European Parliament (News)

MEPs discussed German Council presidency goals and the need for a greater EU role in public health and adopted new rules for the road transport sector during the 8-10 July plenary.

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The upcoming new EU chemicals strategy for sustainability must better protect our health and the environment, says Parliament in a resolution adopted on Friday.
Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety

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Interconnected registers of beneficial owners, a preventive blacklisting policy and effective sanctions are among tools proposed by MEPs to stop money laundering.
Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs

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COVID-19 has highlighted the need to give the EU a far stronger role in the area of health, MEPs say in a resolution on the EU’s future public health strategy.
Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety

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To develop, authorise and make safe COVID-19 vaccines available more easily, MEPs today adopted a temporary derogation from certain rules for clinical trials.
Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety

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As energy from renewable sources is increasingly part of the European energy mix, MEPs propose ways to step up storage solutions such as hydrogen or home batteries.
Committee on Industry, Research and Energy

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Parliament gave its green light to top up support to refugees and host communities in Turkey, Jordan and Lebanon in response to the Syrian crisis.
Committee on Budgets

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MEPs want social inclusion and people’s wellbeing at the heart of EU economic policies, with equal priority given to social, environmental and economic objectives.
Committee on Employment and Social Affairs

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President David Sassoli will set out Parliament’s position on the EU's next long-term budget at an EU summit on Friday.

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In a resolution adopted on Thursday, the European Parliament reiterates its deep concern at the severity of the humanitarian emergency in Venezuela.
Committee on Foreign Affairs

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On Friday the names of the MEPs who will sit on the new committees established in June were announced.
Committee on Foreign Affairs
Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development
Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs
Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety
Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection
Committee on Industry, Research and Energy
Committee on Legal Affairs
Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs

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Friday, 10 July

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MEPs on Friday from around 9.35 AM in the presence of commissioner Margaritis Schinas will discuss EU plans to help European culture recover from the damage caused by the COVID-19 crisis.
Committee on Culture and Education

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In a debate on the EU’s future public health strategy, MEPs said COVID-19 has shown that the EU needs stronger tools to deal with health emergencies.
Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety

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Parliament backs revised rules to improve drivers’ working conditions and stop distortion of competition in road transport.
Committee on Transport and Tourism

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The EU should secure adequate funding to push through its recovery plans and emerge stronger from the Covid-19 crisis, MEPs said during a plenary debate on 8 July.

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Thursday, 9 July

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On Wednesday, MEPs voted in a secret ballot to endorse the new Court of Auditors member Helga Berger, nominated by the Austrian government.
Committee on Budgetary Control

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The four presidents of the main EU institutions met today to prepare the intensive inter-institutional negotiations that lie ahead.

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The plenary on Wednesday approved the nomination of François-Louis Michaud for the post of Executive Director of the European Banking Authority.
Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs

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