At a glance: a public hearing on media freedom and the protection of journalists at Parliament’s Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs; a workshop on generative AI and copyright; and the agreement reached between Parliament and the Council to tackle non-sustainable fishing by non-EU countries.

News in Brief – 10/06/2025 - English

At a glance: Parliament’s committees are holding the confirmation hearings of the Commissioners-designate, which will conclude on 12 November 2024; a workshop has been held on the post-2027 EU long-term budget.

News in Brief – 08/11/2024 - English

At a glance: Parliament will publish the first Eurobarometer survey since the elections; a workshop on food price inflation; and the Committee on Culture and Education will hear a presentation about the House of European History Museum.

News in Brief – 02/10/2024 - English

At a glance: MEPs discussed the follow-up to the Conference on the Future of Europe; new rules on bank failures and a workshop on the EU as a Union of Equality.

News in Brief – 26/03/2024 - English

At a glance: a new law to protect the EU energy market; a workshop on humanitarian assistance for persons with disabilities and a study on the future of digitalisation in budgetary control.

News in Brief – 04/03/2024 - English

European Youth Event (EYE) 2021&nbsp;took&nbsp;place on 8 and 9 October 2021&nbsp;in the European Parliament's seat in Strasbourg. EYE&nbsp;is a unique opportunity for young Europeans to make their voices heard. Between&nbsp;3 000 to 4 000 young people gathered&nbsp;in Strasbourg and online to exchange ideas and contribute to discussions on Europe’s future.&nbsp;

Under the motto “The future is ours”, the European Youth Event (EYE) 2021 featured&nbsp;dozens of activities, debates, and workshops, as well as sports events, artistic performances and concerts. The environment and the fight against climate change, ahead of the COP26 meeting in November 2021, were&nbsp;a central topic for discussion.

EYE is a unique opportunity for 16 to 30 year olds to interact in-person and online, inspire each other and exchange their views with experts, activists, influencers and decision-makers, right in the heart of European democracy.

EYE 2021 is&nbsp;the culmination of the European Parliament’s youth consultation process for the Conference on the Future of Europe.

EYE2021

FISC - Workshop on the study on ' Tax barriers and cross-border workers: tackling the fragmentation of the EU tax framework '

Committee on Petitions Workshop Launch of the European Capitals of Small Retail (ECoSR) Award

PETI

Policy Department for External Relations – Workshop: "EU Trade and the Digital Economy"

Committee on Budgetary Control Ordinary meeting CONT Committee meeting - Workshop on gender mainstreaming

CONT

Committee on Women’s Rights and Gender Equality Ordinary meeting Workshop: Consent-based rape legislation in the EU

FEMM

Workshop on "EU trade and investment following Russia's illegal invasion of Ukraine" - organised at the request of the INTA committee

INTA

Special Committee on COVID-19 pandemic / Policy department A - Workshop

COVI

INTA workshop : EU’s trade and digital economy - Challenges and opportunities for SMEs

European Youth Event (EYE 2025).- Panels, interactive workshops and activities

European Youth Event (EYE 2025) - Panels, interactive workshops and activities

JURI - Policy Department Workshop on the 28th Regime: a new legal framework for innovative companies

JURI - Policy Department presentation of the study and Workshop on Generative AI and Copyright

AGRI - Workshop on ' The future of agriculture and the post-2027 common agricultural policy '', organised by the Policy Department

FISC - Workshop on ' Tax incentives and investments in the EU: best practices and ways to stimulate private investments and prevent harmful tax practices '

STOA Workshop - Generative AI and scientific development

This infoclip illustrates key areas of the trade between the United States of America and the European Union. The footage features shots of European brands in New York, specifically showcasing European cars, food, wine, and fashion labels. This infoclip also highlights the steel industry, showing workers in a steel production workshop and the use of steel in train construction. Additionally, the clip includes footage of Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) being delivered to Europe at the Gate (Gas Access to Europe) terminal in the port of Rotterdam. The European Union and the United States have the largest bilateral trade and investment relationship and the most integrated economic relationship in the world. Together, they represent almost 30% of global trade in goods and services and 43% of global GDP. In 2023, transatlantic trade in goods and services exceeded €1.5 trillion.

Infoclip: EU-US Trade relations

Reaching gender equality, protecting victims of gender-based violence and fighting for a fairer society… Across the EU, organisations are working to defend and promote women’s rights.
     
Stella at Women on Top, in Athens, proposes workshops for female entrepreneurs to feel empowered at work and in life. She and her team ensure women are properly skilled, independent and confident.
 
Linda at MARTA Centre, in Riga, is working towards the eradication of gender-based violence and human trafficking. They offer psychological and legal consultations for victims.
    
The European Parliament is acting to defend women’s rights, from ending unequal pay to eliminating gender-based discrimination. EU funds, like Erasmus+, the Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund and European Women on Boards support projects that empower women across the EU.

Advancing women’s rights in the EU: meet Stella and Linda - 9:16

Advancing women’s rights in the EU: meet Stella and Linda

People aged 16 to 30 from across the EU take over the European Parliament in Strasbourg for the European Youth Event (EYE) to discuss and share ideas on how to shape the future of Europe. EYE Village gathers workshops, interactive stands where participants can learn more about be an MEP for one day as well as open-air concerts.

European Youth Event 2023 (EYE): activities at the EYE Village

This strategy will help the EU shift to a climate-neutral, circular economy where products are designed to be more durable, reusable, repairable, recyclable and energy-efficient. It aims to ensure that the textile industry recovers from the COVID-19 crisis in a sustainable way by making it more competitive, applying circular economy principles to production, products, consumption, waste management and secondary raw materials, directing investment, research and innovation. This infoclip illustrates the Circular economy: sustainable textile strategy with an organization that operates a used clothing collection service to create new and unique piece of clothes and with a leather goods workshop creating bags with recycled tarpaulin

Infoclip: Circular economy: sustainable textile strategy

Following the Taliban's return to power, women are again excluded from government and education and their rights and freedoms are threatened. To honour the Afghan women for their brave fight for equality, the European Parliament is hosting the "Afghan Women Days" on Tuesday and Wednesday. This event gathers MEPs, prominent Afghan women who were finalists for Parliament’s 2021 Sakharov Prize, Commission and United Nations representatives as well as representatives of other international organisations. Extracts from several workshops organised to discuss specific issues related to Afghanistan, such as future perspectives for women in the country and a youth seminar. Statements of Heidi HAUTALA (Greens/EFA, FI), Vice President in charge of the Sakharov Prize Community and Maria ARENA (S&D, BE), Chair of the Sub-committee on Human Rights.

Afghan Women Days - extracts from workshops and statements of Heidi HAUTALA (Greens/EFA, FI) and Maria ARENA (S&D, BE)

Highlights of the European Youth Event 2021 (EYE 2021) which takes place in the European Parliament in Strasbourg. EYE2021 is the culmination of the European Parliament’s youth consultation process for the Conference on the Future of Europe. Starting in May 2021, in collaboration with pan-European youth organisations, young people’s ideas on the future of Europe will be collected on the youthideas.eu platform. EYE2021 participants will explore these ideas in ideation workshops during the event. After a public voting process during EYE2021, the ideas will be consolidated into a report, presented to the Members of the Conference and fed into the political debate of the Conference.

European Youth Event (EYE 2021): Highlights

Ambiance shots of the arrivals and atmosphere shots in the workshops of the European Youth Event 2021 (EYE 2021) which takes place in the European Parliament in Strasbourg.

European Youth Event (EYE 2021): ambiance shots

200 citizens have been selected randomly again, but in a way that reflects the EU’s diversity. Panels discuss ideas from events across the EU and proposals submitted through the Conference platform and make recommendations to be discussed with EU institutions and other stakeholders. This stockshots illustrates the second session of the citizens panel in Strasbourg (24-26/09/2021): the arrivals, workshops, plenary, familly photo.

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