News in the category "European Community"
European values in Hungary: MEPs conclude rule of law mission
Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs Committee delegation in Budapest from Monday 14 April to Wednesday 16 AprilMEPs met with politicians, authorities, and stakeholders to discuss an array of concerns about the state of EU valuesParliament has long raised the alarm over democratic...
MEPs assess how to reconcile biodiversity goals with rural safety and livelihoods
A delegation from the Petitions Committee concluded a fact-finding visit focused on wolf management and the impact of the EU Deforestation Regulation (EUDR) on Austrian forestry industry. Speaking at the end of the delegation’s visit, Chair Bogdan Rzońca (ECR, PL) said: "We should be...
MEPs commend Greece on its use of the Recovery and Resilience Facility
A delegation of MEPs have just concluded a mission to Greece to gather information on the country’s use of the Recovery and Resilience Facility funds. At the end of mission, the head of the delegation, Siegfried MUREŞAN (EPP, RO) said: “We have spent a few insightful days in Greece,...
Port security and drug trafficking: MEPs conclude visit to the ports of Antwerp and Rotterdam
The Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs Committee (LIBE) looked into work to strengthen port security and fight drug trafficking. A group of MEPs from the LIBE Committee, travelled to Antwerp (Belgium) and Rotterdam (the Netherlands) to discuss how to strengthen port security. During the...
Foreign Affairs Committee MEPs in Saudi Arabia
In Riyadh, MEPs discussed regional and global developments, exploring ways to enhance EU-Saudi cooperation. A delegation from the European Parliament, headed by the Chair of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, David McAllister (EPP, Germany), undertook a visit to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia from...
Commissioner McGrath: digital area and enforcement will be our focus
On Tuesday, Commissioner McGrath briefed MEPs on work done in the field of consumer protection and on related future initiatives. Commissioner for Democracy, Justice, the Rule of Law and Consumer Protection visited the Parliament’s Committee on Internal Market and Consumer Protection in the...
BRIDGEforEU: a new tool to empower EU border regions
Private or public bodies can flag obstacles in the way of cross-border services or infrastructureCompetent authorities can then decide to take actionMEPs have endorsed the negotiation result on an instrument for overcoming administrative cross-border obstacles that hold back border...
Kosovo: MEPs call for acceleration of EU-related reforms
Progress on electoral reforms, economic resilience, and the protection of fundamental rightsMEPs urge EU to lift its measures against Kosovo immediatelyKosovo and Serbia must avoid unilateral actions that undermine the dialogue processOn Tuesday, Foreign Affairs Committee MEPs adopted a...
Rule of law and media freedom key to Serbia’s EU accession process, say MEPs
Foreign Affairs Committee MEPs urge Serbia to “seriously demonstrate” its strategic orientation towards the EU, in a report adopted on Wednesday. No progress on the rule of law and media freedomSerbia’s continued close relations with Russia raise concernsPositive results in...
Türkiye’s EU accession process must stay on ice, say MEPs
Continued deterioration of democratic standards in TürkiyeRemoval from office of Ekrem İmamoğlu was politically motivatedGeopolitical and strategic imperatives cannot justify accession process shortcuts that would downgrade democratic principles, say Foreign Affairs Committee MEPs. In the...
