European Parliament (News)

Following his address to heads of state or government during the EU summit on Monday, EP President Sassoli will hold a press conference on Tuesday at 10.00.

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In this press kit, you will find a selection of the European Parliament’s press releases that show MEPs’ priorities in relation to topics on the summit agenda.

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MEPs will discuss the EU digital Covid-19 certificate to facilitate safe travelling, the 2030 biodiversity strategy and help to counter the consequences of Brexit in the coming week.

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The European Commission should amend its draft decision on UK data protection to ensure EU standards for citizens’ privacy are respected.
Committee on Development

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On 26 May, EP President David Sassoli and Prime Minister Janez Janša will hold a joint press conference on the priorities of the incoming Slovenian Council Presidency.

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Parliament debated waiving vaccine patent rights and outside plenary reached a deal with the Council on an EU Covid certificate to facilitate travelling in Europe during the pandemic.

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This 21 May is the centenary of Andrei Sakharov’s birth, the man who Parliament named its human rights prize after. Learn more about him in our video.

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EP and Council negotiators reached on Thursday a provisional deal for an EU digital Covid certificate to facilitate free movement in Europe during the pandemic.
Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs

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EP and Council negotiators reached on Thursday a provisional deal for an EU digital Covid certificate to facilitate free movement in Europe during the pandemic.
Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs

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The European Parliament negotiators and the Portuguese Council Presidency today reached a provisional agreement to establish an EU COVID-19 Certificate.
Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs

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On Thursday, MEPs adopted three resolutions on the human rights situation in Chad and Haiti, and the situation for Armenian prisoners of war in Azerbaijan.
Committee on Foreign Affairs
Subcommittee on Human Rights

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MEPs want to receive all relevant information on national recovery efforts, ensuring democratic oversight of the implementation of the Recovery and Resilience Facility (RRF).
Committee on Budgets
Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs

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An EU framework for legal migration would encourage more orderly migration, attract much-needed workers, undermine smugglers and traffickers, and ease integration.
Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs

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MEPs slam the recent Chinese sanctions against EU lawmakers and will not consider any talks on ratifying the EU-China agreement (CAI) while they remain.
Committee on Foreign Affairs

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MEPs want to strengthen existing EU rules on companies’ environmental liability to reduce and prevent environment harm.
Committee on Legal Affairs

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Parliament’s Committee on Trade debated on Thursday how to increase vaccine production effectively with WTO Director-General Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala.
Committee on International Trade

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MEPs have approved the biggest ever budget for the EU's culture and creative sectors - €2.5 billion for 2021-2027.

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Thursday, 20 May

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Parliament criticises the European Commission and some EU countries for overusing informal agreements on the return and readmission of irregular migrants.
Committee on Foreign Affairs
Subcommittee on Human Rights

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EU-Turkey relations have deteriorated to such an extent that the EU needs to profoundly reassess them, MEPs say in a report adopted on Wednesday.
Committee on Foreign Affairs

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