At a glance: the ‘Net-Zero Industry Act’; the go-ahead for a review of the common agriculture policy; and an EU Body for Ethical Standards for all the EU institutions.

Nyheter i korthet – 26/04/2024 - svenska

At a glance: celebrating the 20th anniversary of the 2004 EU enlargement; the situation in the Middle East; and the extension of temporary trade liberalisation measures for Ukraine.

Nyheter i korthet – 25/04/2024 - svenska

At a glance:  President Metsola opens the final plenary session before the European elections; the debate on Europe’s competitiveness; and the ‘right to repair’ for consumers.

Nyheter i korthet – 24/04/2024 - svenska

At a glance: the last plenary session of this term is currently under way. In Strasbourg, Parliament will mark the 20th anniversary of the 2004 EU enlargement round, MEPs are set to renew the EU’s commitment to finishing major trans-European transport projects, and there will be a final vote on new rules to reduce, reuse and recycle packaging.

Nyheter i korthet – 23/04/2024 - svenska

This podcast revisits the milestones achieved in Europe since the first European Parliament elections in 1979. We examine the historical context leading up to those first elections and reflect on the positive changes that have occurred since then, as well as the challenges we face today.

Shaping Europe: the story of European elections

At a glance: the final plenary session of Parliament’s ninth legislative term kicks off today. In Strasbourg, the agenda includes a debate on the situation in the Middle East; a vote on banning the sale of goods made using forced labour; and a vote on preventing and addressing plastic pellet losses into the environment.

Nyheter i korthet – 22/04/2024 - svenska

At a glance: the final plenary session of the EP’s ninth legislative term; European Parliament President Roberta Metsola’s address at the Special European Council; and applications for the DiscoverEU programme are open.

Nyheter i korthet – 19/04/2024 - svenska

At a glance: Parliament publishes its final Eurobarometer survey before the elections in June; ‘The Teachers’ Lounge’ by German director Ilker Çatak wins the 2024 LUX Audience Award and Metsola visits Portugal.

Nyheter i korthet – 18/04/2024 - svenska

Vinnaren av LUX – Publikpriset för europeisk film 2024 är Den svarta tavlan
LUX-publikpriset lyfter fram tankeväckande filmer som tar upp sociala och politiska ämnen. Tanken är att uppmuntra till debatt och eftertanke och att stärka känslan av europeisk samhörighet.

LUX – Publikpriset för europeisk film 2024

At a glance: the European Parliament’s political groups are preparing for the last plenary session of this legislative term; the achievements of the Committee on Women’s Rights and Gender  Equality; and the European Youth Week.

Nyheter i korthet – 17/04/2024 - svenska

Getting involved in political life: standing for elected office, joining a political party, or following the news; is at the heart of what it means to live in a democracy. People with disabilities are active citizens, keen to participate given the right opportunities. However, they face legal, administrative, institutional and accessibility barriers to taking part. Several EU initiatives encourage people with disabilities to participate in politics. With the 2024 European elections on the horizon, the European Parliament is committed to helping them take part.

EPRS Policy Podcast - People with disabilities and the European elections

Women continue to be under-represented in EU countries at all levels of political decision-making as well as in political parties. The origins of this situation are complex, but one reason stands out: violence against women active in politics discourages many women from entering the political arena. Women politicians are exposed to two severe and intersecting forms of violence: political violence and gender-based violence. Violence against women in politics takes multiple forms, from physical attacks to psychological and symbolic abuse, including sexual and sexist comments, online hate speech and sexual harassment, etc.

EPRS Policy Podcast - Violence against women active in politics in the EU: A serious obstacle to political participation

In June 2024, around 400 million EU citizens go to the polls to elect the Members of the European Parliament's 10th legislature. As the only EU institution that represents EU citizens, elections to the European Parliament are a major democratic event, and the only one at EU level that resembles national democratic electoral consultation. European elections, however, differ from the national version, as they are part of a context of multi-tier government, sometimes perceived as 'second order elections'. The main difference is that the European elections are a rather fragmented exercise, since a great part of the electoral process, including the way in which the right to vote is exercised, remains subject to national rules.

EPRS Policy Podcast - European elections 2024: Rules of a pan-European democratic event

At a glance: the special European Council; the last Eurobarometer survey before the June European elections; and the European Youth Event.

Nyheter i korthet – 16/04/2024 - svenska

At a glance: Parliament wants to make the right to abortion an EU fundamental right; the ECB Annual Report for 2023; and European Youth Week 2024.

Nyheter i korthet – 15/04/2024 - svenska

At a glance: in Brussels, Parliament adopted ten legislative texts to reform European migration and asylum policy; King Philippe of the Belgians addressed MEPs; and Parliament adopted an EU certification framework for carbon removals.

Nyheter i korthet – 12/04/2024 - svenska

Artificial intelligence (AI) raises a number of ethical and political challenges for the present and near future, with driverless cars and search engines in the news.

Potential issues range from job disruption to privacy violations. Over a longer term, if AI becomes as or more intelligent than humans, other governance issues such as safety and control may increase in importance.

Robotics and artificial intelligence - 8th parliamentary term

The omnipresence of information systems across all sectors and in human daily life leaves society exposed to numerous types of cyber risks that might have profound impact not only on the digital sphere, but also on the off-line world. Revelations of surveillance activities and cyber incidents have left no doubt about the vulnerability of Europe, both in its use of information and communication technologies (ICT) and in its own supply of technologies and solutions

In September 2017, the Commission adopted a cybersecurity package with new initiatives to further improve EU cyber-resilience, deterrence and defence. As part of these, the Commission tabled a legislative proposal to strengthen the EU Agency for Network Information Security (ENISA).

Cybersecurity - 8th parliamentary term

EU-Russia relations have been strained since 2014 because of Russia’s illegal annexation of Crimea, support for rebel groups in eastern Ukraine, policies in the neighbourhood, disinformation campaigns and negative internal developments.

Russia has adopted assertive international positions and tensions have worsened over Russian intervention in Syria. The EU has regularly renewed sanctions against Russia since 2014. The EU and Russia remain closely interdependent and the EU applies a ‘selective engagement’ approach.

EU - Russia - 8th parliamentary term

This package contains the events of 2019 and 2020. For latest events, see related links.

Diplomatic relations between the EU and the U.S. date back to 1953. 
The relationship between the EU and the United States is one of the most important bilateral relationships in the world. The EU and U.S. are the biggest economic and military powers in the world, dominate global trade, play the leading roles in international political relations.

EU - USA (2019-2020)

Lord Henry Plumb, former EP President

Queen Elizabeth II was the the longest-reigning monarch in British history. She has died at the age of 96 in Balmoral on the 8th September. She reigned for 70 years. The world´s politicians expressed their condolences. "Few have shaped global history like Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. Her unbreakable commitment to duty and service was an example to all", reacted the President of the EP Roberta Metsola. The funeral of the Queen took&nbsp;place on Monday 19 September in Westminster Abbey with many world leaders participating.

Queen Elizabeth II

The ECB President takes part in a regular monetary dialogue with Parliament's Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs.

The European Central Bank (ECB) is the central institution of the Economic and Monetary Union and has been responsible for conducting monetary policy for the euro area since 1 January 1999. The ECB and the national central banks of all EU Member States constitute the European System of Central Banks.

Mario Draghi, ECB President, reports to the European Parliament on monetary issues in a quaterly Monetary dialogue.&nbsp;

Monetary dialogue - 8th parliamentary term

Former German chancellor and Honorary Citizen of EuropeHelmut Kohl, who passed away on 16 June, was honoured for his contribution to Europe with a ceremony hosted by Parliament in Strasbourg on 1 July 2017.

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The ceremony was be attended by the presidents of EU institutions, former and current heads of state and government and other dignitaries.

Helmut Kohl, born in 1930, served as German chancellor from 1982 to 1998 and led the country through its reunification in 1990 following the collapse of the Soviet bloc. Together with then French president François Mitterrand, Kohl played an instrumental role in the signing of the Maastricht Treaty in 1992, which created the euro and transformed the existing European communities into the European Union. EU heads of state and government proclaimed Helmut Kohl as “Honorary citizen of Europe” in December 1998. “The creation of German unity and the consolidation of European unification, culminating in Economic and Monetary Union, are Dr Helmut Kohl's life's work. For that life's work, we offer him our sincere gratitude and our heartfelt appreciation,” said the conclusions of the European Council in Vienna. Only Jean Monnet (in 1976) and Jacques Delors (in 2015) have been awarded the same title.

“Helmut Kohl was a visionary and a statesman who championed reconciliation and unity among the peoples of Europe. He will be missed,” said Parliament President Antonio Tajani on the news of his death.

European ceremony of honour for Helmut KOHL

Since the Law and Justice party (PiS) won both the presidential and parliamentary elections in Poland in autumn 2015, the new government has undertaken a series of reforms that critics say restrict democracy.

Freedom and pluralism: President Schulz of Parliament, and Commission vice-president Timmermans have voiced concern for the freedom and pluralism of Poland’s public-service television and radio and for the status of the Constitutional Court. On 13 January the Commission decided to start the first stage of the "Framework for addressing systemic threats to the Rule of Law" in Poland.

Women’s rights in Poland: the current sexual and reproductive health law in Poland is among the most restrictive in the EU but it does reflect a political consensus reached by all the parties years ago. This consensus has recently been put at risk by the pro-life movements calling for a total ban on abortion. Their “Pro- Right to Life” proposal (“citizen initiative”) and the restrictive act on IVF have been passed on for further work in the Polish parliament while a “Save the Women” proposal (a rival bid to liberalise access to legal abortion and introduce a large package of sexual and reproductive health services”) has been rejected despite earlier assurances that citizens’ initiatives will not be rejected without consideration in committees.

Rule of law in Poland - 8th parliamentary term

Europe and Africa have close historical, cultural and geographical ties. EU-Africa relations are based on the 2000 Cotonou Agreement with African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) countries, which grew out of the 1975 Lomé Convention.

Africa-EU relations are framed by the Joint Africa-EU Strategy (JAES) adopted by 80 African and European Heads of State and Government at the Lisbon Summit in 2007. This Strategy encompasses the Africa-EU Partnership, the political framework which defines bilateral relations. Its goal is a partnership between equals that will jointly tackle issues of mutual concern. It was reaffirmed with a positive spin at the 4th EU-Africa Summit held in April 2014 in Brussels.

EU - Africa (1994-2020)

The Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought, named in honour of the Soviet physicist and political dissident Andrei Sakharov, is awarded each year by the European Parliament. It was set up in 1988 to honour individuals and organisations defending human rights and fundamental freedoms.

Each nominee must have the support of at least 40 MEPs, and each individual Member may support only one nominee. Signed nominations accompanied by supporting evidence are then assessed in a joint meeting of the Committee on Foreign Affairs (AFET), the Subcommittee on Human Rights (DROI) and the Committee on Development (DEVE). A shortlist of three candidates is drawn up through a vote by AFET and DEVE committees, and then submitted to the Conference of Presidents for a final vote. The winner is usually announced in October, and the award ceremony takes place in November/December at plenary sitting in Strasbourg.

Sakharov Prize 2017

A ban on "roaming" surcharges for using mobile phones abroad in the EU, to take effect from June 2017, and clear rules on the right to internet access, will become law when Parliament takes its final vote on the new telecoms package.

Roaming fees for calling, sending text messages and using mobile internet abroad in the EU will be banned from 15 June 2017.

Roaming - 8th parliamentary term

The refugee and migrant crisis in Europe has exposed the need for reform of the Common European Asylum System, in general, and of the Dublin rules, in particular.

The Commission's proposal of 4 May 2016 to reform the Dublin system does not change the existing criteria for determining which Member State is responsible for examining an asylum application. 
Instead of a fundamental overhaul of the Dublin regime, as suggested by the Parliament, the Commission proposes to streamline and supplement the current rules with a corrective allocation mechanism. This mechanism would be triggered automatically were a Member State to be faced with disproportionate numbers of asylum-seekers. If a Member State decided not to accept the allocation of asylum-seekers from a Member State under pressure, a 'solidarity contribution'of €250 000 per applicant would have to be made instead.

Asylum - 8th parliamentary term

The Europeans want the EU to change. This is why the European Parliament is taking the leadership over a reform of the EU.

Parliament set out its vision for the future of Europe in three resolutions voted in plenary session on 16 February 2017. MEPs suggested, among other things:

<ul>
	<li>turning the Council of Ministers into a genuine second legislative chamber, and its configurations into preparatory bodies similar to Parliament’s committees,</li>
	<li>appointing an EU finance minister and giving the EU Commission the power to formulate and give effect to a common EU economic policy, backed up by a euro-area budget, and</li>
	<li>creating a fiscal capacity consisting of the European Stability Mechanism (ESM) and specific additional budgetary capacity for the euro area, funded by its members as a part of the EU budget.</li>
</ul>

Future of Europe - 8th parliamentary term

Clean energy is energy produced and consumed with a minimum of greenhouse gas emissions and other pollutants.

The transition to clean energy requires large investments in all areas of energy use: electricity generation, transport, heating and cooling, and also industrial activities. Reducing energy demand by means of energy efficiency measures also helps to lower the emissions associated with energy use.

Clean energy

Turkey has been candidate for EU membership since 1999. Accession negotiations started in 2005.

As a major emerging economy and a member of NATO and G20, Turkey is a key partner for the European Union. It is recognised as an active regional foreign policy player, with a strategic location, including for the EU's energy security. The EU is therefore committed to intensify further the political dialogue with Turkey in particular on foreign policy issues of mutual interest.

EU - Turkey - 8th Parliamentary term

EP President Roberta Metsola, meets with Mr. Kyriakos Mitsotakis, Prime Minister of the Hellenic Republic and they speak to the press. She meets with Ms Katerina Sakellaropoulou, President of the Hellenic Republic and Mr Constantine Tassoulas, President of the Hellenic Parliament. She delivers the keynote speech "The EU ahead of the European Elections" at the Hellenic Parliament and holds a Town Hall Discussion with young people, at the Athens Conservatory.

Official visit of Roberta METSOLA, EP President to Athens (Greece)

Roberta Metsola, EP President, visits to ARQ group in Birkirkara and the Atelier del Restauro in Naxxar.

Official visit of Roberta METSOLA, EP President to Malta

EP President Roberta Metsola meets the Mayor of Gdansk, Aleksandra Dulkiewicz, participates in a Town Hall discussion with young people and visits the European Solidarity Centre. The President also  meets Lech Wałęsa, former President of Poland and Nobel Peace Prize Laureate and lays flowers at the Monument of Fallen Shipyard Workers.

Official visit of Roberta METSOLA, EP President to Poland (Gdansk)

ECON debate with ECB President Christine Lagarde

EP President Roberta Metsola visits the Warsaw Rising Museum,meets the Prime Minister of Poland and jointly speak to the press. She also meets the Marshal of the Senate of Poland, Małgorzata Kidawa-Błońska,  addresses the Senate of Poland,  meets the Marshal of the Sejm of Poland, Szymon Hołownia, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Poland, Radoslaw Sikorski and participates in a Town Hall discussion with young people.The President also inaugurates the Europe Experience in Warsaw and delivers the Keynote Address of the Academic Year at the College of Europe in Natolin.

Official visit of Roberta METSOLA, EP President to Poland (Warsaw)

President Metsola meets the President of the Chamber of Deputies of the Czech Republic, Markéta Pekarová Adamová and they jointly speak to the press. She then meets the President of the Senate of Czech Republic, Miloš Vystrčil, the President of Czech Republic, Petr Pavel, the Prime Minister of the Czech Republic, Petr Fiala and they hold a press point. She also participates in a Town Hall discussion with young people

Official visit of Roberta METSOLA, EP President to Czech Republic

The Internal Market and Consumer Protection Committee votes 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

IMCO vote on Toy safety

AGRI Committee MEPs debate with EU Commissioner Valdis Dombrovskis on the impact of trade in EU agriculture.

AGRI debate on the impact of trade in EU agriculture

AFET MEPs discuss on a joint debate with DEVE MEPs on the recent allegations against UNWRA staff and the impact on the humanitarian situation in Gaza.

AFET debate on the recent allegations against UNWRA staff and the impact on the humanitarian situation in Gaza

President Metsola meets the Prime Minister of Estonia, Kaja Kallas and they jointly speak to the press. She then meets the President of the Parliament of Estonia, Lauri Hussar and delivers a keynote speech at the Parliament. She also meets the President of Estonia, Alar Karis and participates in a Town Hall discussion with young people.

Official visit of Roberta METSOLA, EP President to Estonia

The Romanian President addresses MEPs on Wednesday at 11.00 to outline his vision on Europe’s challenges and future.

EP President Metsola and President Iohannis have a bilateral meeting before his speech in plenary. A short press point with both is scheduled for 10.50. 

This will be the thirteenth “This is Europe” plenary debate and the first in 2024. In 2023, MEPs heard from Bulgaria’s Prime Minister Nikolay Denkov (22 November), Cyprus’ President Christodoulides (13 June), Germany’s Chancellor Olaf Scholz (9 May), Luxembourg’s Prime Minister Xavier Bettel (19 April) and Lithuanian President Gitanas Nausėda (14 March). The EU leaders who participated in this debate series in 2022 were Estonian Prime Minister Kaja Kallas, Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi, Ireland’s Taoiseach Micheál Martin, Croatian Prime Minister Andrej Plenković, Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, Finnish Prime Minister Sanna Marin, and Slovenian Prime Minister Robert Golob.

Plenary debate - This is Europe - Debate with the President of Romania, Klaus Iohannis

MEPs review the demands of farmers and rural communities across Europe and discuss how to foster a sustainable and fairly rewarded EU agriculture in a debate with Commission Executive Vice-President Šefčovič and Belgian Foreign Minister Lahbib

Plenary debate- The situation of farmers and the prices of agricultural products

Following almost two years of Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine, MEPs are set to reaffirm the need for the EU to stand firmly and united behind Kyiv. Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine on 24 February 2022. Since then, the EU has provided unprecedented political, military, humanitarian and financial support to Kyiv, as well as imposing crippling sanctions against Moscow.

During the debate with the Council and Commission, MEPs assess the latest developments in the war and how the EU can continue to support Kyiv’s forces in fighting back against the Russian intruders. They also discuss the EU’s latest efforts to provide more financial support to Ukraine, particularly with additional U.S. aid currently being held up by congress

Council and Commission statements - The need for unwavering EU support for Ukraine, after two years of Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine

On Tuesday morning, MEPs discuss the results of the latest EU summits, particularly the Special European Council of 1 February, with Presidents Michel and von der Leyen. The special summit agreed on a €50 billion financial aid package for Ukraine within the EU budget. As regards the mid-term review of the EU’s long-term 2021-2027 budget (multiannual financial framework, MFF), MEPs set out their position emphasizing the urgency of future-proofing the EU budget, on 3 October. Following the Commission’s proposal, Parliament endorsed an extra €10 billion for the years 2024-2027, in addition to the €65.8 billion proposed by the Commission.

Plenary debate - Special European Council of 1st of February

Roberta METSOLA, President of the European Parliament, attends the Special European Council meeting held in Brussels on the 1st February 2024.  As a follow-up to the European Council meeting on 14 and 15 December 2023, EU leaders discuss the mid-term revision of the EU’s long-term budget for 2021-2027, including support to Ukraine.

Roberta METSOLA, EP President participates to the Special European Council

EP President Roberta Metsola, addresses the Diplomatic Corps accredited to the European Union, during a New Year's Reception

EP President Metsola addresses the Diplomatic Corps accredited to the European Union

EP President Roberta Metsola, meets with Leo Varadkar, Irish Prime Minister (Taoiseach) in the European Parliament in Brussels

EP President meets with Leo Varadkar, Prime Minister of Ireland

EP Plenary session - Fight against money laundering and terrorist financing: listing Russia as a high risk third country in the EU

EP Plenary session - Georgia’s worsening democratic crisis following the recent parliamentary elections and alleged electoral fraud

EP Plenary session - Deplorable escalation of violence around the football match in the Netherlands and the unacceptable attacks against Israeli football fans

Committee on Budgets

BUDG

Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development

AGRI

Öppnande av sammanträdet

Justering av protokollet från föregående sammanträde

Parlamentets sammansättning

De politiska gruppernas sammansättning

Utskottens och delegationernas sammansättning

Rättelser (artikel 251 i arbetsordningen)

Undertecknande av rättsakter som antagits i enlighet med det ordinarie lagstiftningsförfarandet (artikel 81 i arbetsordningen)

Arbetsplan

Återupptagande av sammanträdet

Ett år efter Hamas terrordåd den 7 oktober

Återinförandet av inre gränskontroller i ett antal medlemsstater och dess inverkan på Schengenområdet

Behovet att bekämpa det strukturella problemet med könsrelaterat våld i Europa

Falska nyheter, populism och desinformation i EU – vikten av radio och tv i allmänhetens tjänst, mediepluralism och oberoende journalistik

De extrema skogsbränderna i Sydeuropa, särskilt Portugal och Grekland, och behovet av ytterligare EU-åtgärder för anpassning till och begränsning av klimatförändringarna

Ianspråktagande av Europeiska unionens solidaritetsfond: stöd till Italien, Slovenien, Österrike, Grekland och Frankrike med anledning av naturkatastrofer som inträffade 2023

Anföranden på en minut (artikel 179 i arbetsordningen)

Föredragningslista för nästa sammanträde

Plenary session

Last minute session briefing

Pre-session briefing

Constitutive meeting of Delegation to the EU-North Macedonia Joint Parliamentary Committee

Constitutive meeting of Delegations for relations with Japan

Constitutive meeting of Delegation for relations with the Korean Peninsula

Constitutive meeting of Delegations for relations with the countries of South Asia

Committee on Petitions

PETI

Constitutive meeting of Delegation to the EU-Türkiye Joint Parliamentary Committee

Constitutive meeting of Delegations for relations with Afghanistan

Constitutive meeting of Delegation to the EU-UK Parliamentary Partnership Assembly

Constitutive meeting of Delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Union for the Mediterranean

DMED

Constitutive meeting of Delegation to the OACPS-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly

DACP

Constitutive meeting of Delegation for Northern cooperation and for relations with Switzerland and Norway and to the EU-Iceland Joint Parliamentary Committee and the European Economic Area (EEA) Joint

DEEA

Constitutive meeting of Delegation to the Euronest Parliamentary Assembly

DEPA

Constitutive meeting of Delegations for relations with Canada

EP Plenary session - Commission statement - Consequences of the devastating forest fires in the Amazon and the importance of the Amazon for climate change

EP Plenary session - Voting session

EP Plenary session - World Mental Health Day - need for a comprehensive EU strategy on mental health

Meeting of the Conference of Presidents

EP Plenary session - The rise of religious intolerance in Europe

CONT - European Court of Auditors Annual Report 2023

EP Plenary session - Protecting the EU budget and ensuring that EU funds do not benefit entities or individuals linked to terrorist or Islamist movement

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

EP Plenary session - Urgent need to revise the medical devices regulation

EP Plenary session - 2024 Annual Rule of law report

EP Plenary session - Prevention of drug-related crimes, their effect on European citizens and the need for an effective European response

Andre RODRIGUES meets with colleagues from the outermost regions

EP Plenary session - Strengthening the security of Europe’s external borders: need for a comprehensive approach and enhanced Frontex support No resolution

Delegations for relations with the Pan-African Parliament Constitutive meeting

LEX signing ceremony in presence of Roberta METSOLA, EP President and and János BOKA, Hungarian Minister for European Affairs, on behalf of the Hungarian Presidency

EP Plenary session -  Ensuring sustainable, decent and affordable housing in Europe - encouraging investment, private property and public housing programmes

EP Plenary session - Taxing the super-rich to end poverty and reduce inequalities: EU support to the G20 Presidency’s proposal

EP Plenary session - Recent devastating floods in Bosnia and Herzegovina

77 år efter befriandet av koncentrationslägret Auschwitz-Birkenau, högtidlighöll Europaparlamentet minnet av förintelsen i närvaro av överlevaren Margot Friedländer. Den tyska författaren talade till ledamöterna och berättade om sin förvisning från Berlin till koncentrationslägret Theresienstadt och om lidandet för de miljontals människor som föll offer för nazismens grymheter.

Europaparlamentet hedrar förintelsens offer

Sara Bahai hyllades som en feminististhjälte när hon mot alla odds blev Afghanistans första kvinnliga taxichaufför, i strid mot landets strikta könsnormer. Hon tvingades fly landet när talibanerna återvände till makten 2021, och är nu bosatt i trygghet i Portugal. Hon talade om sin kamp inför en högnivåkonferens i Europaparlamentet på ämnet.

Afghanistans första kvinnliga taxichaufför söker asyl i Europa

Konferensen om Europas framtid återvände till Europaparlamentet i Strasbourg under helgen. Representanter från två av de fyra europeiska medborgarpanelerna och nationella medborgarpaneler förde fram sina rekommendationer om hur EU kan bli bättre. Ämnen som behandlades var bland annat demokrati, värderingar och rättigheter, rättsstatsprincipen samt säkerhet, liksom klimatförändringen, miljö och hälsa. De debatterade sina idéer med europeiska och nationella lagstiftare, representanter för EU:s institutioner och nationella regeringar, regionala och lokala myndigheter och civilsamhället.

Medborgarna diskuterade rekommendationer med institutioner, lagstiftare och frivilligorganisationer.

Under årets första plenarsammanträde utsåg parlamentsledamöterna Roberta Metsola till sin nya talman och diskuterade Frankrikes prioriteringar för EU-ordförandeskapet med landets president Emmanuel Macron. Parlamentet röstade också om säkrare digitala tjänster och djurtransporter.

Höjdpunkter från plenarsammanträdet: ny talman i parlamentet och online-plattformar

Den maltesiska parlamentsledamoten Roberta Metsola har valts till talman för Europaparlamentet. Den planerade omröstningen ägde rum mindre än en vecka efter den avgående talmannen David Sassolis plötsliga bortgång. Innan omröstningen hedrade Europaparlamentet sin forne talman som gick bort den 11 januari.

Roberta Metsola: den tredje kvinnan att leda Europaparlamentet

Parlamentet förväntas välja en ny talman under det första plenarsammanträdet 2022. Under tiden kommer ledamöterna att diskutera Frankrikes prioriteringar för EU:s roterande ordförandeskap med president Macron. Parlamentet ska rösta om bättre bestämmelser för att se till att djur transporteras på ett mer humant sätt. Allt detta och mer är på gång i Strasbourg.

På gång i Strasbourg: Parlamentets talman, Frankrikes ordförandeskap och djurtransporter

Europeiska medborgare träffades i Warszawa, både på plats och virtuellt, för den tredje och sista sessionen i panelen om klimatförändringar, miljö och hälsa. De tog fram rekommendationer som de kommer att presentera under plenarsammanträdet för konferensen om Europas framtid.

Klimat, miljö, hälsa: Medborgarna kommer med rekommendationer i Warszawa

Europas framtid står i centrum av parlamentets agenda för 2022, när medborgarna ska lägga fram sina visioner för morgondagens EU. Viktig lagstiftning för att skydda miljön och uppnå klimatneutralitet kommer att granskas. Samtidigt kommer parlamentsledamöterna att undersöka en ny ram för digitala tjänster och AI som fungerar för både människor och företag. Allt detta och mer väntar under 2022.

Vad kan vi vänta oss under 2022?

År 2022 är det europeiska ungdomsåret. Europa har under lång tid haft klart för sig att investeringar i unga människor är, per definition, att investera i framtiden. Under årens gång har Europaparlamentet haft en aktiv roll i stödet av strategier, program och projekt som hjälper unga européer. Låt oss titta tillbaka på hur europeisk ungdomspolitik har växt sig starkare och starkare under årens lopp.

Tidslinje: Europa och unga människor

Parlamentet har tilldelat Sacharovpriset för tankefrihet 2021 till den fängslade ryska oppositionspolitikern Aleksej Navalnyj. Samtidigt röstade ledamöterna om sätt att uppnå jämställdhet mellan könen och diskuterade de växande spänningarna vid den rysk-ukrainska gränsen.

Höjdpunkter från plenarsammanträdet: Navalnyj, jämställdhet mellan könen, Ukraina och mer

Aleksej Navalnyj, en ledande rysk oppositionspolitiker, har tilldelats Sacharovpriset för tankefrihet 2021. Hans dotter tog emot priset å den fängslade mottagarens vägnar. Under många år har Navalnyj ställt krav på demokrati och ett slut på korruptionen i sitt hemland. Europaparlamentet hedrar härmed hans kamp.

Parlamentet har tilldelat Sacharovpriset 2021 till Aleksej Navalnyj

En stor grupp européer träffades i Florens och kopplade upp sig på distans för den tredje och sista sessionen i panelen om europeisk demokrati, rättigheter, rättsstatsprincipen och säkerhet. De lade fram slutsatser om hur man ska reformera EU, skydda demokratin, stärka medborgardeltagandet inom EU och hur man ska ta itu med diskriminering.

Konferensen om Europas framtid: medborgarna drar slutsatser om rättsstatsprincipen, EU-värderingar och rättigheter

Europaparlamentet och European Film Academy har tillkännagivit de tre kandidater som är nominerade till LUX-publikpriset 2022. "Flykt" av Jonas Poher Rasmussen, "Great Freedom" av Sebastian Meise och "Quo Vadis, Aida?" av Jasmila Žbanić är de filmer som tävlar om årets pris. Se filmerna och rösta för att kora en vinnare!

Hemligheter och omöjliga beslut i LUX-publikpriset 2022

Vid det sista plenarsammanträdet 2021 kommer Aleksej Navalnyj att tilldelas Sacharovpriset 2021 för tankefrihet av Europaparlamentet. Ledamöterna ska diskutera hur stora onlineplattformar kan regleras hårdare och rösta om att göra 2022 till det europeiska ungdomsåret. Allt detta och mer är på gång i Strasbourg.

På gång i Strasbourg: Sacharovpriset, internetjättar och ungdomar

Gatudemonstrationer, utredningar, förgiftning och fängelse ... Aleksej Navalnyjs kamp mot den ryska regimens korruption har mötts av hot och våld i över ett decennium. Europaparlamentet har tilldelat Sacharovpriset för tankefrihet 2021 till den fängslade ryska oppositionspolitikern samtidigt som hundraårsjubileet äger rum för den ryske medborgarrättskämpen Andrej Sacharov, som givit namn åt priset.

Sacharovpriset 2021 – Aleksej Navalnyj, som står upp mot den ryska regimen

Vilken är EU:s roll i världen? Hur bör EU hantera migration? Möt Violeta, Tuomas och Dragan, deltagare i den medborgarpanel som tittar på dessa frågor. De är några av de européer som deltar i konferensen om Europas framtid, för att forma framtidens EU.

Violeta, Tuomas och Dragan: en debatt om EU i världen

Parlamentet gav grönt ljus till reformen av EU:s gemensamma jordbrukspolitik och nästa års budget. Ledamöterna diskuterade en uppdatering av unionens läkemedelsstrategi och införandet av ett europeiskt socialförsäkringskort. De frågade också varför sex EU-länder ännu inte har ratificerat ett internationellt fördrag om att förebygga våld mot kvinnor.

Höjdpunkter från plenarsammanträdet: GJP, budgeten och ett europeiskt socialförsäkringskort

Konferensen om Europas framtid har samlat medborgare från EU:s alla hörn med ett mål: att debattera idéer för morgondagens EU. Möt Marie, Sandor och Camille som är med i den medborgarpanel som undersöker klimat, miljö och hälsa.

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