European Parliament

President Metsola presented the Sakharov Prize 2024 to Venezuela’s Edmundo González Urrutia and María Corina Machado at a ceremony on Tuesday in Strasbourg.
Committee on Foreign Affairs
Committee on Development
Subcommittee on Human Rights

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MEPs approved EU aid for 632 dismissed employees of machinery and paper factories in the Flemish province of Limburg.
Committee on Budgets

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Two new EU laws will offer quick EU funding for recovery measures following natural disasters that have occurred after 1 January 2024.
Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development
Committee on Employment and Social Affairs
Committee on Regional Development

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On Tuesday, Parliament backed Teresa Anjinho (Portugal) as the European Ombudsman for a five-year mandate, with the support of 344 MEPs in a secret plenary vote.
Committee on Petitions

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Companies will have one more year to comply with new EU rules to prevent deforestation that will ban the sale in the EU of products sourced from deforested land.
Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety

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EP President Roberta Metsola will hold a press conference with the Sakharov Prize 2024 laureates on Tuesday 17 December at 11.35 CET in Strasbourg.

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Tuesday, 17 December

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President Metsola opened the 16-19 December plenary session in Strasbourg by praising Georgia’s protestors, and marking the cyclone in Mayotte with a minute’s silence for victims.

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Monday, 16 December

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Plenary session, Strasbourg

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On Friday, the European Parliament political group leaders have decided on the creation of two new standing committees and two special committees.

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Spokespersons for Parliament and for the political groups will hold a briefing on the 16 - 19 December plenary session on Friday at 11.00, in Parliament’s Anna Politkovskaya press room.

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Ministers are holding a series of meetings in parliamentary committees to present the priorities of the Hungarian Presidency of the Council.
Committee on Constitutional Affairs
Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development
Committee on Development
Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs
Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety
Committee on Industry, Research and Energy
Committee on Transport and Tourism

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Spokespersons for Parliament and for the political groups will hold a briefing on the 25 - 28 November plenary session on Friday at 11.00, in Parliament’s Anna Politkovskaya press room.

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At the 6th Trilateral Business Forum in Paris, EP President Metsola said that improving the productivity of the economy is the starting point for boosting Europe's competitiveness.

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632 employees of the machinery and paper enterprises Purmo and Sappi who lost their jobs should receive €700,000 in EU aid.
Committee on Budgets

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Newsletter - 25-28 November 2024 - Strasbourg plenary session

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Parliament’s President and political group leaders adopted the following statement marking 1000 days of Russia's illegal and unjustified war against Ukraine

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MEPs achieved increases for the 2025 EU budget and secured funds for helping EU countries facing climate-related disasters.
Committee on Budgets

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On Tuesday, Parliament held an extraordinary plenary session with Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, marking 1000 days since Russia’s full-scale invasion.
Committee on Foreign Affairs

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