European Parliament

Ahead of International Women’s Day, Women’s Rights and Economic and Monetary Affairs Committee MEPs will debate the challenges faced by women in the economic world.
Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs
Committee on Women’s Rights and Gender Equality

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Parliament’s President and group leaders adopted the following statement on Russia’s military attack on Ukraine, and announced an extraordinary plenary session for next Tuesday.

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On Wednesday, an EP delegation ended its three-day visit to Poland, where MEPs met politicians, judges, civil society and journalists, to assess the rule of law situation.
Committee on Constitutional Affairs
Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs

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Leading MEPs strongly condemn the recognition of the non-government controlled areas of Donetsk and Luhansk oblasts of Ukraine as independent entities.
Committee on Foreign Affairs

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On 25-27 February, the final of four European Citizens’ Panels of the Conference on the Future of Europe meets in Dublin to debate and deliver its recommendations.

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Delegations

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An EP delegation will travel to Warsaw next week to look into the rule of law situation in Poland, in the framework of the ongoing Article 7 procedure.
Committee on Constitutional Affairs
Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs

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The military threat posed by Russia, respect for the rule of law in the EU and the fight against cancer were key topics during February's plenary session.

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On Thursday, Parliament adopted three resolutions on the human rights situation in the Philippines and Iran and the political crisis in Burkina Faso.
Committee on Foreign Affairs
Subcommittee on Human Rights

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Parliament has approved new, distance-based road charging rules for lorries, which will help reduce CO2 emissions.

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On Thursday, Parliament gave the final green light for an update to EU rules on limiting workers’ exposure to carcinogens, mutagens or reprotoxic substances.
Committee on Employment and Social Affairs
Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety

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Under the new rules adopted on Thursday, road charges for trucks will move from time-based to distance-based charging, making polluter-pays principles work better.
Committee on Transport and Tourism

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MEPs call for a more effective EU foreign and security policy and a stronger defence capability to respond to threats, in two reports adopted on Thursday.
Committee on Foreign Affairs
Subcommittee on Security and Defence

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MEPs adopted recommendations to harmonise the status of non-profits throughout the EU and establish a statute for European association.
Committee on Legal Affairs

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Thursday, 17 February

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Following the Court of Justice ruling on the “rule of law conditionality” mechanism, MEPs demand that the Commission applies it and protects EU values.
Committee on Budgets
Committee on Budgetary Control

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On Wednesday, MEPs gave the green light to a €1.2 billion macro-financial loan to help Ukraine cover its external financing needs in 2022.
Committee on International Trade

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MEPs want to strengthen current rules and market surveillance to ensure that all toys sold on the EU market, including from non-EU countries and online, are safe.
Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection

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Parliament adopted its final recommendations for a comprehensive and coordinated EU strategy to fight cancer.
Special Committee on Beating Cancer

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