EP Plenary session - Establishing the Ukraine Loan Cooperation Mechanism and providing exceptional macro-financial assistance to Ukraine

Visit by Roberta METSOLA, EP President, in Ukraine - Press Point

Visit by Roberta METSOLA, EP President, in Ukraine - Meeting with  Andriy KOSTIN, Prosecutor General of Ukraine

Visit by Roberta METSOLA, EP President, in Ukraine - Meeting with Ruslan STEFANCHUK, Speaker of the Ukrainian Parliament (Verkhovna Rada)

BUDG Interparliamentary Committee Meeting - Support for Ukraine - national and EU budgetary crisis responses and the role of parliaments

One year anniversary of the Russian aggression against Ukraine - EP buildings illuminated with the Ukrainian colors in Brussels

One year anniversary of the Russian aggression against Ukraine - Raising of the Ukrainian flags outside the EP building in Strasbourg

One year anniversary of the Russian aggression against Ukraine - Raising of the Ukrainian flags outside the EP building in Luxembourg

One year anniversary of the Russian aggression against Ukraine - Raising of the Ukrainian flags outside the EP building in Brussels

EP Plenary session - Formal sitting - address by Volodymyr ZELENSKYY, Ukrainian President

Volodymyr ZELENSKYY meets with political groups leaders.

Roberta METSOLA, EP President meets with Volodymyr ZELENSKYY, Ukrainian President

SEDE subcommittee - Hearing on Enhancing EU support for Ukraine: conditions for the European Peace Facility and replenishing capabilities through joint procurement to efficiently enhance military support to Ukraine and the European Defence Technological and Industrial Base

World Economic Forum 2023 Davos -  'Cooperation in a Fragmented World' - Participation of Roberta METSOLA, EP President at the Panel discussion ‘Ukraine is You’

Lights for Ukraine campaign in solidarity with the Ukrainian people facing blackouts. Turning off lights

Press conference Roberta METSOLA, EP president and the Sakharov prize laureates 2022

EP Plenary session - Award of the Sakharov Prize

Generators of Hope - Donation of a Generator by the European Parliament with Roberta METSOLA, EP President

LIBE CONT Public hearing on the financial support for the Ukrainian refugees

During the debate with the Council and Commission, MEPs assess the latest developments in the war and the efforts to provide more financial support to Ukraine. Roberta METSOLA, President of the European Parliament, gives an opening remark on unwavering EU support for Ukraine during the debate, in which MEPs reaffirm the need for the EU to stand firmly and united behind Ukraine after almost two years of war.

The need for unwavering EU support for Ukraine, after two years of Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine: Opening statement by Roberta METSOLA, EP President

MEPs reaffirm the need for the EU to stand firmly and united behind Ukraine after almost two years of war. During the debate with the Council and Commission, MEPs assess the latest developments in the war and the efforts to provide more financial support to Ukraine. Second part of the debate

The need for unwavering EU support for Ukraine, after two years of Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine: MEPs debate (part 2)

MEPs reaffirm the need for the EU to stand firmly and united behind Ukraine after almost two years of war. During the debate with the Council and Commission, MEPs assess the latest developments in the war and the efforts to provide more financial support to Ukraine. First part of the debate

The need for unwavering EU support for Ukraine, after two years of Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine: MEPs debate (part 1)

MEPs reaffirm the need for the EU to stand firmly and united behind Ukraine after almost two years of war. During the debate with the Council and Commission, MEPs assess the latest developments in the war and the efforts to provide more financial support to Ukraine. Opening statement by Hadja LAHBIB, Minister of Foreign Affairs, and Ursula VON DER LEYEN, President of the European Commission. This transcription is a result of an automatic process. Please check against delivery.

The need for unwavering EU support for Ukraine, after two years of Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine: opening statements by Hadja LAHBIB, Minister of Foreign Affairs, and Ursula VON DER LEYEN, President of the European Commission

MEPs debate on the EU to live up to its commitments and deliver more military assistance to war-torn Ukraine. With Russian air attacks intensifying across Ukraine and with American military support currently held up by the U.S. congress, MEPs call on European countries to do more to help the Kyiv government defend its territory for as long as necessary. This news item shows extracts from the debate on keeping commitments and delivering military assistance to Ukraine.

Keeping commitments and delivering military assistance to Ukraine: extracts from the debate

MEPs debate on the EU to live up to its commitments and deliver more military assistance to war-torn Ukraine. With Russian air attacks intensifying across Ukraine and with American military support currently held up by the U.S. congress, MEPs call on European countries to do more to help the Kyiv government defend its territory for as long as necessary. They urge EU heads of state or government to use the upcoming special European Council summit on 1 February to come to an agreement on a proposed €50 billion financial aid package for Ukraine. Closing statements by Maroš ŠEFČOVIČ, Executive Vice-President of the European Commission in charge of the European Green Deal, Interinstitutional Relations and Foresight and Hadja LAHBIB, Belgian Minister for Foreign Affairs, European Affairs and Foreign Trade, and the Federal Cultural Institutions.

Keeping commitments and delivering military assistance to Ukraine: Closing statements by Maroš ŠEFČOVIČ, Executive Vice-President of the European Commission in charge of the European Green Deal and Hadja LAHBIB, Belgian Minister for Foreign Affairs

MEPs debate on the EU to live up to its commitments and deliver more military assistance to war-torn Ukraine. With Russian air attacks intensifying across Ukraine and with American military support currently held up by the U.S. congress, MEPs call on European countries to do more to help the Kyiv government defend its territory for as long as necessary. They urge EU heads of state or government to use the upcoming special European Council summit on 1 February to come to an agreement on a proposed €50 billion financial aid package for Ukraine. MEPs debate

Keeping commitments and delivering military assistance to Ukraine: MEP debate

MEPs debate on the EU to live up to its commitments and deliver more military assistance to war-torn Ukraine. With Russian air attacks intensifying across Ukraine and with American military support currently held up by the U.S. congress, MEPs call on European countries to do more to help the Kyiv government defend its territory for as long as necessary. They urge EU heads of state or government to use the upcoming special European Council summit on 1 February to come to an agreement on a proposed €50 billion financial aid package for Ukraine. Opening statements by Hadja LAHBIB, Belgian Minister for Foreign Affairs, European Affairs and Foreign Trade, and the Federal Cultural Institutions and Maroš ŠEFČOVIČ, Executive Vice-President of the European Commission in charge of the European Green Deal, Interinstitutional Relations and Foresight. The transcription is the result of an automatic process. Please, check against delivery.

Keeping commitments and delivering military assistance to Ukraine: Opening statements by Hadja LAHBIB, Belgian Minister for Foreign Affairs, European Affairs and Foreign Trade and Maroš ŠEFČOVIČ, Executive VP of the European Commission

Roberta METSOLA, EP President, meets with Ruslan STEFANCHUK, Speaker of the Ukrainian Parliament (Verkhovna Rada) in occasion of Stefanchuk's official visit to the European Parliament in Brussels. As part of the visit a planting ceremony takes place. The chosen plant is a Kalyna guelder-rose, a symbol of Ukraine, to mark the European Parliament's support and solidarity with Ukraine. The Kalyna guelder-rose will be a token of our five-year mandate in the European Parliament, marking the organization's contribution to regional peace, democracy and prosperity. This footage shows the extracts from the second bilateral meeting between Metsola and Stefanchuk and from planting ceremony of a Kalyna guelder-rose, a symbol of Ukraine.

Roberta METSOLA, EP President, meets with Ruslan STEFANCHUK, Speaker of the Ukrainian Parliament (Verkhovna Rada): extracts from the second bilateral meeting and from the planting ceremony of a Kalyna guelder-rose, a symbol of Ukraine

Roberta METSOLA, EP President, meets with Ruslan STEFANCHUK, Speaker of the Ukrainian Parliament (Verkhovna Rada) in occasion of Stefanchuk's official visit to the European Parliament in Brussels. This footage shows the extracts from the arrival and the bilateral meeting.

Roberta METSOLA, EP President, meets with Ruslan STEFANCHUK, Speaker of the Ukrainian Parliament (Verkhovna Rada): extracts from the arrival and the bilateral

Roberta METSOLA, President of the European Parliament, meets with Ruslan STEFANCHUK, Speaker of the Ukrainian Parliament (Verkhovna Rada) in occasion of Stefanchuk's official visit to the European Parliament in Brussels. This footage shows extracts from the Extraordinary EP Conference of Presidents, the signature of the Memorandum of Understanding between the European Parliament and Verkhovna Rada on joint framework for parliamentary democracy support in view of Ukraine’s recovery and EU accession process and extracts from the press conference by Roberta METSOLA, President of the European Parliament, and Ruslan STEFANCHUK, Speaker of the Ukrainian Parliament.

Roberta METSOLA, EP President, meets with Ruslan STEFANCHUK, Speaker of the Ukrainian Parliament (Verkhovna Rada): extracts from the EP Conference of Presidents, from signature of the Memorandum of Understanding and from the press conference

Roberta METSOLA, EP President, and Ruslan STEFANCHUK, Speaker of the Ukrainian Parliament (Verkhovna Rada) hold a press conference in occasion of Stefanchuk's official visit to the European Parliament in Brussels. This transcription is a result of an automatic process. Please check against delivery.

Press conference by Roberta METSOLA, EP President, and Ruslan STEFANCHUK, Speaker of the Ukrainian Parliament (Verkhovna Rada)

An ambulance from Kharkiv region, damaged by bullets and shrapnel, has gone on display in front of the Station Europe of the European Parliament in Brussels. Roberta METSOLA, EP President, participates in the opening of the exhibition with Iryna YEFREMOVA, Deputy Head of the Mission and other members of the Ukrainian civil society. This footage shows the extracts of the opening of the exhibition.

Exhibition of "War-damaged Ukrainian ambulance from the Kharkiv region”, at Station Europe: extracts from the opening with Roberta METSOLA, EP President

MEPs vote on the following items: Agricultural holdings: conversion of the Farm Accountancy Data Network into a Farm Sustainability Data Network - Decerle; Union Civil Protection Mechanism - Cerdas; Discharge 2021: EU general budet - European Council and Council; Appointment of a Member of the Executive Board of the European Central Bank - Tinagli; Establishing the Ukraine Facility - Gahler, Gardiazabal Rubial; Establishing the Strategic Technologies for Europe Platform (‘STEP’) - Fernandes, Ehler; Fisheries control - Aguilera; Implications of Chinese fishing operations for EU fisheries and the way forward - Karleskind.

Voting session, including the Establishment of the Ukraine Facility

Following Russia's illegal and unprovoked full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, the European Union swiftly adopted unprecedentedly tough sanctions against Moscow. There have since been 11 sanctions packages in total, Moscow has however found ways to bypass these measures, including through loopholes in trade restrictions and with the help of third-country intermediaries. This news item shows footage from the MEPs debate with the Commission and the Council on whether the EU’s sanctions against Russia are working, and how to prevent their circumvention by Moscow.

Effectiveness of the EU sanctions on Russia: extracts from the debate

MEPs discuss with Commission and Council representatives whether the EU’s sanctions against Russia are working, and how to prevent their circumvention by Moscow. Following Russia's illegal and unprovoked full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, the European Union swiftly adopted unprecedentedly tough sanctions against Moscow. There have since been 11 sanctions packages in total, Moscow has however found ways to bypass these measures, including through loopholes in trade restrictions and with the help of third-country intermediaries. Closing statements by Didier REYNDERS, European Commissioner for Justice, and Commissioner for Competition (ad interim) and Pascual NAVARRO RÍOS, Spanish Secretary of State for the European Union.

The effectiveness of the EU sanctions on Russia: closing statements by Didier REYNDERS, European Commissioner for Justice, and Commissioner for Competition and Pascual NAVARRO RÍOS, Spanish Secretary of State for the European Union

MEPs discuss with Commission and Council representatives whether the EU’s sanctions against Russia are working, and how to prevent their circumvention by Moscow. Following Russia's illegal and unprovoked full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, the European Union swiftly adopted unprecedentedly tough sanctions against Moscow. There have since been 11 sanctions packages in total, Moscow has however found ways to bypass these measures, including through loopholes in trade restrictions and with the help of third-country intermediaries. Third part of the debate.

The effectiveness of the EU sanctions on Russia: MEPs debate (part 3)

MEPs discuss with Commission and Council representatives whether the EU’s sanctions against Russia are working, and how to prevent their circumvention by Moscow. Following Russia's illegal and unprovoked full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, the European Union swiftly adopted unprecedentedly tough sanctions against Moscow. There have since been 11 sanctions packages in total, Moscow has however found ways to bypass these measures, including through loopholes in trade restrictions and with the help of third-country intermediaries. Second part of the debate.

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