European Parliament (News)

The new EU Asylum Agency will have enhanced operational and technical powers to facilitate cooperation among member states and contribute to converging asylum standards.
Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs

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Thursday, 11 November

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EP’s Bureau decided that the request to present an EU Digital COVID Certificate to access Parliament's buildings will be extended to all people wishing to enter.

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The new draft law would set tighter cybersecurity obligations in terms of risk management, reporting obligations and information sharing.
Committee on Industry, Research and Energy

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Parliament and Council reached a provisional agreement on Thursday to make the European Medicines Agency more effective in tackling shortages of medicines and medical devices.
Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety

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Artists and cultural workers have been heavily affected by the Covid-19 crisis. Find out how the European Parliament wants to protect them.

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MEPs call for new EU rules on legal labour migration to respond to Europe’s demographic challenges and to effectively match immigrants’ skills with labour market needs.
Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs

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The EU’s recovery from the Covid-19 pandemic is Parliament’s priority for the EU's budget for next year. Find out more in our interview with MEP Karlo Ressler.

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Parliament and Council negotiators agreed on Tuesday evening to ease existing restrictions on the use of vans or tucks without drivers hired from another EU country.
Committee on Transport and Tourism

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The EU should become more involved with Europe’s sporting landscape to encourage a fairer model that aligns with EU values of inclusiveness and fairness.
Committee on Culture and Education

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The announcement that ten ambassadors have been expelled from Turkey can only be understood as an attempt to divert attention from the real urgent issues, state MEPs.
Committee on Foreign Affairs

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The second Plenary of the Conference on the Future of Europe heard from young people on EU change and took stock of progress of other parts of the Conference.

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Potential large-scale fraud involving a Slovakian paying agency will be discussed on Monday at 16:45 with Slovakian Minister of Agriculture Samuel Vlčan.
Committee on Budgetary Control

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It’s Gender Equality Week at the European Parliament. Also on the agenda are cybersecurity, misuse of EU funds and the digital sector.

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On Saturday 23 October, the second Conference Plenary meeting took place in the European Parliament in Strasbourg to discuss citizens’ contributions.

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EP committees and delegations will hold a series of discussions and public hearings on topics related to gender equality.
Committee on Women’s Rights and Gender Equality

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MEPs said the primacy of EU law must be upheld in Poland, welcomed the EU's new farm to fork strategy and awarded Alexei Navalny the 2021 Sakharov Prize.

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MEPs agreed to close the EU Border and Coast Guard Agency’s accounts for 2019, but asked for part of next year’s budget to be frozen.
Committee on Budgetary Control

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State institutions in Tunisia must return to functioning normally, MEPs say, urging the authorities to resume an inclusive national dialogue.
Committee on Foreign Affairs

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