According to the European Environment Agency, in 2022, water scarcity affected 34% of the EU population and 40% of its land area.
Southern European countries like Cyprus, Greece, Italy, Malta, Portugal and Spain are particularly hard hit by water scarcity, but the crisis is spreading northward, impacting areas previously considered water secure. In Europe, water stress is already a serious issue, and climate change is expected to make it worse in the future. That’s why the EU is trying to find a common solution to this challenge.

From scarcity to security: how the EU is working for a water-resilient future

At a glance: Georgian President Salomé Zourabichvili warns MEPs of high stakes for EU if Georgia falls under Russian influence; Parliament approves faster disaster recovery funding; MEPs elect Teresa Anjinho from Portugal as European Ombudsman.

News in Brief – 19/12/2024 - English

At a glance: President Metsola’s visit to Portugal, the EU Youth Strategy survey and a competition for the 75th anniversary of the Council of Europe.

News in Brief – 03/07/2024 - English

At a glance: Parliament publishes its final Eurobarometer survey before the elections in June; ‘The Teachers’ Lounge’ by German director Ilker Çatak wins the 2024 LUX Audience Award and Metsola visits Portugal.

News in Brief – 18/04/2024 - English

O Parlamento Europeu e os respetivos deputados eleitos são a voz dos cidadãos na União Europeia. É por este motivo que pretendemos que o Parlamento seja acessível a todos. As notícias breves oferecem uma visão rápida dos temas principais do dia em todas as línguas oficiais da União. Esta transmissão é disponibilizada pelo Parlamento Europeu. Para mais programas, vá a:

Destaques do dia – 31/01/2024 – português

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Mário Soares was a Portuguese lawyer and Socialist politician. He was President of Portugal when the country entered the European Union in 1986. Mário Soares was President of the European Movement International from 1997 to 1999, and Member of the European Parliament from 1999 to 2004.

Mario Soares

Portugal entered the European Economic Community on 1 January 1986, together with Spain. In the following years the economy of the Portugal progressed considerably as a result of the EU structural and cohesion funds.

On 1 December 2009, the Treaty of Lisbon, signed by European Member States on 13 December 2007 in the Jeronimos Monastery in Lisbon, entered into force. Portugal has 21 MEPs in the EP and has 12 votes in the European Council.

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António COSTA, Portuguese Prime Minister, is the third EU leader to debate the future of Europe with MEPs and Jean-Claude Juncker, President of the EC, on Wednesday morning.

The Europeans want the EU to change. This is why the European Parliament is taking the leadership over a reform of the EU.

Parliament set out its vision for the future of Europe in three resolutions voted in plenary session on 16 February 2017. MEPs suggested, among other things:

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	<li>turning the Council of Ministers into a genuine second legislative chamber, and its configurations into preparatory bodies similar to Parliament’s committees,</li>
	<li>appointing an EU finance minister and giving the EU Commission the power to formulate and give effect to a common EU economic policy, backed up by a euro-area budget, and</li>
	<li>creating a fiscal capacity consisting of the European Stability Mechanism (ESM) and specific additional budgetary capacity for the euro area, funded by its members as a part of the EU budget.</li>
</ul>

Debate on the Future of Europe with António COSTA, Portuguese Prime Ministe

Visit the European Parliament and discover how your voice is represented at the highest levels of European Union governance as the mobile Parliamentary centre tours seven cities across Portugal. Experience the EU’s only directly elected institution through virtual reality and talk with one of your 21 Portuguese Members of the European Parliament (MEPs).

EP on your doorstep

In the European elections, people in the European Union vote for Members to represent them in the European Parliament. In 2024, 720 MEPs will be elected. Elections take place every five years. The next are held in the EU Member States from 6 to 9 June 2024. EU elections take place today in Belgium, Bulgaria, Denmark, Germany, Estonia, Italy, Greece, Spain, France, Croatia, Cyprus, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Hungary, Austria, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovenia, Finland, Sweden

Election Night- 9/6/2024

In the European elections, people in the European Union vote for Members to represent them in the European Parliament. In 2024, 720 MEPs will be elected. Elections take place every five years. The elections are held in the EU Member States from 6 to 9 June 2024. 

EU elections take place today in Belgium, Bulgaria, Denmark, Germany, Estonia, Greece, Spain, France, Croatia, Cyprus, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Hungary, Austria, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovenia, Finland and in Sweden

Election Days- 9/6/2024

President Metsola meets the President of the Assembleia da República of Portugal, José Pedro Aguiar-Branco? the Prime Minister of Portugal, Luís Montenegro and they hold a press conference. President Metsola also meets the President of Portugal, Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa.

Official visit by Roberta METSOLA, EP President to Portugal

President Metsola meets the Prime Minister of Portugal António Costa. in Brussels

Official meeting of President Metsola and Portuguese Prime Minister António Costa

Roberta METSOLA, EP President meets with Paulo RANGEL,l Minister for Foreign Affairs of Portugal

Roberta METSOLA, EP President meets with Paulo RANGEL, Minister of State and Foreign Affairs of Portugal

EP Plenary session - Commission statement - The extreme wildfires in Southern Europe, in particular Portugal and Greece and the need for further EU climate action on adaptation and mitigation

Opening of the sitting

Approval of the minutes of the previous sitting

Composition of Parliament

Composition of political groups

Composition of committees and delegations

Corrigenda (Rule 251)

Signing of acts adopted in accordance with the ordinary legislative procedure (Rule 81)

Order of business

Resumption of the sitting

One year after the 7 October terrorist attacks by Hamas

The reintroduction of internal border controls in a number of Member States and its impact on the Schengen Area

Need to fight the systemic problem of gender-based violence in Europe

Facing fake news, populism and disinformation in the EU - the importance of public broadcasting, media pluralism and independent journalism

The extreme wildfires in Southern Europe, in particular Portugal and Greece and the need for further EU climate action on adaptation and mitigation

Mobilisation of the European Union Solidarity Fund: assistance to Italy, Slovenia, Austria, Greece and France further to natural disasters occurred in 2023

One-minute speeches (Rule 179)

Agenda of the next sitting

Plenary session

EU Elections 2024 – Election Night - First publication of available national estimates  Romania Poland Portugal Sweden

Official visit to Lisbon (Portugal) - Press point by Roberta METSOLA, EP President and Luís MONTENEGRO, Portuguese Prime Minister

Official visit to Lisbon (Portugal) - Ceremony - Roberta METSOLA, EP President receiving an honorary degree from the University of Lisbon, at the University of Lisbon

Address by Roberta METSOLA, EP President at the Portuguese Assembly (Assembleia da República), Official visit to Lisbon (Portugal)

Joint Press point by Roberta METSOLA, EP President and by Rebelo de SOUSA, President of Portugal

Roberta METSOLA, EP President meets with José Manuel FERNANDES, Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries of Portugal

Portuguese MEPs official portraits - 10th Parliamentary term

Official visit by Roberta METSOLA, EP President to Portugal - Meeting with Luís MONTENEGRO, Portuguese Prime Minister

Official visit by Roberta METSOLA, EP President to Portugal - Meeting with Marcelo REBELO de SOUSA, President of Portugal

Official visit by Roberta METSOLA, EP President to Portugal - Tram Talk with Portuguese youth and Carlos MOEDAS, Mayor of Lisbon

Official visit by Roberta METSOLA, EP President to Portugal - Meeting with José Pedro AGUIAR-BRANCO, President of the Assembly of the Republic of Portugal and Visit at the Assembly of the Republic of Portugal

This infoclip illustrates the European Union’s aspects that enhance its global competitiveness. The EU is working to boost its global competitiveness, its ability to grow sustainably, innovate, and create quality jobs. From digital finance to green industry and cutting-edge research. This infoclip highlights the key sectors and values driving a strong, resilient European economy fit for the future.

Infoclip: European competitiveness

In light of the recent widespread blackouts that affected Spain, Portugal, and southern France, MEPs debate on assessing the resilience of the EU’s energy infrastructure and the critical need to strengthen cross-border interconnections within the internal energy market with Adam SZŁAPKA, Polish Minister for European Affairs, and Dan JØRGENSEN, European Commissioner for Energy and Housing. MEPs raised concerns about the vulnerability of national power grids to extreme weather events, technical failures, emphasizing that the recent outages serve as a wake-up call for accelerating investment in a more integrated and robust European electricity network. Discussions also touched on the role of renewable energy, energy storage, and smart grid technologies in enhancing energy security and meeting the EU’s climate goals.

The first lessons from the blackout in the Iberian Peninsula: extracts from the debate

EP Vice President, Martin Hojsík, represents European Parliament’s President Roberta Metsola at the Bucha Summit, a conference of speakers and heads of delegations of national parliaments of European countries and the European Parliament organised three years after the liberation of Bucha from Russian troops. Ruslan Stefanchuk, Speaker of the Ukrainian chairs the summit. Parliament Speakers and the Heads of delegations of national parliaments of Belgium, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Iceland, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Ukraine, United Kingdom and the European Parliament were in Kyiv on Monday, 31 March 2025, to commemorate the victims of the Bucha tragedy. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Olena Zelenska, Ukrainian First Lady, participate in the commemoration as well.

Ceremony commemorating the third anniversary of the liberation of Bucha (Ukraine) and Bucha Summit with the participation of Martin HOJSÍK, Vice President of the European Parliament

On 17 December, the European Parliament elected Teresa Anjinho (Portugal) as the European Ombudsman for a five-year mandate, with the support of 344 MEPs in a secret plenary vote. After two rounds of voting, Teresa Anjinho secured the necessary majority of votes cast. Six candidates participated in the first and second ballots: Teresa Anjinho (Portugal), Emilio De Capitani (Italy), Marino Fardelli (Italy), Julia Laffranque (Estonia), Claudia Mahler (Austria), and Reinier van Zutphen (the Netherlands).

Election of the Ombudsman: extracts from the annual report debate (16.12) and from the vote on the new Ombudsman (17.12)

Parliament elects the European Ombudsman, with six candidates vying for the position. As established in rule 237 of Parliament’s Rules of Procedure, in order to be elected a candidate must obtain a majority of votes cast by MEPs. If no candidate is elected after the first two ballots, the two candidates who received the most votes will stand for a third and final ballot. In case of a tie, the oldest candidate shall be appointed. The candidates, listed alphabetically, are: • Teresa Anjinho (Portugal) • Emilio De Capitani (Italy) • Marino Fardelli (Italy) • Julia Laffranque (Estonia) • Claudia Mahler (Austria) • Reinier van Zutphen (The Netherlands) On Tuesday, Parliament backed Teresa Anjinho (Portugal) as the European Ombudsman for a five-year mandate, with the support of 344 MEPs in a secret plenary vote.

Election of the Ombudsman (first and second ballot)

The video presents the new Policy of the European Parliament on Physical Accessibility and showcases the accessibility aspects available at its premises: such as accessible entrances and service desks, tactile marks, floor guidance, colour contrasted signs to guide visitors, elevators and ramps to make conference rooms, stages and galleries accessible, height-adjustable lecterns for the plenary room, support for hearing devices in rooms with audio systems. Additionally, front line staff receives specialized awareness raising training to welcome people with disabilities in the best possible manner. Restrictions: @The video may only be used in its entirety.

PT subt - Physical Accessibility at European Parliament premises: A constant commitment for an Inclusive environment (Version with Portuguese subtitles)

Extracts of the meeting between Roberta METSOLA, EP President and Antonio COSTA, former Portuguese Prime Minister and President-elect of the European Council in the European Parliament in Strasbourg. Europe's heads of state and government chose to appoint Antonio COSTA to the presidency of the European Council on Thursday, June 27.

Roberta METSOLA, EP President meets with Antonio COSTA, President-elect of the European Council: extracts from the meeting

Speech given by Roberta Metsola after being re-elected as President of the European Parliament on Tuesday July 16, 2024, in Strasbourg.

PT Subt - Election of the President of the European Parliament: Acceptance speech by Roberta METSOLA, re-elected EP President (Version with Portuguese subtitles)

Updated projection for the composition of the new Parliament is based on final and provisional results in 26 countries and pre-electoral data for one (as of 11.45). Final results from nine EU member states: Croatia, Cyprus, France, Germany, Greece, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, Slovakia; provisional results from 17 countries: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Czechia, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Hungary, Italy, Latvia, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Portugal, Romania, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden; and pre-electoral data for Ireland. Preliminary figures suggest an estimated turnout across the EU of 50,8%. The projections of Parliament’s composition are based on the structure of the outgoing Parliament and its political groups, without prejudice to the composition of the next Parliament at its constitutive session.

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