EP Plenary session - Rise of energy prices and fighting energy poverty

EP Plenary session - Voting session

Austrian MEPs official portraits - 10th Parliamentary term.

EP Plenary session - Report on the Commission’s 2023 Rule of Law report

EP Plenary session - Extending the list of EU crimes to hate speech and hate crime

EP Plenary session - Framework for ensuring a secure and sustainable supply of critical raw materials

EP Plenary session - Commission statement - Commission Work Programme 2024

EP Plenary session - Council and Commission statements - Towards a more disaster resilient EU - protecting people from extreme heatwaves, floods and forest fires

EP Plenary session - Joint debate - Pegasus spyware

EP Plenary session - Dieselgate: suspected wide-spread use of defeat devices in cars to reduce effectiveness of pollution control systems

EP Plenary session - Rule of law report 2022

EP Plenary session - A Green Deal Industrial Plan for the Net-Zero Age

EP Plenary session - Renewable Energy, Energy Performance of Buildings and Energy Efficiency Directives: amendments (REPowerEU)

EP Plenary session- Oral question - UN Climate Change Conference 2022 in Sharm-el-Sheikh, Egypt (COP27)

EP Plenary session - EU response to the increase in energy prices in Europe

EP Plenary session - Amending the Taxonomy Climate Delegated Act and the Taxonomy Disclosures Delegated Act

EP Plenary session - Question Time to Commission on Europe’s Energy Autonomy: The strategic importance of renewables and energy interconnections and efficiency

EP Delegation to COP25 Chile (Madrid) - 25th Conference of the Parties (COP25) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). Shaking hands between Bas EICKHOUT and Tina STEGE, Climate Envoy to the President of Marshall Island 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 Yannick GLEMAREC, Executive Director of the Green Climate Fund, 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). The EP team pose for a family photo 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 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) - 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) - Family photo

MEPs Franz OBERMAYR and Georg MAYER in the European parliament in Brussels

Parliament calls on the Council to finally act to tackle hate speech and hate crime in the EU. The draft report asks for progress on classifying hate speech and hate crime as “EU crimes” - a process stalled in Council since 2022. MEPs highlight the need to ensure all individuals and groups that can become targets of hate are protected, and to ensure that freedom of expression is not exploited to protect hate speech and hate crimes. They are also set to call for an “open-ended” approach whereby incidents would be assessed based on their contextual circumstances. MEP's debate

Extending the list of EU crimes to hate speech and hate crime: MEP's debate

MEPs debate on the Framework for ensuring a secure and sustainable supply of critical raw materials in a plenary debate in Strasbourg.

Framework for ensuring a secure and sustainable supply of critical raw materials: MEPs debate part 2

MEPs debate with the Council and Commission better protecting Europeans from extreme heatwaves, floods and forest fires. MEPs call for increased action to build a more disaster-resilient EU. The EU Civil Protection Mechanism was activated this summer for an increasing number of extreme weather events, including devastating floods (Slovenia, Cyprus, more recently Greece and Bulgaria) and the largest wildfires ever recorded in the EU (in particular in the Mediterranean region).

Council and Commission statements - Towards a more disaster resilient EU - protecting people from extreme heatwaves, floods and forest fires: MEPs debate (part 1)

MEPs are set to adopt recommendations to tackle and prevent spyware abuse in Europe, based on the inquiry into illicit use of Pegasus and other spyware. The recommendations set out a range of proposals, including investigations into suspected abuse; EU standards for the deploy of spyware; legal remedies for people who have been targeted; strict enforcement of the EU’s export control rules; an EU Tech Lab to conduct technical investigations; and co-ordination with third countries. First part of the debate.

Pegasus spyware: MEPs debate (part 1)

MEPs debate with the Commission the energy situation in the EU and preparations to refill gas reserves ahead of next winter. First part of MEPs debate.

Energy storage: MEPs debate (part 1)

MEP's debate and vote on a new law to accelerate the granting of permits for new renewable energy power plants, such as solar panels or windmill. The plan is to reduce the maximum length of the approval process for new installations. The "renewable acceleration areas" are defined by each Member State depending on wether they are able to install renewable at a faster pace. Continuation of MEPs debate (part 1)

Renewable Energy, Energy Performance of Buildings and Energy Efficiency Directives (REPowerEU): continuation of MEPs debate (part 1)

MEPs are set to call on all countries to step up their 2030 climate targets before the COP27 in Egypt, to limit global warming in line with the Paris agreement. second part of the debate.

Oral question - UN Climate Change Conference 2022 in Sharm-el-Sheikh, Egypt (COP27): MEPs debate (part 2)

MEPs debate the EU’s response to the dramatic rise in energy prices with the Council and Commission.

EU response to the increase in energy prices in Europe: MEPs debate (part 1/3)

&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)

MEPs quiz the Commission on the EU’s energy autonomy and the strategic importance of renewables, energy interconnections and efficiency. Question Time to Kadri SIMSON, European Commissioner for Energy.

Europe’s Energy Autonomy: the strategic importance of renewables and energy interconnections and efficiency - Question Time to Kadri SIMSON, European Commissioner for Energy (Part 2/3)

MEPs debate the issue of rising energy prices, after last October the European Commission issued a "toolbox" that the EU and its member states can use to address the immediate impact of current prices increases, and further strengthen resilience against future shocks. First part of the debate.

Rising energy prices and market manipulation in the gas market: MEPs debate (part 1/2)

MEPs assess the EU Court’s decision on the request to annul the regulation that links disbursement of EU funds with respect for the rule of law. The budget conditionality regulation aims to protect EU funds from being misused by national governments that breach the rule of law. It entered into force on 1 January 2021. On 11 March 2021, Poland and Hungary challenged the regulation in the EU Court of Justice. Second part of the debate.

The Rule of Law and the consequences of the ECJ ruling: MEPs debate (Part 2/3)

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. First part of the debate.

European solutions to the rise of energy prices for businesses and consumers: MEPs debate (Part 1/4)

During the plenary session (13-16 September 2021) in the European Parliament in Strasbourg, MEPs participate on the joint debate on the natural disasters in Europe and possible measures to be taken to support countries and regions affected by natural disasters this summer. (second part of the debate)

Joint debate - Natural disasters in Europe: MEPs debate (Part 2/2)

During the plenary session of the European Parliament in Brussels (08-11 February 2021), the MEPs debate the Oral question on the safety of the nuclear power plant in Ostrovets (Belarus). MEPs debate 2/2

Safety of the nuclear power plant in Ostrovets (Belarus) - Oral question: MEPs debate 2/2

During the plenary session (14-17 September 2020) in Brussels, MEPs debate on the Covid-19: EU coordination of health assessments and risk classification and the consequences on Schengen and the single market. MEPs debate

Covid-19: EU coordination of health assessments and risk classification and the consequences on Schengen and the single market: MEPs debate

During the plenary session of the European Parliament in Brussels (23 July 2020), debate on the conclusions of the extraordinary European Council meeting (17-21 July). MEPs debate (part 2)

Conclusions of the extraordinary European Council meeting (17-21 July): MEPs debate (part 2)

During the plenary session in the European Parliament in Brussels (17-19 June 2020), debate on Tackling Covid-19 disinformation and the impact on freedom of expression. MEPs debate

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