Meeting of the European Parliament's Bureau

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EP Plenary session - Framework of measures for strengthening Europe’s net-zero technology products manufacturing ecosystem (Net Zero Industry Act)

27th EU-South Africa Inter-Parliamentary Meeting

Othmar KARAS, EP Vice-President welcomes Nikol PASHINYAN, Armenian Prime Minister upon arrival in Strasbourg

EP Plenary session - Council and Commission statements - Need for a speedy adoption of the asylum and migration package

Hand-over ceremony of the dictionaries in minority languages - Celebration of the European Day of Languages by the Minority Intergroup

Othmar KARAS meets with Margrethe VESTAGER, EC Executive Vice-President

Othmar KARAS meets with Claudia BUCH, Vice-President of the Deutsche Bundesbank

Othmar KARAS meets with Sviatlana TSIKHANOUSKAYA, exiled Belarusian opposition leader

Othmar KARAS meets with the speaker of the Canadian Senate, Ms Raymonde GAGNE

EP Plenary session - Nature restoration

Roberta METSOLA, EP President meets with Wolfgang SOBOTKA, President of the Austrian National Council

SEEEDS event - Ensuring the integrity of European Parliament elections in 2024 through the participation of civil society

Europcom Opening Ceremony

43rd session of the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly - Formal opening sitting

Ohtmar KARAS welcomes ACP delegation

Othmar KARAS welcomes Vjosa OSMANI-SADRIU, President of Kosovo

Othmar KARAS meets with Omar Harfouch, Lebanese Presidential Candidate

Othmar KARAS welcomes Salome ZOURABICHVILI, President of Georgia

Othmar KARAS and   Pedro SILVA PEREIRA  welcome Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, President of Portugal

During the plenary session in the European Parliament in Strasbourg (02-05 May 2022), MEPs vote on the request for urgent procedure, including: amending Annexes IV and V to Regulation (EU) 2019/1021 on persistent organic pollutants - Martin HOJSÍK (Renew, SK), common system of value added tax (VAT): extension of the application period of the optional reverse charge mechanism in relation to supplies of certain goods and services susceptible to fraud and of the Quick Reaction Mechanism against VAT fraud - Markus FERBER (EPP, DE), application of the provisions of the Schengen acquis in the area of Schengen Information System in Cyprus - Peter KOFOD (ID, DK).

Voting session (part 2)

During the plenary session in the European Parliament in Strasbourg (02-05 May 2022), MEPs vote on the request for urgent procedure: Transitional rules for the packaging and labelling of veterinary medicinal products and the election of the Members of the European Parliament by direct universal suffrage by Domènec RUIZ DEVESA (S&D, ES).

Voting session - Including Election of the Members of the European Parliament by direct universal suffrage - Domènec RUIZ DEVESA (S&D, ES)

Voting session on: European data governance (Data Governance Act) - Angelika NIEBLER (EPP, DE); Global approach to research and innovation: Europe’s strategy for international cooperation in a changing world - motion for resolution; Implementation of the 2021-2027 cohesion policy - (Debate: 07/03/2022) - motion for resolution; Implementation of citizenship education actions - Domènec RUIZ DEVESA (S&D, ES); Objection pursuant to Rule 112(2) and (3): Genetically modified soybean MON 87769 × MON 89788 - motion for resolution.

Voting session, including the European data governance (Data Governance Act)

First Vice-President Othmar KARAS introduces Article 17 dialogue with churches and philosophical organisations that he is responsible for in the European Parliament.

Article 17 dialogue – welcome message from First Vice-President KARAS

MEPs discuss how to handle the increasing number of refugees fleeing from the war in Ukraine as a consequence of the Russian invasion. Third part of the debate.

The deterioration of the situation of refugees as a consequence of Russian aggression against Ukraine: MEPs debate (part 3/4)

The EP delegation ended its three-day visit to Poland, where MEPs met politicians, judges, civil society and journalists, to assess the rule of law situation. They meet with Judges and prosecutors affected by disciplinary / criminal proceedings for applying EU Law. Statements by Gabriel Bischoff (S&D, DE), first Vice-President of the Constitutional Affairs Committee, Juan Fernando López Aguilar (S&D, ES), Chair of the Civil Liberties Committee and Othmar Karas (EPP, AT), EP first Vice-President

EP LIBE and AFCO delegations to Poland, Warsaw: meeting with Judges and statements by co-chairs of the delegation

Press point by Juan Fernando López Aguilar (S&D, ES), Chair of the Civil Liberties Committee, Gabriele Bischoff (S&D, DE), first Vice-President of the Constitutional Affairs Committee and Othmar Karas (EPP, AT), EP first Vice-President.

Press point by the Chairs of the EP LIBE and AFCO delegations to Poland, Warsaw

MEPs from the Civil Liberties and Constitutional Affairs committees are in Poland to look into the rule of law situation. They exchanges views with Tomasz Grodzki, Marshal of the Senate and representatives of political parties in Senate, as well as with the National Council for the Judiciary. At the Liaison Office of the EP, members meet also professional associations of judges, prosecutors and lawyers.

EP LIBE and AFCO delegations to Poland, Warsaw: meeting with representatives of the National Council for the Judiciary, meeting with Senate members

An EP delegation from the Civil Liberties and Constitutional Affairs committees travel to Warsaw to look into the rule of law situation in Poland, in the framework of the ongoing Article 7 procedure. MEPs meet with Representatives of the parliamentary groups of the Sejm. Statements by Paulina Kieszkowska-Knapik, Member of the PProf. Zbigniew Holda Association, Michal Wawrykiewicz, Representative of Wolne Sady / Free court initiative, Urszula Grycuk, International Advocacy Coordinator, Federation for Women and Familly planning, Marta Lempart, Leader of Ogolnopolski Strajk Kobiet/Women's Strike, Jakub Sypiański, Representative of Grupa Granica, Tomasz Pietrzak, Representative fundacja Ocalenie, Legal Team Coordinator Centrum Pomocy Cudzoziemco/Help Centre fo Foreigners and Erwa Wrzosek, Prosecutor.

EP LIBE and AFCO delegations to Poland, Warsaw: roundtable and statements by NGO representatives

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. Continuation of the fourth part of the debate.

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

MEPs debate with the European Commissioner for Health, Stella KYRIAKIDES, the current situation on cases of breaches of human rights, democracy and the rule of law in Kazakhstan.

Situation in Kazakhstan: MEPs debate and closing remarks by Stella KYRIAKIDES, European Commissioner for Health

President David Sassoli lie in state in Sala della Protomoteca of the Campidoglio (Rome, Italy). Various authorities from the European Parliament came to pay homage to him.

State Funeral ceremony for David SASSOLI, EP President: atmosphere of the arrivals of the leaders of the EP Political groups, statement by Roberta METSOLA (EPP, MT), acting EP President

MEPs debate with the Commission and the Slovenian Presidency the 16th December European Council agenda, in particular the coordinated fight against COVID-19. First part of the debate. Third part of the debate.

Preparation of the European Council and EU's response to the global resurgence of COVID: MEPs debate (part 3/3)

MEPs debate new law obliging multinationals to publically declare what taxes they pay in each EU country for the benefit of the public and tax authorities, also known as public country-by-country reporting.

Disclosure of income tax information by certain undertakings and branches: MEPs debate

MEPs discuss with the Commission efforts and rules that should be beefed up to better fight money-laundering, another practice which the Pandora papers also shows is thriving.

Increased efforts to fight money laundering: MEPs debate

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. Second part of the debate.

The Rule of law crisis in Poland and the primacy of EU law: MEPs debate (part 2/3)

Highlights of the European Youth Event 2021 (EYE 2021) which takes place in the European Parliament in Strasbourg. EYE2021 is the culmination of the European Parliament’s youth consultation process for the Conference on the Future of Europe. Starting in May 2021, in collaboration with pan-European youth organisations, young people’s ideas on the future of Europe will be collected on the youthideas.eu platform. EYE2021 participants will explore these ideas in ideation workshops during the event. After a public voting process during EYE2021, the ideas will be consolidated into a report, presented to the Members of the Conference and fed into the political debate of the Conference.

European Youth Event (EYE 2021): Highlights

During the plenary session of the European Parliament in Strasbourg (4-7 October 2021), MEPs debate on the European Union Agency for Asylum. Continuation of the debate.

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