European Parliament

Quo Vadis, Aida? won the hearts and votes of European audiences and MEPs to take the 2022 LUX Audience Award.

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On Thursday, the European Parliament adopted three resolutions on the respect for human rights in China, Nicaragua and Georgia.
Committee on Foreign Affairs
Subcommittee on Human Rights

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The Conference of President adopted the following EP groups’ leaders statement:

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On Thursday, Parliament adopted a resolution calling on the European Council to agree to start the process to revise the EU Treaties.

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MEPs condemn the backsliding in women’s sexual and reproductive health and rights worldwide including in the US and some EU countries, calling for safe access to abortion.
Committee on Women’s Rights and Gender Equality

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On Thursday, MEPs demanded the right to table legislative proposals, which would strengthen EU democracy and restore institutional balance.
Committee on Constitutional Affairs

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Parliament gave its final greenlight on Thursday to the new international procurement instrument intended to encourage the opening up of global procurement markets.
Committee on International Trade

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MEPs worry that the Commission’s milestones are not enough and stress that full compliance with EU values is a prerequisite for Recovery and Resilience Facility funding.

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As MEPs rejected the report on the revision of the EU Emissions Trading System, three draft laws, part of the Fit For 55 package, are on hold pending political agreement.
Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety

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Votes

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MEPs support increasing the target for carbon sinks in land use, land use change and the forestry sector, de facto raising the EU’s 2030 greenhouse gas reduction target to 57 %.
Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety

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In his address to MEPs on Wednesday, the Speaker of the Ukrainian Verkhovna Rada (parliament) Ruslan Stefanchuk called on the EU to endorse his country’s membership application.

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President Roberta Metsola awarded the 2022 LUX European Audience Film Award to “Quo vadis, Aida?” by Bosnian director Jasmila Žbanić, during a ceremony on Wednesday.

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Parliament backs more power for Europol to fight terrorism and organised crime, as it faces new challenges due to digital transformation and the Covid-19 pandemic.

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Parliament gave on Wednesday its green light to a new fisheries agreement with Mauritania, which should strengthen environmental, economic, social and scientific cooperation.
Committee on Fisheries

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MEPs welcomed the unity and additional sanctions delivered by the European Council but called for more arms to Ukraine and more attention to those struggling within the EU.

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On Wednesday, MEPs expressed their solidarity with Ireland in negotiations with the UK on a post-Brexit agreement in the latest “This is Europe” debate in Strasbourg.

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In brief

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After being blocked in the Council for a decade, EP and EU countries’ negotiators finally agreed on a bill to increase the presence of women on corporate boards.
Committee on Women’s Rights and Gender Equality
Committee on Legal Affairs

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Lead EP negotiators and European Commissioner Dalli will brief journalists on the deal reached on Tuesday.
Committee on Women’s Rights and Gender Equality

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