Today: Parliament’s plenary session starts in Strasbourg, where MEPs will focus on a new law to boost production of net-zero technologies, discuss their demands for COP28 and mark World Children’s Day.

Today: the deal on improving transparency in the short-term accommodation rental sector; a delegation of MEPs from the Committee on International Trade travels to Hamburg and the 2024 European Capitals of Culture present their programmes.

Today: Political groups are preparing for Parliament’s next plenary session. The agenda will include various environment-related topics and a new law to better protect children from sexual exploitation in the digital world.

Today: the deal on securing the EU’s supply of critical raw materials; new measures against sea pollution and the Committee on Foreign Affairs votes on three own-initiative procedures on EU relations with the US, Japan and China.

Today: Political groups are preparing for the next plenary session, the Subcommittee on Human Rights has organised a workshop on the deportation of Ukrainian children by Russia and the President of the European Parliament, Roberta Metsola, will have two meetings.

Today: the EU nature restoration law, new rules to cut down pollutant emissions from road transport, and tougher enforcement of sanctions against Russia.

Today: Cate Blanchett, UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador, addressed the European Parliament; MEPs assessed the outcomes of the latest European Council meeting; and an EU digital wallet for every EU citizen.

Today: The European Commission’s assessment of the reforms carried out by Ukraine, Moldova and Georgia; the recognition of parenthood across the EU; and EU aid for laid-off retail workers in Belgium.

Today: the European Parliament plenary session is in progress. In Brussels, MEPs are voting on the Data Act and on new rules to reduce pollutant emissions from road transport; plus yesterday·s follow-up by MEPs to the European Youth Event 2023.

Today: Parliament’s plenary session is ready to start in Brussels. MEPs are due to discuss and vote on new sources of revenue for the EU. The Oscar-winning actor Cate Blanchett will address MEPs as UNCHR Goodwill Ambassador. MEPs are holding a workshop on preventing EU funds from reaching sanctioned individuals or entities.

Today: The future of cohesion policy beyond 2027, reducing inequalities at work and the vote on the European Certificate of Parenthood.

Today: a public hearing with the ECB Chair of the Supervisory Board; the implementation of the Rule of Law Conditionality mechanism and the mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund for Belgian displaced workers.

Today: A delegation from the Internal Market and Consumer Protection Committee is travelling to Washington DC; MEPS on the Transport and Tourism Committee are in Japan while EP President Metsola is meeting President Macron in Paris.-

Today: MEPs of the Committee on International Trade travel to San Francisco, a delegation of the Committee on Foreign Affairs visits Mexico and Costa Rica, and the Committee on Transport and Tourism holds a public hearing on the aviation sector.

Today: new measures to strengthen consumers’ right to repair; MEPs call for a ban on digital services’ addictive design features and demand efforts to increase voter turnout in the June 2024 European elections.

Today: reducing pesticide use by at least 50% by 2030; new EU rules to reduce, reuse and recycle packaging; and better working and living conditions for European artists and cultural workers.

Today: EP President Roberta Metsola on the situation in Israel and Gaza; a hearing on the protection of subsea cable infrastructure; and the security implications of China-owned critical infrastructure in the EU.

Today: the European Parliament’s fourth Gender Equality Week, the use and reuse of packaging and the Net-Zero Industry Act.

Today: Parliament’s resolution on Israel and Hamas; a call for Serbia and Kosovo to de-escalate tensions in northern Kosovo; a committee hearing on the situation in Syria.

Today: in Strasbourg, the plenary session has been wrapped up. MEPs voted on a resolution on Israel and Gaza; Mahsa Amini and the Woman, Life, Freedom Movement in Iran won the 2023 Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought; and Parliament wants to strengthen rules on combating human trafficking.

Today: in Strasbourg, the plenary session continues. MEPs debated the terrorist attacks by Hamas against Israel and the Israeli response against Gaza; how to tackle violent and terrorist-related content circulating on social media; and the winners of the 2023 Daphne Caruana Galizia Prize for Journalism.

Today: The plenary session continues in Strasbourg. Parliament President Roberta Metsola opened the session with a statement on the situation in Israel and Gaza; MEPs discussed the effectiveness of EU sanctions against Russia and held a debate on the draft EU budget for 2024.

Today: The plenary session continues in Strasbourg. On this week’s agenda: the Hamas terrorist attacks against Israel, the EU’s response to the increase in violent and false content circulating on social media and the expectations ahead of the next EU summit.

Today: in Strasbourg, a new plenary session of the European Parliament is getting under way, during which MEPs will debate a EUR 50 billion facility to support Ukraine, the EU’s sanctions against Russia, and STEP, the Strategic Technologies for Europe Platform; President Metsola visited Israel.

Today: the three finalists for this year’s Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought; the solemn ceremony in Brussels to remember victims of the terrorist attacks in Israel; and World Food Day.

Today: in Brussels a solemn ceremony to remember victims of the terrorist attacks in Israel; preparation for the next plenary session of the European Parliament; and a hearing on the European Citizens Initiative 'Fur-Free Europe'.

Today: the Strategic Technologies for Europe Platform; new rules to better protect consumers; and Euro 7 emissions standards.

Today: the EU Product Liability Directive, three reports on innovation, research and energy and Parliament’s fourth European Gender Equality Week.

Today: the proposal for a EUR 50 billion instrument to support Ukraine’s recovery; Parliament reaffirms its commitment to Moldova’s future EU membership and a workshop on election conditionality.

Today: Parliament lobbied for a top-up of the EU long-term budget to enhance the EU’s crisis-response capabilities; Czech President Petr Pavel’s address to MEPs; and applications for the DiscoverEU competition are now open.

Today: in Strasbourg, the European Parliament plenary session is ongoing. European Parliament President Roberta Metsola marked the 10th anniversary of the Lampedusa shipwreck; MEPs assessed the progress on the reform of the EU asylum and migration systems and held discussions on the proposal to extend the authorisation to use glyphosate in the EU for ten more years.

Today: The Media Freedom Act; Moldova’s path to EU membership and a financial support package for Ukraine.

Today: a comprehensive European pact on asylum and migration; the debate on the proposed glyphosate authorisation extension and 455 million euro in EU aid following recent natural disasters in Romania, Italy and Türkiye.

Today: MEPs are set to debate and vote on the Media Freedom Act and adopt the Anti Coercion Instrument, and the President of the Czech Republic, Petr Pavel, will address MEPs.

Today: the second EU Tax Symposium; EP President Metsola’s visit to Cyprus; and International Safe Abortion Day.

Today: preparations are underway for the next plenary session. Next week, MEPs will vote on the new anti-coercion instrument; Parliament will discuss the revision of the Urban Wastewater Treatment Directive; and celebrating World Tourism Day.

Today: preparations are underway for the next plenary session and European Researchers’ Night.

Today: preparations are underway for the next plenary session; a seminar for journalists on the European Media Freedom and Digital Services Acts; and European Parliament President Roberta Metsola visits Croatia and Cyprus.

Today: An exchange of views with European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde, the revision of the EU’s long-term budget and a public hearing on the European defence industry.

Today: the nominations for the 2023 Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought; €455 million in EU Solidarity funding for Romania, Italy and Türkiye; and the Schengen reform.

Today: the ‘Gigabit infrastructure Act’; new rules to make short-term rented accommodation more transparent; and the Spanish Presidency of the Council outlines its priorities.

Today: MEPs’ visit to the UK; the International Day of Peace; and the exchange of views with the Directors-General of the European Commission on their Annual Activity Reports.

Today: a meeting with the Ukrainian Parliament’s Energy Committee, the revision of the long-term EU budget and the final countdown until the candidates for the 2023 Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought are revealed.

Today: Parliament’s green light to the reform of the EU electricity market, plus a new law to secure the EU’s supply of strategic raw materials, and more seats in the European Parliament for the next legislative term.

Today: in Strasbourg, the plenary session of the European Parliament closed yesterday; MEPs adopted their position on a revised law to improve air quality in the EU; the leader of Belarus’ democratic forces Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya addressed the European Parliament; and MEPs urged the EU and Türkiye to break the current deadlock and find ‘a realistic framework’ for their relations.

Today: in Strasbourg, the European Parliament plenary session is ongoing. The annual State of the European Union speech; the directive to boost the use of renewable energy; and new measures to better protect people who donate or receive blood, tissues or cells.

Today: in Strasbourg, the plenary session of the European Parliament is ongoing. President Metsola expressed solidarity with the people of Morocco; a plan to boost the EU supply of strategic raw materials; and EU-Türkiye relations

Today: new rules to improve EU air quality, the State of the European Union speech and a visit from the exiled Belarusian opposition leader Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya.

Today: a new law to increase the use of renewable energy, rules on the joint procurement of defence products and the appointment of Iliana Ivanova as the Commissioner for Innovation, Research, Culture, Education and Youth.

Today: the hearing of Bulgarian Commissioner-designate Ivanova; interview with President Metsola about the State of the European Union speech and the Media Freedom Act.

Today: Parliament’s political groups are preparing for the next plenary session; the annual State of the European Union speech; and the Committee on Constitutional Affairs votes on new rules to strengthen Parliament’s integrity

Today: MEPs from the Foreign Affairs Committee and Security and Defence Subcommittee will meet with the NATO Secretary General; the European Media Freedom Act; and the Critical Raw Materials Act

Today: the hearing with proposed new Commissioner Iliana Ivanova, the priorities of the Spanish Presidency of the Council of the EU and the five finalists for the 2024 LUX Audience Award.

Today: the digital euro project, the hearing with the Bulgarian commissioner-designate Iliana Ivanova and the Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development’s opinions on the EU’s 2024 General Budget.

Today: a hearing with the Bulgarian candidate for commissioner; strengthening equality bodies to combat discrimination; and the EU Tax Symposium.

Today: a preview of the topics for the next European Parliament plenary session; EU passenger rights; and water quality requirements for European bathing sites.

Today: a set of reforms aimed at strengthening the European Parliament’s rules on integrity, independence and accountability; the visit to Singapore of a delegation from the Subcommittee on Tax Matters, while MEPs from the Committee on Budgets are in Mozambique.

Today: this week is set aside for visits by committee delegations. A delegation of the Agriculture and Rural Development Committee is in Israel, while MEPs from the Foreign Affairs Committee are in Japan and Taiwan and a delegation of the Committee on Development is visiting the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Today: MEPs from the Subcommittee on Security and Defence are visiting Germany and Poland to assess the EU’s military assistance to Ukraine, the Euro-Latin American Parliamentary Assembly is starting today in Madrid and MEPs from the Transport and Tourism Committee are in southern Italy.

Today: a more affordable and consumer-friendly electricity market, new cyber-resilience rules and UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk’s visit to the European Parliament.

Today: Higher quality standards for substances of human origin, Türkiye’s EU accession process, and the discussion around the nomination of US academic Fiona Scott Morton as the European Commission’s Chief Competition Economist

Today: the meeting between Parliament's committees and representatives of the Spanish Presidency of the Council of the European Union; the visit to Brussels of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights and the third EU-CELAC summit.

Today: a public hearing on pesticides manufacturers’ failure to disclose the negative impacts of their products on human health; electricity market reform and the EU Cyber Resilience Act, which aims to boost cybersecurity.

Today: a plan to increase EU weapons production; a surveillance system to detect foreign interference; and a debate with Montenegrin President Jakov Milatović.

Today: the nature restoration law approved by the European Parliament, making the EU better prepared for health crises, and World Youth Skills Day.

Today: EU action on search and rescue operations in the Mediterranean; more alternative fuel stations on EU core routes; and new legislation to boost the EU chips industry.

Today: during the plenary session, the 28th anniversary of the Srebrenica massacre, new rules to boost energy savings, and reforms to detect foreign interference in Parliament’s activities

Today: during the plenary session, MEPs will discuss how to improve Parliament’s transparency, integrity and accountability rules, the search and rescue operations for migrants at sea and the recommendations by Parliament’s Special Committee on how to better prepare for future crises, following the COVID-19 pandemic.

Today: in Strasbourg, MEPs are set to approve new rules to boost energy savings, voting on the EU nature restoration law and the final recommendations of the Special Committee on the COVID-19 pandemic.

Today: the agenda of the plenary session, featuring the debate on the annual report of the European Investment Bank and new measures for the Fit for 55 package, plus the Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs’ green light for a law to punish the violation and circumvention of EU sanctions.

Today: Parliament’s political groups are preparing for the next plenary session. On the agenda: the Nature Restoration Law, the vote on the deployment of charging stations for cars and trucks; and the final report of the Special Committee on foreign interference proposing reforms to protect democratic institutions.

Today: the Climate Delegated Act to be amended; a debate on the recent migrant boat shipwreck off the coast of Greece; and the Civil Liberties Committee position on criminal offences and penalties for violating and circumventing EU sanctions.

Today: the 15th meeting of the EU-Ukraine Parliamentary Association Committee, the third EU-United Kingdom Parliamentary Partnership Assembly and the visit to London of a delegation from Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety.

Today: solidarity with Ukraine, spotlight on forgotten humanitarian crises, and EU support for 603 Belgian employees.

Today: better access to data, a uniform definition of rape to be applied across Europe and President Metsola’s visit to Helsinki.

Today: new rules to better protect groundwater and surface water; a €300 million budget for defence products; and the film ‘Close’ awarded the LUX Award 2023.

Today: a regulation on nature restoration; a legislative proposal to reduce deaths associated with air pollution; and a workshop on ‘The role of cyber in the Russian war against Ukraine’.

Today: Common legislation to combat violence against women and domestic violence, education and the media in Ukraine, and a public hearing with the Chair of the Supervisory Board of the European Central Bank.

Today: the Road Safety Package; the Free Trade Agreement between the EU and New Zealand and Micro, Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises Day.

Today: the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly; the role of national parliaments in overseeing the spending of EU funds; and EU enlargement.

Today: a delegation from the Subcommittee on Human Rights is in Israel and Palestine; World Refugee Day; and MEPs from the Committee on Civil Liberties visit Italy.

Today: a delegation of the Committee on Foreign Affairs will leave Chile and head to Brazil; the President of the European Parliament, Roberta Metsola, is in Croatia and will later travel to London; and MEPs of the Committee on Culture and Education are in Scotland to focus on the Erasmus+ scheme.

Today: a delegation from the Committee on Foreign Affairs is visiting Chile and Brazil; Parliament proposes increasing the number of seats and is calling for new EU-wide rules to protect trainees against exploitation.

Today: alarm about growing water scarcity and droughts, Parliament’s views on Ukraine’s future in NATO, and the address of the President of the Republic of Kosovo, Vjosa Osmani, to the European Parliament.

Today: Parliament’s position on new rules for artificial intelligence; the eleventh ‘This is Europe’ plenary debate with Cyprus’s President Nikos Christodoulides; and the exchange of electronic evidence by law enforcement authorities.

Today: The European Parliament assessed the humanitarian and environmental consequences of the attack on the Nova Kakhovka dam in southern Ukraine; President Metsola comments on the Council deal on migration and asylum; and a new regulation to restore damaged ecosystems.

Today on the agenda for the plenary session in Strasbourg: Parliament’s final approval of the updated requirements for batteries, new rules to manage artificial intelligence and MEPs’ expectations ahead of the EU summit later this month.

Today: On the agenda of the plenary session in Strasbourg – the latest developments in war-torn Ukraine, the EU’s food security and strategic autonomy, and the debate with the President of Cyprus, Nikos Christodoulides.

Today: the European Youth Event 2023 in Strasbourg, the agenda of the next plenary session of the European Parliament

Today: Political groups preparing for the next European Parliament plenary session; the draft budget for 2024; and World Oceans Day.

Today: Political groups preparing for the next European Parliament plenary session; the Spring Eurobarometer and World Food Safety Day.

Today: World Environment Day, discussions on migration, and the directive on preventing and combating trafficking in human beings and protecting its victims.

Today: the second monetary dialogue of the year with European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde, the Act in Support of Ammunition Production and a resolution against the Hungarian Government.

Today: during yesterday’s plenary session, MEPs discussed how to counter foreign interference; on Wednesday President Zourabichvili of Georgia addressed Parliament and a minute of silence was held to remember the victims of the floods in Italy.

Today: new rules to integrate human rights and environmental impacts into companies’ governance; new responses to health threats posed by antimicrobial resistance and young people gather in Strasbourg for the European Youth Event.

Today: during the plenary session in Brussels, MEPs will debate the latest developments in Hungary; Parliament will adopt its position on the proposal to urgently deliver ammunition and missiles to Ukraine; and MEPs will call for a coordinated EU strategy against foreign interference in democratic processes.

Today: a new European Parliament plenary session begins in Brussels. On the agenda, the 10th anniversary of the collapse of the Rana Plaza building in Bangladesh and the address by the President of Georgia. In the meantime, the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs will prepare for the upcoming Monetary Dialogue with the President of the European Central Bank.

Today: new rules to further reduce industrial emissions, plus the latest developments in the trans-European transport network and the implementation of the EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement.

Today: MEPs want to speed up the freezing and confiscation of criminal assets; the 5th European Parliament of Persons with Disabilities; and a meeting on ‘Reaching the transport objectives of Fit for 55’.

Today: the progress made by North Macedonia and Albania towards EU membership; the revision of EU industrial emissions rules; and the debate on animal testing for cosmetics.

Today: the EU’s relations with Latin America; the impact of armed conflict on women and girls; and International Day for Biological Diversity.

Today: saving human lives at sea; promoting equality for all; and a public hearing on the future of EU fisheries.

Today: the Committee on Culture and Education concludes its mission to Poland; MEPs from the Committee on Foreign Affairs are in the US; and it’s International Day against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia.

Today: the Budgetary Control Committee visits Hungary, the 2023 Charlemagne Youth Prize goes to a Belgian app for refugees and the LUX Audience Award will be announced on 27 June in Brussels .

Today: New transparency and risk-management rules for AI systems; Parliament wants rules for sustainable, durable products and no greenwashing; and a visit to the US by a delegation from the Committee on Foreign Affairs.

Today: improving product labelling and banning planned obsolescence, Parliament’s request to introduce new own resources and two resolutions on Serbia and Kosovo’s paths to EU integration.

Today: better support for European agriculture, an address by Portuguese President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa and new measures for Ukraine.

Today: the commemoration for Europe Day 2023; the debate ‘This is Europe’ with the German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and the reform of the Stability and Growth Pact,

Today: more effective, greener ways to help the agriculture sector; Portuguese President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa’s visit to Parliament; Serbia’s EU accession negotiations and Kosovo’s bid for EU candidate status.

Today: MEPs vote on cutting methane emissions; the European Commission presents its proposal to increase Europe’s capacity to produce ammunition; and Moldova to receive an additional EUR 145 million of assistance.

Today: Europe Day activities all around Europe; MEPs preparing the next plenary session that will start on Monday.

Today: the third edition of the Daphne Caruana Galizia Prize for Journalism; new rules to reduce the environmental impact of packaging and increased labelling obligations for better-informed purchasing decisions of household chemicals.

Today: recommendations from the Environment Committee on EU measures to end fast fashion; the situation in Sudan and World Press Freedom Day.

Today: green light for another one-year suspension of EU import duties on Ukrainian agricultural exports; the deal on greener aviation fuels and the Year of Skills.

Today: the vote on a report on the Sustainable Textiles Strategy; a draft opinion on prohibiting products made with forced labour on the EU market; and the revision of EU election rules.

Today: the vote on a report on the Sustainable Textiles Strategy; a draft opinion on prohibiting products made with forced labour on the EU market; and the revision of EU election rules.

Today: the vote on a report on the Sustainable Textiles Strategy; a draft opinion on prohibiting products made with forced labour on the EU market; and the revision of EU election rules.

Today: the vote on a report on the Sustainable Textiles Strategy; a draft opinion on prohibiting products made with forced labour on the EU market; and the revision of EU election rules.

Today: the vote on a report on the Sustainable Textiles Strategy; a draft opinion on prohibiting products made with forced labour on the EU market; and the revision of EU election rules.

Today: the vote on a report on the Sustainable Textiles Strategy; a draft opinion on prohibiting products made with forced labour on the EU market; and the revision of EU election rules.

Today: the vote on a proposal to extend the suspension of EU import duties on Ukrainian exports; the first-ever EU law on methane emissions reductions in the energy sector, and new proposals to fight against foreign state actors interfering in democratic processes.

Today: MEPs talk to the Moldovan Minister of Defence, and parliamentary committees discuss Ukraine’s recovery and reconstruction and EU-Latin America Trade Relations.

Today: a meeting on 'How to support Human Rights, Freedom and Democracy in Iran'; green light to the first EU rules for tracing crypto-assets transfers in all the EU countries and Parliament’s call for the universal decriminalisation of homosexuality and transgender identity.

Today: a new law against deforestation; the debate on the latest report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change; and Parliament’s commitment to Moldova’s EU membership.

Today: the European Parliament plenary session is ongoing. MEPs discussed the ICC’s arrest warrant for Russian President Vladimir Putin; Luxembourg’s Prime Minister Xavier Bettel was in Strasbourg for the ninth ‘This is Europe’ debate, and the 80th anniversary of the uprising in the Warsaw Ghetto.

Today: the European Parliament plenary session is underway. Green light for new laws essential to achieving the EU’s 2030 climate goals; the debate on EU-China relations and Parliament’s call for the release of journalist Evan Gershkovich and the Sakharov Prize winner Alexei Navalny, both detained in Russia.

Today: the plenary session of the European Parliament is under way. MEPs will debate the International Criminal Court’s arrest warrant for Vladimir Putin; they will vote on a resolution assessing the challenges facing EU candidate country Moldova. And Luxembourg’s Prime Minister Xavier Bettel will be the protagonist of the ninth ‘This is Europe’ plenary debate.

Today: a new plenary session is kicking off in Strasbourg. MEPs will vote on key laws to reach the EU’s 2030 climate target. Parliament will also vote on a new law to stop sales in the EU of products causing deforestation and will adopt its position on greenwashing.

Today: the inter-committee meeting between Parliament and the Ukrainian Verkhovna Rada, the 10th Recovery and Resilience Dialogue and the unveiling of the full programme of the European Youth Event 2023.

Today: the first Inter-Committee Meeting of the European Parliament and Ukraine’s Parliament, the Verkhovna Rada, new guidelines for the development of the trans-European road, rail and waterways transport network, and a data transfer framework between the EU and the US.

Today: European Parliament President Roberta Metsola’s opening address at the first Inter-Committee meeting of the European Parliament and Ukraine’s parliament, the Verkhovna Rada; political groups preparing for the next European Parliament plenary session.

Today: Political groups preparing for the next European Parliament plenary session, the 10th Recovery and Resilience Dialogue and the Committee on Transport and Tourism’s report on the new Trans-European transport network.

Today: A delegation from the Committee on Culture and Education visits Timisoara, in Romania, MEPs from the Committee on Development are in Kenya, while MEPs from the Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection are in Singapore.

Today: A delegation of the Transport and Tourism Committee visits Italy; MEPs of the Committee on Development are in Kenya, and World Health Day.

Today: a delegation of the Committee on the Environment’s visit to the European Chemicals Agency in Finland, new EU product safety rules and progress towards the complete phase-out of fluorinated gases.

Today: the deal to boost the use of green energy, new rules to close gender gap and the commemoration of the 25th anniversary of the Belfast Good Friday Agreement.

Today: First green light to the reform of EU asylum and migration management, stricter rules to close existing gaps in combating money laundering, terrorist financing and evasion of sanctions and the President Metsola’s two-day visit to The Netherlands.

Today: the deal on vehicle recharging and refuelling stations for alternative fuels, the vote on a new law to close the gender pay gap and new rules to protect online shoppers and vulnerable consumers.

Today: a new plenary session will start tomorrow in Brussels. Items on the agenda include the outcome of last week’s European Council meeting and new rules on product safety. Moreover, Commissioner Breton has presented the Net-Zero Industry Act and the Critical Raw Materials Act to the Committee on Industry, Research and Energy.

Today: the new Subcommittee on Public Health gets up and running, a new plan for sanitary and phytosanitary measures relating to Northern Ireland and a debate on increasing financial support for Moldova.

Today: The Committee on Budgetary Control’s recommendation on signing off the Commission’s budget, the deal on cleaner maritime fuels and the national winners of the European Charlemagne Youth Prize.

Today: Talks between European Parliament President Roberta Metsola and Ukraine’s Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba, a new EU urban mobility framework and the DiscoverEU application process.

Today: the implementation and delivery of the UN Sustainable Development Goals, the Commission’s initiatives on jobs and social rights and a hearing to discuss the situation of women and girls in Afghanistan.

Today: the Committee of Inquiry to investigate the use of Pegasus and equivalent surveillance spyware travels to Madrid; Parliament and the Council work towards an agreement on decarbonising the EU maritime sector; and the Budgetary Control Committee votes on the so-called ‘discharge procedure’ for 2021.

Today: the first monetary dialogue of the year with European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde and two public hearings: one on the state of human rights in Algeria and the second on how to create sustainable and decent employment opportunities for Africa’s young population.

Today: a climate-neutral building sector by 2050; a new law raising the EU carbon sink target by 15 % for land use and forestry; and the European citizens’ initiative ‘Save bees and farmers’.

Today: the new Effort Sharing Regulation, part of the ‘Fit for 55 in 2030 package’, the debate with Presidents Michel and von der Leyen on the priorities of the next European Council and the celebration of International Women’s Day in Strasbourg.

Today: the debate ‘This is Europe’ with Lithuanian president Nausėda, a step forward for the EU Data Act and the minute of silence for the victims of the shipwrecks in the Mediterranean and of the train crash in Greece.

Today: the agenda of the ongoing plenary session with the expectations for the next EU summit; Nobel Peace Prize laureate Shirin Ebadi and Italian commander of the International Space Station Samantha Cristoforetti addressing MEPs and EU rules on migration and asylum policy.

Today: the start of the latest European Parliament plenary session in Strasbourg. MEPs will discuss the energy performance of buildings, as well as three new laws for the Fit for 55 package. We also recap last week’s debate on the energy situation a year on from the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

Today: the special session of the Committee on Industry, Research and Energy marks one year of Russia’s war against Ukraine and the European Parliament’s political groups prepare for next week’s plenary session.

Today: International Women’s Day, the implementation of the InvestEU programme and two workshops, one on the state of play of the EU’s crisis preparedness and response capability and the other on the effects of long COVID.

Today: a delegation of the Committee on Women’s Rights and Gender Equality at UN headquarters in New York to discuss the status of women in innovation, technological change, and education in the digital age; a visit in Athens by the Committee on Civil Liberties and the debate on the use of seeds treated with neonicotinoid insecticides.

Today: The European Parliament will be focusing on gender and energy poverty for this year’s International Women’s Day, European funds are approved for 559 Belgian workers and the European Youth Event is holding a photo competition on Instagram.-

Today: the debate on the violation of international law and human rights in Ukraine, the agreement on an ambitious cut in fluorinated greenhouse gas emissions and the hearing on more stable supply chains for the EU’s raw materials.

Today: the EU response to the earthquakes that struck Türkiye and Syria, a new bill to protect EU local craft and industrial products, and the deal to fight greenwashing in the bond markets.

Today: the humanitarian consequences of the war in Ukraine, Parliament welcomes the political agreement between the European Union and the United Kingdom on Northern Ireland and the gender aspects of energy poverty.

Today: a proposal to reduce fluorinated greenhouse gas, a meeting in the run-up of the International Women’s Day on the effect of the energy crisis on women and a workshop on the influence of social media on the development of children.

Today: the devastating humanitarian consequences of the war in Ukraine, the European Parliamentary Week and the statute for European cross-border associations and non-profit organisations.

Today: Committee delegations are conducting visits on matters falling within their responsibility. MEPs from the Committee on Regional Development are in Lapland, Finland, a delegation of the Committee on Development concludes its visit to Washington DC, and a delegation of the Special Committee on the COVID-19 pandemic is in Ethiopia.

Today: Several European Parliament Committees are on fact-finding visits this week. Delegations from the Committee on Budgetary Control and the Committee on Women's Rights and Gender Equality are in Spain, while a delegation from the Subcommittee on Security and Defence is in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Today: the war in Ukraine on the agenda of the Euronest Parliamentary Assembly, the visit in Budapest of the MEPs of the Inquiry Committee on the use of Pegasus and a delegation of the special committee on the COVID-19 pandemic is in Africa.

Today: Parliament asks for Ukraine to be provided with more military aid; the Committee on Foreign Affairs visits Indonesia and Vietnam; and the Committee on Development travels to the US.

Today: The European Parliament is ready to start talks with the Council on a new law to boost EU chips industry. Moreover, MEPs insist that the EU must ratify the Istanbul Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and the EU cycling strategy.

Today: Council and Commission statements on one year of Russia’s invasion and war of aggression against Ukraine, the Latvian President’s address in Strasbourg and proposals to make it easier for EU citizens who live in another EU country to participate in elections.

Today: the plenary session in Strasbourg is ongoing. President Metola announced the activation of the EU’s civil protection mechanism, new emission standards for cars and vans and the ratification process of the Istanbul convention.

Today: the plenary session in Strasbourg is ongoing. MEPs will focus on the war in Ukraine, new proposals for clean technology to assure strategic autonomy, and World Radio Day.

Today: the plenary session opens in Strasbourg. The debate will focus on the emergency and humanitarian response to the catastrophic earthquake in Turkey and Syria; new energy measures to accelerate the green transition and the EU enlargement process.

Today: the extraordinary plenary session in Brussels with Ukrainian President Zelenskyy, a donor conference to mobilise international aid for Turkey and Syria and the first steps towards parliamentary reform.  

Today: European rescue teams on the ground in Turkey after the quake, new steps towards interoperable national digital identity schemes and a hearing on the geopolitics of spyware.

Today: the EU support to the Turkish and Syrian populations hit by a devastating earthquake, a proposal for the deployment of renewable energies and registrations open for the European Youth Event 2023.

Today: the agenda of the next plenary session with the CO2 emissions reduction targets for vehicles and the debate on the ECB policy with Christine Lagarde; the proposal to update the EU’s energy performance of buildings directive.

Today: enhancing EU support for Ukraine, a hearing on the EU response against hunger in Africa and new measures to improve conditions for workers on digital labour platforms.

Today: Europe supporting Ukraine, the migratory challenges facing Europe and the 2023 Charlemagne Youth Prize.

Today: new rules aiming to strengthen media pluralism in Europe, how to further support Ukraine and President Metsola visit in Ireland.

Today: the agenda of the plenary session with new solutions for migration, the situation in Afghanistan and the committees’ debate on EU support for Ukraine.

Today: making EU elections more transparent and resistant to interference, Parliament’s priorities on migration and potential new entries in the list of high-risk third countries. 

Today: the meetings with Swedish Presidency representatives in committees, the hearings about the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and the Data protection Day.

Today: the commemoration in Brussels for the International Holocaust Remembrance Day, the discussion on how to improve Parliament’s work transparency and the EU supply of chips.

Today: the commemoration of International Holocaust Remembrance Day, the Istanbul Convention and stricter rules for political advertising.

Today: the EP plenary session that will take place tomorrow in Brussels with the commemoration for International Holocaust Remembrance Day, President Metsola travelling to Madrid and Commissioner McGuinness at the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs.

Today: the priorities of the Swedish presidency, the EU Chips Act and the hearing with the initiators of the European Citizens’ Initiative ‘Save Bees and Farmers’.

Today: the use of spyware by private actors, the digital euro and the request of harmonised rules for video games.

Today: MEPs call for a firmer response to Russian threats to European security, Marc Angel elected as European Parliament Vice-President and 30 years of the European single market.

Today: the evaluation of the outcomes of the December European Council, Uber’s lobbying practices in the EU and human rights and democracy in Brazil, Morocco and Nagorno-Karabakh.

Today: the work programme of Sweden’s six-month Presidency of the Council of the EU, the EU’s response to last weekend’s Russian missile attack on civilians in Ukraine and new measures to increase Parliament’s integrity, independence and accountability.

Today: the debate on the results of the December EU summit, the election of a new Parliament Vice-President and Uber’s lobbying practices in the EU.

Today: the prospects of establishing a tribunal on the crime of aggression against Ukraine, the strategy to enhance the EU-Latin America partnership and the 2023 Charlemagne Youth Prize.

Today: the results of the latest Eurobarometer survey and the agenda for the next plenary session, starting on Monday in Strasbourg.

Today: the ceremony to remember late EP President David Sassoli, the proposals for action to strengthen Parliament’s integrity, independence and accountability, and the visit to Spain by MEPs on the Civil Liberties Committee.

Today: the proposals of the Special Committee on Foreign Interference in all Democratic Processes in the European Union with a view to prevent interference by malign foreign actors, the preparation of the January plenary session, and the proposal to eliminate obstacles hindering EU citizens residing in other EU countries from voting in local elections.

Today: the impact of inflation on the affordability of food, the new Eurobarometer survey due out later this week and the ceremony to commemorate Parliament’s late president David Sassoli one year after his passing.

Today: on 1 January Sweden took the helm of the Council of the EU for the third time, a legal framework for artificial intelligence and new rules for the gig economyToday: on 1 January Sweden took the helm of the Council of the EU for the third time, a legal framework for artificial intelligence and new rules for the gig economy

We’ll be back on 9 January. In the meantime, we wish you all a Merry Christmas and a happy New Year.

Today: MEPs reaction to the corruption scandal, the Ukrainian Holodomor recognised as genocide and the deal with the Council on reception conditions for applicants to international protection.

Today: an 18-billion-euro loan to Ukraine, a plan to boost the deployment of renewable energy power plants and the reform package against corruption presented by European Parliament President Roberta Metsola.

Today: the Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought award ceremony, Parliament’s priorities for the European Council meeting and a legal framework to protect people with disabilities.

Today:   MEP Eva Kaili stripped of her position as European Parliament Vice-President, the permits for renewable energy infrastructure and the ‘This is Europe’ debate with Slovenian Prime Minister Golob

Today:  Roberta Metsola gives her introductory remarks on the current situation of the corruption probe that sees the involvement of members and former members of the European Parliament, the EU summit agenda will be debated in Strasbourg, the Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought ceremony will take place and the five finalists for the 2023 LUX Audience Award will be announced.

Today: In Strasbourg, MEPs are debating the outcome the COP27 in Sharm el Sheik, the seventh debate of the series ‘This is Europe’ with the Slovenian PM Golob and the prospects of a two-state solution for Israel and Palestine.

Today: next week’s plenary session agenda, the United Nations Human Rights Day, and tomorrow’s announcement in Reykjavik, Iceland of the films in the running for the 2023 Lux Audience Award.

Today: negotiations on new rules for the design, production and disposal of batteries, the plenary session agenda and a meeting on gender equality.

Today: the new law to ensure products causing deforestation are not sold in the EU, the closing event of the European Year of Youth 2022 and the debate on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on children and teenagers.

Today: the European Year of Youth Closing Event.

Today: the hearing for the discharge procedure at the Committee on Budgetary Control, the vote on the annual report on the Protection of the European Union’s financial interests and the closing event for the European Year of Youth.

Today: 2020 Sakharov prize laureate Maria Kalesnikava hospitalised, a common response against foreign interference in democracies, and the debate on banning citizenship or residence by investment for Russian nationals.

Today: the feedback event on the Conference of the Future of Europe, new rules on product safety and World AIDS day

Today: better protection of the environment and human health, EU citizens’ right to vote when residing in an EU country other than their own and the parliamentary hearing on combating trafficking in human beings.

Today: the fourth Monetary Dialogue of the year, the debate with Kyiv’s mayor Vitali Klitschko and the evaluation of the socio-economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Today: the European Parliament insists that the EU must freeze funding to Hungary, the World Cup in Qatar and the human rights breaches in Afghanistan, Belarus and Democratic Republic of Congo.

Today: The European Parliament recognizes Russia as a state sponsor of terrorism, the EU budget for 2023 and the ‘Generators of Hope’ initiative. 

Today: new rules to protect essential infrastructure in Europe, the reform of EU migration and asylum common policy and fisheries restrictions for EU vessels.

Today: the ceremony for the 70th anniversary of the European Parliament, new rules to increase gender balance on company boards and the debate on the situation in Iran.

Today: MEPs’ reaction to the outcome of COP 27, Parliament’s resolution declaring Russia a state sponsor of terrorism, and a 18 billion euro loan for Ukraine.

Today: the plenary session in Strasbourg, with debates on human rights in Qatar and the Ukrainian grain and fertiliser deal, and 720 million euros in EU aid for seven countries.

Today: the EU long-term budget, the agenda of the plenary session starting on Monday and the 70th anniversary of the European Parliament.

Today: the EU’s long-term budget, biometrics and crime in public spaces, and the ‘Women on boards’ directive.

Today: the 2023 EU Budget deal, the deployment of renewables and the de facto ban on abortion in Poland.

Today: the EP delegation attends the COP27 in Egypt, we look at the agenda of next week’s plenary session, and Parliament examines human rights in Qatar.

Today: the deal on carbon sinks target, the Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence and the meeting between MEPs and Youth delegates from the Council of Europe.

Today: Metsola recalled the anniversaries of the Kristallnacht and of the fall of Berlin Wall, the outcome of the October summit of the European Council and the green light of the European Parliament to Croatia’s Schengen accession.

Today: a stricter regulation for greenhouse gas emissions, the European Citizen’s Prize 2022 award ceremony and Metsola visit in Moldova.

Today: Metsola’s visit to Auschwitz, the energy crisis and the Inquiry on use of Pegasus and other spywares.

Today: the plenary session in Brussels, with the outcomes of the European Council meeting, the energy crisis and the final vote on Croatia's Schengen accession.

Today: the impact of EU sanctions on Russia, the 60th anniversary of the Common Agricultural Policy and the European Health Data Space.

Today: the visit to Cyprus and Greece of the Inquiry Committee on Pegasus, the cultural and media policies in Hungary and the women’s rights in Poland.