European Parliament (News)

Thursday, 11 February

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On Wednesday, MEPs called for democratic oversight of tech giants to safeguard freedom of expression.
Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs

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MEPs called on the EU to step up its efforts to regulate social media while safeguarding freedom of speech and avoiding censorship.

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The EU must continue its concerted efforts to fight the COVID-19 pandemic and take urgent measures to ramp up vaccines production to meet citizens’ expectations, MEPs say.
Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety

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The use of sexual services provided by trafficking victims must be criminalised and harder measures to tackle its proliferation are needed, Parliament says.
Committee on Women's Rights and Gender Equality
Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs

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To fight inequality and in-work poverty, MEPs call for a minimum wage, equal labour conditions for platform workers and a better work-life balance.
Committee on Employment and Social Affairs

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MEPs call on the Commission and member states to increase their efforts to prevent the pandemic from having lasting negative effects on young people and the sports sector.
Committee on Culture and Education

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MEPs urge the European Central Bank to consider different policy measures to those currently in place to stimulate the EU economy, which faces darkening prospects.
Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs

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On Wednesday, Parliament approved the Recovery and Resilience Facility, designed to help EU countries tackle the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Committee on Budgets
Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs

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Parliament adopted comprehensive policy recommendations to achieve a carbon-neutral, sustainable, toxic-free and fully circular economy by 2050 at the latest.
Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety

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Wednesday, 10 February

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The visit of Josep Borrell to Moscow should not have taken place, say many MEPs, who also criticise the Council for failing to respond to Russia’s aggressive policies.
Committee on Foreign Affairs

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Tuesday, 9 February

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On Monday, a reform of the EU Civil Protection Mechanism (UCPM) was provisionally agreed, aimed at improving prevention, preparedness and response to disasters.
Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety

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President Sassoli opened the 8-11 February plenary session.

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Monday, 8 February

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The European Parliament’s and political groups’ spokespersons will hold a briefing on this week’s plenary session at 15.30 today.

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To raise global climate ambition and prevent ‘carbon leakage’, the EU must place a carbon price on imports from less climate-ambitious countries, say Environment MEPs.
Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety

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MEPs will deal with the EU’s Covid-19 vaccination strategy, the Recovery and Resilience Facility and events in Russia and Myanmar during the February plenary.

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Parliament’s Environment, Public Health and Food Safety Committee calls for a fact-based approach to the EU vaccines rollout to avoid disinformation.
Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety

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