AFET Committee constitutive meeting

INTA Committee constitutive meeting

AGRI Committee constitutive meeting

BUDG Committee constitutive meeting

Jose CEPEDA in he EP in Strasbourg

Hlasovanie

Voting time

Situácia severokórejských utečencov (rozprava)

Situation of North Korean refugees (debate)

Azerbajdžan (rozprava)

Azerbaijan (debate)

Venezuela: možnosť odstúpenia od Medziamerickej komisie pre ľudské práva (rozprava)

Venezuela: possible withdrawal from the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (debate)

Schválenie zápisnice z predchádzajúceho rokovania: pozri zápisnicu

Approval of the minutes of the previous sitting : see Minutes

Vysvetlenia hlasovania

Explanations of vote

Zloženie výborov a delegácií: pozri zápisnicu

Composition of committees and delegations : see Minutes

Pokračovanie a zvýšenie podpory očkovania v rozvojových krajinách (písomné vyhlásenie)

Poursuite et renforcement du soutien aux campagnes de vaccination dans les pays en développement (written declaration)

Zloženie Parlamentu: pozri zápisnicu

Composition of Parliament : see Minutes

Všeobecné ustanovenia o makrofinančnej pomoci tretím krajinám (rozprava)

General provisions for macro-financial assistance to third countries (debate)

Švajčiarske kvóty na počet povolení na pobyt udeľovaných štátnym príslušníkom Poľska, Litvy, Lotyšska, Estónska, Slovinska, Slovenska, Českej republiky, Maďarska (rozprava)

Swiss quotas on the number of residence permits granted to nationals of Poland, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Slovenia, Slovakia, Czech Republic, Hungary (debate)

Uplatňovanie zásady rovnakej odmeny pre mužov a ženy za rovnakú prácu alebo prácu rovnakej hodnoty (rozprava)

Equal pay for male and female workers for equal work or work of equal value (debate)

276116: Anni Podimata

Otvorenie rokovania

Opening of the sitting

Program rokovania na nasledujúci deň: pozri zápisnicu

Agenda of the next sitting : see Minutes

Skončenie rokovania

Closure of the sitting

Iniciatíva Príležitosti pre mladých (rozprava)

Youth opportunities initiative (debate)

Illustration of journalists working around the Plenary chamber

EP Plenary session - Election of the new EP President

EP Plenary session.- Election of the new EP President

7th EU-Morrocco Joint Parliamentary Committee meeting

IMCO Working Group on Digital Single Market

AFET Committee meeting - Debate with EU Counter-terrorism coordinator

Euro summit statement by Martin SCHULZ, EP President

Felix BRAZ, Pavel SVOBODA, Etienne SCHNEIDER

JURI Committee meeting - Exchange of views on the priorities of the  Luxembourg Presidency

Official Visit - Martin SCHULZ - EP President welcomes Philippe - King of the Belgians and Mathilde - Queen of the Belgians

Guy VERHOFSTADT, Gianni PITTELLA, Esteban GONZALEZ PONS, Syed KAMALL, Martin SCHULZ - EP President, King Philippe, Queen Mathilde

Visit of the Belgian Royal Couple to the EP in Brussels. Family photo with the leaders of the political groups.

Official Visit - Martin SCHULZ - EP President welcomes Philippe - King of the Belgians

Martin SCHULZ - EP President, King Philippe, Queen Mathilde

Visit of the Belgian Royal Couple to the EP in Brussels. EP President saying goodbye to the King and Queen of Belgium.

Philippe LAMBERTS, Guy VERHOFSTADT, Gianni PITTELLA, Esteban GONZALEZ PONS, Syed KAMALL, Martin SCHULZ - EP President, King Philippe, Queen Mathilde

Visit of the Belgian Royal Couple to the EP in Brussels. Meeting with the leaders of the political groups.

Denis MUKWEGE, Martin SCHULZ - EP President

Martin SCHULZ - EP President meets with Denis MUKWEGE - Sakharov Prize 2014

EU - Buro Brussel

Meeting in the European Parliament about Albania

MEP with visitors in the European Parliament

MEP S in Brussels

Meeting in the European Parliament

Lord PLUMB, Martin SCHULZ - EP President, Richard BALFE

Martin SCHULZ - EP President meets with Lord Plumb

Winnie BYANYIMA, Martin SCHULZ EP President

Martin SCHULZ - EP President meets with Winnie BYANYIMA, Executive Director of Oxfam International

In February, the European Parliament established a temporary committee to "study the impact of the German unification process on the European Community." Alan John Donnelly (UK, S) is designated as rapporteur at the first meeting on 1 March 1990. Gerardo Fernández-Albor (SP, EPP) was the President of the committee and as Vice-President were designated Simone Veil (FR, LDR) and Kirsten Jensen (DK, S). The temporary committee duties are performed over nine months between March and December 1990. During this period, it is somehow the "hub" of all parliamentary activities on German unification.

Temporary Committee on German Unification: extracts from the debate in plenary session

Valéry GISCARD D'ESTAING, chair of the Liberal and Democratic Reformist Group (LDR) of the European Parliament, addresses Jacques DELORS, President of the European Commission, during an EP plenary session, with the group's assessment of the Commission's plans for the year 1990. The LDR demands more ambitious policy to advance European integration.

Valéry GISCARD D'ESTAING intervention in plenary session debate - European Commission's programme for 1990

Recording of the Sakharov Prize 1989 Award ceremony for Alexander Dubček After the 1989 revolution in Czechoslovakia, Dubček was elected chair of the federal assembly from 1989 to 1992. Addressing the European Parliament in January 1990 as he received his Sakharov Prize, Dubček noted that "even during the most difficult moments of their history, the nations which make up my country have never ceased to feel that they are part of humanity's great struggle for freedom' and from the Prague Spring to the Velvet Revolution, 'the ideals of freedom, sovereignty and social justice remained alive".

Sakharov Prize 1989: Award ceremony Alexander Dubček - 1989, Slovakia

On 22 November 1989 in Strasbourg, François Mitterrand, President in office of the Council of the EU, invited Helmut Kohl to address the MEPs aftermath of the fall of the Berlin Wall.

EP rewind: Addresses by Helmut KOHL, German Federal Chancellor and François MITTERRAND, President of the French Republic

Debate on the situation in Eastern Europe after the fall of the Berlin wall during the plenary session of November 1989 in Strasbourg. Opening remarks by Enrique BARON CRESPO, EP President and extracts of the statements by François MITTERRAND, President of the French Republic and Helmut KOHL, German Federal Chancellor.

Addresses by Helmut KOHL, German Federal Chancellor and François MITTERRAND, President of the French Republic (22 November 1989): extracts from the statements

The EP has made a real political work in the context of German unification. Indeed, the EP was the first EU institution to speak about a possible German unification. In the aftermath of the fall of the Berlin Wall, François MITTERRAND, President of the French Republic and Helmut KOHL, German Federal Chancellor, came to speak before the European Parliament in Strasbourg on 22 November 1989.

Address by François MITTERRAND, President of the French Republic and President-in-office of the European Council, in formal sitting, on the situation in Eastern Europe after the fall of the Berlin wall (Strasbourg, 22/11/1989)

The EP has made a real political work in the context of German unification. Indeed, the EP was the first EU institution to speak about a possible German unification. In the aftermath of the fall of the Berlin Wall, the EC President, Jacques DELORS came to speak in formal sitting in Strasbourg on 22 November 1989, in the presence of Helmut KOHL, German Chancellor and François MITTERRAND, President of the French Republicand President-in-office of the European Council.

Address by Jacques DELORS, EC President, in formal sitting, on the situation in Eastern Europe after the fall of the Berlin wall (Strasbourg, 22/11/1989)

Address by Helmut KOHL, German Federal Chancellor, in formal sitting, on the situation in Eastern Europe after the fall of the Berlin wall (Strasbourg, 22/11/1989)

November 1989 marks the beginning of the Velvet Revolution which led to the end of the Communist regime in Czechoslovakia. Vaclav Havel is the personification of this uprising and the reunification of Europe. During a formal sitting in 2001, he expressed his feelings about being European “I was so obviously and naturally European that I did not even think about it. And I am sure that applies to the majority of Europeans. They are profoundly European but they are not even aware of it.”

EP Rewind: 30th Anniversary of the Velvet Revolution

After the fall of the Berlin Wall, people leaving East Germany by car. Atmosphere in Berlin: people drinking, bringing german flag. Shots at Brandenburg gate. Crowd in front of the Wall. Border crossing by people from east Germany, receiving money. Cars crossing the border. Demolition of the Wall. People entering West Berlin.

Infoclip: Fall of the Berlin Wall - 1989

In late 1989, Brandt became one of the first leftwing leaders in West Germany to publicly favor a quick reunification of Germany, instead of some sort of two-state federation or other kind of interim arrangement. Brandt's public statement "Now grows together what belongs together," was widely quoted in those days.

Memoclip: Press conference by Willy BRANDT, former Chancellor of Germany, after the fall of the Berlin wall

Willy BRANDT, former Chancellor of Germany gave a press conference on 15 November 1989 in the European Parliament in Brussels, just a few days after the fall of the Berlin wall

EP rewind: Press conference by Willy BRANDT after the fall of the Berlin wall

Fall of the Berlin wall (09-10/11/1989)

On July 25, 1989, Enrique BARON CRESPO is elected as EP President. Shots of the vote, announcement of the results and congratulations. Extracts from the speech by Enrique BARON CRESPO, new EP President.

Election of Enrique BARON CRESPO as EP President (25/07/1989)

Pope John Paul II addresses MEPs in the Strasbourg hemicycle of the European Parliament during a formal sitting in plenary.

Address by Pope John Paul II to the European Parliament

On September 13, 1988, unofficial visit byYasser ARAFAT, leader of the Liberation Organization (PLO) at EP in Strasbourg. Introduction by Rudi ARNDT, MEP (DE, EPS President). Extracts from Yasser ARAFAT's speech.

Unofficial visit of Yasser ARAFAT, Chairman of the Palestine Liberation Organization, organized by the Socialist Group, at the European Parliament

MEP Diemut R. Theato -speaks in plenary on the general budget of the Communities for 1988.

MEP Diemut R. Theato - Plenary debate on general budget of the Communities for 1988

Anatoli Marchenko (posthumously, represented by his widow,Larisa BOGORAZ) - 1988, Russia: His widow, Larissa Bogoraz, herself an activist and a Sakharov Prize nominee, received the prize on his behalf, which was awarded to him posthumously in 1988, the year the European Parliament created the Sakharov Prize. Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela (in absentia, represented by his grand son, Mandla MANDELA) - 1988, South Africa: He was the first, along with Soviet dissident Anatoly Marchenko, to be awarded the European Parliament's Sakharov Prize in 1988. At the time he was still being kept under house arrest by South Africa's apartheid regime, which imprisoned him for 27 years for his fight against racism.

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