When: 18 September 2024 at 15.00 Where: European Parliament, Strasbourg, Daphne Caruana Galizia press conference room (WEISS N -1/201) Participants: 1st Vice-President of the Parliament Sabine Verheyen (EPP, DE), Chair of the Committee on Culture and Education Nela Riehl (Greens/EFA, DE) and directors of nominated films. Interpretation will be provided in English, French, and German. … Read more
Last-minute press briefing at 16.30 The Parliament’s Spokesperson and the Press Service will hold a press briefing on this week’s plenary session at 16.30. More information here. Journalists wishing to actively participate and ask questions, please connect via Interactio by using this link. The future of EU agriculture Immediately after the opening, plenary will debate … Read more
Consequences of extreme weather in central and eastern Europe The extreme weather and flooding in Poland, Hungary, Austria, Romania, Czechia, Slovakia and Germany has been devastating, as is the brutal impact of major fires in Portugal, said President Metsola. Our thoughts are with those who have lost their loved ones, their homes, with those missing, … Read more
President von der Leyen/New Commission At 9.00, Parliament’s President Roberta Metsola and the leaders of the political groups will welcome Commission President von der Leyen to discuss how the portfolios in the new Commission will be structured and allocated. A press conference will take place after the meeting. Delphine COLARD (+32) 498 98 44 85 … Read more
Parliament today rejected two Commission decisions allowing import tolerances (also known as maximum residue levels) for cyproconazole and spirodiclofen in or on a large quantity of products such as cereals, seeds, meat, liver and kidney as well as for benomyl, carbendazim and thiophanate‐methyl in or on certain products such as lemons, limes, mandarins, and okra/lady’s … Read more
Push to allow Ukraine to use EU weapons on Russian territory At noon, MEPs will vote on a draft resolution urging EU countries to lift restrictions on the use of Western weapons systems delivered to Ukraine against legitimate military targets on Russian territory. They will also call for the maintaining and expansion of EU sanctions … Read more
The European Parliament will have 48 interparliamentary delegations in this legislative term – four more than in the 2019-2024 legislature. The political groups and non-attached Members decide internally which MEPs sit on each delegation. The full list of members sitting on each delegation is available here and will also be added to the plenary minutes. … Read more
The text, adopted on Thursday 19 September with 425 votes in favour, 131 against and 63 abstentions, states that without lifting current restrictions, Ukraine cannot fully exercise its right to self-defence and remains exposed to attacks on its population and infrastructure. Parliament underlines that insufficient deliveries of ammunition and restrictions on their use risks offsetting … Read more
In a resolution on the devastating floods in Austria, Czechia, Germany, Hungary, Poland, Romania and Slovakia, approved on Thursday 19 September by show of hands, MEPs express dissatisfaction with recent budget cuts to the EU’s Civil Protection Mechanism. They call for sufficient and upgraded funding to increase preparedness and improve capacity building, with a particular … Read more
The deteriorating situation of women in Afghanistan due to the recent adoption of the law on the “Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice” Parliament condemns the Taliban’s recent decree and enforcement of Sharia law and denounces the erasure of women and girls from public life in Afghanistan. Women are being forced into early marriages, … Read more
