European Parliament (News)

Parliament calls for greater efforts to remove unsafe products from the EU market and to adapt product safety rules to the digital age.
Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection

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Parliament wants to boost sustainability by promoting reuse and repairs and by tackling practices that shorten the lifespan of products.
Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection

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The European Parliament is again joining the UN's Orange the World campaign to combat violence against women.

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Foreign Affairs Committee MEPs will exchange views with prominent Russian opposition figures, including Alexei Navalny, on Friday 27 November at 11.00 CET.
Committee on Foreign Affairs

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EP group leaders and the Commission advise Hungary and Poland to take the EU to Court on rule of law, instead of penalising EU citizens by blocking the budget.

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Wednesday 25 November

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The European Parliament wants to end homelessness in the EU by 2030. Find out what measures it is calling for.

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Parliament today endorsed a new law that will allow groups of consumers to join forces and launch collective action in the EU.
Committee on Legal Affairs

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On Tuesday, Parliament approved €823 million in EU aid for the Croatia earthquake, floods in Poland, and the response to the coronavirus crisis in seven EU countries.
Committee on Budgets

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On Tuesday, Parliament approved a series of recommendations to combat homelessness and end housing exclusion in the EU.
Committee on Petitions

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On Tuesday, Frank Elderson from the Netherlands received Parliament’s green light to sit on the ECB’s Executive Board, despite misgivings about gender imbalance.
Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs

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Tuesday, 24 November

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President Sassoli opened the November II session, which takes place this week, 23-26 November.

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Monday, 23 November

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The European Parliament’s and political groups’ spokespersons will hold a briefing on this week’s plenary session at 16.00 today.

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MEPs are set to call for new measures to promote a culture of repair and reuse and support second-hand businesses and local repairers.

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Consumer rights, media freedom and an industrial strategy to help tackle the crisis are on the agenda of the plenary session taking place on 23-26 November.

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In the grip of the second wave of coronavirus, two thirds of EU citizens call for more EU competence and an EU budget with sufficient means to tackle the crisis.

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MEPs quizzed ECB President Lagarde about the bank’s policies going forwards, how to factor in climate change, and looming high debt as a result of the pandemic
Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs

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The EU must help member states at the external borders to manage migration flows and ensure that those seeking protection are welcomed in line with its core values.
Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs

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