European Parliament (News)

On Monday, NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte will make his first official visit to the European Parliament since taking office on 1 October 2024.
Committee on Foreign Affairs

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On Thursday, MEPs finalised their recommendations for the EU's position on the upcoming UN global gathering on women’s rights in New York in March 2025.
Committee on Women’s Rights and Gender Equality

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On Thursday, the European Parliament adopted three resolutions related to the respect for human rights in Crimea, Kyrgyzstan and Azerbaijan.
Subcommittee on Human Rights

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Speaking at the European Council, President Metsola called on leaders to step up in order to assert Europe’s place on the world stage.

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Thursday, 19 December

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In this press kit, you will find a selection of the European Parliament’s press releases reflecting MEPs’ priorities for topics on the summit agenda.

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Addressing the EU and Western Balkans leaders in Brussels, Metsola stressed that faced with today's global geopolitical realities, it was time to move faster with regards to enlargement.

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Parliament has approved changes put forward by its Conference of Presidents, establishing two new standing and two special committees.
Committee on Constitutional Affairs

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In a plenary vote on Wednesday, MEPs supported Italian candidate Bruna Szego’s appointment as Chair of the EU Anti-Money Laundering Authority.
Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs
Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs

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On Wednesday morning, the President of Georgia Salome Zourabichvili delivered a speech to the European Parliament in Strasbourg.
Committee on Foreign Affairs

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Wednesday, 18 December

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On Wednesday at 8.30 CET, the President of Georgia Salome Zourabichvili will give a speech to MEPs at the hemicycle in Strasbourg.
Committee on Foreign Affairs

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President Metsola presented the Sakharov Prize 2024 to Venezuela’s Edmundo González Urrutia and María Corina Machado at a ceremony on Tuesday in Strasbourg.
Committee on Foreign Affairs
Committee on Development
Subcommittee on Human Rights

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MEPs approved EU aid for 632 dismissed employees of machinery and paper factories in the Flemish province of Limburg.
Committee on Budgets

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Two new EU laws will offer quick EU funding for recovery measures following natural disasters that have occurred after 1 January 2024.
Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development
Committee on Employment and Social Affairs
Committee on Regional Development

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On Tuesday, Parliament backed Teresa Anjinho (Portugal) as the European Ombudsman for a five-year mandate, with the support of 344 MEPs in a secret plenary vote.
Committee on Petitions

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Companies will have one more year to comply with new EU rules to prevent deforestation that will ban the sale in the EU of products sourced from deforested land.
Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety

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EP President Roberta Metsola will hold a press conference with the Sakharov Prize 2024 laureates on Tuesday 17 December at 11.35 CET in Strasbourg.

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Tuesday, 17 December

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President Metsola opened the 16-19 December plenary session in Strasbourg by praising Georgia’s protestors, and marking the cyclone in Mayotte with a minute’s silence for victims.

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