At a glance: the final plenary session of the EP’s ninth legislative term; European Parliament President Roberta Metsola’s address at the Special European Council; and applications for the DiscoverEU programme are open.

L-Aħbarijiet fil-Qosor – 19/04/2024 - Malti

At a glance: Parliament publishes its final Eurobarometer survey before the elections in June; ‘The Teachers’ Lounge’ by German director Ilker Çatak wins the 2024 LUX Audience Award and Metsola visits Portugal.

L-Aħbarijiet fil-Qosor – 18/04/2024 - Malti

Ir-rebbieħ tal-LUX – Il-Premju Ċinematografiku Ewropew tal-Udjenza 2024 huwa “The Teachers’ Lounge”
Il-Premju LUX huwa strument li jitfa’ dawl u jġegħlna nirriflettu fuq films li jindirizzaw temi soċjali u politiċi. L-għan tiegħu hu li jinkoraġġixxi d-dibattitu u r-riflessjoni, filwaqt li juża l-films bħala għodda biex tgħinna nsaħħu l-identità Ewropea tagħna.

LUX – Il-Premju Ċinematografiku Ewropew tal-Udjenza 2024

At a glance: the European Parliament’s political groups are preparing for the last plenary session of this legislative term; the achievements of the Committee on Women’s Rights and Gender  Equality; and the European Youth Week.

L-Aħbarijiet fil-Qosor – 17/04/2024 - Malti

At a glance: the special European Council; the last Eurobarometer survey before the June European elections; and the European Youth Event.

L-Aħbarijiet fil-Qosor – 16/04/2024 - Malti

At a glance: Parliament wants to make the right to abortion an EU fundamental right; the ECB Annual Report for 2023; and European Youth Week 2024.

L-Aħbarijiet fil-Qosor – 15/04/2024 - Malti

At a glance: in Brussels, Parliament adopted ten legislative texts to reform European migration and asylum policy; King Philippe of the Belgians addressed MEPs; and Parliament adopted an EU certification framework for carbon removals.

L-Aħbarijiet fil-Qosor – 12/04/2024 - Malti

At a glance: the plenary session is ongoing in Brussels. MEPs have voted on revising the pharmaceutical legislation and adopted their position on new rules to improve the health of European soils and to increase CO2 emission reduction targets for trucks, buses and trailers.

L-Aħbarijiet fil-Qosor – 11/04/2024 - Malti

At a glance: in Brussels, the plenary session is ongoing; MEPs will vote on the reform of the EU electricity market; the agreement on the extension of temporary trade measures for Ukraine; and approximately EUR 5 million in EU aid for displaced workers in Germany and Denmark.

L-Aħbarijiet fil-Qosor – 10/04/2024 - Malti

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.

FEMM - Committee on Women's Rights and Gender Equality

On May 1, 2004, ten&nbsp;new member states joined the European Union, marking the&nbsp;largest enlargement in terms of people and number of countries in the EU's history. Cyprus, Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, Slovakia, and Slovenia joined the Union, growing from 15 to 25 members.

The European Parliament celebrates the 20th anniversary of these ten nations joining the European Union&nbsp;and engaging in the EP's democratic process to defend the interests of European citizens.

20th anniversary of the 2004 enlargement of the European Union

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

EU heads of state or government meet at the 17-18 April special European Council.

 
At the first day of the summit, EU leaders adopted conclusions on Ukraine, the Middle East and Türkiye.

Conclusions: <a href="https://www.consilium.europa.eu/en/press/press-releases/2024/04/18/european-council-conclusions-on-ukraine-and-turkiye/">https://www.consilium.europa.eu/en/press/press-releases/2024/04/18/european-council-conclusions-on-ukraine-and-turkiye/</a>&nbsp;

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Agenda highlights, 18 April:&nbsp; 
Competitiveness and the single market 
EU leaders will follow up on past conclusions on the EU’s single market and Europe’s long-term competitiveness and productivity.

More info:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.consilium.europa.eu/en/meetings/european-council/2024/04/17-18/">https://www.consilium.europa.eu/en/meetings/european-council/2024/04/17-18/</a>

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