European Parliament elections

Press release - Roberta Metsola elected as First Vice-President of the European Parliament

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Friday, November 13, 2020
Roberta Metsola, Metsola, European Parliament elections, Legislators, European Parliament

Ms Metsola is the first Maltese MEP to become a Vice-President.

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  • Ms Metsola is the first Maltese MEP to become a Vice-President.
  • After her election Ms Metsola said, It is a tremendous honour to have been elected First Vice-President.
  • Background

    Roberta Metsola was first elected to the European Parliament in 2013.

  • Within the European Parliament, Ms Metsola is the EPPs Group Coordinator in the Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs and heads her national partys delegation within the EPP group.

Press release - REACT-EU: EU support to mitigate immediate effects of the COVID-19 crisis

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Tuesday, September 8, 2020
Constanze Krehl, Krehl, Legislators, European Parliament elections, European Parliament

The REACT-EU instrument proposed by the Commission before the summer mobilises additional investment and offers great flexibility for Member States to address the immediate effects of the crisis.

Key Points: 
  • The REACT-EU instrument proposed by the Commission before the summer mobilises additional investment and offers great flexibility for Member States to address the immediate effects of the crisis.
  • To encourage national authorities to finance good quality projects, MEPs voted to allow EU countries use the additional resources also in 2023 and 2024, beyond the Commission 2022 deadline.
  • Co-rapporteur Constanze Krehl (S&D, DE) said: It is important to support regions and people who have been hit hardest by the crisis.
  • This will ease the burden on central and regional budgets to support sectors like SMEs, healthcare, tourism and the creative industry.

Subject files - Opinion on Guidelines for the 2021 budgetary procedure – Section III - Committee on Budgetary Control

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Tuesday, May 26, 2020
European Parliament, European Parliament elections, Marusya Ivanova Lyubcheva, Albert Jan Maat

The Committee on Budgetary Control calls on the Committee on Budgets, as the committee responsible, to bear in mind certain concerns in its preparation of European Parliament Guidelines for the 2021 budgetary procedure.

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The Committee on Budgetary Control calls on the Committee on Budgets, as the committee responsible, to bear in mind certain concerns in its preparation of European Parliament Guidelines for the 2021 budgetary procedure.

Highlights - Press Conference with FEMM Chair: “What future for LGBTI people in Europe?" - Committee on Women's Rights and Gender Equality

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Friday, May 15, 2020
FEMM, J-pop, Musical groups, Evelyn Regner, Fabio Massimo Castaldo, Musicians, European Parliament elections

Press Conference with FEMM Chair: “What future for LGBTI people in Europe?"

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Press Conference with FEMM Chair: “What future for LGBTI people in Europe?"
Press Conference with FEMM Chair: “What future for LGBTI people in Europe?"
Fabio Massimo CASTALDO, EP Vice-President, Evelyn REGNER, Chair of the FEMM Committee, and Michael O'FLAHERTY, on “What future for LGBTI people in Europe? Presentation of a FRA survey

Highlights - LIBE Delegation to Washington and Boston, 24-28 February 2020 - Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs

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Tuesday, February 18, 2020
European Parliament Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs, European Parliament elections, Politicians, Legislators, Roberta Metsola, Jan Philipp Albrecht

The Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs will be conducting a visit to the Frontex headquarters in Warsaw, Poland, on 24-25 February 2020 which will be composed of 3 MEPs.

Key Points: 
  • The Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs will be conducting a visit to the Frontex headquarters in Warsaw, Poland, on 24-25 February 2020 which will be composed of 3 MEPs.
  • LIBE Delegation to Washington and Boston, 24-28 February 2020
    LIBE committee organises a delegation to the USA from 24 to 28 February 2020.
  • This hearing is part of the work undertaken by the LIBE Committee on this topic.
  • This hearing, organised on 19 February 2020 by the Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (LIBE), takes place in the context of the Parliament's implementation report on the Dublin III Regulation, which will be presented in the LIBE Committee this spring.

Highlights - LIBE Delegation to Frontex, Warsaw, 24-25 February - Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs

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Tuesday, February 18, 2020
European Parliament Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs, European Parliament elections, Politicians, Legislators, Roberta Metsola, Jan Philipp Albrecht

The Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs will be conducting a visit to the Frontex headquarters in Warsaw, Poland, on 24-25 February 2020 which will be composed of 3 MEPs.

Key Points: 
  • The Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs will be conducting a visit to the Frontex headquarters in Warsaw, Poland, on 24-25 February 2020 which will be composed of 3 MEPs.
  • LIBE Delegation to Washington and Boston, 24-28 February 2020
    LIBE committee organises a delegation to the USA from 24 to 28 February 2020.
  • This hearing is part of the work undertaken by the LIBE Committee on this topic.
  • This hearing, organised on 19 February 2020 by the Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (LIBE), takes place in the context of the Parliament's implementation report on the Dublin III Regulation, which will be presented in the LIBE Committee this spring.

Highlights - CSDP achievements and failures, current and future priorities: committee debate - Subcommittee on Security and Defence

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Tuesday, January 14, 2020
European Parliament Committee on Foreign Affairs, European Parliament Subcommittee on Security and Defence, European Parliament elections, Indrek Tarand

The next meeting of the Subcommittee on Security and Defence (SEDE) is scheduled to take place on Wednesday 22 January 2020 from 9:00 - 12:30 and 14:30 - 18:30 and on Thursday 23 January 2020 from 9:00 - 12:30 in Brussels (room SPINELLI 3G3).You are welcome to follow us on the EP Multimedia Centre.

Key Points: 
  • The next meeting of the Subcommittee on Security and Defence (SEDE) is scheduled to take place on Wednesday 22 January 2020 from 9:00 - 12:30 and 14:30 - 18:30 and on Thursday 23 January 2020 from 9:00 - 12:30 in Brussels (room SPINELLI 3G3).You are welcome to follow us on the EP Multimedia Centre.
  • Recent press releases:

    - MEPs exchange views with UN Under-Secretary-General for Peace Operations - 21 November 2019 - Subcommittee for Security and Defence visit to the European Defence Agency - 18 November 2019- Militarisation of space and race for resources: What can EU do about it?

  • - 12 November 2019- Children of foreign fighters in Syria and Iraq: MEPs to assess the situation - 6 November 2019- AFET/DROI/SEDE meet with UN Secretary General in New York and hold consultations with the US Congress in Washington, DC - 1st November 2019- Parliament delegation to visit the United Nations General Assembly and US Congress - 25 October 2019...

Press release - Climate change: new rules agreed to determine which investments are green

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Tuesday, December 17, 2019
Bas Eickhout, Sirpa Pietikäinen, Carbon neutrality, Greening, European Parliament elections, Legislators, Politicians

It will be a game changer in the fight against climate change, said lead negotiator for the Environment Committee, Sirpa Pietikainen (EPP, FI).

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  • It will be a game changer in the fight against climate change, said lead negotiator for the Environment Committee, Sirpa Pietikainen (EPP, FI).
  • Greening the financial sector is a first step to make investments flow in the right direction, so it serves the transition to a carbon neutral economy, she added.
  • All financial products which claim to be sustainable will have to prove it following strict and ambitious EU criteria.
  • Phasing out those activities and investments is indeed as important to achieve climate-neutrality as supporting decarbonised activities, said Economic Affairs Committee rapporteur Bas Eickhout (Greens/EFA, NL).

Highlights - LIBE/DEVE/DROI ad-hoc delegation to the Global Refugee Forum - Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs

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Friday, December 13, 2019
European Parliament Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs, Area of freedom, security and justice, European Union, European Parliament elections, Politicians, Jan Philipp Albrecht, Malin Björk

As Chair of the Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (LIBE) I am pleased to welcome you on this page.

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  • As Chair of the Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (LIBE) I am pleased to welcome you on this page.
  • The LIBE Committee is in charge of most of the legislation and democratic oversight for policies enabling the European Union to offer its citizens an area of freedom, security and justice (Article 3 TEU).
  • Our 68-Member Committee carries out its work in daily interactions with the European Commission, the Council of ministers and as well as in close cooperation with national Parliaments.
  • Regular exchanges also take place with representatives from the judiciary, law-enforcement authorities, Justice and Home Affairs EU agencies, academics and civil society.

Highlights - Structured dialogue with Vice-President Schinas - Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs

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Thursday, December 12, 2019
European Parliament Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs, Arba Kokalari, European Commission, Politicians, Legislators, European Parliament elections

The Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (LIBE) held on 3 December 2019 a public hearing entitled "Towards a common EU strategy to fight corruption and organized crime - strengthening instruments and enhancing cooperation between relevant actors".

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  • The Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (LIBE) held on 3 December 2019 a public hearing entitled "Towards a common EU strategy to fight corruption and organized crime - strengthening instruments and enhancing cooperation between relevant actors".
  • The co-rapporteurs for this file, Arba Kokalari and Sylwia Spurek, and the European Commission also participated in the exchange of views.
  • The Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs, which is the competent committee for EU data protection law, held individual public hearings for the short listed candidates for the appointment of the European Data Protection Supervisor.
  • The candidates shortlisted by the European Commission are (in alphabetical order): Mr Yann Padova, Mr Endre Szab and Mr Wojciech Wiewirowski.