News in the category "European Community"
1000 days: Statement on Ukraine by European Parliament’s leaders
Parliament’s President and political group leaders adopted the following statement marking 1000 days of Russia's illegal and unjustified war against Ukraine "Today, we mark 1,000 days since Russia unleashed its brutal war on Ukraine. We, the leaders of the Political Groups of the...
Zelenskyy to MEPs: “We must end this war fairly and justly”
On Tuesday, Parliament held an extraordinary plenary session with Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, marking 1000 days since Russia’s full-scale invasion. Opening the sitting, EP President Roberta Metsola said that Parliament would continue standing with Ukraine until it has “freedom...
Parliament holds special session with Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy
On Tuesday at 11.00, Ukraine’s President Zelenskyy will address MEPs from Ukraine in a special plenary session, marking 1000 days of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine. EP President Roberta Metsola will make a statement at the beginning of the extraordinary session, after which...
MEPs urge new EU Commission to address systematic delays in public access to documents
MEPs want the Commission to urgently resolve the issue of delays in granting public accessCommission should disclose documents related to the Emission Trading SystemTransparency concerns on how the Commission interacts with tobacco industryThe Petitions Committee commends the EU Ombudsman’s...
Parliament calls for an EU crackdown on Russia’s ’shadow fleet’
MEPs want the EU to target shadow tankers that export Russian oil in defiance of sanctionsEU member states must step up monitoring and inspectionsThe EU must ban all imports of Russian fossil fuelsMEPs demand more targeted EU sanctions against Russia’s so-called ‘shadow fleet’, which...
COP29: MEPs want all countries to contribute financially to climate action
Financial goal should be socially fair - all polluters must payEU should step up its green diplomacyNeed to expand global emissions trading and carbon pricingParliament adopted its demands for the UN Climate Change Conference COP29, which aims to define a new collective goal for financing...
EU deforestation law: Parliament wants to give companies one more year to comply
So that companies can comply with the EU deforestation law, which ensures products sold in the EU are not sourced from deforested land, obligations will be postponed one year. In response to concerns raised by EU member states, non-EU countries, traders and operators that they would not be able...
Parliament pays homage to the victims of the floods in Spain
President Metsola opened the 13-14 November plenary session in Brussels with a minute of silence for the victims of the flood tragedy in Spain. Following the devastating floods that swept through towns in Valencia and other regions in Spain two weeks ago and have taken at least 223 lives,...
Newsletter - 13-14 November 2024 - Brussels plenary session
EU-US relations after the election of Donald Trump as president Following the presidential election in the US, MEPs will...
Hearing of Vice-President-designate Roxana Mînzatu
The members of two committees questioned Roxana Mînzatu, Romanian candidate for Vice-President for the People, Skills and Preparedness portfolio on Tuesday afternoon. In her introductory speech to the Employment and Social Affairs and to the Culture and Education committees, Ms Mînzatu said...
