“This morning the European Parliament’s Foreign Affairs Committee and the Committee on International Trade adopted the Implementation Report on the EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement (TCA) with 71 votes in favour, one against and three abstentions. This report covers the first two years of the agreement’s
MEPs have awarded the 2023 Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought to Jina Mahsa Amini and the Woman, Life, Freedom Movement in Iran. European Parliament President Roberta Metsola announced the 2023 laureate in the Strasbourg plenary chamber on Thursday, following a decision by Parliament’s Conference of Presidents (President
-Parliament’s position on the 2024 EU budget adopted ahead of negotiations with member states -MEPs' stance aligns with the proposed mid-term revision of the EU’s long-term budget -Essential funding restored for key programmes cut by EU governments -Significant increases for research, Erasmus+, climate action, transport infrastructure, the EU
-Urgent need for political stability in the country -High level of public support for EU integration -Concern about malign foreign interference High political tensions and polarisation have caused Montenegro’s EU accession process to stall, say MEPs in the report adopted on Wednesday. While commending Montenegro’s long-standing commitment to EU
Yestersay, Parliament approved Wopke Hoekstra as Commissioner for Climate Action and Maroš Šefčovič’s new role as Executive Vice-President for the European Green Deal. 279 MEPs voted in favour of Wopke Hoekstra’s appointment as Commissioner for Climate Action, 173 voted against, and 33 abstained. Maroš Šefčovič’s new responsibilities
9-12 October, Brussels Subcommittee on Human Rights Monday, 9 October 15:00 - 18:00 in room: Paul-Henri Spaak 5B001 Debate (15.30 – 17.00) In association with the Delegation for relations with the Arab Peninsula: Exchange of views on the participation of Human Rights Defenders and Civil Society Organisations to the COP