A ceremony to mark the 25th anniversary of the signing of the Good Friday Agreement is organised during the plenary session in the European Parliament, in Brussels. The GFA, also known as the Belfast Agreement, was signed on 10 April 1998 by the British and Irish governments, and confirmed by referendums in Ireland and Northern Ireland in May the same year. The agreement established devolved political power-sharing structures for the nationalist and unionist communities in Northern Ireland, and brought the 30-year period of violent conflict in Northern Ireland, known as The Troubles, to an end.

Brussels

statement

plenary session

REINTKE, Terry (Greens/EFA, DE)

McALLISTER, David (EPP, DE)

ceremony

SILVA PEREIRA, Pedro (S&D, PT)

EU - Ireland (T)

peace process in Northern Ireland (T)

BOURGEOIS, Geert (ECR, BE)

CAMPOMENOSI, Marco (ID, IT)

ANDREWS, Barry (Renew, IE)

MACMANUS, Chris (The Left, IE)

Ceremony on the 25th anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement: one round of political group speakers

SOUNDBITE (Original), David McALLISTER (EPP, DE), -

SOUNDBITE (Original), Pedro SILVA PEREIRA (S&amp;D, PT), -

SOUNDBITE (Original), Barry ANDREWS (Renew, EI), -

SOUNDBITE (Original), Terry REINTKE (Greens/EFA, DE), -

SOUNDBITE (Original), Geert BOURGEOIS (ECR, BE), -

SOUNDBITE (Original), Marco CAMPOMENOSI (ID, IT), -

SOUNDBITE (Original), Chris MACMANUS (The Left, IE), -