Guy Verhofstadt

Press release - Media advisory: feedback event of the Conference on the Future of Europe

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Thursday, December 1, 2022
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Media advisory: feedback event of the Conference on the Future of Europe

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  • Media advisory: feedback event of the Conference on the Future of Europe
    Media are invited to Parliaments premises in Brussels, where citizens will discuss recent and upcoming initiatives with high-level representatives of the EU institutions.
  • Media representatives will be able to interview participants in the event (political representatives and citizens alike), using Parliaments dedicated spaces and equipment if needed (booking required).
  • Press officers from EU institutions will be available to facilitate interviews and liaise where necessary.
  • Audio-visual coverage
    The public sessions of the event taking place in the Hemicycle will be broadcast live on EbS+ and extracts will be available on EbS .

Press release - Briefing with Guy Verhofstadt on the Conference on the Future of Europe (16.06)

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Tuesday, June 15, 2021
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When: Wednesday 16 June 2021, 16:00 (CEST)

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  • When: Wednesday 16 June 2021, 16:00 (CEST)

    Where: European Parliament in Brussels, Anna Politkovskaya press conference room (0A50), Paul-Henri Spaak building, with physical and remote participation.

  • Guy Verhofstadt, in his capacity as EP Delegation Coordinator to the Conference on the Future of Europe, will brief journalists on the positions of the EP delegation, following the first meeting of the 108 MEPs of the Conference Plenary on Monday 14.06.
  • Interpretation will be available at the press conference in English, French, German, and Dutch.
  • The briefing session will be broadcast live on Parliaments Multimedia Centre and via the Constitutional Affairs Committees twitter account @EPInstitutional.

EML CTO Jason Nadler's Childhood Admiration For Bill Gates Comes Full Circle With EML's Move To Microsoft Azure

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Monday, May 31, 2021
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Jason Nadler is Chief Technology Officer (CTO) at EML Payments Limited (ASX: EML) (S&P/ASX 200).

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  • Jason Nadler is Chief Technology Officer (CTO) at EML Payments Limited (ASX: EML) (S&P/ASX 200).
  • View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20210531005171/en/
    What makes Microsoft Azure attractive to a FinTech CTO?
  • All of our programmes, applications, and everything we develop runs in data centres known as on-prem or on-premises data centres.
  • EML provides an innovative payment solutions platform, helping businesses all over the world create awesome customer experiences.

Conference on the Europe's future can only succeed by going beyond Brussels and capitals and involving local communities

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Monday, May 10, 2021
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The Conference offers a\n unique opportunity to strengthen it, but can only work if it goes\n beyond Brussels and the capitals.

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  • The Conference offers a\n unique opportunity to strengthen it, but can only work if it goes\n beyond Brussels and the capitals.
  • Regions, mayors and cities are closest to citizens, and\n Future of Europe Guy Verhofstadt , said:\n"We want to create real momentum from the bottom up.
  • During and after the Conference on the\n future of the Europe, we have to say what we do with what people tell\n us.
  • It is about us, the\n on the Future of Europe in many ways:\n- The CoR is represented in the Executive Board of the Conference.

REPORT on the request for waiver of the immunity of Guy Verhofstadt - A9-0037/2020

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Wednesday, March 4, 2020
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on the request for waiver of the immunity of Guy Verhofstadt (2019/2149(IMM)) The European Parliament, having regard to the request for waiver of the immunity of Guy Verhofstadt, submitted on 15 October 2019 by the Fifth Criminal Division of Warsaw-rdmiecie District Court, in connection with pending criminal proceedings further to civil proceedings brought before the same court (ref.

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  • on the request for waiver of the immunity of Guy Verhofstadt (2019/2149(IMM)) The European Parliament, having regard to the request for waiver of the immunity of Guy Verhofstadt, submitted on 15 October 2019 by the Fifth Criminal Division of Warsaw-rdmiecie District Court, in connection with pending criminal proceedings further to civil proceedings brought before the same court (ref.
  • X K 7/18), and announced in plenary on 13 November 2019, having heard Guy Verhofstadt in accordance with Rule 9(6) of its Rules of Procedure, having regard to Article 8 of Protocol No 7 on the Privileges and Immunities of the European Union and Article 6(2) of the Act of 20 September 1976 concerning the election of the members of the European Parliament by direct universal suffrage, having regard to the judgments of the Court of Justice of the European Union of 21 October 2008, 19 March 2010, 6 September 2011, 17January 2013 and 30 April 2019[1], having regard to Rule 5(2), Rule 6(1) and Rule 9 of its Rules of Procedure, having regard to the report of the Committee on Legal Affairs (A9-0037/2020), A.whereas the Fifth Criminal Division of Warsawrdmiecie District Court, in Poland, has submitted a request for waiver of the parliamentary immunity of Guy Verhofstadt on the grounds of certain statements made by the latter on 15 November 2017 during a plenary debate at the European Parliament in Strasbourg; whereas the grounds for the order of the District Court state that, as it is for the applicant to obtain authorisation to commence proceedings, in this situation the Public Prosecutors Office should be considered the relevant authority, that if the public prosecutor does not intervene in the proceedings and the Court refuses to request that the immunity in question be waived, the civil applicant is deprived of the possibility of exercising his rights against persons protected by the immunity of the European Parliament and that the provision in question [Rule 9(12) of its Rules of Procedure] does not provide that the Court should draft such a request, but merely that it should transmit it.
  • Thus, the request for the waiver of parliamentary immunity in itself constitutes a purely formal transmission of a request from the civil applicant; noting therefore that the request for waiver of parliamentary immunity was communicated by the judicial authorities in accordance with Rule 9(12) of its Rules of Procedure, but drawing attention to the fact that, under Rule 9(1) of its Rules of Procedure, any request for waiver of parliamentary immunity must be submitted by a competent authority of a Member State, the two concepts not being identical; B.whereas Guy Verhofstadt has been accused, in civil proceedings brought before the said court by the authorised representative of a private applicant, of having rashly insulted that private applicant; whereas in statements that he made during a plenary debate on the state of the rule of law and democracy in Poland and which were disseminated by the media, Guy Verhofstadt described the participants in the Independence March in Warsaw in 2017 as fascists, neo-Nazis and white supremacists; whereas the applicant was among the participants in that march; C.whereas, in making those comments, Guy Verhofstadt allegedly publicly insulted the applicant in his absence and allegedly made accusations against the applicant which damaged his public reputation, as a result which the applicant considered himself to be in danger of forfeiting the trust necessary for the performance of duties, the exercise of a profession or engagement in a type of activity, which is an offence defined in Article 216(2) in conjunction with Article 212(2) in conjunction with Article 11(2) of the Polish Criminal Code; D.whereas parliamentary immunity is not a Members personal privilege but a guarantee of the independence of Parliament as a whole and of its Members; E.whereas, firstly, Parliament cannot be equated with a court, and, secondly, in the context of a procedure for the waiver of immunity, a Member of the European Parliament cannot be regarded as an accused[2]; F.whereas Article 8 of Protocol No 7 on the Privileges and Immunities of the European Union stipulates that Members of the European Parliament shall not be subject to any form of inquiry, detention or legal proceedings in respect of opinions expressed or votes cast by them in the performance of their duties; G.whereas Guy Verhofstadt made his statements during a plenary session of the European Parliament, within the precincts where the plenary sitting itself was being conducted, in the performance of his duties as a Member of the European Parliament; H.whereas the statements by Guy Verhofstadt were therefore made in the context of his duties as a Member of and his work at the European Parliament; 1.Decides not to waive the immunity of GuyVerhofstadt; 2.Instructs its President to forward this decision and the report of its committee responsible immediately to the competent authority of the Republic of Poland and to GuyVerhofstadt.

Highlights - Croatian presidency of the Council of the EU - debate - Committee on Constitutional Affairs

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Monday, January 27, 2020
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Withdrawal agreement between the UK and the EU - Recommendation on the consent

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  • Withdrawal agreement between the UK and the EU - Recommendation on the consent

    An extraordinary meeting of the Committee on Constitutional Affairs has been convened for 23rd January 2020 in the afternoon.

  • At this meeting the committee will consider and vote the draft recommendation on the consent on the draft withdrawal agreement between the EU and the UK.
  • Committee's rapporteur, Guy Verhofstadt (BE, Renew), has submitted a draft recommendation proposing the approval of the draft withdrawal agreement.
  • No amendments have been tabled to this report.

Highlights - Election-Watch.EU – presentation of the final report on the European elections - Committee on Constitutional Affairs

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Monday, January 27, 2020
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Withdrawal agreement between the UK and the EU - Recommendation on the consent

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  • Withdrawal agreement between the UK and the EU - Recommendation on the consent

    An extraordinary meeting of the Committee on Constitutional Affairs has been convened for 23rd January 2020 in the afternoon.

  • At this meeting the committee will consider and vote the draft recommendation on the consent on the draft withdrawal agreement between the EU and the UK.
  • Committee's rapporteur, Guy Verhofstadt (BE, Renew), has submitted a draft recommendation proposing the approval of the draft withdrawal agreement.
  • No amendments have been tabled to this report.

Press release - Brexit: the Withdrawal Agreement passes the first European Parliament test

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Friday, January 24, 2020
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After parliamentary ratification in the UK was concluded earlier today, with Royal Assent granted for the European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) Bill, Constitutional Affairs Committee MEPs voted in favour of a positive recommendation regarding the EU-UK Withdrawal Agreement, with 23 votes for, three against and no abstentions.

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  • After parliamentary ratification in the UK was concluded earlier today, with Royal Assent granted for the European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) Bill, Constitutional Affairs Committee MEPs voted in favour of a positive recommendation regarding the EU-UK Withdrawal Agreement, with 23 votes for, three against and no abstentions.
  • The vote took place after a statement by Committee Chair Antonio Tajani (EPP, IT) and a discussion between the Parliaments Brexit coordinator Guy Verhofstadt (Renew Europe, BE) and political group coordinators.
  • To enter into force, any withdrawal agreement between the EU and the UK needs to be approved by the European Parliament by a simple majority of votes cast (Article 50 (2) of the Treaty on European Union).
  • The Council will then conclude the process on the EU side by a qualified majority vote, foreseen for 30 January.

Press release - Brexit: discussion on the state of play on Tuesday afternoon

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Monday, November 11, 2019
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Parliaments Brexit coordinator Guy Verhofstadt (Renew Europe, BE) and Antonio Tajani (EPP, IT), Committee Chair and member of the Parliament's Brexit Steering Group, will discuss the state of play on Brexit with Constitutional Affairs Committee MEPs.

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  • Parliaments Brexit coordinator Guy Verhofstadt (Renew Europe, BE) and Antonio Tajani (EPP, IT), Committee Chair and member of the Parliament's Brexit Steering Group, will discuss the state of play on Brexit with Constitutional Affairs Committee MEPs.
  • This first debate on Brexit in the European Parliament following the recent flextension decision forms part of the thorough and exhaustive scrutiny process that the text of the EU-UK deal requires.
  • MEPs are expected to also discuss the latest developments in this regard.
  • When: Tuesday 12 November - Around 15.00 - meeting agenda

    Where: European Parliament, Brussels, Altiero Spinelli building, room 3G-3

    You can watch the debate live here

Article - Plenary highlights: EU's 2020 budget, Syria, Sakharov Prize, bees

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Friday, October 25, 2019
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Check out what Parliaments Brexit coordinator Guy Verhofstadt had to say about the deal in our Facebook Live .

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  • Check out what Parliaments Brexit coordinator Guy Verhofstadt had to say about the deal in our Facebook Live .
  • On Wednesday Parliament adopted its position on the EU's budget for next year , ahead of negotiations with the Council.
  • Parliaments Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought goes to Ilham Tohti , a jailed economist fighting for the rights of Chinas Uyghur minority.
  • In a debate with Jean-Claude Juncker on Tuesday morning, MEPs took stock of the work and achievements of the outgoing Commission .