<p>The European Council will meet on 17 and 18 October 2019 to discuss a number of important issues, including EU long-term budget, priorities for the next 5 years and Brexit.</p>

<p>EU leaders will discuss the long-term EU budget on the basis of the work of Finland's presidency; a follow-up to the strategic agenda and the priorities for the EU for the years 2019-2024. President-elect of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen will be invited to present the priorities of the new Commission. The European Council is also expected to adopt a decision appointing Christine Lagarde as President of the European Central Bank. EU leaders are expected to talk about international aspects of climate change, following the UN Climate Action Summit and ahead of the Climate Conference in Santiago de Chile in December. They will also discuss the state of play regarding Brexit.</p>

European Council, 17 and 18 October 2019

Plenary session - 'Erasmus': the Union programme for education, training, youth and sport

Plenary session - Copyright in the Digital Single Market

Plenary session- Implementation of the Generalised Scheme Preferences (GSP) Regulation

INTA Public Hearing on EU-Taiwan trade relations

INTA committee meeting. Vote on the recommendations for the opening of trade negotiations between the EU and the US

EP plenary session - Joint debate - Implementation of trade and association agreements in Latin America

Extraodrinary AFET meeting in association with the Delegation to the Euro-Latin American Parliamentary Assembly (DLAT) and the Delegation for relations with the countries of the Andean Community (DAND)

EP plenary session - Import of cultural goods

CULT Committee - Structured dialogue with the Commissioner in charge of Digital Economy and Society

jose FERNANDES, Gian LUPATTELLI, Santiago FISAS

ACES Europe gala ceremony

Lex signing

Law versus populism in the European Union

Press Conference on 'Presentation of the European Olympic Candidacy - Paris 2024

Opening of the sitting

Establishing the Creative Europe programme (2021 to 2027) (debate)

'Erasmus': the Union programme for education, training, youth and sport (debate)

Establishment of a framework to facilitate sustainable investment (debate)

Resumption of the sitting

Voting time

Explanations of vote

Corrections to votes and voting intentions : see Minutes

Approval of the minutes of the previous sitting : see Minutes

Major interpellations (debate)

Approval of the minutes of the sitting and forwarding of texts adopted: see Minutes

Closure of the sitting

Dates of forthcoming sittings : see Minutes

Adjournment of the session

Plenary

Copyright in the Digital Single Market

European Regional Development Fund and Cohesion Fund (debate)

Contracts for the supply of digital content and digital services - Contracts for the sale of goods (debate)

Inadmissibility motion (Rule 187)

Discharge 2017 (debate)

Corrigenda (Rule 231) (action taken): see Minutes

Emission performance standards for new passenger cars and for new light commercial vehicles (debate)

Neighbourhood, Development and International Cooperation Instrument (debate)

Instrument for Pre-accession Assistance (IPA III) (debate)

Situation in Algeria (debate)

Five years of illegal occupation of Crimea by the Russian Federation (debate)

Annual strategic report on the implementation and delivery of the Sustainable Development Goals (debate)

Implementation of the Generalised Scheme Preferences (GSP) Regulation (debate)

Human rights situation in Kazakhstan

Iran, notably the case of human rights defenders

Situation of human rights in Guatemala

Welcome

Corrections to votes and voting intentions

Approval of the minutes of the previous sitting

Animal welfare rules in aquaculture (debate)

Fundamental Rights of People of African Descent

Forwarding of texts adopted during the sitting : see Minutes

Opening of the session

Decision on application of urgent procedure (Rule 154): see Minutes

Amendment of the agenda : see Minutes

Gender balance in EU economic and monetary affairs' nominations (debate)

Debate with the Prime Minister of the Slovak Republic, Peter Pellegrini, on the Future of Europe (debate)

A European human rights violations sanctions regime (debate)

2018 Report on Turkey (debate)

Interpretation of the Rules of Procedure : see Minutes

Delegated acts (Rule 105(6)): see Minutes

Emergency situation in Venezuela (debate)

Follow up taken by the EEAS two years after the EP Report on EU strategic communication to counteract propaganda against it by third parties (debate)

EU-Afghanistan Cooperation Agreement on Partnership and Development - EU-Afghanistan Cooperation Agreement on Partnership and Development (resolution) (debate)

Association Agreement between the EU and Monaco, Andorra and San Marino (debate)

Accessibility requirements for products and services (debate)

Urgency for an EU blacklist of third countries in line with the Anti-Money Laundering Directive (debate)

Visa Information System (debate)

Asylum and Migration Fund (debate)

Instrument for financial support for border management and visa (debate)

Internal Security Fund (debate)

Agenda for next sitting: see Minutes

Reform of the EU asylum and migration policy in light of the continued humanitarian crisis in the Mediterranean and Africa

Review of the Austrian Council Presidency

Formal sitting - Twentieth anniversary of the euro

Negotiations ahead of Parliament's first reading (Rule 69c): see Minutes

Presentation of the programme of activities of the Romanian Presidency

European Central Bank Annual report 2017 (debate)

Banking Union - Annual report 2018 (debate)

Establishing the InvestEU Programme (debate)

Implementation of the EU-Colombia and Peru Trade Agreement - Implementation report on the trade pillar of the Association Agreement with Central America (debate)

Composition of political groups : see Minutes

European Globalisation Adjustment Fund (EGF) (debate)

European Social Fund Plus (ESF+) (debate)

Specific provisions for the European territorial cooperation goal (Interreg) (debate)

Agenda of the next sitting : see Minutes

Corrigendum (Rule 231): see Minutes: see Minutes

Negotiations ahead of Parliament's first reading (Rule 69c) (consent): see Minutes

Conclusions of the European Council meeting of 17 and 18 October 2018 (debate)

Statements by the President

Evaluation of the Lisbon Treaty (topical debate)

Presentation of the Court of Auditors' annual report - 2017 (debate)

Import of cultural goods (debate)

Authorisation and supervision of medicinal products for human and veterinary use - Veterinary medicinal products - Manufacture, placing on the market and use of medicated feed (debate)

Charging of heavy goods vehicles for the use of certain infrastructures (debate)

Composition of delegations : see Minutes

Promotion of clean and energy-efficient road transport vehicles (debate)

Promoting automatic mutual recognition of diplomas (debate)

Grave lack of implementation of the EU Reach Regulation and use of non-tested chemicals in the EU (debate)

The emergency situation in Libya and the Mediterranean

Situation of migrants in Libya (debate)

The EU-Africa Strategy: a boost for development

Protection against dumped and subsidised imports from countries not members of the EU (debate)

The future of the Erasmus+ programme (debate)

European Year of Cultural Heritage (debate)

Implementation of the Europe for Citizens programme (debate)

Implementation of the Creative Europe programme (debate)

EU-Canada Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement - Conclusion of the EU-Canada CETA - EU-Canada Strategic Partnership Agreement (debate)

Bilateral safeguard clause and stabilisation mechanism for bananas of the EU-Colombia and Peru Trade Agreement (debate)

EU-Colombia and Peru Trade Agreement (accession of Ecuador) (debate)

Macro-financial assistance to Jordan (debate)

EP President Martin SCHULZ Unveils of support banner for journalists captured in Syria

Luis Manuel CAPOULAS SANTOS, Teresa JIMENEZ-BECERRIL BARRIO, Enrique GUERRERO SALOM, Gesine MEISSNER, Norbert GLANTE, Santiago FISAS AYXELA, Ricardo CORTES LASTRA, Satu HASSI

8185A - 8151A  XVI CPM EU-Mexico

Meeting on the Situation of Greyhounds in Europa

Plenary session week 11   2013 - Match-fixing and corruption in sport  Commission statement

Live replay of the debate on Copyright in the Digital Single Market. Statements in the framework of the plenary session (25-28 March 2019) in the European Parliament in Strasbourg,

EP Plenary session: Copyright in the Digital Single Market - MEPs debate Part 4 (9:53 - 10:17)

During the EP Plenary session (03-06/10) in Strasbourg, MEPs debate on Trade in certain goods which could be used for capital punishment, torture or other treatment or punishment. Statements by Marietje SCHAAKE (ALDE, NL), rapporteur, Cecilia MALMSTR&Ouml;M, Member of the EC in charge of Trade, Barbara LOCHBIHLER (Greens/EFA, DE), rapporteur, Santiago FISAS AYXEL&Agrave; (EPP, ES), Inmaculada RODR&Iacute;GUEZ-PI&Ntilde;ERO FERN&Aacute;NDEZ (S&amp;D, ES) and Ana GOMES (S&amp;D, PT).

Trade in certain goods which could be used for capital punishment, torture or other treatment or punishment: extracts from the debate

During the EP plenary session in Strasbourg, MEPs debates and vote on cases of breaches of human rights, democracy and the rule of law. Statements on the Children tragedy in Nigeria; 500,000 children on the run from Boko Haram by Mark DEMESMAEKER (ECR, BE), Pier Antonio PANZERI (S&amp;D, IT), Maria HEUBUCH (Greens/EFA, DE), Santiago FISAS AYXEL&Agrave; (EPP, ES), Elena VALENCIANO (S&amp;D, ES), and Christos STYLIANIDES, Commissioner for Humanitarian Aid and Crisis Management, &nbsp;and statements on the case of Ali Mohammed al-Nimr by Aymeric CHAUPRADE (ENF, FR), Richard Stuart HOWITT (S&amp;D, UK),&nbsp; Pavel TELIČKA (ALDE, CZ), and Christos STYLIANIDES, Commissioner for Humanitarian Aid and Crisis Management

Debates and votes on cases of breaches of human rights, democracy and the rule of law (Part 2): Children tragedy in Nigeria and the case of Ali Mohammed al-Nimr

On 1 October 2014, Miguel Arias Cañete, Member designate of the EC in charge of Climate Action and Energy, was heard by the Committees on Industry, Research and Energy and on Environment, Public Health and Food Safety of the European Parliament to test his general competences, European commitment and specific expertise related to his portfolio. Miguel Arias Cañete had the opportunity to make an opening statement, he took part in a question and answer session and made a closing statement.

Hearing of Tibor NAVRACSICS (Hungary), Commissioner-designate for Education, Culture, Youth and Citizenship: MEPs questions & answers

Arrival of MEPs elected for the 8th term in the European Parliament

During the plenary session of the European Parliament in Strasbourg, MEPs debate on cases of breaches of human rights, democracy and the rule of law, such as the case of Farai Maguwu in Zimbabwe, the case of Maria Lourdes Afiuni in Venezuela and the situation in North Korea.

Cases of breaches of human rights, democracy and the rule of law: extracts from the debates

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Plenary session - 'Erasmus': the Union programme for education, training, youth and sport

Plenary session - Copyright in the Digital Single Market

Plenary session- Implementation of the Generalised Scheme Preferences (GSP) Regulation

INTA Public Hearing on EU-Taiwan trade relations

INTA committee meeting. Vote on the recommendations for the opening of trade negotiations between the EU and the US

EP plenary session - Joint debate - Implementation of trade and association agreements in Latin America

Extraodrinary AFET meeting in association with the Delegation to the Euro-Latin American Parliamentary Assembly (DLAT) and the Delegation for relations with the countries of the Andean Community (DAND)

Extraodrinary AFET meeting in association with the Delegation to the Euro-Latin American Parliamentary Assembly (DLAT) and the Delegation for relations with the countries of the Andean Community (DAND)

EP plenary session - Import of cultural goods

CULT Committee - Structured dialogue with the Commissioner in charge of Digital Economy and Society

ACES Europe gala ceremony

ACES Europe gala ceremony

Lex signing

Lex signing

Lex signing

Law versus populism in the European Union

Law versus populism in the European Union

Press Conference on 'Presentation of the European Olympic Candidacy - Paris 2024