The European Committee of the Regions would like to invite you to the first ‘EuroPCom digital event’, which will take place on 29 June, from 09.00 to 12.30 (Brussels time). This event is organised in close cooperation with the European Parliament, the European Commission, the Council of the EU, the European Economic and Social Committee and the […]
New ambitious EU Disability Strategy
As the current EU Disability Strategy comes to an end, Parliament is calling on the European Commission for an ambitious post-2020 strategy. Discover its priorities. During the June plenary session, MEPs will vote on its priorities for a new EU Disability Strategy post 2020, building upon the current European Disability Strategy for 2010-2020. Parliament wants the EU […]
Supports to local authorities fighting the effects of the pandemic
The current precautionary measures to contain the spread of COVID-19 have not affected the European Parliament’s capacity to ensure the legislative, budgetary and scrutiny functions of the Institution. Besides its core activities, the European Parliament contacted the local authorities to offer its support in addressing the socio economic consequences of the crisis in its three […]
Message from the presidents of the European Parliament, European Council and Commission marking Europe Day
In 1950, Europe was in crisis, still devastated physically and economically by the effects of World War II, and politically searching for a way to ensure that the horrors of the war could never be repeated. Against this dark backdrop, on 9 May, French Foreign Minister Robert Schuman outlined his vision for how Europe could […]
Coming up this week: European Institutions
Below is the agenda of the Council of the EU, European Commission and European Parliament for the week of 4 May to 8 May 2020. Council of the European Union 5 May 2020 Video conference of employment and social affairs ministers Video conference of telecommunications ministers 6 May 2020 EU-Western Balkans Zagreb summit 8 May […]
Council Agenda: 23 March – 5 April 2020
The Foreign Affairs Council and General Affairs Council, planned for 23 and 24 March respectively, will be replaced by ministerial level videoconferences (with the videoconference of ministers for European Affairs still to be confirmed). A number of other high-level videoconferences are scheduled during the week of 23-27 March. These will address the impact of the COVID-19 virus […]
European Parliament ready to play its part in mitigating Covid-19 impact
The Parliament is committed to helping EU countries deal with the coronavirus and address the socio-economic impact of the outbreak. Parliament support On 13 March, the European Commission set out the EU-coordinated response to counter the impact of the coronavirus. See all measures here. The measures announced by the Commission to address Covid-19 were welcomed […]
Sassoli: Europe shows it is united and ready to act
Following the EU leaders’ video conference, David SASSOLI, EP President, makes a statement on the Coronavirus outbeak. Statement by the President of the European Parliament David Sassoli Europe is correcting the selfishness and lack of coordination between national governments in the face of the COVID-19 crisis. Today the extraordinary meeting of the European Council gave […]
Coronavirus: Measures introduced for Commission staff
Since the very beginning of the crisis, the European Commission has designed and implemented a set of measures to protect its staff in view of the evolving developments in the spread of the coronavirus (COVID-19). The Commission’s approach in the management of this crisis has been to take all possible precautionary measures based on facts […]