The Conference on the Future of Europe is a series of citizen-led debates and discussions that enable people from across Europe to share their ideas and help shape our common European future. The European Citizens´panels are an integral part of the CoFoE.

The European Citizens’ Panel on "EU in the world / Migration" will meet at the European Institute for Public Administration in Maastricht and online to deliver its recommendations. In March, the Panel’s report - on the EU’s self-reliance and stability, its place in the world, and all aspects of migration-related issues - will be debated in a Conference Plenary session.

The panels bring together people from different walks of life. Citizens have been chosen randomly by specialist contractors on behalf of the EU institutions, using methodologies that ensure that they are representative of the EU's diversity in terms of geographic origin, gender, age, socioeconomic background and level of education. Young people between 16 and 25 make up one-third of each panel.

These citizens come up with ideas and recommendations that will feed into the overall Conference deliberations, in particular into the Conference Plenaries, and ultimately into the report on its final outcome. The European Citizens’ Panels kicked&nbsp;off with the first 200-citizen meeting 17-19 of September in Strasbourg.

The first sessions of all four Panels took&nbsp;place on&nbsp;Parliament’s premises in Strasbourg and began&nbsp;working on draft recommendations within each Panel’s remit. This first European Citizens’ Panel focused on a stronger economy, social justice, jobs/education, youth, culture, and sport/digital transformation, based on citizens’ contributions collected from across Europe on a Multilingual Digital Platform, as well as support and presentations from prominent academics. The second European Citizens’ Panel focused&nbsp;on European democracy/values, rights, the rule of law, and security. The third panel´s agenda was&nbsp;climate change, environment and health. The fourth on the EU in the world/migration.

Also, the Panels are meeting in four European academic institutions (Dublin, Florence, Natolin/Warsaw, and Maastricht) to finalise their recommendations so they can be discussed at the Conference Plenary.

From 25-27 February&nbsp;the final European Citizens' Panels covering ‘A stronger economy, social justice and jobs / Education, culture, youth and sport / Digital transformation' was held in Dublin. The recommendations will be debated at the Conference Plenary in early March, alongside recommendations from the Panel on 'EU in the world / migration', and from national panels and events.

European Citizens’ Panels

EP President Roberta Metsola visits the Warsaw Rising Museum,meets the Prime Minister of Poland and jointly speak to the press. She also meets the Marshal of the Senate of Poland, Małgorzata Kidawa-Błońska,  addresses the Senate of Poland,  meets the Marshal of the Sejm of Poland, Szymon Hołownia, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Poland, Radoslaw Sikorski and participates in a Town Hall discussion with young people.The President also inaugurates the Europe Experience in Warsaw and delivers the Keynote Address of the Academic Year at the College of Europe in Natolin.

Official visit of Roberta METSOLA, EP President to Poland (Warsaw)

Illuminations: One month to go across the EU.

Official visit of Roberta METSOLA, EP President to Poland (Warsaw) - Flower Laying moment at the Monument of Fallen Shipyard Workers

Official visit of Roberta METSOLA, EP President to Poland (Warsaw) - Meeting with Lech WALESA, Former President of Poland & Nobel Peace Prize Laureate

Official visit of Roberta METSOLA, EP President to Poland (Warsaw) - Tour of the Permanent Exhibition Centre

Official visit to Warsaw (Poland) - President's Keynote Address at the Academic Year at the College of Europe, Natolin

Official visit to Warsaw (Poland) - Address by Roberta METSOLA, EP President at a sitting of the Polish Senate

Official visit to Warsaw (Poland) - Press conference by Roberta METSOLA, EP President and Donald TUSK, Polish Prime Minister

Composition of Parliament

Composition of political groups

Negotiations ahead of Parliament's first reading (Rule 71) (action taken)

Children forcibly deported from Ukraine and the ICC arrest warrant for Vladimir Putin (debate)

Resumption of the sitting

This is Europe - Debate with the Prime Minister of Luxembourg, Xavier Bettel (debate)

Statement by the President - 80th anniversary of the Uprising in the Warsaw Ghetto

Composition of committees and delegations

Voting time

Approval of the minutes of the previous sitting

Keeping people healthy, water drinkable and soil liveable: getting rid of forever pollutants and strengthening EU chemical legislation now (topical debate)

Markets in Crypto-assets (MiCa) - Information accompanying transfers of funds and certain crypto-assets (recast) (debate)

Digital euro (debate)

Dieselgate: suspected widespread use of defeat devices in cars to reduce effectiveness of pollution control systems (debate) (debate)

EU Global Health Strategy (debate)

Universal Decriminalization of Homosexuality, in light of recent developments in Uganda (debate)

The crackdown on the right to education and education rights activists in Afghanistan, including the case of Matiullah Wesa

Repression in Russia, in particular the cases of Vladimir Kara-Murza and Aleksei Navalny

The risk of death penalty and execution of singer Yahaya Sharif Aminu for blasphemy in Nigeria

Plenary session

Press conference by Jeroen LENAERS, Head of the delegation and PEGA Chair and by Sophia IN 'T VELD, rapporteur, on MEPs Delegation of the PEGA Committee to Warsaw

Press point by the Chairs, LIBE and AFCO delegations to Poland, Warsaw

Press conference by Claude MORAES  ,Chair of the LIBE Committee and Head of the EP Delegation to Warsaw on Rule of Law in Poland

React Warsaw ( Playout - 14/11/2013 )

UNKN

Eastern partnership summit (Warsaw, 29 September) (debate)

Official visit of Roberta METSOLA, EP President to Poland (Warsaw) - Townhall Discussion

Official visit of Roberta METSOLA, EP President to Poland (Warsaw) - Meeting with Alessandra DULKIEWICZ, Mayor of Gdansk

Official visit of Roberta METSOLA, EP President to Poland (Warsaw) - Address of the Academic Year 2023-2024

Official visit of Roberta METSOLA, EP President to Poland (Warsaw) - Bilateral Meeting with Adam BODNAR, Polish Minister for Justice

Official visit of Roberta METSOLA, EP President to Poland (Warsaw) - Inauguration of the Europa Experience

Official visit of Roberta METSOLA, EP President to Poland (Warsaw) - Townhall Discussion with Young Poles at the University of Warsaw

Official visit of Roberta METSOLA, EP President to Poland (Warsaw) - Bilateral Meeting with Radoslaw SIKORSKI, Polish Minister for Foreign affairs

Official visit of Roberta METSOLA, EP President to Poland (Warsaw) - Bilateral Meeting with Szymon HOLOWNIA, Marshal of the Sejm of the Republic of Poland

Official visit of Roberta METSOLA, EP President to Poland (Warsaw) - Adress to the Senate of the Republic of Poland

Official visit of Roberta METSOLA, EP President to Poland (Warsaw) - Bilateral Meeting with Malgorzata KIDAWA-BLONSKA, Marshal of the senate of the Republic of Poland

Official visit of Roberta METSOLA, EP President to Poland (Warsaw) - Meeting with Donald TUSK, Polish Prime Minister

Roberta METSOLA, EP President meets with Irene SHASHAR, survivor of the Warsaw ghetto

EP Plenary session - 80th anniversary of the Uprising in the Warsaw Ghetto

CONT Fact - finding mission to Warsaw, Poland - Press conference

CONT Fact-finding mission to Warsaw, Poland - Meeting at Frontex

Maciej and Aleksandra are young people and students from Poland that were born in May 2004. In the same month, Poland joined the European Union. In this news item both Maciej and Aleksandra shows their daily student life and share personal testimonies on the feelings about this historical event and the EU. Parliament celebrates the 20th anniversary of the EU’s biggest enlargement as well. This transcription is a result of an automatic process. Please check against delivering.

Born European - 20th anniversary of the 2004 Enlargement of the European Union - Poland

Roberta METSOLA, EP President, meets with Adam BODNAR, Polish Minister for Justice, on the occasion of her official visit to Warsaw (Poland).

Official visit by Roberta METSOLA, EP President to Warsaw (Poland): bilateral meeting with Adam BODNAR, Polish Minister for Justice

The College of Europe in Natolin welcomes Roberta METSOLA, President of the European Parliament. After a welcome address by Ewa OŚNIECKA-TAMECKA, Vice-Rector of the College of Europe, she delivers a keynote address to the Natolin students of the Madeleine Albright academic year 2023/2024. The address takes place in the Auditorium Copernicus in the presence of the representatives of the Polish authorities, of the College authorities, and diplomatic corps.

Keynote address by Roberta METSOLA, EP President to the Natolin students of the Madeleine Albright academic year 2023/2024

The College of Europe in Natolin welcomes Roberta METSOLA, President of the European Parliament. After a welcome address by Ewa OŚNIECKA-TAMECKA, Vice-Rector of the College of Europe and Federica MOGHERINI, Rector of the College of Europe, she delivers a keynote address to the Natolin students of the Madeleine Albright academic year 2023/2024. The address takes place in the Auditorium Copernicus in the presence of the representatives of the Polish authorities, of the College authorities, and diplomatic corps.

Welcome address by Ewa OŚNIECKA-TAMECKA, Vice-Rector of the College of Europe and Federica MOGHERINI, Rector of the College of Europe to the Natolin students of the Madeleine Albright academic year 2023/2024

On the occasion of her official visit to Poland, EP President Roberta METSOLA meets with Małgorzata Maria KIDAWA-BŁOŃSKA, Speaker of the Polish Senate, and addresses to the Polish Senate.

Official visit by Roberta METSOLA, EP President to Warsaw (Poland): extracts from the arrival at the Senate, meeting with Małgorzata Maria KIDAWA-BŁOŃSKA, Speaker of the Polish Senate, and address by Roberta METSOLA, EP President

On the occasion of her official visit to Poland, EP President Roberta METSOLA meets with Szymon HOLOWNIA, President of the Polish Parliament (Sejm).

Official visit by Roberta METSOLA, EP President to Warsaw (Poland): extracts from the arrival at the Sejm (Polish Parliament) and meeting with Szymon HOLOWNIA, President of the Polish Parliament

On the occasion of her official visit to Poland, EP President Roberta METSOLA participates in the inauguration of the Warsaw Europa Experience (Visitor Centre of the European Parliament) in presence of Ewa KOPACZ, EP Vice-President and Rafał TRZASKOWSKI, Mayor of Warsaw.

Official visit by Roberta METSOLA, EP President to Warsaw (Poland): extracts from the inauguration of the Warsaw Europa Experience (Visitor Centre of the European Parliament)

On the occasion of her official visit to Warsaw (Poland), Roberta METSOLA, President of the European Parliament, meets with Warsaw University students to talk about European affairs and the upcoming elections. This news item shows extracts from her speech and her meeting with students.

Official visit by Roberta METSOLA, EP President to Warsaw (Poland): extracts from the meeting with Warsaw University students

On the occasion of her official visit to Poland, EP President Roberta METSOLA meets with Radosław SIKORSKI, Polish Minister for Foreign Affairs.

Official visit by Roberta METSOLA, EP President to Warsaw (Poland): extracts from the arrival and meeting with Radosław SIKORSKI, Polish Minister for Foreign Affairs

On the occasion of her official visit to Poland, EP President Roberta METSOLA meets with Donald TUSK, Polish Prime Minister. They speak to the press at the end of their meeting.

Official visit by Roberta METSOLA, EP President to Warsaw (Poland): extracts from the arrival, meeting with Donald TUSK, Polish Prime Minister, and press conference

On the occasion of her official visit to Poland, EP President Roberta METSOLA addresses to the Polish Senate. This transcription is a result of an automatic process. Please check against delivery.

Address by Roberta METSOLA, EP President at a sitting of the Polish Senate

On the occasion of her official visit to Poland, EP President Roberta METSOLA speaks to the press with Donald TUSK, Polish Prime Minister. This transcription is a result of an automatic process. Please check against delivery.

Press conference by Roberta METSOLA, EP President and Donald TUSK, Polish Prime Minister

Irene Shashar addresses MEPs on the occasion of the International Holocaust Remembrance Day during a solemn ceremony in the Hemicycle. Irene Shashar, born on 12 December 1937 as Ruth Lewkowicz, survived the Warsaw ghetto. After her father was killed by the Nazis she escaped the ghetto with her mother through the sewers to another part of Warsaw where she was a “hidden child” for the rest of war. She and her mother then moved to Paris. After her mother’s death, she moved to Peru where she was adopted by relatives. After studying in the US, she moved to Israel at the age 25 and became the youngest faculty member to hold a post at the Hebrew University. Today she lives in Modiin, Israel.

International Holocaust Remembrance Day: keynote speech by Irene Shashar, Warsaw Ghetto survivor

Lukas MANDL (EPP, AT), Chair of the Security and Defence subcommittee delegation and Anna FOTYGA (ECR, PL) hold a press point by the delegation Chair of SEDE Subcommittee is held in Warsaw, after a fact-finding visit to assess the EU Military Assistance Mission to Ukraine. The EU Military Assistance Mission to Ukraine (EUMAM Ukraine), launched in November 2022 for a period of two years, is designed to strengthen the military capabilities of the Ukrainian armed forces so that they can defend the territorial integrity and sovereignty of Ukraine within its internationally recognised borders, and protect the civilian population. The mission has a non-executive mandate to provide individual, collective and specialised training for the Ukrainian armed forces in the territory of EU member states.

Press conference by Lukas MANDL (EPP, AT), Chair of the Security and Defence subcommittee delegation, and Anna FOTYGA (ECR, PL), on the fact-finding visit to assess EUMAM Ukraine - EU military support to Ukraine

On 19 April 1943, Nazi soldiers and police stormed the Jewish ghetto in Warsaw with orders to round up the residents and send them to death camps. Living in appalling conditions, the Jewish civilians had nothing left to lose. Some 700 of them resisted, forcing the Nazis to retreat on the first day. Over the coming weeks, the Nazis intensified their attacks, burning the ghetto to the ground. Some 7,000 Jews were killed and another 7,000 were captured and murdered at the Treblinka death camp. 
The European Parliament marks 80 years since the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising.

80 years since the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising

Roberta METSOLA, EP President gives a statement during the plenary session in Strasbourg on the 80th anniversary of the Uprising in the Warsaw Ghetto. A videoclip is also screened inside the hemicycle.

80th anniversary of the Uprising in the Warsaw Ghetto: Statement by Roberta METSOLA, EP President

During her official visit to the Republic of Latvia, Roberta METSOLA, EP President visits the Rail Baltica Project, a high-speed railway under construction between Warsaw, Poland and Tallinn, Estonia, with further connections to Finland via Baltic Sea cruiseferries or the proposed Helsinki–Tallinn Tunnel. Later, she meets with Egils LEVITS, President of Latvia.

Official visit by Roberta METSOLA, EP President to Latvia: visit to the Rail Baltica Project and meeting with Egils LEVITS, President of Latvia

From 19 to 21 September, a delegation of ten MEPs from the EP’s spyware inquiry committee will be in Warsaw to hear from victims of spyware, local politicians, and other experts. The mission ends with the press conference held by Jeroen LENAERS (EPP, NL), Head of the delegation and PEGA Chair and by Sophia IN 'T VELD (Renew, NL), rapporteur

Press conference by Jeroen LENAERS (EPP, NL), Head of the delegation and PEGA Chair and by Sophia IN 'T VELD (Renew, NL), rapporteur - MEPs Delegation of the PEGA Committee to Warsaw

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Illuminations: One month to go across the EU.

Illuminations: One month to go across the EU.

Illuminations: One month to go across the EU.

Illuminations: One month to go across the EU.

Illuminations: One month to go across the EU.

Illuminations: One month to go across the EU.

Official visit of Roberta METSOLA, EP President to Poland (Warsaw) - Flower Laying moment at the Monument of Fallen Shipyard Workers

Official visit of Roberta METSOLA, EP President to Poland (Warsaw) - Flower Laying moment at the Monument of Fallen Shipyard Workers

Official visit of Roberta METSOLA, EP President to Poland (Warsaw) - Flower Laying moment at the Monument of Fallen Shipyard Workers

Official visit of Roberta METSOLA, EP President to Poland (Warsaw) - Flower Laying moment at the Monument of Fallen Shipyard Workers

Official visit of Roberta METSOLA, EP President to Poland (Warsaw) - Flower Laying moment at the Monument of Fallen Shipyard Workers

Official visit of Roberta METSOLA, EP President to Poland (Warsaw) - Flower Laying moment at the Monument of Fallen Shipyard Workers

Official visit of Roberta METSOLA, EP President to Poland (Warsaw) - Flower Laying moment at the Monument of Fallen Shipyard Workers

Official visit of Roberta METSOLA, EP President to Poland (Warsaw) - Meeting with Lech WALESA, Former President of Poland & Nobel Peace Prize Laureate

Official visit of Roberta METSOLA, EP President to Poland (Warsaw) - Meeting with Lech WALESA, Former President of Poland & Nobel Peace Prize Laureate

Official visit of Roberta METSOLA, EP President to Poland (Warsaw) - Tour of the Permanent Exhibition Centre

Official visit of Roberta METSOLA, EP President to Poland (Warsaw) - Tour of the Permanent Exhibition Centre

Official visit of Roberta METSOLA, EP President to Poland (Warsaw) - Tour of the Permanent Exhibition Centre