European Parliament (News)

On Wednesday at 8.30 CET, the President of Georgia Salome Zourabichvili will give a speech to MEPs at the hemicycle in Strasbourg.
Committee on Foreign Affairs

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President Metsola presented the Sakharov Prize 2024 to Venezuela’s Edmundo González Urrutia and María Corina Machado at a ceremony on Tuesday in Strasbourg.
Committee on Foreign Affairs
Committee on Development
Subcommittee on Human Rights

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MEPs approved EU aid for 632 dismissed employees of machinery and paper factories in the Flemish province of Limburg.
Committee on Budgets

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Two new EU laws will offer quick EU funding for recovery measures following natural disasters that have occurred after 1 January 2024.
Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development
Committee on Employment and Social Affairs
Committee on Regional Development

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On Tuesday, Parliament backed Teresa Anjinho (Portugal) as the European Ombudsman for a five-year mandate, with the support of 344 MEPs in a secret plenary vote.
Committee on Petitions

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Companies will have one more year to comply with new EU rules to prevent deforestation that will ban the sale in the EU of products sourced from deforested land.
Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety

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EP President Roberta Metsola will hold a press conference with the Sakharov Prize 2024 laureates on Tuesday 17 December at 11.35 CET in Strasbourg.

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Tuesday, 17 December

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President Metsola opened the 16-19 December plenary session in Strasbourg by praising Georgia’s protestors, and marking the cyclone in Mayotte with a minute’s silence for victims.

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Monday, 16 December

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On Friday, the European Parliament political group leaders have decided on the creation of two new standing committees and two special committees.

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Spokespersons for Parliament and for the political groups will hold a briefing on the 16 - 19 December plenary session on Friday at 11.00, in Parliament’s Anna Politkovskaya press room.

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From 9 to 15 December, EP committees and delegations will discuss how to enhance women’s empowerment in the digital world as part of the fifth European Gender Equality Week.
Committee on Women’s Rights and Gender Equality

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In the margins of Parliament’s Conference of Presidents’ visit to Warsaw ahead of the Polish EU Council Presidency, President Metsola delivered the following speech.

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Companies will have one more year to adapt to new EU rules to prevent deforestation, which will ban the sale of products sourced from deforested land in the EU.
Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety

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The awards ceremony for the 2024 Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought laureates, María Corina Machado and Edmundo González Urrutia, will be held on Tuesday 17 December.
Committee on Foreign Affairs
Committee on Development
Subcommittee on Human Rights

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The six candidates running for the post of European Ombudsman will present their priorities in a hearing organised by the Petitions Committee on Tuesday.
Committee on Petitions

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Taking place from 2-6 December, Disability Rights Week will advocate for the rights of people with disabilities, and for their voices to be heard.
Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development
Committee on Culture and Education
Committee on Employment and Social Affairs
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 Petitions
Committee on Regional Development
Committee on Transport and Tourism
Subcommittee on Human Rights

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This 27 November, the European Parliament and the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) endorsed a working arrangement to facilitate and clarify procedures and exchanges of information

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MEP urge the international community to take swift and decisive action to address the alarming escalation in Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine.
Committee on Foreign Affairs

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