission’s plan to include certain nuclear and gas activities in the list of environmentally sustainable economic activities.

Press conference by Bas EICKHOUT (Greens/EFA), rapporteur on Taxonomy; Christophe HANSEN (EPP, LU), Emma WIESNER (RE, SE), Silvia MODIG (The Left, FI) and and Inna SOVSUN, member of the Ukrainian Parliament/Rada

MEPs debate and vote on key EU draft laws to combat climate change by drastically reducing greenhouse gas emissions and to protect jobs and citizens. Parliament is set to adopt its position on eight proposals that are part of the “Fit for 55 in 2030 package”. This is the EU’s plan to cut greenhouse gas emissions by at least 55% by 2030 compared to 1990 levels and have net-zero greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions (climate neutrality) by 2050, in line with the European Climate Law. The texts approved will be Parliament’s mandate for negotiations with EU governments on the final laws.

Fit for 55: MEPs debate (part 5/5)

MEPs debate with the Presidents of the European Council and Commision the latest diplomatic attempts to de-escalate tensions between Russia and the West over Ukraine. Fourth part of the debate.

EU-Russia relations, European security and Russia’s military threat against Ukraine: MEPs debate (Part 4/4)

MEPs debate on the new Common Agriculture Policy (CAP). Opening statements by the rapporteurs Peter JAHR (EPP, DE), Ulrike MÜLLER (Renew, DE) and Eric ANDRIEU (S&D, FR), Christophe HANSEN (EPP, LU, ENVI Committee), by Janusz WOJCIECHOWSKI, European Commissioner for Agriculture. This transcript is a result of an automatic process. Please check against delivery.

Common Agricultural Policy (CAP): opening of the joint debate by Peter JAHR (EPP, DE), Ulrike MÜLLER (Renew, DE), Eric ANDRIEU (S&D, FR), rapporteurs, Christophe HANSEN (EPP, LU), and by Janusz WOJCIECHOWSKI, EU Commissioner for Agriculture

MEPs debate and vote the reformed version of the Common Agriculture Policy (CAP) , that aims to be greener, fairer, more flexible and transparent. Statements of the 3 rapporteurs Peter JAHR (EPP, DE), Ulrike MÜLLER (Renew, DE), Eric ANDRIEU (S&D, FR), of the European Commissioner for Agriculture, Janusz WOJCIECHOWSKI and of MEP Christophe HANSEN (EPP, LU), representing the ENVI committee. The “Strategic plans regulation” of Peter JAHR was adopted with 452 votes in favour, 178 against and 57 abstentions, the “Horizontal regulation” of Ulrike MÜLLER with 485 votes in favour, 142 against and 61 abstentions and the “Common market organisation regulation” of Eric ANDRIEU with 487 in favour, 130 against and 71 abstentions.

Common Agricultural Policy (CAP): extracts from the debate and the votes, statements

MEPs debate on the first meeting of the EU-US Trade and Technology Council (TTC) which held in Pittsburgh on 29 September 2021. TTC's objectives is to coordinate approaches to key global technology, economic, and trade issues; and to deepen transatlantic trade and economic relations, basing policies on shared democratic values.

The outcome of the EU-US Trade and Technology Council (TTC): MEPs Debate

Ahead of COP26 in Glasgow, MEPs are set to push for accelerated climate action worldwide and for the EU to remain a world leader in fighting climate change. MEPs are expected to express their concern that the targets announced in Paris in 2015 would result in warming well above three degrees by 2100, compared to pre-industrial levels. Second part of the debate.

UN Climate Change Conference in Glasgow, the UK (COP26) - Oral Question: MEPs debate (part 2/2)

Parliament debates the recent ruling of the Polish Constitutional Tribunal during the plenary session in Strasbourg. MEPs discuss the contentious verdict of Poland’s Constitutional Tribunal, which states that cornerstone provisions of the Treaty on the EU (Art. 1 and 19) are unconstitutional under Polish law. Continuation of the debate.

The Rule of law crisis in Poland and the primacy of EU law (continuation of the debate)

During the plenary session of the European Parliament in Strasbourg (4-7 October 2021), MEPs debate on the European solutions to the rise of energy prices for businesses and consumers, especially the role of energy efficiency and renewable energy and the need to tackle energy poverty. Fourth part of the debate.

European solutions to the rise of energy prices for businesses and consumers: MEPs debate (part 4/4)

During the plenary session of the European Parliament in Strasbourg (4-7 October 2021), MEPs debate the future of EU-US relations. Third part of the debate.

The future of EU-US relations: MEPs debate (part 3/3)

During the plenary session (13-16 September 2021) in the European Parliament in Strasbourg, Ursula VON DER LEYEN delivers the State of the European Union (SOTEU 2021) to the MEPs. MEPs debate (continuation of part 3/3)

State of the European Union 2021 debate: MEPs debate (continuation of part 3/3)

During the plenary session (13-16 September 2021) in the European Parliament in Strasbourg, MEPs participate in the debate on the new EU-China strategy.

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