Víťazmi Sacharovovej ceny Európskeho parlamentu za slobodu myslenia za rok 2024 sa stali María Corina Machadová a Edmundo González Urrutia. Sacharovova cena za slobodu myslenia vznikla v roku 1988 a udeľuje sa jednotlivcom a organizáciám za ich mimoriadny prínos v oblasti obrany ľudských práv a základných slobôd.

Sacharovova cena za slobodu myslenia 2024

Keď sa povie „Európsky parlament“, zvyčajne si predstavíme poslancov, ktorí sedia v rokovacej sále a o niečom hlasujú. K takémuto hlasovaniu však v skutočnosti dochádza len raz za mesiac počas plenárnej schôdze. O čo na plenárnej schôdzi ide a ako prebieha?

Čo je to plenárna schôdza?

V džungli eurožargónu: aké povinnosti má predseda Európskeho parlamentu?

Aké povinnosti má predsedníčka Európskeho parlamentu?

On 19 March 1958, the European Parliamentary Assembly hold a first meeting in Strasbourg. Luciano GRANZOTTO BASSO, Oldest member of the Assembly leads the election. The representatives elect Robert Schuman as President. He is the single candidate at the function.

Constitutive session of the European Parliamentary Assembly: election of Robert SCHUMAN, as President of the Assembly

A formal sitting is&nbsp;held to mark an official visit to the European Parliament, made at the President’s invitation after consulting with the Conference of Presidents.

The official guest is seated to the right of the President on the podium. After the welcoming remarks by the President, the official guest addresses the&nbsp; Parliament from the central rostrum in the Chamber.

The address for a formal sitting of Parliament&nbsp;usually lasts 30 minutes and generally takes place before the voting session.

Formal Sittings

On certain occasions, David SASSOLI, President of the European Parliament, gives a speech during plenary sessions highlighting the news, a special event or pays tribute to a personality and asks for a minute of silence.

Statements of David SASSOLI, EP President in Plenary

EP Plenary session - EU funding of physical border protection structures such as walls, fences or other barriers at the external border

EP Plenary session - Voting session

EP Plenary session - Cryptocurrencies - need for global standards

EP Plenary session - Combating Desertification: 16th session of the Conference of the Parties (COP16) of the United Nations Convention

EP Plenary session - Stepping up international action to protect whales following Iceland’s decision to extend commercial whaling until 2029

EP Plenary session - Debates on cases of breaches of human rights, democracy and the rule of law

EP Plenary session - EU financing through the LIFE programme of entities lobbying EU institutions and the need for transparency

EP Plenary session - Links between organised crime and smuggling of migrants in light of the recent UN reports

EP Plenary session - Failure of the negotiations in Busan for a UN plastic treaty and the urgent need to tackle plastic pollution at international and Union level

EP Plenary session - Addressing EU demographic challenges: towards the implementation of the 2023 Demography Toolbox

EP Plenary session - Uniting Europe against actors hostile to the EU: time to strengthen our security and defence

EP Plenary session - Presentation of the programme of activities of the Polish Presidency

EP Plenary session - Conclusions of the European Council meeting of 19 December 2024

Strasbourg's Plenary session through the lens . Week 4

EP Plenary session - Humanitarian crisis in Sudan

EP Plenary session - Situation in Venezuela following the usurpation of the presidency on 10 January 2025

EP Plenary session - Further deterioration of the political situation in Georgia

During the EP plenary session (5-8 February 2018) in Strasbourg, MEPs debate on new rules for better cross-border access for online buyers of products, hotel bookings, car rentals or concert tickets. Traders will have to treat online shoppers from another EU country in the same way as local customers, i.e. grant them access to the same prices or sales conditions. Statements by Róża Gräfin von THUN UND HOHENSTEIN (EPP, PL), Rapporteur, Andrus ANSIP, Vice-President of the EC in charge of Digital Single Market, and Dita CHARANZOVÁ (ALDE, CZ). Illustrative shots: man browsing and shoping online, comparing prizes and being redirected and geo-blocked.

Geo-blocking and other forms of discrimination based on customers' nationality, place of residence or place of establishment: extracts from the debate

Exterior and interior shots of the EP buildings and MEPs during the EP plenary session (5-8 February 2018) in Strasbourg.

EP Plenary session (05-08/02): editing shots

During the EP plenary session (5-8 February 2018) in Strasbourg, MEPs discuss on the manipulation of scientific research by multinationals in the wake of the emission tests on monkeys and humans by the German car industry. Statements by Elżbieta BIEŃKOWSKA, Member of the EC in charge of Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs , Peter LIESE (EPP, DE), Kathleen VAN BREMPT (S&D, BE), Gerben-Jan GERBRANDY (ALDE, NL) and Miriam DALLI (S&D, MT).

Manipulation of scientific research by multinationals in the wake of the emission tests on monkeys and humans by the German car industry: extracts from the debate

Mario DRAGHI, ECB President, presents the European Central Bank Annual Report for 2016, during the EP plenary session (5-8 February 2018) in Strasbourg. On this occasion, MEPs are set to voice concerns about how prolonging the ECB’s post-crisis bank asset purchase programme could affect individual savers and the financial equilibrium of pension and insurance schemes. Statements by Jonás FERNÁNDEZ (S&D, ES), Rapporteur, Mario DRAGHI, President of the European Central Bank, Siegfried MUREȘAN (EPP, RO), Pervenche BERÈS (S&D, FR) and Sander LOONES (ECR, BE).

European Central Bank Annual Report for 2016: extracts from the statement by Mario DRAGHI, ECB President

Live replay of the debate on the European Central Bank Annual Report for 2016

(03) European Central Bank Annual Report for 2016: Catch the eye (18:35 - 18:50)

(01) European Central Bank Annual Report for 2016: closing statement by Valdis DOMRBOVSKIS, Vice-President of the EC (18:50 - 18:51)

Live replay of the debate on the European Central Bank Annual Report for 2016 with Mario DRAGHI, President of the ECB.

(01) European Central Bank Annual Report for 2016: statement by Mario DRAGHI, ECB President (17:36 - 17:55)

(02) European Central Bank Annual Report for 2016: MEPs debate (18:15 - 18:35)

Live replay of the debate on the European Central Bank Annual Report for 2016.

European Central Bank Annual Report for 2016: opening statement by Jonás FERNÁNDEZ (S&D,ES), Rapporteur (17:30 - 17:36)

Closing statements of the debate on the reform of Geo-blocking by Andrus ANSIP, Vice-President of the EC in charge of Digital Single Market by Róża Gräfin von THUN UND HOHENSTEIN (EPP,PL), Rapporteur.

Geo-blocking and other forms of discrimination based on customers' nationality, place of residence or place of establishment: Closing statements by Andrus ANSIP, Vice-President of the EC and Róża Gräfin von THUN UND HOHENSTEIN (EPP,PL), Rapporteur

Opening statement by the rapporteur on geo-blocking reform, Róża Gräfin von THUN UND HOHENSTEIN (EPP,PL).

(1) Geo-blocking and other forms of discrimination based on customers' nationality, place of residence or place of establishment: Opening statement by Róża Gräfin von THUN UND HOHENSTEIN (EPP,PL), Rapporteur (20:10-20:15)

Opening statement by the rapporteur on geo-blocking reform by Andrus ANSIP, Vice-President of the EC in charge of Digital Single Market

(2) Geo-blocking and other forms of discrimination based on customers' nationality, place of residence or place of establishment: Opening statement by Andrus ANSIP, Vice-President of the EC in charge of Digital Single Market (20:15-20:20)

(01) European Central Bank Annual Report for 2016: MEPs debate. First round of political group leaders (17:58 - 18:15)

(02) European Central Bank Annual Report for 2016: statement by Valdis DOMBROVSKIS,Vice-President of the EC (17:55- 17:58)

(03) European Central Bank Annual Report for 2016: closing statement by Jonás FERNÁNDEZ (S&D,ES), Rapporteur (19:11 - 19:13)

(02) European Central Bank Annual Report for 2016: closing statement by Mario DRAGHI, President of the ECB (18:51- 19:11)

During the EP plenary session (15-18 January 2018) in Strasbourg, MEPs debate on cases of breaches of human rights, democracy and the rule of law, such as Nigeria, the cases of human rights activists Wu Gan, Xie Yang, Lee Ming-cheh, Tashi Wangchuk and the Tibetan monk Choekyi, and Democratic Republic of Congo. Statements by Judith SARGENTINI (Greens/EFA, NL), Marietje SCHAAKE (ALDE, NL), Karmenu VELLA, Member of the EC in charge of Environment, Maritime Affairs and Fisheries, Molly SCOTT CATO (Grenns/EFA, UK), Jo LEINEN (S&D, DE) and Elena VALENCIANO (S&D, ES).

Cases of breaches of human rights, democracy and the rule of law: extracts from the debates

During the EP plenary session (15-18 January 2018) in Strasbourg, MEPs debate and vote the report Tadeusz ZWIEFKA (EPP, PL) on jurisdiction, recognition and enforcement of decisions in matrimonial matters and matters of parental responsibility, and international child abduction. Statements by Tadeusz ZWIEFKA (EPP, PL), rapporteur, Dimitris AVRAMOPOULOS, Member of the EC in charge of Migration, Home Affairs and Citizenship, and Miriam DALLI (S&D, MT). The results are: 562 in favour, 16 against and 43 abstentions.

Jurisdiction, recognition and enforcement of decisions in matrimonial matters and matters of parental responsibility, and international child abduction: extracts from the debate (17/01) and vote on the report Tadeusz ZWIEFKA (EPP, PL)

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