Conference ' From so far to SO-CLOSE: sharing the cultural heritage of forced migrations '

Discover key figures about the repatriation of migrants and proposed changes to EU law.
The EU’s New Pact on Migration and Asylum includes new rules and the revision of existing legislation, such as the Return Directive.
In a draft resolution on the Return Directive adopted in December 2020, MEPs stressed the importance of protecting individual fundamental rights as well as respect for procedural safeguards.

Repatriation: how many migrants in the EU are sent back?

Migrants settlement in Grande Synthe, northern France

LIBE Committee - Migration package

Press conference by Tomas TOBE (EPP,SV), rapporteur, on Asylum Management Regulation

Children in Migration: unaccompanied minors - Opening speech by David SASSOLI, EP President

EP LIBE Committee meeting - The new Pact on Asylum and Migration -Debate with the Vice-President of the European Commission in charge of promoting our European Way of Life and the European Commissioner for Home Affairs

Conference ' Scapegoats for Failed EU politics ? ' - Search and Rescues NGOs in the Mediterranean '

In 2015, German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President François Hollande urged European countries to share the responsibility of hosting asylum seekers.
 
The EU was dealing with an unprecedented migration wave that year, with hundreds of thousands of people entering the EU through irregular channels, many fleeing war in Syria. Most of them headed to Germany and a handful of other countries.
 
During a historic joint address to the European Parliament, Merkel and Hollande called for joint action to tackle the root causes of the crisis.

*Watch the full speech on the European Parliament’s Multimedia channel: http://epfacebook.eu/SpeechMerkelHollande

Merkel and Hollande speeches on the migration crisis | European Parliament

&lt;p>Pelagie fled the Democratic Republic of the Congo in fear for her life. With the help of the charity Refugees Welcome Italia, she found a new home in Rome. Todor is a lawyer at the Center for Legal Aid Voice in Bulgaria, an NGO helping refugees integrate and providing them with legal support. With initiatives like the Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund, the EU is helping migrants and asylum seekers and the EU countries hosting them. The European Parliament backs an EU-wide approach to the challenges posed by migration.&lt;/p>

Rising to the challenges of migration in the EU: Meet Pelagie and Todor

The environment and climate change, cost-of-living crisis, migration, Russia’s war on Ukraine, EU enlargement…  

Members of the European Parliament questioned Commission President Ursula von der Leyen in the final State of the Union debate before the 2024 European elections.  
 
Has the von der Leyen Commission done enough this past year? And how will it deliver for EU citizens in the coming months? 

Watch this video to learn more on how Parliament scrutinised the Commission’s track-record and programme before next year's vote.

State of the EU: MEPs press Commission President ahead of elections

Members of the European Parliament will question the president of the European Commission in the annual State of the European Union debate (SOTEU) in September.
 
The debate is traditionally the occasion when the European Parliament gets to hold the Commission to account on its track record over the past year and scrutinise its policy priorities.
 
This SOTEU is the final such debate before European elections in June 2024, so MEPs will be keen to look back at the track record of Ursula von der Leyen and her Commission since the last elections in 2019.

MEPs to scrutinise Commission in State of EU debate

As Russia’s full-on invasion of Ukraine enters its second year, many refugees have picked up the pieces of their shattered lives and are rebuilding them in the European Union. Their stories are a tale of strength, resilience and solidarity. Here, four of them, living in Germany, Poland and Spain, tell their stories.        
      
The European Parliament continues to stand by Ukraine and its people. Learn more: http://epyoutube.eu/UkraineOneYearOn

Meet Ukrainian refugees who fled the war

MEPs are due to finalise measures to speed the green transition and ensure the EU becomes carbon-neutral by 2050.  
 
Europe’s climate goals will be high on Parliament’s agenda in the first half of 2023, with members set to sign off on a ban on polluting vehicles and a tougher emissions trading system.   
 
New rules to boost green fuels and increase energy efficiency will be put to the vote. 
  
Parliament is also set to decide on a common framework for AI technology alongside measures to ensure the digital sector is fairer and safer for all.

Climate goals, AI and the digital economy – coming up in Parliament in 2023

A single USB-C charging solution, support for Ukrainian refugees in the EU and moves to tackle high energy prices are on the agenda as Parliament returns to Strasbourg. 
  
MEPs are due to vote on a one-size-fits-all charging system for devices like mobile phones, laptops and digital cameras, as the EU moves to reduce e-waste and boost sustainability. Parliament is set to sign off on fast-tracked funds to help both Ukrainian refugees and the European regions that are hosting them. 
 
Members will vote on a new framework to deal with cross-border health threats in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic. They are also set to call for a solidarity-based EU response to high energy prices.

Common charger, energy prices and Ukraine - coming up in Strasbourg

I get safer food and products. I get cleaner air and water. I get the ability to live and work wherever I want. I get to call home at domestic prices no matter where I am in the EU. I get to pay using one currency in 19 different countries. These are just some of the things I get from the EU.

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