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The Digital Services Act is an historic bill aimed at fighting the spread of illegal content online and protecting fundamental rights of users.
Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection

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A delegation from the Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development, led by Chair Norbert Lins, will travel to the Polish-Ukrainian border on 20-21 June 2022.
Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development

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Countries should use the more than €700 billion available under EU recovery plans to adapt to new social and economic realities, MEPs say.

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Emissions from planes and ships are increasing, while the EU wants to reach carbon neutrality by 2050. Read about EU measures to reduce their emissions.

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The UK Contact Group co-Chairs David McAllister, Bernd Lange and Nathalie Loiseau issued the following statement on Tuesday after a meeting with Commission Vice-President Maroš Šefčovič.
Committee on Foreign Affairs
Committee on International Trade

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MEPs in the two responsible committees objected on Tuesday to the inclusion of nuclear and gas in the list of environmentally sustainable economic activities.
Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs
Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety

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Parliament and EU member states’ negotiators have agreed to keep the EU Digital COVID Certificate framework in place for another year, until June 2023.
Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs

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MEPs backed measures to ensure a faster green transition reiterated support for Ukraine and called for changes to the EU Treaty during the plenary session on 6-9 June.

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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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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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