The European Parliament’s delegation for relations with the United States will travel to the US capital from Wednesday to Friday for talks with representatives of the US Congress. The visit by MEPs takes place against the backdrop of US President Donald Trump’s recent announcement of sweeping tariffs on global trade partners. In Washington DC, the […]
Parliamentary proposals to support energy-intensive industries
The EU must take action to strengthen the competitiveness of energy-intensive industries and help them make the transition to clean industrial processes. In a resolution adopted on Thursday, the plenary notes that energy-intensive industries, such as those involved in the production of chemicals, steel, paper, cement and glass, are crucial to the EU economy and […]
European citizens want the EU to protect them and to act as one
The European Parliament’s Winter 2025 Eurobarometer survey shows historic levels of approval for EU membership, linked to peace and security. European Parliament President Roberta Metsola said: “Two thirds of Europeans want the EU to play a greater role in protecting them. This is a clear call to action, to which we will respond. Europe needs […]
Conference addressing the housing crisis in the European Union
On 24 March, Parliament’s Special Committee on the Housing Crisis hosted a conference with the Commission to discuss ways to ensure EU citizens can access affordable housing. The conference, organised jointly with the European Commission, addressed the current housing crisis and explore measures that could be taken at EU level to tackle it. MEPs and […]
Learning – “Learn to count Europe” program
RTVE Instituto and the School of Journalism of the EFE news agency, in collaboration with the Spanish Office of the European Parliament, open this March the 5th edition of the European Union Training Programme for Young Journalists, a successful initiative which has so far benefited more than a hundred participants from all over Spain and […]
Labour migration: an EU Talent Pool to facilitate international recruitment
The EU Talent Pool should be open to workers of all qualification levels and ensure fair treatments of jobseekers, the Civil Liberties Committee agreed on Wednesday. On March 19th, MEPs in the Civil Liberties Committee backed the creation of an EU Talent Pool, designed to make it easier to recruit non-EU nationals to jobs in […]
EU and UE partnership, new declarations by the president Metsola
The President of the European Parliament, Roberta Metsola said that the EU and the US have stood on the same side of history “not because we are homogenous, but because our greatest victories come from our shared conviction to doing what is right. This partnership matters.” Speaking at the Johns Hopkins University in […]
Colegio Divina Infantita El Ejido (El Ejido, Almería) and IES Manuel de Falla (Coslada, Madrid), winners of the challenge “#EPASvsDisinfo”.
The European Parliament Office in Spain launched the challenge: “#EPASvsDisinfo” to the European Parliament’s Ambassador and Mentor Schools to collect ideas on how to fight disinformation. Those who accepted the challenge had to produce an Instagram “reel” style video on how to fight disinformation where creativity and originality were paramount. Divina Infantita El Ejido […]
Parliament to display EU and Ukrainian flags in support of Ukraine
EU and Ukrainian flags will be flown at the European Parliament’s three sites from Sunday 23 February to Tuesday 25 February, marking three years since Russia’s invasion. Russia launched its unprovoked, unjustified and illegal attack against Ukraine on 24 February 2022. Special set-ups of both EU and Ukraine flags will be flown in front of […]