I. The EU’s long-term budget, the Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF), sets the annual limits on our commitments and payments in all policy areas. Unanimity in the Member States and consent from the European Parliament is necessary to adopt the MFF. The current MFF, together with...
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MEPs and political groups presented their candidates for the Sakharov Prize 2023 on Wednesday. The vote on the three finalists will take place in October. The Committee on Foreign Affairs, the Subcommittee on Human Rights and the Committee on Development hosted the presentation of the nine nominations for the 2023...
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Joint statement by –the Chair of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, MEP David McALLISTER, –the Chair of the Delegation for relations with the South Caucasus, MEP Marina KALJURAND, –the European Parliament’s Standing Rapporteur on Armenia, MEP Andrey KOVATCHEV, and –the European Parliament’s Standing Rapporteur on...
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From 18 to 19 September, MEPs on the Foreign Affairs Committee will travel to the United Kingdom, including Belfast and London, for talks on how to strengthen EU-UK bilateral cooperation. This will be the first time that a delegation of the Foreign Affairs Committee, led...
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Bereits Ende März hatten sich die EU-Mitgliedstaaten und das Europäische Parlament auf eine Neuauflage der Erneuerbare-Energien-Richtlinie geeinigt. In dieser Woche hat das Parlament die Richtlinie final bestätigt. Dazu erklärt der Europaabgeordnete David McAllister (CDU): „Mit der Erneuerbaren-Energien-Richtlinie zeigt sich, dass die Europäische Union auch pragmatisch...
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Belarusians want to hear that their country will not be given to Putin as a consolation prize, the exiled Belarusian opposition leader told MEPs on Wednesday. Addressing the plenary, the leader of Belarus’ democratic forces Svietlana Tsikhanouskaya called on MEPs to support Belarus’ European perspective...
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