EP Plenary session - Resumption of session and order of business

EP Plenary session.- Resumption of session and order of business

Ahead the plenary session in Strasbourg, Roberta METSOLA, EP President, gives her opening remarks on the migrants' deaths in Italy. This transcription is a result of an automatic process. Please check against delivery.

Resumption of session and order of business: introductory remarks by Roberta METSOLA, EP President, on the migrants' deaths in Italy

Ahead the plenary session in Strasbourg, Roberta METSOLA, EP President, gives her opening remark on victims of the train accident in Greece and announces a minute of silence for the deaths of the accident and of migrants in front of Italian coast. This transcription is a result of an automatic process. Please check against delivery.

Resumption of session and order of business: introductory remarks by Roberta METSOLA, EP President, on the victims of the train accident in Greece and a minute of silence for the deaths of the accident and of the migrants in Italy

Roberta METSOLA, EP President gives a tribute to Jose Maria GIL ROBLES, former EP President (1997-1999) and Minute of Silence in his memory.

Tribute by Roberta METSOLA, EP President to Jose Maria GIL ROBLES, former EP President (1997-1999) and Minute of Silence in his memory

Roberta METSOLA, EP President opens the plenary session on the 12th September in Strasbourg. Tribute to Elizabeth II, Queen of the United Kingdom (minute of silence), and to Mikhail Gorbachev, Former President of the Soviet Union. This transcript is a result of an automatic process. Please check against delivery.

Opening remarks by Roberta METSOLA, EP President: Tribute to Elizabeth II, Queen of the United Kingdom (minute of silence) and to Mikhail Gorbachev, Former President of the Soviet Union

Joined by Ukrainian citizens and MPs for the ‘EU in the world’ debate, the Conference Plenary will hold thematic discussions based on ideas from European Citizens’ Panels. 40 recommendations have been prepared by the European Citizens’ Panel on ‘EU in the world / migration’ that met on 11-13 February 2022 in Maastricht, the Netherlands, and 48 recommendations by the Panel on ‘a stronger economy, social justice and jobs / education, culture, youth and sport / digital transformation’ which concluded its work on 25-27 February in Dublin, Ireland. These, and ideas on the same topics stemming from the national Citizens’ Panels organised by the member states, are presented and discussed in the Conference Plenary at the European Parliament in Strasbourg.

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Following the death of David SASSOLI, on the invitation of Iraxte GARCIA PEREZ, Group leader of S&D, MEPS gather on the Esplanade in Brussels for a minute of silence.

Tribute to David SASSOLI, EP President: MEPs gather on the Esplanade in Brussels for a minute of silence

MEPs observe a minute of silence for the 27 deaths after migrant boat capsize in the English Channel on 24th November 2021.