EP Plenary session - Conclusions of the Special European Council meeting of 9 February and preparation of the European Council meeting of 23-24 March 2023

EP Plenary session - Question Time (VPC/HR) - Strengthening the Trans-Atlantic ties in an ever challenging multilateral world

EP Plenary session - Key debate - One year of Russia’s invasion and war of aggression against Ukraine

EP Plenary session - Tensions between Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo

EP Plenary session - EU response to the humanitarian situation following the earthquake in Türkiye and Syria

EP Plenary session - Voting session

EP Plenary session - Prospects for the two-State solution for Israel and Palestine

EP Plenary session - Suspicions of corruption from Qatar and the broader need for transparency and accountability in the European institutions

MEPs debate with the presidents of the European Council and Commission the conclusions of the Special European Council meeting of 9 February and preparation of the European Council meeting of 23-24 March 2023. EU's Heads of state or government focus on the latest developments in Russia’s war against Ukraine and the EU’s continued support for Ukraine, on competitiveness, the Single Market, how to boost the EU economy, and on energy related issues. Second part of the debate.

Conclusions of the European Council of 9 February and preparation of the European Council of 23-24 March 2023: MEPs debate (part 2)

MEP look back at a year marked by Russia’s assault on Ukraine and set out what the EU must do in support of Kyiv. MEPs debate (part 2)

Key debate - One year of Russia’s invasion and war of aggression against Ukraine - MEPs debate (part 2)

MEPs debate with the Commission the EU’s emergency and humanitarian response to the catastrophic earthquake. On 6th of February, a massive magnitude 7.8 earthquake hit near the south-eastern Turkish city of Gaziantep, followed by a magnitude 7.6 aftershock later the same day. International estimates suggest the devastation caused by the earthquake could claim up to 20 000 lives. It has destroyed tens of thousands of buildings in the region, and left hundreds of thousands without a home.

EU response to the humanitarian situation following the earthquake in Turkey and Syria: MEPs debate

Suspicions of corruption from Qatar and the broader need for transparency and accountability in the European institutions. First part of MEPs debate.

Suspicions of corruption from Qatar and the broader need for transparency and accountability in the European institutions: MEPs debate (part 1)

MEPs discuss with EU foreign affairs chief Josep Borrell how to respond to the increasing crackdown on protests in Iran.The demonstrations, which started in mid-September after a young woman, Mahsa Amini, was killeddied in the custody of ‘morality police’ for breaking strict hijab rules, have now gone on for nearly two months.

EU response to the increasing crackdown on protests in Iran: MEPs debate

MEPs debate on a broad range of aspects of EU-China ties. This includes the latest political developments following the re-election of incumbent Chinese President and Communist Party General Secretary Xi Jinping in October, the latest report by the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights on the Chinese persecution of the Uyghur population, European efforts to get China to pressure Russia to end its war in Ukraine as well as MEPs’ warnings over the continued tensions across the Taiwan Strait and their push for a stronger partnership between the EU and Taiwan.

EU-China relations: MEPs debate

The drafting of Russian reservists, sham referendums in occupied parts of Ukraine and Putin’s nuclear threats are the focus of a key debate in the European Parliament. MEPs call on the EU and its member states to respond strongly to Russia’s escalation of the war and its preparations to annex Ukrainian territories. First part of MEPs debate.

EP Plenary session - Key debate: Russia’s escalation of its war of aggression against Ukraine - MEPs debate (part 1)

MEPs and EU Foreign Policy Chief Josep BORRELL discuss the countrywide protests against the Islamic regime in Iran after the nationwide demonstrations were triggered by the death in Tehran on 16 September of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini at the hands of Iran’s morality police, who assaulted her for, they claimed, incorrectly wearing her hijab. Second part of the debate.

VAUTMANS, Hilde (Renew, BE)

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