European Parliament

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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Ministers outlined the priorities of the French Presidency of the Council of the EU to parliamentary committees, in a series of meetings.
Committee on Constitutional Affairs
Committee on Foreign Affairs
Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development
Committee on Culture and Education
Committee on Development
Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs
Committee on Employment and Social Affairs
Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety
Committee on Women’s Rights and Gender Equality
Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection
Committee on International Trade
Committee on Industry, Research and Energy
Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs
Committee on Fisheries
Committee on Regional Development
Committee on Transport and Tourism
Special Committee on Artificial Intelligence in a Digital Age
Subcommittee on Security and Defence

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The Conference of Presidents (Parliament’s president and political groups’ leaders) adopted the following statement on the situation in Ukraine.

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In a debate on EU-Russia relations, European security and Russia’s military threat against Ukraine, MEPs called for a united response and voiced support for Ukraine.
Committee on Foreign Affairs
Subcommittee on Security and Defence

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Following the European Court of Justice’s decision to uphold the Rule of Law conditionality regulation, lead MEPs call on the Commission to act without delay.
Committee on Budgets
Committee on Budgetary Control

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The European Court of Justice upheld today the validity of the rule of law Conditionality Regulation, as it dismissed the requests by Hungary and Poland to annul it.

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MEPs set out recommendations on how to deploy offshore wind more quickly, in a report adopted on Wednesday.
Committee on Industry, Research and Energy

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Almost 300 Airbus employees in France who lost their jobs because of the COVID-19 pandemic will receive €3.7 million in EU aid.
Committee on Budgets

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Wednesday, 16 February

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Plenary Session

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David Sassoli's state funeral will take place today at 12.00 noon at the Basilica of Santa Maria degli Angeli e dei Martiri in Rome.

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Alexei Navalny was awarded the 2021 Sakharov Prize, MEPs voted on laws shaping the digital world, and pushed for gender equality in the last plenary of 2021.

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Focusing on concerns about prosecutor appointments, media freedom, and risks to the rule of law in Slovenia, MEPs also note progress achieved in several areas.
Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs

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The EU should consider introducing additional sanctions against the regime of Daniel Ortega and Rosario Murillo, say MEPs in a resolution adopted on Thursday.
Committee on Foreign Affairs

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