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EP President Sassoli sent two letters on Monday to Commission President-elect von der Leyen regarding the Legal Affairs Committee’s decision on two Commissioners-designate.

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Tuesday's hearings feature Nicolas Schmit (Luxembourg), Jutta Urpilainen (Finland), Janusz Wojciechowski (Poland), Ylva Johansson (Sweden) and Stella Kyriakides (Cyprus).

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Christine Lagarde, the candidate for European Central Bank president, received the support of the European Parliament in a plenary vote on 17 September.

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Committees are the powerhouses of Parliament’s legislative work. Find out who will be heading them up for the next two-and-a-half years.

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The Commissioners-designates’ answers to the written questions, posed by the Parliament’s committees, were received by Parliament.

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Ukrainian film director Oleg Sentsov was the winner of the European Parliament Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thougth in 2018. The award ceremony was held in Strasbourg on 12 December 2018.

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Maroš Šefčovič (Slovakia), Phil Hogan (Ireland) and Mariya Gabriel (Bulgaria) are the first candidate commissioners to appear in hearings at the Parliament on Monday 30 September.

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Women should play a prominent role in politics, but how do they fare at the European Parliament? Find out in our infographics.

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Parliament supports updating the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund to make it more accessible and better equipped to deal with digitalisation and environmental changes.

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This note provides information on the election of the new Commission and the hearings of the Commissioners-designate, which start on 30 September.

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Hearings Agenda

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MEPs reaffirmed support for the EU position on Brexit and backed Christine Lagarde as the next president of the European Central Bank during this week's plenary session.

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Find out about this year's nominees for the European Parliament's Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought.

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The world is increasingly interconnected because of globalisation. Read how the EU and Parliament are making the most of the opportunities that offers.

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Temporary internal border checks within the Schengen area have been in place for four years. MEPs are pushing for clearer conditions for their use as a measure of last resort.

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The high turnout in the 2019 European elections was driven by a surge in participation by young people, according to a Eurobarometer survey commissioned by the European Parliament in June.

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Since announcing its intention to leave, the UK has been in talks with the EU to determine the terms of their new relationship.

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Janez Lenarčič

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Jutta Urpilainen

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Ylva Johansson

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