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Today, at the S&D’s request, the Parliament finally debated the erosion of the rule of law in Greece, which had previously been blocked by other political groups. The debate centred around the media freedom and wiretapping scandal, which involves journalists and the leader of PASOK, our S&D MEP, Nikos Androulakis. As confirmed by numerous independent civil society organisations, Greece ...
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For almost one year now, Russia's war of aggression has been sowing death and destruction. Putin is not only waging a brutal war on the battlefield but he is also viciously targeting civilians. The aggressor has to pay for this. Today, we are turning up the pressure with a 10th package of sanctions. First, we propose further export bans worth more than €11 billion, to deprive the Russian ...
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Madam President [of the European Parliament, Roberta Metsola], Madam President of the [European] Commission [Ursula von der Leyen], dear Members of the European Parliament, I am going to speak in Spanish, while you are using your headphones… Quiero usar estos primeros minutos para recordar la figura de un Presidente del Parlamento Europeo, [José María] Gil-Robles, que nos dejó hace unos días...
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● European Council 15/02/2023 10:54 | Media advisory | Media advisory - Accreditation for the European Council, 23 and 24 March 2023  The meeting of the European Council on 23 and 24 March 2023 will take place in the Europa building in Brussels. Address: Rue ...
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L’UE reste fortement préoccupée par la dégradation de la situation à l’Est de la République démocratique du Congo (RDC). Dans la continuité de sa déclaration du 31 décembre 2022, et en ligne avec la déclaration à la presse du Conseil de sécurité du 3 février 2023, l’UE réitère son plein soutien aux processus de Luanda et de Nairobi et appelle toutes les parties à mettre rapidement en œuvre tou...
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The Council today adopted an amending implementing decision as regards the recovery and resilience plan of Germany. The update to Germany’s plan is of a technical nature. It concerns two measures in Germany’s plan, one related to the digitalisation of rail, and the other to research and development of vaccines against SARS-CoV-2: As regards the digitalisation of rail, one of seven German p...
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Six years after the EU signed the Istanbul Convention on eradicating violence against women, the socialists and democrats are urging EU governments to press ahead with ratifying it in the Council as soon as possible. As part of a monitoring process of the EU’s accession to the Istanbul Convention, MEPs have produced an interim report calling for the Council to overcome the conservative minority...
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Here again, Ukraine will be very high in the agenda. We will coordinate the way we continue supporting Ukraine because the war continues raging. Everybody will present their proposals, and I am sure that among all of us we will continue providing a strong military support to Ukraine in order to face the aggression. This aggression is brutal. Today, the Russian attacks continue against any...
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Today, the Commission has proposed detailed rules to define what constitutes renewable hydrogen in the EU, with the adoption of two Delegated Acts required under the Renewable Energy Directive. These Acts are part of a broad EU regulatory framework for hydrogen which includes energy infrastructure investments and state aid rules, and legislative targets for renewable hydrogen for the industr...
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On 24 February 2023, it will be one year since Russia invaded Ukraine. The International and European Federations of Journalists (IFJ/EFJ) are launching a new fundraising campaign to support Ukrainian journalists on the ground. Ukraine became the deadliest country for journalists in 2022 with 12 colleagues killed in the course of their work, according to the IFJ’s Killed List, and the needs a...
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