EMPL LIBE - Trilogue on the project of a directive extending the European Disability Card to Third Country Nationals

LIBE Trilogue on the collection and transfer of Advance Passenger Information (API)

Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs

LIBE

Joint committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs,  committee on Development and

DEVE

DROI

Resumption of the session

Opening of the sitting

Statements by the President

Approval of the minutes of the previous sitting

Composition of Parliament

Follow-up to a request for the defence of immunity

Composition of political groups

Composition of committees and delegations

Negotiations ahead of Parliament’s first reading (Rule 71)

Corrigendum (Rule 241)

Signing of acts adopted in accordance with the ordinary legislative procedure (Rule 79)

Order of business

Resumption of the sitting

European Central Bank – annual report 2023 (debate)

Transparency and targeting of political advertising (debate)

Need to overcome the Council deadlock on the platform workers directive (debate)

Tackling the inflation in food prices and its social consequences and root causes (debate)

Detergents and surfactants (debate)

Amending Decision (EU) 2017/1324: continuation of the Union’s participation in PRIMA under Horizon Europe (short presentation)

Protection of the environment through criminal law (short presentation)

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Agenda of the next sitting

Approval of the minutes of the sitting

Closure of the sitting

Plenary session

Joint committee on Employment and Social Affairs and committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs

EMPL

Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs - DRFMG meeting

Joint committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs and committee on Women's Rights and Gender Equality

FEMM

Joint committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs and committee on Employment and Social Affairs

Joint committee on Internal Market and Consumer Protection and committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs

IMCO

Press conference by Frances FITZGERALD and Evin INCIR, co-rapporteurs, Robert BIEDROŃ FEMM Chair and Juan Fernando LÓPEZ AGUILAR, LIBE Chair on Violence against women

European Parliament and Council joint public hearing for hosting the seat of the Anti-Money Laundering Authority (AMLA)

ECON

Joint committee on Women's Rights and Gender Equality and committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs

LIBE - 13th meeting of the Joint Parliamentary Scrutiny Group on Europol -Exchange of views with Mr. Alfredo NUNZI, Head of the Institutional and Legal Affairs Department of Europol

LIBE- Union Code on the rules governing the movement of persons across borders

DROI LIBE - Exchange of views with Volker Türk, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights

LIBE - Public Hearing on ' An EU approach on banning ‘conversion practices’ for LGBTIQ+ persons '

LIBE vote -  Amending Regulation (EU) 2016/399 on a Union Code on the rules governing the movement of persons across borders

LIBE Committee - Exchange of views on the migrant boat shipwreck off the coast of Greece

LIBE/FEMM vote on combating violence against women and domestic violence

Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs - Mission on Search And Rescue in Lampedusa (Sicily), Italy, 20 June 2023.

LIBE IMCO Trilogue on Artificial Intelligence

Marcos ALONSO ALONSO, Ambassador Permanent Representative of Spain to the European Union meets with LIBE Chair Juan Fernando LOPEZ AGUILAR

LIBE Committee - Vote on asset recovery and confiscation

LIBE Public Hearing on 'Legal Migration : the skills and talent package'

FEMM LIBE joint meeting - UNODC Global Report on trafficking in persons 2022

FEMM LIBE joint meeting - Votes on the two recommandations on the EU accession to the Istanbul Convention

ECON LIBE joint Committee - Votes on  money laundering

CONT - LIBE  joint committee  - The Annual Report 2022 of the European Public Prosecutor's Office (EPPO)

LIBE Committee - Exchange of views on the incidents in Melilla with Fernando Grande-Marlaska, the Spanish Minister of Interior

LIBE mission to Athens, Greece - News conference

MEPs of LIBE Committee vote on Parliament's mandate on the revision of the EU rules on criminal asset recovery and confiscation. The draft bill would extend the scope of the EU's confiscation rules, ensure that all member states can quickly and effectively seize criminal assets, and close loopholes in the existing rules. Extracts from the vote and statement by Loránt VINCZE (EPP, RO), Rapporteur.

Criminal asset recovery and confiscation: extracts from the vote and statement by Loránt VINCZE (EPP, RO), Rapporteur

MEPs vote on the following topics: Application of Union tariff rate quotas to certain products transferred to Northern Ireland - Seán KELLY (EPP, IE); Rules relating to medicinal products for human use on the market of Northern Ireland - Pascal CANFIN (Renew, FR); Specific rules relating to the entry into Northern Ireland from other parts of the United Kingdom of certain consignments of retail goods - Pascal CANFIN (Renew, FR) and Martin HLAVÁČEK (Renew, CZ); Macro-financial assistance to Moldova - Markéta GREGOROVÁ (Greens/EFA, CZ); EU/Euratom/Ukraine Association Agreement: temporary trade liberalisation supplementing trade concessions applicable to Ukrainian products - Sandra KALNIETE (EPP, LV).

Voting session, including a temporary trade liberalisation supplementing trade concessions applicable to Ukrainian products

The LIBE (Civil Liberties) Committee adopts its position on key asylum and migration files. After the vote, the rapporteurs brief journalists on the outcome of the vote. The following legislative proposals have been voted: Screening regulation, rapporteur Birgit SIPPEL (S&D, Germany), Asylum and migration management regulation, rapporteur Tomas TOBÉ (EPP, Sweden), Crisis and force majeure regulation, rapporteur Juan Fernando LÓPEZ AGUILAR (S&D, Spain),Asylum procedure regulation - update of an existing mandate, rapporteur Fabienne KELLER (Renew, France). The transcription is the result of an automatic process. Please, check against delivery.

Press conference by Juan Fernando LÓPEZ AGUILAR (S&D, ES), Chair of the LIBE committee, and by Tomas TOBÉ (EPP, SE) Birgit SIPPEL (S&D, DE) and Fabienne KELLER (Renew, FR), Rapporteurs on the new asylum and migration rules

The Civil Liberties Committee votes on four key legislative proposals of the New Pact on Migration and Asylum. MEPs vote on their negotiation mandates for the following legislative proposals: Screening regulation, rapporteur Birgit SIPPEL (S&D, DE), Asylum and migration management regulation, rapporteur Tomas TOBÉ (EPP, SE), Crisis and force majeure regulation, rapporteur Juan Fernando LÓPEZ AGUILAR (S&D, ES) and Asylum procedure regulation - update of an existing mandate, rapporteur Fabienne KELLER (Renew, FR).

Pact on migration and asylum: extracts from the vote and from the press conference - LIBE Committee

The statement of Damien CARÊME (Greens/EFA, FR) the co-rapporteur for the Anti-money laundering regulation on behalf of the Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs committee.

Anti-Money Laundering regulation: statement by Damien CARÊME (Greens/EFA, FR), co-rapporteur, on behalf of the Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs committee

The statement of Emil RADEV (EPP, BG), the co-rapporteur for the regulation establishing the Anti-Money Laundering Authority on behalf of the Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs committee.

Regulation establishing the Anti-Money Laundering Authority: statement by Emil RADEV (EPP, BG), co-rapporteur, on behalf of the Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs committee

The statement of Paul TANG (S&D, NL), the co-rapporteur for the 6th Anti-Money laundering Directive on behalf of the Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs committee.

Sixth Anti-Money Laundering Directive: statement by Paul TANG (S&D, NL), co-rapporteur, on behalf of the Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs committee

MEPs take stock of the implementation of the rules governing EU-UK relations since 2020, including the recent Windsor Framework deal. Opening statement by Pedro SILVA PEREIRA (S&D,PT), Rapporteur, by Andreas SCHIEDER (S&D,AT), AFET, Seán KELLY (EPP,IE), INTA; Loránt VINCZE (EPP,RO), LIBE; by Maroš ŠEFČOVIČ, Vice-President of the European Commission in charge of Interinstitutional relations and Foresight and by Dolors MONTSERRAT (EPP,ES), PETI.

Joint debate - EU-UK relations: Opening statement by Pedro SILVA PEREIRA (S&D,PT), Rapporteur, Andreas SCHIEDER (S&D,AT), Seán KELLY (EPP,IE); Loránt VINCZE (EPP,RO), Maroš ŠEFČOVIČ, VP of the EC, and by Dolors MONTSERRAT (EPP,ES)

The data act establishes common rules governing the sharing of data generated by the use of connected products or related services (e.g. the internet of things, industrial machines) to ensure fairness in data sharing contracts. Opening statements by Pilar del CASTILLO VERA (EPP, ES), Rapporteur, Adam BIELAN (ECR, PL), IMCO; Ibán GARCÍA DEL BLANCO (S&D, ES), AFCO; Sergey LAGODINSKY (Greens/EFA, DE), LIBE and by Thierry BRETON, European Commissioner for Internal Market. This transcription is a result of an automatic process. Please check against delivery.

Data Act: opening statement by Pilar del CASTILLO VERA (EPP, ES), Rapporteur, Adam BIELAN (ECR, PL), Ibán GARCÍA DEL BLANCO (S&D, ES), Sergey LAGODINSKY (Greens/EFA, DE), and by Thierry BRETON, European Commissioner for Internal Market

Sophie IN'T VELD (Renew, NL) Chair of the LIBE delegation to Greece, gives a press conference in Athens on the conclusions of the fact-finding mission. The fact-finding mission is organised under the remit of the Committee on Civil Liberties (LIBE) and in line with the DRFMG (working group on Democracy, Rule of Law and Fundamental Rights) mandate. The aim of the mission is to take stock of the new developments in the country, and to continue the DRFMG work dedicated to the situation in Greece, with special focus on the situation of the rule of law, fight against corruption and media freedom. This transcription is a result of an automatic process. Please check against delivery.

Press conference by Sophie IN'T VELD (Renew, NL) Chair of the LIBE delegation to Greece, on the conclusions of the fact-finding mission

After Brussels, a Civil Liberties Committee delegation go to Calais (France) to look into irregular crossings to the UK and the implications for reception facilities. MEPs meet with municipal representatives in Calais as well as judicial and police authorities in charge of security aspects related to the migratory situation and borders, with a focus on the fight against smuggling. The delegation visits a reception centre and meets with local associations involved in humanitarian support to migrants. The visit also include the joint UK-France Coordination and Information Centre.

Asylum and Migration: visit of a Delegation of the Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs Delegation to Calais (France)

Asylum and Migration: Visit of a Delegation of the Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs to Calais (France) - (part 2)

A Civil Liberties Committee delegation go to Brussels (Belgium) before Calais (France) and Ter Apel (Netherlands) to look into irregular crossings to the UK and the implications for reception facilities. MEPs meet with government officials and agencies in charge of migration policy as well as NGO representative, and they will visit reception facilities. The delegation exchanges with various NGOs active in supporting migrants and refugees, meet with Nicole De Moor, Secretary of State for Asylum and Migration and visits a local registration centre.

Asylum and Migration: visit of a Delegation of the Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs Delegation to Brussels (Belgium)

New rules on political advertising. MEPs deabte and vote on new political advertising rules to make EU elections more transparent and resistant to interference. The draft text demands that more information be made available to citizens, authorities and journalists, banning online advert providers from carrying out micro-targeting, and introducing additional sanctions for breaches. Opening statement by Sandro GOZI (Renew, FR), Rapporteur, Sabine VERHEYEN (EPP,DE), CULT; Dragoş TUDORACHE (Renew,RO), LIBE, Jutta URPILAINEN, European Commissioner for International Partnerships and by Angelika NIEBLER (EPP,DE), JURI and Daniel FREUND (Greens/EFA,DE), AFCO.

Transparency and targeting of political advertising: opening statement by Sandro GOZI (Renew, FR), Rapporteur and by Jutta URPILAINEN, European Commissioner for International Partnerships

The brave Ukrainian people are awarded the European Parliament’s 2022 Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought in a ceremony, in Strasbourg. Some representatives of the Ukrainian people gathered physically in Strasbourg. Statement by Oleksandra MATVIYCHUK, Human rights lawyer and Chair of the Center for Civil Liberties, who gives an update on the current situation in Ukraine and tells about the role of her NGO since the beginning of the war, which documentes the war crimes in Ukraine. She also thanks the European Parliament for awarding the brave people of Ukraine with the Sakharov Prize and explains that it sends a strong message of unity.

Award of the 2022 Sakharov Prize: statement by Oleksandra MATVIYCHUK, Human rights lawyer and Chair of the Center for Civil Liberties

The FEMM (Women’s Rights and Gender Equality) and LIBE (Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs) Committees debate in a joint hearing on the consequences of the abortion ban in Poland with Barbara SKROBOL, sister-in-law of Ms Izabela SAJBOR, the first known victim of the de facto abortion ban, Kamila FERENC, Lawyer of FEDERA Foundation, and Caroline HICKSON, Regional Director of the International Planned Parenthood Federation European Network.

Consequences of the de facto abortion ban in Poland - FEMM/LIBE Committees: extracts from the joint hearing

The Civil Liberties Committee (LIBE) has endorsed a trilogue agreement on new rules to better protect the EU’s essential infrastructure. The new rules would establish harmonised minimum rules to ensure that different member states classify the same providers as essential, and risk assessments for essential infrastructure to boost its resilience in the face of disruptions and hazards. The scope would be expanded to eleven sectors in total, including energy, transport, banking, financial market infrastructures, health, drinking water, waste water, food, digital infrastructure and space. This topic come into the news recently with the Nord Stream gas pipelines sabotage in the Baltic Sea.

Resilience of critical entities: extracts from the vote and statement by Michal ŠIMEČKA (Renew, SK) - LIBE Committee

The International Trade (INTA) Committee votes to lift all import duties on any product coming from Ukraine, with the aim to support the country’s economy. MEPs will adopt this file by fast-track procedure, so that the final vote can take place already during this week's plenary sitting.

Temporary trade liberalisation supplementing trade concessions applicable to Ukrainian products: extracts from the vote and statement by Bernd LANGE (S&D, DE) - Chair of INTA Committee

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