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400 retail workers from Wallonia dismissed by the supermarket chain Carrefour should receive EU aid worth €1,632,028 to help find new jobs, the EP’s budget committee has decided.
Committee on Budgets

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Aged 16-30 and working on a project with a European dimension? Apply for the 2020 Charlemagne Youth Prize and win funds to further develop your initiative.

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Measures to fight hate speech and disinformation, without putting at risk media freedom, will be the focus of a public hearing in the Civil Liberties Committee.
Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs

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MEPs will assess on Wednesday the situation of Syrian refugees in Turkey and the results of the budgetary support provided by the EU to the Turkish government.
Committee on Foreign Affairs
Committee on Development
Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs

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President`s first official trip outside the European Union to North Macedonia.

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The plenary session is when all of the MEPs' hard work comes together, but what exactly happens during those frenetic sittings?

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Fancy discovering how the European Parliament works on a daily basis? Apply for a traineeship and gain hands-on experience of EU decision-making.

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MEPs will choose one of five candidates to become the next European Ombudsman in December.

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The official and final turnout of the 2019 European Elections is set at 50.66% (up 8.06 pp on 2014), following the publication all 28 final national turnout data.

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From childhood to retirement, social policies are important at all stages of our lives. Find out what EU rules Parliament is working on.

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Find out the key facts and statistics about climate change in Europe: regional impact, top emitters, the reduction of greenhouse gases and more.

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MEPs called for more funds for climate action, criticised Turkey’s military operation in Syria and voted in favour of plans to protect bees during this week's plenary session in Strasbourg.

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In a resolution adopted on Thursday, the European Parliament stresses that both countries meet the requirements to start negotiations.

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MEPs call on EU countries to make full use of existing EU instruments to mitigate the impact of the Thomas Cook bankruptcy.
Committee on Transport and Tourism

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MEPs strongly condemned the unilateral Turkish military intervention in northeast Syria, urging Turkey to withdraw all of its forces from Syrian territory.
Committee on Foreign Affairs
Subcommittee on Security and Defence

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On Thursday, the European Parliament adopted three resolutions taking stock of the human rights situation in Egypt, Uganda and Indonesia.
Committee on Foreign Affairs
Subcommittee on Human Rights

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MEPs on Thursday adopted a resolution urging member states to work on long-overdue rules obliging multinationals to disclose what taxes they pay in each country.
Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs
Committee on Legal Affairs

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Ilham Tohti, an Uyghur economist fighting for the rights of China’s Uyghur minority, is the winner of the European Parliament's Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought in 2019.

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Uyghur economist and human rights activist Ilham Tohti has been awarded this year’s European Parliament Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought.

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Following a discussion in the Conference of Presidents on 24 October 2019, EP President Sassoli wrote to EUCO President Donald Tusk.

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