Press statement on the legislative elections in Venezuela on 6 December 2020. “The regime of Nicolás Maduro has called elections to the National Assembly of Venezuela on 6 December 2020. The European Parliament will not observe this process, and consequently will neither comment on the process, nor
A stronger EU-US partnership and committed engagement in international institutions will take precedence at Thursday’s hearing in the Foreign Affairs Committee. With representatives from the US State Department, the Munich Security Conference, the German Marshal Fund and the European External Action Service, MEPs will examine the state of transatlantic
On the 25th anniversary of the peace accords, parliamentarians from across Europe deliberate the future of the Western Balkans. Together with members of EU national parliaments and EU aspirant countries, MEPs will consider the implications of the Dayton peace accord, that a quarter of a century
The award ceremony for this year’s Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought, conferred upon the Belarusian democratic opposition, will be held on 16 December. The ceremony will take place on Wednesday 16 December, at noon. Journalists can express their interest in conducting an online interview with representatives of the
The tense political and human rights situation in Belarus will be discussed by Members on the Foreign Affairs Committee and Subcommittee on Human Rights on Tuesday and Wednesday. Members on the Subcommittee on Human Rights and invited experts will debate the international efforts to investigate human rights abuses
Prominent Russian opposition figures called on the EU to step up the fight against “dirty” Russian money in the European Union, in a meeting with MEPs on Friday. On Friday, MEPs on the Foreign Affairs Committee and several members of Russia’s political opposition and non-governmental organisations,