At a glance: Parliament’s political groups are preparing for the upcoming plenary session; Next week, MEPs will discuss the EU’s support for Ukraine, the Commission’s work programme for 2025 and the consequences of the US’s withdrawal from the Paris Agreement and the World Health Organization.

Blúiríní Nuachta – 06/02/2025 - Gaeilge

At a glance: Metsola calls for more investment and unity in European defence; Polish ministers outline justice and home affairs goals; European Parliament and Commission will host the third EU Tax Symposium.

Blúiríní Nuachta – 05/02/2025 - Gaeilge

At a glance: delegation from the European Parliament’s Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection to visit the United States to strengthen transatlantic digital cooperation; key policy talks between Parliament’s Subcommittee on Tax Matters and Commissioner Wopke Hoekstra; World Cancer Day: Europe’s Beating Cancer Plan bolsters the EU’s commitment to fighting cancer.

Blúiríní Nuachta – 04/02/2025 - Gaeilge

At a glance: European Parliament President Metsola will address geopolitical challenges at the 2025 EU Ambassadors’ Conference; the Subcommittee on Tax Matters will explore reforms for EU financial sector integration and digitalisation; and MEPs discussed digital sovereignty and cybersecurity with European Commission Executive Vice-President Virkkunen.

Blúiríní Nuachta – 03/02/2025 - Gaeilge

Tá ar a laghad billiún béile de bhia inite á gcur amú gach lá i dteaghlaigh ar fud an domhain. Is leor sin chun béile amháin in aghaidh an lae a chur ar fáil do gach duine aonair atá thíos leis an ocras ar fud an domhain. Nuair a chaithimid bia amach, cuirtear an fuinneamh agus na hacmhainní ar fad a úsáideadh chun é a réiteach amú freisin. Mar sin, imrítear tionchar ar an gcomhshaol, mar shampla astaíochtaí gás ceaptha teasa, ach ní chuireann an bia cothú ar fáil do dhuine ar bith. Dá bhrí sin, tá sé mar aidhm le beartais bainistithe dramhaíola an Aontais an tionchar atá ag cur amú bia ar an gcomhshaol agus ar an tsláinte a laghdú.

Cur amú bia san Aontas Eorpach: dúshláin agus cuspóirí

At a glance: the European Parliament marked International Holocaust Remembrance Day; a meeting on the performance of InvestEU; and the future of EU agriculture.

Blúiríní Nuachta – 31/01/2025 - Gaeilge

At a glance: Poland sets its priorities for its presidency of the Council of the EU, with ‘Security, Europe!’ as its motto; MEPs discuss an EU water resilience strategy and an EU blue deal in a public hearing; the Committee on Women’s Rights and Gender Equality examine social media’s impact on young girls’ mental health.

Blúiríní Nuachta – 30/01/2025 - Gaeilge

At a glance: the Committee on Foreign Affairs to vote on EU security and defence policies, focusing on relations with Ukraine, Russia and China and on enlargement; the Committees on Foreign Affairs and on Budgets are set to vote on a Reform and Growth Facility of around EUR 1.8 billion to support Moldova’s reforms aimed at EU membership; a new parliamentary committee on the EU housing crisis will hold its first meeting.

Blúiríní Nuachta – 29/01/2025 - Gaeilge

At a glance: a special plenary session commemorates International Holocaust Remembrance Day; Parliament President Roberta Metsola attends ceremony marking 80th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz; and a debate on healthy ageing and the urgent need to address health workforce shortages across Europe.

Blúiríní Nuachta – 28/01/2025 - Gaeilge

Theith Jeanne Salomon ó na Naitsithe, chaill sí a fear céile agus a leanbh, tháinig sí slán as Auschwitz agus máirseáil an bháis, agus chuir sí tús le saol nua i Lucsamburg. Insíonn a mac, Henri Juda scéal a mháthar, bean neamhghnách agus chróga, dúinn.

Marthanóir ó Auschwitz: scéal corraitheach Jeanne Salomon

At a glance: the Subcommittee on Human Rights will discuss truth, justice and accountability in Syria with victims and international experts; MEPs will assess Syria’s humanitarian crisis and explore ways to improve aid delivery; the European Parliament condemned Maduro’s regime and called for expanded sanctions against Venezuela.

Blúiríní Nuachta – 27/01/2025 - Gaeilge

At a glance: Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk outlines the priorities of Poland’s presidency of the Council of the EU, focusing on unity and security; Parliament condemns Russian disinformation and calls for tougher sanctions on propaganda outlets; and MEPs denounce the Belarusian presidential election as a sham and demand stronger sanctions.

Blúiríní Nuachta – 24/01/2025 - Gaeilge

Cad é ról an Ombudsman Eorpaigh? Cathain a bhíonn feidhm aige agus cén bhaint atá aige le Parlaimint na hEorpa? Is comhlacht neamhspleách agus neamhchlaonta é an tOmbudsman Eorpach a chabhraíonn le daoine, gnólachtaí agus eagraíochtaí a mbíonn fadhbanna acu le riarachán an Aontais Eorpaigh. Is ról ríthábhachtach é ó thaobh fheidhmiú cuí an Aontais Eorpaigh de.

Bacainn an Bhéarlagair a Bhaint: Ról an Ombudsman Eorpaigh

At a glance: MEPs reviewed the outcomes of the last European Council with its President, António Costa, and discussed sustainable development goals; Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk outlines the priorities of Poland’s presidency of the Council of the EU under its motto, ‘Security, Europe!’; the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety Committee debates climate and agricultural policies with Polish environment minister, Hennig-Kloska

Blúiríní Nuachta – 23/01/2025 - Gaeilge

At a glance: during the plenary session, President Metsola welcomed Gaza ceasefire; MEPs debated use of the Digital Services Act to combat foreign interference and protect democracy; Parliament will vote on a resolution condemning Russian disinformation against Ukraine.

Blúiríní Nuachta – 22/01/2025 - Gaeilge

At a glance: during the plenary session, Polish Prime Minister Tusk will present the ‘Security, Europe!’ programme as Parliament debates the priorities of Poland’s Presidency of the Council of the European Union; MEPs will assess the outcomes of the meeting of the European Council in December, focusing on Ukraine, the Middle East and the EU’s strategic response; Parliament will address the global plastic pollution crisis following the collapse of UN treaty negotiations.

Blúiríní Nuachta – 21/01/2025 - Gaeilge

Have a look at stockshots (from 2021 onwards) with illustrative pre-edited broadcast quality video footage. These editable stockshots are clean (raw), with natural sound (no voice-over), produced to illustrate priority EU dossiers and parliamentary work. They are intended to help audiovisual media produce their own programs, for example, editing of news reports or documentaries.

Infoclips - Illustrative footage

After a series of special committees and a committee of inquiry, created to delve into the various tax leaks and scandals of recent years, Parliament established a more permanent setup to shed light on the matter.

The Economic and Monetary Affairs (ECON) subcommittee on tax matters, FISC, will be composed of 30 members. It will deal particularly with the fight against tax fraud, tax evasion and tax avoidance, as well as financial transparency for taxation purposes.

The constituent meeting will take place on Wednesday, 23 September 2020.

FISC - Subcommittee on Tax Matters

The constitutive meetings of the European Parliament's standing committees and subcommittees take place in Brussels on 10 July 2019, following the appointment of their members in the plenary sitting of 3-4 July. During the meetings, each committee and subcommittee will elect its respective bureau, made up of a Chair and Vice-Chairs, for a two-and-a-half year mandate. The newly set up committees will then start holding their regular meetings during the week of 22 July.

EMPL - Committee on Employment and Social Affairs

The constitutive meetings of the European Parliament's standing committees and subcommittees take place in Brussels on the week from 27th to 31st january 2025. During the meetings, each committee and subcommittee will elect its respective bureau, made up of a Chair and Vice-Chairs, for a two-and-a-half year mandate.

ENVI - Committee on Environment, Climate and Food Safety

LIBE - Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs

The presidency of the Council rotates among the EU member states every six months. During this six-month period, the presidency chairs meetings at every level in the Council, helping to ensure the continuity of the EU's work in the Council.

The Polish government has declared that its second EU Presidency arrives "at a time of uncertainty and concern," highlighting the ongoing repercussions of Russia’s three-year war against Ukraine, escalating geopolitical tensions, migration pressure, and weakening European competitiveness. Under the slogan "Security, Europe!" Poland aims to strengthen European security across multiple dimensions, including external, internal, informational, economic, energy, food, health and security.

Polish Presidency

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The official application for membership happened in July 1991. Extensive negotiations were undertaken and after a referendum that gave a majority in favour of the accession, Sweden joined the EU in 1995.

 

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EU - Sweden

MEPs elected Roberta Metsola (EPP, MT) on January 2022 as President of the European Parliament until 2024.

Roberta Metsola won the election in the first voting round, where she received an absolute majority of 458 votes out of 690 cast in the remote secret vote, among three candidates.&nbsp;

President Metsola is leading the Parliament in the second half of the current legislative term, until a new Parliament is constituted following the 2024 European Elections.

Born in Malta in 1979,&nbsp; Roberta Metsola who has been an MEP since 2013, is the youngest EP President ever elected. She became First Vice-President in November 2020, and was Parliament’s acting President after President Sassoli passed away on 11 January 2022.

She is the third female President of the European Parliament, after Simone Veil (1979-1982) and Nicole Fontaine (1999- 2002).

Roberta Metsola, President of the European Parliament 2022-2024

In July 2024&nbsp; MEPs re-elected Roberta Metsola (EPP, MT) as President of the European Parliament until 2027, with 562 votes in the first round. Roberta Metsola won the election in the first round of voting, where she received an absolute majority of 562 votes cast out of 699 by secret paper ballot, among two candidates. She will continue to lead Parliament for the first two and a half years of the 10th legislative term.

Born in Malta in 1979, Roberta Metsola has been an MEP since 2013.&nbsp;She was elected First Vice-President in November 2020, and was Parliament’s acting President after President Sassoli passed away on 11 January 2022. On 18 January 2022,&nbsp;she was elected President&nbsp;for the second half of the 9th legislative term. She is the third female President of the European Parliament, after&nbsp;Simone Veil&nbsp;(1979-1982) and Nicole Fontaine (1999-2002).

Addressing the House after she was elected, President Metsola said: “Together, we must stand up for the politics of hope, for the dream that is Europe. I want people to recapture a sense of belief and enthusiasm for our project. A belief to make our shared space safer, fairer, more just and more equal. A belief that together we are stronger and we are better. A belief that ours is a Europe for all.”

Roberta Metsola, President of the European Parliament 2024-2027

Nicole Fontaine (born 16 January 1942 in Grainville-Ymauville, Seine-Maritime) was a French politician. Member of the EPP, she was the President of the European Parliament from 1999 to 2001.

Nicole Fontaine

Romania is EU member country since 1 January 2007.

Romania is a semi-presidential republic. Executive functions are held by both government and the president. The country is divided into 41 counties and the municipality of Bucharest. Each county is administered by a county council, responsible for local affairs, and a prefect responsible for administering national affairs at county level.

There are 32 members of the European Parliament from Romania.

EU - Romania - 8th parliamentary term

Since its creation in 1993, the single market has helped to make everyday life easier for people and businesses, fuelling jobs and growth across the EU. In 2023, the EU commemorated&nbsp;the 30th anniversary since its creation.&nbsp;

Three decades since its creation,&nbsp;&nbsp;MEPs called for renewed commitment and political will from member states and EU institutions, as well as a specific action plan for 2030 and beyond, in order to further strengthen and develop the single market, especially in areas such as services, energy, telecommunications and the digital single market.

The single market is generally considered to be the cornerstone of the EU economy and one of the greatest achievements of the European Union. Comprising nearly 450 million people and 20 million enterprises, it constitutes the largest integrated market in the world, worth €14 trillion in 2018.

The free movement of persons, goods, services and capital is the pillar on which the single market is built. The cross-border movement of the first three has been severely affected by the pandemic of Covid-19. Soon after its outbreak, the majority of Member States reintroduced internal border controls on grounds of an immediate threat to public health. These have been accompanied by restrictions or bans on international passenger transport and bans on entry and exit.&nbsp;

Single market

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Poland is a member of the EU since 1st of May 2004 and member of the Schengen area since 21st December 2007.

Poland is a parliamentary republic with a Head of government - the Prime Minister - and a Head of state - the President. The government structure is centred on the council of Ministers. The country is divided into 16 provinces, largely based on the country’s historic regions. Administrative authority at provincial level is shared between a government-appointed Governor, an elected regional Assembly and an executive elected by the regional Assembly.

There are 51 members of the European Parliament from Poland.

EU - Poland

Malta joined the European Union 1st May 2004 and it has been a member of the Schengen area since 21st December 2007.

Malta is a single-chamber parliamentary republic with a head of government - the prime minister - and a head of state - the president - whose role is largely ceremonial. The country is divided into 5 regions. Each has its own regional committee, which serves as the intermediary between local and national government.

There are 6 members of the European Parliament from Malta.

EU - Malta

January 27 has been designated by the United Nations General Assembly as International Holocaust Remembrance Day. Every year, the European Parliament holds a commemoration ceremony to mark the anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau and to honor the six million Jewish victims of the Holocaust, along with the millions of other victims of Nazism.

Holocaust Remembrance Day: a story dedicated to its six million victims

Plenary preparations. Political groups will prepare for the 10 - 13 February plenary session in which MEPs will debate the EU’s continued support for Ukraine after three years of Russia’s war of aggression, providing support to EU regions that border Russia, as well as the continued repression of the democratic opposition in Russia one year after the murder of Alexei Navalny. Plenary will also vote on a resolution on the further deterioration of the political situation in Georgia, debate the Commission work programme for 2025, the recent proposals to boost the EU’s competitiveness, the consequences of the US withdrawal from the Paris Climate Agreement and from the World Health Organisation, as well as the threats that strategic reliance on third countries in communication infrastructure pose to EU sovereignty.

Pre-session briefing

Roberta METSOLA, EP President visits Malta

Roberta METSOLA, EP President Official visit to Malta

As a sign of European solidarity and out of respect for the victims of the attack at the education centre in Örebro, Sweden, the President of the European Parliament, Ms Roberta Metsola, has decided that the European and Swedish flags should be flown at half-mast in front of all the Parliament buildings and in the EPLO in Stockholm, from today 05 February at 12:00 p.m. until tomorrow, 06 February at 08:00 a. m.

EU-Swedish flags at half mast at the European Parliament buildings

New committee on democracy shield. The new special Committee on the European Democracy Shield holds its constitutive meeting to elect their chair and vice-chair and launch their activities. It will deal with the so-called “Democracy Shield” initiative, included in the Commission’s 2024-2029 political guidelines, and other initiatives designed to counter malicious interference in democratic processes (Monday).

EUDS: New committee on democracy shield- Constitutive meeting

EU leaders will discuss European defence during an informal meeting at the Palais d’Egmont in Brussels. 

European Parliament President Roberta Metsola participates in the Informal EU leaders' retreat

The Secretary-General of NATO, Mark Rutte, has been invited to a lunch, and the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Keir Starmer, to a dinner.

Informal EU leaders' retreat

EP President Metsola inaugurates the Europa Experience in Luxembourg

The European Parliament commemorates Holocaust Remembrance Day to honor the victims and reflect on the lessons of the past. Established in 1995, this annual event coincides with the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau on 27 January 1945.

This year, the Parliament highlights the story of Hungarian-born cellist Pál Hermann, who was murdered in the Holocaust. His Gagliano cello, saved from the Nazis and rediscovered decades later, symbolizes resilience and the enduring power of art. The ceremony includes a speech by Hermann’s daughter, Corrie Hermann, and a performance of his music by cellist Sam Lucas.

Through remembrance and education, the European Parliament reaffirms its commitment to fighting anti-Semitism, promoting tolerance, and ensuring such atrocities are never repeated.

Solemn Ceremony on the International Holocaust Commemoration Day 2025

EP President Roberta Metsola receives His Majesty King Abdulla II of Jordan

The UN High Commissioner on Human Rights Volker Türk comes to the EU Parliament for the first time in this legislature. In an exchange of views with AFET - DROI MEPs in committee meeting, they discuss news topics in the field of geopolitics and human rights, before the adoption of the annual report on Human rights by the EP in plenary session, tentatively in March 2025.

AFET/DROI- Debate with UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk

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.

Debate on the priorities of the Polish Presidency

EP President Roberta Metsola meets with Polish PM,  Donald Tusk at the European Parliament in Strasbourg

EP President Roberta Metsola meets with Polish Prime Minister,  Donald Tusk

MEPs assess the results of the 19 December EU summit with European Council President António Costa and Commission President Ursula von der Leyen.

In their gathering in Brussels, EU Heads of State or Government reviewed the latest developments in Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine and the EU’s support to Kyiv, alongside Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. The European Council also assessed the situation in the Middle East, including Lebanon, Gaza and Syria following the collapse of the Assad regime.

In her address to the European Council, EP President Roberta Metsola called on leaders to step up their efforts to assert Europe’s place on the world stage, stressing that Europe has a role to play in Ukraine, in our European neighbourhood, in the Middle East, in Latin America and around the world.

Other topics on the agenda of the leaders included the EU’s geopolitical role, crisis prevention and response, and migration management. The December European Council was the first chaired by President António Costa. The debate on Wednesday will be his first with MEPs since he took office.

Debate on the conclusions of December European Council

The day after Donald Trump’s inauguration on  20 January, MEPs discuss the implications of his second term for transatlantic relations, with representatives from the Polish Council Presidency and the Commission . The debate is expected to focus on support for Ukraine, relations with Russia, China, the Middle East, climate change, and trade. MEPs are also expected to bring up  security issues, in light of Donald Trump’s repeated demands that Europe spend more on defence. Speaking in the Committee on Foreign Affairs recently, NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte warned MEPs that “NATO’s current two percent defence spending target is not nearly enough (...) to stay safe.”

Debate on the geopolitical and economic implications under Trump administration

MEPs discuss the need to enforce the Digital Services Act (DSA) to safeguard democracy from foreign interference and algorithmic manipulation. 
The debate with Council and Commission representatives will focus on the compliance of major social media companies with the DSA, which sets clear obligations for digital service providers to tackle the spread of illegal content, online disinformation, and other societal risks. 
MEPs are expected to express concerns about the lack of transparency and accountability of platforms’ recommender systems and their failure to tackle risks, like disinformation and foreign interference. This follows a plenary debate on 17 December 2024, which addressed the issue of online disinformation in European elections. During that discussion, many MEPs urged the Commission to actively enforce the DSA and impose sanctions on platforms that violate EU rules.  
MEPs are also likely to bring up the future of the transatlantic partnership on technology, particularly in the context of the inauguration of president-elect Donald Trump on 20 January, Elon Musk’s involvement in the US government and Meta’s recent decision to end its fact-checking programme. 
Background 
While the DSA does not regulate personal views or opinions, it introduces measures to tackle illegal content - such as terrorist material and child sexual abuse - in full compliance with the principles of freedom of expression and information. The legislation ensures users have a right to challenge unlawful or arbitrary content moderation decisions by online platforms. At the same time, online platforms are required to be more transparent about their operations, including about their “recommender systems”.

Debate on the need to enforce DSA to protect democracy

Parliament will hold a press briefing on the plenary session, which starts at 17.00

Last-minute briefing

The EP’s Press Service holds a press briefing with the Parliament’s political group spokespersons at 11.00 on Friday

EU – Kyrgyzstan Parlamentary Cooperation Committee

Batteries are vital to the EU’s clean energy transition, industrial future, and strategic autonomy. While the sector benefits from strong R&D support, it faces challenges such as reliance on third countries, high costs, and competition from regions with lower environmental standards. Sustainable value chains and recycling could help, but uncertainty remains over the EU’s ability to meet future demand. Rising costs, market slowdowns, and gigafactory setbacks, including Northvolt’s collapse, raise concerns. To secure a resilient battery supply chain, the EU focuses on strategic coordination, regulatory frameworks, and funding, offering key lessons for industrial policy.

Battery supply chain

The digital information sphere has become the main space for public debate, shaping opinions and access to information. In the past decade, it has also become a geostrategic battleground, with authoritarian states manipulating public opinion to weaken democracies. At the same time, corporate rivalry over emerging technologies, particularly AI, has intensified. AI-driven disinformation poses growing risks to democratic information ecosystems. Strengthening information integrity is crucial to safeguarding human rights and freedom of expression. Multilateral efforts to enhance resilience align with the EU’s planned European Democracy Shield, building on existing measures and fostering new partnerships.

Information Manipulation and the EU response

The European elections are the largest transnational elections in the world. There are some common rules that apply in all EU countries but many details vary by country.


Election days range from Thursday 6 June to Sunday 9 June and it is up to each country to decide when and how they organise the vote.


The number of MEPs elected varies between countries: bigger countries get more seats than smaller ones. Due to changes in the size of the population, some EU countries will get extra seats in the upcoming elections compared to the outgoing Parliament. In total 15 seats will be added.


There are also differences in other aspects of voting, for example regarding the minimum voting age or the rules about voting from abroad.

EU Elections 2024

The European elections are the largest transnational elections in the world. There are some common rules that apply in all EU countries but many details vary by country.


Election days range from Thursday 6 June to Sunday 9 June and it is up to each country to decide when and how they organise the vote.

Map European elections 2024

Online shopping, take-away food, coffee to go... Packaging waste is growing. Find out how much is being produced and how the EU wants to reverse the trend

How to reduce packaging waste in the EU

With war having returned to the European continent, measuring the level of threats to peace, security and democracy around the world – as the 'Normandy Index' does – is more important than ever. The annual Index was presented for the first time at the Normandy Peace Forum in June 2019, as a result of a partnership between the European Parliament and the Region of Normandy. The Index has been designed and prepared by the European Parliamentary Research Service (EPRS), in conjunction with and on the basis of data provided by the Institute for Economics and Peace. This paper sets out the findings of the 2023 exercise, which draws on data compiled in 2022, and explains how the Index can be used to compare peace – defined on the basis of a given country's performance against a range of predetermined threats – across countries and regions. It is complemented by 61 individual country case studies, derived from the Index. The paper forms part of the EPRS contribution to the 2023 Normandy World Peace Foru

Mapping threats to peace and democracy worldwide: Normandy Index 2023

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?

Over the past 30 years the single market has brought unity and opportunities to Europeans.

30 years of EU single market: benefits and challenges

Find out about the top cyber threats in 2022, the most affected sectors and the impact of the war in Ukraine.

The digital transformation has inevitably led to new cybersecurity threats. During the coronavirus pandemic, companies had to adapt to remote working and this created more possibilities for cybercriminals. The war in Ukraine has also affected cybersecurity.

In response to the evolution of cybersecurity threats, Parliament adopted a new EU directive introducing harmonised measures across the EU, including on the protection of essential sectors.

Cybersecurity: main and emerging threats

With fast fashion, the quantity of clothes produced and thrown away has boomed. Find out more about the environmental impact and what the EU is doing about it.

Fast fashion is the constant provision of new styles at very low prices.

To tackle the impact on the environment, the EU wants to reduce textile waste and increase the life cycle and recycling of textiles. This is part of the plan to achieve a circular economy by 2050.

The impact of textile production and waste on the environment

Find out about the economic inequalities that continue to persist between women and men in the EU.

It has been more than 25 years since the adoption of the UN’s Beijing Declaration, which aims to promote equality between men and women. The same goal lies behind the creation of UN Women - dedicated to gender equality and the empowerment of women - and the inclusion of gender equality in the Sustainable Development Goals.
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So where do we stand? Progress has been made, but inequality between men and women persists, including on the labour market. On average, women in the EU are paid less than men.

Gender pay gap in Europe: facts and figures

Every year 2.2 billion tonnes of waste are generated in the EU. More than a quarter of it (27%) is municipal waste: everyday waste collected and treated by municipalities, which is mainly generated by households. Data shows that the amount of waste and the way it is managed varies a lot across EU countries, but there has been a shift to more recycling and less landfilling.

To reduce waste and its impact on the environment, the EU has adopted ambitious targets on recycling and landfill and is working on packaging waste. The goal is to promote the shift towards a more sustainable model known as the circular economy.

Waste management in the EU: infographic with facts and figures

Euroscola

Committee on Women’s Rights and Gender Equality Ordinary meeting ICM

FEMM

Committee on Foreign Affairs Ordinary meeting ICM

AFET

European Parliamentary Week 2025 - Plenary session II

European Parliamentary Week 2025 - Plenary session I

Delegation to the Africa-EU Parliamentary Assembly Ordinary Meeting

DAFR

Panel for the Future of Science and Technology panel

Delegation to the OACPS-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly INTER-PARLIAMENTARY DELEGATION DACP Delegation Meeting

DACP

Delegation to the EU-Serbia Stabilisation and Association Parliamentary Committee INTER-PARLIAMENTARY DELEGATION 16th EU-Serbia SAPC (part 2)

Plenary session

FISC - Exchange of Views with Commissioner Wopke Hoekstra on Key Priorities in the Taxation Area

Former Members Association Management Committee meeting

Exchange of views on the Working Group’s Recommendation on “the selection procedure and appointment of the PA UfM Secretary-General and the Accountant”

FISC - Exchange of Views with Laura Kövesi, European Chief Prosecutor, and Yannic Hulot, Chair of Eurofisc, on ' The Role of the EPPO and Eurofisc in Tackling VAT Fraud in the EU '

Delegation for relations with the Korean Peninsula DKOR meeting

LIBE Committee - Presentation of the Polish Presidency of the Council

EMPL - Opening trilogue on Amending Directive 2009/38/EC as regards the establishment and functioning of European Works Councils and the effective enforcement of transnational information and consultation rights

ENVI Committee - Exchange of views with Mr Costas Kadis, Commissioner responsible for Fisheries and Oceans, on upcoming initiatives on oceans, at EU and international level

FISC - Public hearing on ' A Coherent Tax Framework for the EU’s Financial Sector '

SEArica Intergroup Launch Conference ' Shaping an ambitious EU Oceans Pact together '

Meeting of the EP Conference of Presidents

Delegation to the Africa-EU Parliamentary Assembly (DFAR) meeting

STOA high-level conference

European and Swedish flags at half-mast in front of EP buildings in Brussels and Strasbourg as sign of solidarity for the victims of the attack at the education centre in Örebro, Sweden

Roberta METSOLA, EP President meets with António COSTA, European Council President

Roberta METSOLA, EP President meets with Omar PAGANINI, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Uruguay and Azucena ARBELECHE, Minister of Economy and Finance of Uruguay

2025 EU Ambassadors Conference - Enhancing parliamentary diplomacy as a powerful instrument in EU’s foreign policy arsenal

An raibh drogall ort riamh bheith páirteach i bplé toisc go raibh cuma ionsaitheach air agus nach mbeadh do thuairim le cloisteáil i measc na ráiteas míchuibheasach ar fad?

Sin an rud a tharlaíonn de ghnáth nuair a threisítear na dearcaí is míchuibheasaí ar shlí mhínádúrtha.

Tríd an díospóireacht a dheighilt go hiomlán, déanann lucht scaipthe na bréagaisnéise iarracht a chur ina luí orainn go bhfuil na difríochtaí eadrainn i bhfad níos mó ná mar atá siad i ndáiríre agus bíonn sé deacair teacht ar chomhréiteach nó ar réiteach.

Féach an físeán seo go bhfeice tú an tslí a ndéantar é sin ionas gur féidir leat an gaiste áirithe sin a sheachaint.

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Modh oibre na bréagaisnéise Ep2: Deighilt a chothú - EE24

Modh oibre na bréagaisnéise Ep2: Deighilt a chothú - 9:16 EE24

Conas is féidir leis an Aontas a mhúnla eacnamaíoch a athchóiriú chun leasa tomhaltóirí agus an phláinéid? Tá an freagra (nó cuid de) ag Aimilios sa Bheilg agus Laetitia sa Fhrainc!

Déanann Aimilios agus a fhoireann Watt4Ever seancheallraí gluaisteán leictreacha a athchóiriú chun córais stórála fuinnimh nua a dhéanamh, rud a thugann an dara saol do cheallraí a bheag nó a mhór agus a shábhálann amhábhair luachmhara agus fuinnimh agus a sheachnaíonn truailliú breise.

Tá Laetitia agus “Halte à l’Obsolescence Programmée”, nó HOP (“Stop Planned Obsolescence” (Cuir Stad le Dífheidhmeacht Phleanáilte)), i mbun feachtais le go mairfidh táirgí laethúla níos faide agus go mbeidís níos éasca le deisiú.

Tacaíonn Parlaimint na hEorpa le bearta uile-AE chun geilleagar ciorclach, an ceart deisithe agus athchúrsáil níos fearr ar amhábhair a chur chun cinn, chun nach dtruailleofar an pláinéad agus chun leas do sparán.

Cinntíonn cláir AE amhail Horizon Europe agus cistí forbartha tuaithe agus réigiúnacha go bhfaigheann tionscadail den sórt seo na hacmhainní atá de dhíth orthu.

An geilleagar a chur ag obair ar mhaithe leatsa agus leis an bpláinéid: seo duit Aimilios agus Laetitia - 9:16 EE24

The European Parliament has acted to ensure the EU economy and society are stronger and fairer in the aftermath of unprecedented challenges.  

The Covid-19 pandemic damaged the EU’s social and economic fabric, while the war in Ukraine sparked an energy crisis and saw the cost of living rise.  

Find out more about how Parliament is ensuring decent pay for workers and equal opportunities, while supporting businesses and making sure the EU is better prepared for future crises.

How has the European Parliament acted to strengthen the EU economy? - EE24

How has the European Parliament acted to strengthen the EU economy? - 9:16 EE24

An léigh tú postáil meán sóisialta riamh a chuir fearg nó brón ort? Nó a shíl tú a bhí rómhaith le bheith fíor? Ar smaoinigh tú go mb’fhéidir nach raibh sé fíor?
Daoine a phostálann bréagaisnéis, féachann siad lenár gcuid mothúchán a shuaitheadh chun go scaipfimid a dteachtaireacht.
Cabhróidh foireann cumarsáide straitéisí Pharlaimint na hEorpa leat a modh oibre a thuiscint agus tú féin a chosaint air.

Modh oibre na bréagaisnéise – ár gcuid mothúchán a shuaitheadh

Modh oibre na bréagaisnéise – ár gcuid mothúchán a shuaitheadh - 9:16 EE24

Éicea-chairdiúil, in-bhithmhillte, aeráidneodrach… Le blianta beaga anuas, tá áibhéil nó mífhaisnéis scaipthe ag corparáidí maidir lena ghlaise atá siad, agus is minic a chuir siad tomhaltóirí amú agus maímh áibhéalacha comhshaoil ​​nó marthanachta á ndéanamh acu. Tá an oiread sin den chleachtas ann gur baisteadh ‘glas-snasú’ air. Vótáil an Pharlaimint chun cosc a chur le glas-snasú agus faisnéis faoi mharthanacht a bheith soiléir agus ar fáil go héasca do thomhaltóirí. Gheofar tuilleadh eolais inár bhfíseán gearr míniúcháin.

Rialacha nua AE chun glas-snasú a chosc, díchriptithe

Digital technologies, such as artificial intelligence, bring exciting opportunities but also potential risks. 
  
The European Parliament has had a crucial role in shaping groundbreaking EU rules to make sure our digital world is safe and fair. 
  
Find out more about how it is protecting Europeans and their rights, while giving business the space it needs to innovate.

The European Parliament’s actions for a safe and innovative digital world

Digital technologies, such as artificial intelligence, bring exciting opportunities but also potential risks. 
  
The European Parliament has had a crucial role in shaping groundbreaking EU rules to make sure our digital world is safe and fair.

An dheighilt dhigiteach a thrasnú, infheistiú i dtaighde agus i nuáil... Tá daoine ó gach cuid den saol ar fud an Aontais ag glacadh páirte san aistriú digiteach.  

Tá longa uathoibríocha agus ‘captaein’ AI á bhforbairt ag Heigo agus a fhoireann MindChip san Eastóin in éineacht le hollscoileanna Thaillinn agus Tartu mar chabhair chun sonraí muirí a bhailiú. Tá Zagorka ag obair go deonach le Simbioza, cuideachta atá ag trasnú na deighilte digití sa tSlóivéin, ag múineadh do chách, idir shean agus óg, conas uirlisí digiteacha a úsáid.  

Tá Parlaimint na hEorpa ag féachaint chuige go rachaidh an aistriú digiteach san Aontas chun tairbhe do chách, ag infheistiú i dtionscadail sa raon ó thaighde róbatach go digitiú scoileanna, ag tabhairt uirlisí agus eolas fad leis an uile dhuine. Déanann cláir amhail Ciste Forbraíochta Réigiúnaí na hEorpa, Fís 2020 agus Erasmus+ infheistíocht sa nuálaíocht agus i réigiúin a thabhairt ar aghaidh le chéile.

Tairbhí aistriú digiteach an Aontais: seo duit Heigo agus Zagorka - VT

An dheighilt dhigiteach a thrasnú, infheistiú i dtaighde agus i nuáil... Tá daoine ó gach cuid den saol ar fud an Aontais ag glacadh páirte san aistriú digiteach.  

Tá longa uathoibríocha agus ‘captaein’ AI á bhforbairt ag Heigo agus a fhoireann MindChip san Eastóin in éineacht le hollscoileanna Thaillinn agus Tartu mar chabhair chun sonraí muirí a bhailiú. Tá Zagorka ag obair go deonach le Simbioza, cuideachta atá ag trasnú na deighilte digití sa tSlóivéin, ag múineadh do chách, idir shean agus óg, conas uirlisí digiteacha a úsáid.  

Tá Parlaimint na hEorpa ag féachaint chuige go rachaidh an aistriú digiteach san Aontas chun tairbhe do chách, ag infheistiú i dtionscadail sa raon ó thaighde róbataice go digitiú scoileanna, ag tabhairt uirlisí agus eolas fad leis an uile dhuine. Déanann cláir amhail Ciste Forbraíochta Réigiúnaí na hEorpa, Fís 2020 agus Erasmus+ infheistíocht sa nuálaíocht agus i réigiúin a thabhairt ar aghaidh le chéile.

Tairbhí aistriú digiteach an Aontais: seo duit Heigo agus Zagorka - INTER

Is cloch choirnéil aon daonlathais é meáin atá saor agus neamhspleách. Cé go bhfuil an tírdhreach meán sláintiúil i bhformhór thíortha AE, níor cheart talamh slán a dhéanamh den iriseoireacht neamhspleách.

Is iriseoir neamhspleách agus eagarthóir é Karolis Vyšniauskas ag NARA, ar spás iriseoireachta neamhbhrabúis é sa Liotuáin. Tuigeann iriseoirí ag NARA, arb as iarthír chumannach dóibh, a thábhachtaí atá na meáin neamhspleácha chun an daonlathas a chosaint.

Is é Lukas Hansen an stiúrthóir eagarthóireachta ag ENTR, ar tionscadal pan-Eorpach é trína gclúdaítear nuacht Eorpach in ocht gcinn de theangacha. Is é a n-aidhm plé faoin saol san Eoraip a spreagadh agus plé ar chomhluacha agus comhsmaointe Eorpacha a chur chun cinn.

Tá Parlaimint na hEorpa ag gníomhú le cinntiú gur féidir le hiriseoirí agus meáin ar fud na hEorpa leanúint orthu ag oibriú go neamhspleách.

An daonlathas a chosaint tríd an iriseoireacht: cas ar Lukas agus Karolis- VT

Is cloch chúinne aon daonlathais í meáin atá saor agus neamhspleách. Cé go bhfuil an tírdhreach meán sláintiúil i bhformhór thíortha AE, níor cheart talamh slán a dhéanamh den iriseoireacht neamhspleách.

Is iriseoir neamhspleách agus eagarthóir é Karolis Vyšniauskas ag NARA, ar spás iriseoireachta neamhbhrabúis é sa Liotuáin. Tuigeann iriseoirí ag NARA, arb as iarthír chumannach dóibh, a thábhachtaí atá na meáin neamhspleácha chun an daonlathas a chosaint.

Is é Lukas Hansen an stiúrthóir eagarthóireachta ag ENTR, ar tionscadal pan-Eorpach é trína gclúdaítear nuacht Eorpach in ocht gcinn de theangacha. Is é a n-aidhm plé faoin saol san Eoraip a spreagadh agus plé ar chomhluacha agus comhsmaointe Eorpacha a chur chun cinn.

Tá Parlaimint na hEorpa ag gníomhú le cinntiú gur féidir le hiriseoirí agus meáin ar fud na hEorpa leanúint orthu ag oibriú go neamhspleách.

An daonlathas a chosaint tríd an iriseoireacht: cas ar Lukas agus Karolis_VT

Cothromaíocht inscne a bhaint amach, íospartaigh an fhoréigin inscne-bhunaithe a chosaint agus dul i mbun troda chun sochaí níos cothroime a bhaint amach… Tá eagraíochtaí ag gníomhú ar fud an Aontais chun cearta na mban a chosaint agus a chur chun cinn.
     
Is é moladh Stella ag Mná ar Barr, san Aithin, ceardlanna a reáchtáil d’fhiontraithe ban le go mothóidh siad cumhachtaithe ag an obair agus ina saol i gcoitinne. Féachann sise agus a foireann chuige go bhfuil na scileanna cuí ag mná, go bhfuil siad neamhspleách agus muinín acu astu féin.
 
Tá Linda ag Ionad MARTA, i Ríge, ag obair chun deireadh a chur le foréigin inscne-bhunaithe agus le gáinneáil ar dhaoine. Tairgeann siad comhairliúcháin síceolaíochta agus dlíthiúla d’íospartaigh.
    
Tá Parlaimint na hEorpa ag gníomhú le cearta na mban a chosaint, ina measc deireadh a chur le pá éagothrom agus le hidirdhealú inscne-bhunaithe. Tacaíonn cistí AE, amhail Erasmus+, an Ciste um Thearmann, Imirce agus Lánpháirtíocht agus Mná Eorpacha ar Bhoird le tionscadail a chumhachtaíonn mná ar fud an Aontais.

Cearta na mban a chur chun cinn san Aontas: seo duit Stella agus Linda

Cothromaíocht inscne a bhaint amach, íospartaigh an fhoréigin inscne-bhunaithe a chosaint agus dul i mbun troda chun sochaí níos cothroime a bhaint amach… Tá eagraíochtaí ag obair ar fud an Aontais chun cearta na mban a chosaint agus a chur chun cinn.
     
Is é moladh Stella ag Mná ar Barr, san Aithin, ceardlanna a reáchtáil d’fhiontraithe ban le go mothóidh siad cumhachtaithe ag an obair agus ina saol i gcoitinne. Féachann sise agus a foireann chuige go bhfuil na scileanna cuí ag mná, go bhfuil siad neamhspleách agus muinín acu astu féin.
 
Tá Linda ag Ionad MARTA, i Ríge, ag obair chun deireadh a chur le foréigin inscne-bhunaithe agus le gáinneáil ar dhaoine. Tairgeann siad comhairliúcháin síceolaíochta agus dlíthiúla d’íospartaigh.
    
Tá Parlaimint na hEorpa ag gníomhú le cearta na mban a chosaint, ina measc deireadh a chur le pá éagothrom agus le hidirdhealú inscne-bhunaithe. Tacaíonn cistí AE, amhail Erasmus+, an Ciste um Thearmann, Imirce agus Lánpháirtíocht agus Mná Eorpacha ar Bhoird le tionscadail a thugann cumhacht do mhná ar fud an Aontais.

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