Briefing The Left

Press conference on the Future of Europe

Plenary session - Competition policy - annual report 2020

EP Plenary session - Liability of companies for environmental damage

EP Plenary session - Meeting the Global Covid 19 challenge: effects of waiver of the WTO TRIPS agreement on Covid-19 vaccines, treatment, equipment and manufacturing capacity in developing countries

Press briefing The Left

EP Plenary session - Stopping the genocide in Gaza: time for EU sanctions

Press conference on The Left response to Trump's Trade War

Holocaust Remembrance Day - Group photo with the leaders of political groups

INTA - Public hearing entitled The Draghi report: competitiveness and economic security from a trade angle

Press seminar for journalists from Ouest France

Manon AUBRY (The Left, FR), Martin SCHIRDEWAN (The Left, DE), The Left Group Leaders, hold a press conference. This transcription is a result of an automatic process. Please check against delivery.

Press briefing by Manon AUBRY (The Left, FR), Martin SCHIRDEWAN (The Left, DE), The Left Group Leaders

Manon AUBRY (The Left, FR) and Martin SCHIRDEWAN (The Left, DE), The Left Group Leaders hold a press conference. This transcription is a result of an automatic process. Please check against delivery.

Press briefing by Manon AUBRY (The Left, FR) and Martin SCHIRDEWAN (The Left, DE), The Left Group Leaders

MEPs discuss with the Commission and the Council a unified EU response to US trade measures, and global trade opportunities for the EU. The debate in Parliament follows the global reaction to the US government’s decision to increase existing tariffs and impose new ones – and its subsequent postponement of their imposition. MEPs consider the countermeasures adopted by the EU – which were later suspended as well. Plenary also review EU trade opportunities elsewhere in the world. The EU has concluded deals with a number of countries and regional groupings, and talks are ongoing on several more potential trade deals.

A unified EU response to unjustified US trade measures and global trade opportunities for the EU: MEPs debate (part 1)

Manon AUBRY (The Left, FR), Co-Chair, Martin SCHIRDEWAN (The Left, DE), Co-Chair and Pasquale TRIDICO, Chair of the FISC Committee, give a press conference on The Left response to Trump's Trade War.

Press conference by Manon AUBRY (The Left, FR), Co-Chair, Martin SCHIRDEWAN (The Left, DE), Co-Chair and Pasquale TRIDICO, Chair of the FISC Committee on The Left response to Trump's Trade War

Manon AUBRY (The Left, FR), The Left Group Co-Leader, holds a press conference. This transcription is a result of an automatic process. Please check against delivery.

Press briefing The Left by Manon AUBRY (The Left, FR), The Left Group Co-Leader

MEPs evaluate the outcome of the 20 March European Council in a plenary debate with Presidents António Costa and Ursula von der Leyen. At their meeting in Brussels, the EU’s heads of state or government focused on how the EU can continue supporting Kyiv against Russia’s aggression, how to strengthen the EU’s security and defence capabilities, how to respond to the situation in the Middle East but also ways to bolster the EU’s competitiveness and discussed migration and multilateralism. One round of political group leaders

Conclusions of the European Council meeting of 20 March 2025: one round of political group leaders

MEPs discuss its economic, social and employment priorities for the EU and adopt two related resolutions. The debate and vote tie in with the so-called “European Semester” cycle – the EU’s economic and social policy coordination framework.

European Semester for economic policy coordination 2025: MEPs debate

Manon AUBRY (The Left, FR) and Martin SCHIRDEWAN (The Left, DE), The Left Group Leaders, hold a press conference.

The European Union and four Mercosur countries – Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay – reached a political agreement on 6 December 2024 for a ground-breaking partnership agreement. MEPs will review the recently concluded EU-Mercosur free-trade deal, amidst a new geopolitical context of increasing unilateralism, and concerns over the deal’s potential effects on European agriculture. If ratified, the deal would gradually phase out duties on 91% of EU exports to Mercosur and 92% of Mercosur exports to the EU. Parliament must give its consent before the agreement can enter into force.

EU-Mercosur Trade Agreement: MEPs debate (part 1)

Manon AUBRY (The Left, FR) and Martin SCHIRDEWAN (The Left, DE), The Left Group Leaders, hold a press conference to outline her parliamentary group's priorities during the plenary session in Strasbourg. This transcription is a result of an automatic process. Please check against delivery.

MEPs and representatives from the Commission and the Polish Council Presidency assess the current state of EU-US trade relations, multilateralism, and the EU’s potential responses if the US imposes tariffs on European products.

Preparedness for a new trade era - multilateral cooperation or tariffs: MEPs debate (part 1)

MEPs discuss the programme of Poland’s six-month Council Presidency, which started on 1 January, with Prime Minister Donald Tusk. The Polish government has stated that its second EU Presidency comes “at a time of uncertainty and concern” with regard to the consequences of Russia’s three-year-long war against Ukraine, rising geopolitical tensions, migration pressure and declining European competitiveness. The presidency’s slogan "Security, Europe!" expresses Poland’s objective to strengthen European security in all dimensions: external, internal, information, economic, energy, food and health. One round of political group speakers.

Presentation of the programme of activities of the Polish Presidency: one round of political group speakers

MEPs review the outcome of the 19 December European Council meeting with Presidents António Costa and Ursula von der Leyen. The latest developments in Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine and the situation in the Middle East are among the expected topics of discussion. One round of political group speakers.

Conclusions of the European Council meeting of 19 December 2024: One round of political group speakers

Manon AUBRY (The Left, FR) The Left Group Co-Leader, holds a press conference in the framework of the EP plenary session. This transcription is a result of an automatic process. Please check against delivery.

Press briefing The Left by Manon AUBRY (The Left, FR) The Left Group Co-Leader

MEPs debate on the need to ensure swift action and transparency on corruption allegations in the public sector to protect democratic integrity.

Need to ensure swift action and transparency on corruption allegations in the public sector to protect democratic integrity: MEPs Debate

Manon AUBRY (The Left, FR), The Left Group Leaders hold a press briefing. This transcription is a result of an automatic process. Please check against delivery.

Press briefing by Manon AUBRY (The Left, FR), The Left Group Leader

Leaders of the political group make a statement before the vote on the election of the College of Commissioners in Strasbourg.

Vote on the election of the College of Commissioners: one round of political group leaders in reverse order

MEPs debate with European Commission President-elect von der Leyen on her team and programme. Any political group or at least one-twentieth of MEPs (low threshold) may table a motion for a resolution. Once elected by Parliament and after its formal appointment by the European Council via a qualified majority, the new European Commission is expected to take up its duties on 1 December 2024.

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