EP Plenary Session - Oral question - Implementation of the Urban Wastewater Treatment Directive (UWWTD) and risks to the security of supply of medicines

ENVI - Exchange of views with Teresa Ribera Rodríguez, Executive Vice-President for a Clean, Just and Competitive Transition, as part of the structured dialogue

EP Plenary session - Prevention and treatment of obesity

EP Plenary Session - Building Europe's clean, independent and secure energy following the 2026 North Sea Summit

EP Plenary Session - Presentation of the Energy Package

EP Plenary session - Framework for achieving climate neutrality

EP Plenary session - Control of the financial activities of the European Investment Bank – annual report 2023

Constituent meeting of the Delegation to the EU-Montenegro Stabilisation and Association Parliamentary Committee

MEPs discuss the Commission’s proposed “Citizen’s Energy Package” which seeks to accelerate the EU’s transition to cleaner energy sources, while ensuring a just transition in which all citizens are able to be actively involved and fully protected. The proposals follow a consultation process launched in 2025.

Presentation of the Energy Package: MEPs debate (part 1)

MEPs debate the urgent actions required to boost EU competitiveness, deepen the single market, and reduce the cost of living. MEPs outline their priorities for transforming the recommendations in the 2024 Draghi report into reality. They also assess the work already undertaken on the recommendations. In September 2023 European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen asked Mario Draghi to prepare a report on the future of European competitiveness. The report was completed in September 2024. It looks at the challenges faced by industry and companies and outlines how Europe will no longer be able to rely on many of the factors that have supported growth in the past. It lays out a diagnosis and provides recommendations to put Europe on a different trajectory. Second part of MEPs debate.

Urgent actions to revive EU competitiveness, deepen the EU Single Market and reduce the cost of living - from the Draghi report to reality: MEPs debate (part 2)

MEPs debate on UN Climate Change Conference 2025 in Belém, Brazil (COP30). The draft resolution urges the EU to remain a leader in international climate negotiations and maintain its ambitious approach to climate policy. MEPs reiterate the urgent need to end the EU’s fossil fuel dependence and accelerate its energy transition. The text also calls on the international community to pay increased attention to the climate impact of conflicts. The 30th UN climate conference will take place from 10 to 21 November 2025 in Belém, Brazil. A Parliament delegation led by Chair Lídia Pereira (EPP, PT) and Vice-Chair Mohammed Chahim (S&D, NL) will attend COP30 from 17 to 21 November. This transcript is the resullt of an automatic process. Please check against delivery.

UN Climate Change Conference 2025 in Belém, Brazil (COP30): MEPs debate (part 1)

European Parliament assesses the state of fundamental rights in Hungary after the pro-government majority changed the law on public assemblies in March 2025, enabling authorities to classify pro-LGBTIQ+ gatherings as violations of the Child Protection Act and consequently ban the Budapest Pride. MEPs are set to argue that this limitation of the rights of assembly and expression is a direct violation of the basic human and civil rights enshrined in the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the EU and the core values of the Union. In 1997, Budapest became the first capital of a former Communist bloc country to host a Pride march, a landmark moment for equality and freedom. However, Hungary’s government has been taking regressive steps for many years, dismantling institutions, the rule of law, and freedom of expression, to the point where Parliament can no longer consider the country a full democracy.

Recent legislative changes in Hungary and their impact on fundamental rights: MEPs debate

MEPs call on the EU to use frozen Russian assets to support Ukraine and accelerate the phase-out of Moscow’s energy. In the second debate with representatives of the European Commission, MEPs are set to call on the EU to accelerate the phase-out of Russian gas and other Russian energy commodities.

Accelerating the phase-out of Russian gas and other Russian energy commodities in the EU: MEPs debate

Following his inauguration on 20 January 2025, President Trump signed a large number of executive orders setting the priorities of the new US administration, including the country’s withdrawal from the World Health Organisation (WHO) and the Paris Agreement on climate change mitigation. Alongside Commission representatives, MEPs discuss the impact of these decisions internationally and on the EU’s future involvement in these global initiatives.

US withdrawal from the Paris Climate Agreement, the World Health Organisation and the suspension of US development and humanitarian aid: MEPs debate (part 1)

In a debate with the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, and Barna Zsigmond, Hungary’s Deputy-Minister for European Union Affairs, MEPs outline their expectations for the European Council meeting taking place on Thursday 19 December, focusing on the situation in the Middle East, the EU’s support to Ukraine in its war against Russia, and crisis prevention and migration management. Second part of MEPs debate.

Preparation of the European Council of 19-20 December 2024: MEPs Debate part 2

MEPs and the Commission discuss misinformation and disinformation circulating on social media platforms such as TikTok, and the dangers they pose to the holding of free and fair elections in Europe. Third part of the debate.

Misinformation and disinformation on social media platforms, such as TikTok, and related risks to the integrity of elections in Europe: MEPs Debate (part 3)

KNOTEK, Ondřej (PfE, CZ)

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