Press conference by Marion WALSMANN (EPP, DE), rapporteur for safety of toys

Press conference on Toys' safety

BUDG CONT - Confirmation hearing of Piotr Arkadiusz SERAFIN, European Commissioner-designate for Budget, Anti-Fraud and Public Administration

JURI Committee constitutive meeting

German MEPs official portraits - 10th Parliamentary term.

Press conference on safety of toys

Press conference on new rules protecting geographical indications of EU crafts and industrial products

EP Plenary session - Geographical indication protection for craft and industrial products

JURI - Votes on Corporate Sustainability

EP Plenary session - short presentation : An intellectual property action plan to support the EU’s recovery and resilience

JURI-FEMM joint committee - The impact of intimate partner violence and custody rights on women and children

EP Plenary session - Addressing product safety in the Single Market

Exchange of views with the Executive Director of the EUIPO

Constituent meeting of the Delegation for the EU-North Macedonia Joint Parliamentary Committee

Piotr SERAFIN, European Commissioner-designate for Budget, Anti-Fraud and Public Administration of the VON DER LEYEN Commission, is heard by the Budgets (BUDG) and Budgetary Control (CONT) Committees. Committees on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (LIBE) and Legal Affairs (JURI) are also invited to participate as joint committees. Questions and answers.

Confirmation hearing of Piotr SERAFIN, European Commissioner-designate for Budget, Anti-Fraud and Public Administration: Questions / Answers (part 4 - Invited Committees)

Marion WALSMANN (EPP, DE), rapporteur, holds a press conference after Parliament set its position on new rules to decrease the number of unsafe toys sold in the EU and protect children more robustly from toy-related risks. This transcription is the result of an automatic process. Please check against delivery.

Press conference by Marion WALSMANN (EPP, DE), rapporteur, on the safety of toys

The Internal Market and Consumer Protection Committee (IMCO) vote on an update to EU rules on the safety of toys to better protect children and tackle the new challenges brought about by e-commerce and new technologies such as AI. The proposed regulation introduces new bans on the most harmful chemicals such as endocrine disruptors and a digital product passport to facilitate safety checks. Marion WALSMANN (EPP, DE), rapporteur speaks after this vote.

Revised directive on the safety of toys: extracts from the vote and statement by Marion WALSMANN (EPP, DE), rapporteur

This news item shows extracts from the signature of six COD LEX texts by Roberta METSOLA, EP President and José Manuel ALBARES BUENO, Minister for Foreign Affairs, on behalf of the Spanish Presidency of the Council. The six COD LEX texts are about consumer credits, ensuring a level playing field for sustainable air transport , on the promotion of energy from renewable sources, on geographical indication protection for craft and industrial products, on establishing the European defence industry Reinforcement through common Procurement Act and on the labelling of organic pet food.

LEX signing ceremony: signature of six COD LEX texts by Roberta METSOLA, EP President and José Manuel ALBARES BUENO, Minister for Foreign Affairs, on behalf of the Spanish Presidency of the Council

The new scheme agreed by the Parliament and the Council in May 2023 will ensure that locally renowned crafts and industrial products such as glass, lace or natural stones will be protected within the EU and globally. The law unifies diverging national rules on registering, checking and enforcing the protection of geographical indications (GIs). Marion WALSMANN (EPP, DE) holds a press conference on new rules protecting geographical indications of EU crafts and industrial products in Strasbourg.

Press conference by Marion WALSMANN (EPP, DE), Rapporteur on new rules protecting geographical indications of EU crafts and industrial products

MEPs vote on the following files: Multiannual management plan for bluefin tuna in the eastern Atlantic and the Mediterranean - Clara Aguilera; Labelling organic pet food - Martin Häusling; Standards of quality and safety for substances of human origin intended for human application - Nathalie Colin-Oesterlé; Accession to the Geneva Act of the Lisbon Agreement on Appellations of Origin and Geographical Indications - Marion Walsmann;System of European Schools - state of play, challenges and perspectives - Ilana Cicurel; Objection pursuant to Rule 112(2) and (3): Genetically modified maize MON 87419; Objection pursuant to Rule 112(2) and (3): Genetically modified maize GA21 × T25.

Voting session (part 2)

MEPs debate on an agreement on new rules to ensure that products in the EU, whether sold online or in traditional shops, comply with the highest safety requirements. The new law includes more effective procedures for product recalls and the removal of dangerous goods online.

General Product Safety Regulation: MEPs debate

MEPs debate on a draft resolution that would highlight how the The Istanbul Convention remains the international standard to eradicate gender-based violence. Second part of the debate.

Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence - EU accession: MEPs debate (part 2)

The debate focuses on key points for the safety of toys in the EU’s market. It tackles issues such as the need to protect children from dangerous chemicals, the challenges posed by new technologies embedded in toys, and measures to strengthen market surveillance.

Implementation of the Toy Safety Directive: MEPs debate

During the plenary session of the European Parliament in Strasbourg (4-7 October 2021), MEPs debate the impact of intimate partner violence and custody rights on women and children.

The impact of intimate partner violence and custody rights on women and children: MEPs debate

During the plenary session of the European Parliament in Brussels (17-20 May 2021), MEPs debate on the digital future of Europe: digital single market and use of artificial intelligence (AI) for European consumers. Opening statements by Nicola BEER (Renew, DE) ITRE; Kosma ZŁOTOWSKI (ECR, PL) TRAN; Sabine VERHEYEN (EPP, DE) CULT; Marion WALSMANN (EPP, DE) JURI; Annalisa TARDINO (ID, IT) LIBE and by Margaritis SCHINAS, Vice-President of the European Commission in charge of promoting our European Way of Life. This transcription speech is the result of an automatic process. Check against delivery

Digital future of Europe: opening statements by Nicola BEER (Renew, DE), Kosma ZŁOTOWSKI (ECR, PL), Sabine VERHEYEN (EPP, DE), Marion WALSMANN (EPP, DE), Annalisa TARDINO (ID) and by Margaritis SCHINAS, Vice-President of the European Commission

During the plenary session (24-25 March 2021) in the European Parliament in Brussels, MEPs debate on 2019-2020 progress reports on Albania, Kosovo, North Macedonia and Serbia.

Joint debate - 2019-2020 Progress reports on Albania, Kosovo, North Macedonia and Serbia: MEPs debate

During the plenary session of the European Parliament in Brussels (08-11 March 2021), MEPs debate on Children's Rights.

Children's Rights - Oral question to Commission: MEPs debate

The Committee of Legal Affairs and the Committee on Women’s Rights and Gender Equality (FEMM) discuss the joint draft own-initiative report on "The impact of intimate partner violence and custody rights on women and children". Statement by Luisa REGIMENTI (ID, IT), Elena KOUNTOURA (The Left, EL), co-rapporteur, Marion WALSMANN (EPP, DE), shadow-rapporteur and Chrysoula ZACHAROPOULOU (Renew, FR).

The impact of intimate partner violence and custody rights on women and children: extracts and statement by Luisa REGIMENTI (ID, IT) Co-rapporteur

The Committee on Legal Affairs (JURI) exchange views with Margrethe VESTAGER, Executive Vice-President of the European Commission in charge of Europe fit for the Digital Age in the context of structured dialogue in the European Parliament in Brussels.

Structured dialogue: extracts from the exchange of views with Margrethe VESTAGER, Executive Vice-President of the European Commission in charge of Europe fit for the Digital Age

Live replay of the press point by Lucy NETHSINGHA (Renew,GB), JURI Chair, Marion WALSMANN (EPP,DE), JURI Vice-Chair, Romeo FRANZ (Greens/EFA,DE), CULT Vice-Chair, Franco ROBERTI (S&D,IT), JURI Member, Anne WEBBER and Wesley FISHER, guests

Press point by members of the JURI committee on cross-border restitution of looted art

On 2nd October 2019, Didier REYNDERS from Belgium, Commissioner-designate for Justice, is heard by the Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (LIBE) / Committee on Legal Affairs (JURI) (+ Committee on Internal Market and Consumer Protection IMCO) of the European Parliament in Brussels to test his general competences, European commitment and specific expertise related to his portfolio. Questions by the Political group coordinators and their representatives.

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