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Culture plays a fundamental role in human life. It is also an essential source of identity, at local, regional, national and European levels, while making a significant contribution to the EU economy. EU cultural policy relates to cultural heritage, but also to the cultural and creative sector. The EU supports culture through a variety of initiatives, including the European Capitals of Culture scheme. A number of EU programmes also offer funding for cultural projects, for instance the Creative Europe programme, Horizon Europe and New European Bauhaus. As one of the sectors of the economy worst affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, the EU included culture in its coronavirus response investment initiatives and the REACT-EU programme aimed at dealing with the consequences of the pandemic. The European Parliament has called for increased support for culture as part of the post-pandemic recovery efforts.

EPRS policy podcast - Culture and regional development

In 2015, the United Nations adopted the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), to be attained by 2030. The SDGs and the broader 2030 Agenda for sustainable development, of which they form the core, are based on findings that human activities have triggered dramatic changes in the conditions on Earth (climate change and biodiversity loss), which in turn have contributed to the deterioration of human wellbeing. To reverse the trend, there is an urgent need to simultaneously address the multiple causes and consequences of environmental depletion and social inequalities, by developing synergies and managing trade-offs between the SDGs. The European Union has been a leader in drafting the SDGs; it is also a frontrunner in mainstreaming the SDGs in all its policies.

EPRS podcast - Policy: Understanding SDGs: The UN's Sustainable Development Goals

In March 2018, the EU introduced a legislative package on the fair taxation of the digital economy. It contained proposals for an interim and a long-term digital tax. However, there was no immediate political agreement in the Council. As finding a global solution at the OECD level or a coordinated EU approach was not yet feasible at the time, some Member States started designing or implementing their own digital taxes, which gave rise to trade tensions. In this podcast, we talk about taxing the digital economy. We analyse the main challenges, look at EU proposals and new developments to make international tax regimes fit for the digital age.

EPRS policy podcast - Taxing the digital economy: New developments and the way forward

In May 2020, the European Commission published its 'farm to fork' strategy – 'for a fair, healthy and environmentally friendly food system' – along with the EU biodiversity strategy, as part of the implementation of the European Green Deal. In those strategies the Commission set a target of 25 % of the EU's agricultural land to be under organic farming by 2030, as well as a significant increase in organic aquaculture. In this podcast, we’ll decorticate the Commission’s new plan to promote organic production in Europe.

EPRS policy podcast - Development of organic production in the EU: 2021-2027 action plan

What is the EU’s long term vision for rural areas? In this episode, we’ll look at their needs, their potential and challenges, see where current support policies have succeeded and where they’ve been less successful… and have a quick look into the future.

EPRS policy podcast - EU rural development policy: Impact, challenges and outlook

The EU has contributed to creating the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), established in 2015, as part of the UN 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, and takes action to implement them through its internal and external policies, as outlined in the 'Towards a Sustainable Europe by 2030' reflection paper, the European Green Deal, the European Commission's political priorities and its work programme. The Sustainable Development Goals also have a regional dimension, sometimes called 'localisation'. Achieving around 65 % of the targets is estimated to require local and regional authority participation. Numerous regions and cities, including in the EU, have expressed support for the SDGs and many have integrated them in their policy frameworks.

EPRS podcast - Policy: Sustainable Development Goals in EU regions

<p>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.</p>

AGRI - Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development

REGI - Committee on Regional Development

<p>On Wednesday 10 July, the Committe on Development (DEVE) met for the first time in its new composition and elected as its Chair Swedish MEP Tomas TOBÉ (EPP). The Committee also elected four Vice Chairs: Pierrette HERZBERGER-FOFANA (Greens/EFA), Norbert NEUSER (S&amp;D), Chrysoula ZACHAROPOULOU (Renew Europe), Erik MARQUARDT (Greens/EFA). The next meeting of the Committee will take place in the morning of 24 July and is set to discuss the state of play of development cooperation, the 2020 budget and the future partnership with ACP countries. The Finish EU Council Presidency will set out its priorities, in particular in humanitarian aid.</p>

DEVE - Committee on Development

The Foreign Affairs and Development Committees votes to shortlist three candidates for the European Parliament’s 2025 Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought. The prize has been awarded since 1988 and is the highest European award for commitment to and work on human rights

Sakharov Prize 2025: Vote on a shortlist of 3 candidates

Development/Bill Gates. The Development Committee hosts Bill Gates, Chair of the Gates Foundation, to discuss development assistance and innovation as key drivers for improving health and living standards in the Global South.

DEVE: Exchange of views with Bill Gates, Chair of the Gates Foundation

Debate on the latest developments in Syria

Jozef Síkela has been Czech Minister for Industry and Trade since 2021. He is now the European Commissioner-designate for International Partnerships, in the von der Leyen Commission II.

Confirmation hearing of Jozef SÍKELA, Commissioner-designate, International Partnerships

The Foreign Affairs and Development committees vote to shortlist three finalists for the 2024 Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought. David McAllister, AFET Chair, Barry Andrews, DEVE Chair, and Mounir Satouri, DROI Chair, give statements after the announcement.

The Sakharov Prize is the EU's highest tribute to human rights work, recognizing those who contribute to protecting freedom of thought. The candidates include María Corina Machado and President-elect Edmundo González Urrutia from Venezuela, Yael Admi and Reem Hajajreh from the “Women Wage Peace” and “Women of the Sun” movement in Israel/Palestine, Elon Musk from the United States, Dr. Gubad Ibadoghlu from Azerbaijan, and journalists in Palestine including Hamza and Wael Al-Dahdouh, Plestia Alaqad, Shireen Abu Akleh, and Ain Media. The Conference of Presidents selects the winner on 24 October, and the award ceremony takes place on 18 December in Strasbourg.

Announcement of the 3 finalists for Sakharov Prize 2024

DROI/DEVE - Public Hearing on the human rights situation in Sudan and the EU Strategy

Committee on Foreign Affairs Joint meeting Ordinary meeting Committee on Development

AFET

DEVE

Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development Ordinary meeting

AGRI

Committee on Regional Development Ordinary meeting

REGI

Subcommittee on Human Rights Ordinary meeting - Jointly with DEVE

DROI

Committee on Development Ordinary meeting

Committee on Development Ordinary meeting AFET-DEVE Joint meeting

Committee on Development Ordinary meeting JOINT AFET-DEVE Hearing

Committee on Development Ordinary meeting CJ19 AFET-DEVE joint meeting

Committee on Foreign Affairs Ordinary meeting Committee on Security and Defence Committee on Development Joint meeting with DROI; The UN at 80: Reflections, Challenges, and Opportunities for the Futur

SEDE

Committee on Foreign Affairs Ordinary meeting Joint meeting Committee on Development HEARING

Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development Ordinary meeting ICM

DEVE AFET - Public Hearing on EU-Africa Relations ahead of the 7th AU-EU summit

FISC - Inter-parliamentary Committee Meeting (ICM) ' The taxation of digital activities at national and international level, in light of ongoing developments at OECD/G20 level '

AFET DEVE - Public hearing on Global Gateway: Past impacts and future orientation

AFET DROI DEVE - Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought 2025: Vote on a shortlist of 3 candidates

EP Plenary session - Second World Summit for Social Development

AGRI Interparliamentary Committee Meeting - New tools for risk management: enhancing the agricultural reserve and developing mechanisms to address natural, market, and sanitary risks

AFET DEVE DROI - Sakharov Prize 2025: Presentation of candidates

ITRE public hearing on Quantum, AI and cloud – technology development and industrial capacity building in Europe

EP Plenary session - Taxation of large digital platforms in the light of international developments

DEVE - Presentation of the priorities of the Danish Presidency of the Council

DEVE - Public Hearing on the Interlinkage between Migration and Development Cooperation

EMPL - European Court of Auditors' special report: ' Developing supplementary pensions in the EU – EU action not effective in strengthening occupational pensions and establishing a pan-European personal pension product '

EP Plenary session - Outcome of the conference on the Financing for development in Seville

EMPL - Public hearing on ' Developing a new EU anti-poverty strategy '

DEVE - Public Hearing on ' Decent and Sustainable Job Creation in Developing Countries:.Measuring the Impact of EU Projects '

DEVE Extraordinary meeting - Exchange of views with Bill GATES, Chair of the Gates Foundation

TRAN - Presentation of the study for the European Commission on the availability of safe and secure parking areas for professional drivers and recommendations for their future development. European Secure Truck Parking Organisation

EU-ledamöter och ledamöter från stater i Afrika, Västindien och Stilla havsområdet samlas i Budapest och diskuterar följderna av händelserna i Nordafrika.

Vilken effekt har arabvåren på Afrikas utveckling?

Ledamöterna stöder Bulgariens och Rumäniens inträde i Schengenområdet och ger rekommendationer för att stödja utvecklingen av demokrati i världen.

Nyheterna: Schengenområdet - utveckling av demokrati

Hur kan EU se till att dess hjälp inte skadar utvecklingsländernas intressen?

Frågor & svar: Varaktig utveckling

Framstående gäster diskuterar utmaningarna med att genomföra EU:s utvecklingsagenda som innehåller punkter som god förvaltning, mänskliga rättigheter och miljöfrågor.

Forum: Europeiska utvecklingsdagarna

MEPs exchange views with Catherine ASHTON, EU High Representative and EC Vice-President, on the development-related aspects of the European External Action Service, in the European Parliament in Brussels.

Development-related aspects of the European External Action Service: extracts from the exchange of views with Catherine ASHTON, EU High Representative and EC Vice-President

During the plenary session of the European Parliament in Strasbourg, MEPs discuss the progress Moldova has made and the political situation in the run up to the elections next month with Stefan FÜLE, European Commissioner for Enlargement.

Reforms and developments in the Republic of Moldova: extracts from the debate

The Committes on Foreign Affairs (AFET), the Committee on Development (DEVE) and the Subcommittee on Human Rights (DROI) hold an exchange of views with Ban Ki-moon, Secretary-General of the United Nations, in the European Parliament in Brussels.

EU - United Nations: extracts from the exchange of views with Ban Ki-moon, Secretary-General of the United Nations

The Subcommittee on Security and Defence (SEDE), Committee on Foreign Affairs (AFET) and the Committee on Development (DEVE) exchange views with Gilles DE KERCHOVE, EU Counter-Terrorism Coordinator, Roger MOORE, Director, DG Development, European Commission and Cecilia RUTHSTRÖM-RUIN, Chief, Terrorism Prevention Branch, UNODC, on the security challenges in the Sahel region and the Horn of Africa.

Security challenges in the Sahel region and the Horn of Africa: extracts from the exchange of views with Gilles DE KERCHOVE, EU Counter-Terrorism Coordinator

The Committee on Development (DEVE) debate with OCHA and other humanitarian actors on state of play of the humanitarian situation in Pakistan, in the European Parliament in Brussels.

Humanitarian situation in Pakistan: state of play and way forward: extracts from the debate with OCHA and other humanitarian actors

The Committee on Development (DEVE) debate with Kristalina GEORGIEVA, European Commissioner for the Budget and Human Resources on state of play of the humanitarian situation in Pakistan, in the European Parliament in Brussels.

Humanitarian situation in Pakistan: state of play and way forward: extracts from the debate with Kristalina GEORGIEVA, European Commissioner for the Budget and Human Resources

A hearing on the Human Rights situation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) takes place in the European Parliament in Brussels.

Human Rights in Congo: extracts from the hearing

The Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Afffairs (LIBE) organises a hearing on the impact of the Charter of Fundamental Rights in the development of an European area of Freedom, Security and Justice, in the European Parliament in Brussels.

Impact of the Charter of Fundamental Rights in the development of an European area of Freedom, Security and Justice: extracts of the hearing

Member of the Committees on Foreign Affairs (AFET), Budgets (BUDG) and Development (DEVE) exchange of views with Nachman SHAI, chair of the Knesset delegation for relations with EP and Einat WILF, member of Knesset Foreign / security affairs committee, in the European Parliament in Strasbourg.

EP delegation to Israel: extracts from the exchange of views with Nachman SHAI, chair of the Knesset delegation and Einat WILF, member of Knesset

Det kanske inte finns mycket att omfördela i EU:s kassakistor säger ledamoten som leder ett nytt tillfälligt utskott för den framtida budgeten, men att ha mer att säga till om är en prestigefråga.

﻿Intervjun: Budgeten - parlamentet måste utveckla sin position

During the plenary session of the European Parliament in Strasbourg, MEPs debate on the presentattion by Michael CASHMAN (S&D, UK) of his mid-term review on progress towards the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals (MDG), in preparation of the UN high-level meeting in September 2010 in New York.

Progress towards the achievement of the Millennium Development Goal: extracts from the debate

The Committee on Foreign Affairs (AFET) exchange views with Helen CLARK, Administrator of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) on "Millennium Development Goals, Climate Change and Policy Coherence", in the European Parliament in Brussels.

Millennium Development Goals - Climate Change and Policy Coherence: extracts from the exchange of views with Helen CLARK, Administrator of the United Nations Development Programme

The committee on development of the EP exchange views with Kristalina Georgieva, Commissioner for International Cooperation, Humanitarian Aid and Crisis respons, with the Jean-Yves Jason, Mayor of Port-au-Prince and Myrta Kaulard, the Haiti Country Director for the World Food Programme.

UN donor conference "Towards a new future for Haïti": extracts from the exchange of views - DEVE Committee

Statement by Kristalina GEORGIEVA, Bulgarian Commissioner-designate for International Cooperation, Humanitarian Aid and Crisis Environment, Public Health and Food Safety Response, during her hearing at EP Brussels.

Hearing of Kristalina GEORGIEVA (Bulgaria), Commissioner-designate for International Cooperation, Humanitarian Aid and Crisis Environment, Public Health and Food Safety Response: extracts

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