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The designation perfectly fits into Israel's long-conceived strategy to besmirch Palestinian civil society voices under false allegations of terrorism and antisemitism, while pressuring any international actor that grants them a hearing, and actively demanding their defunding.

Representatives of the Czech government, employers, and trade unions have refused to impose any restrictions on unvaccinated workers, agreeing on Wednesday that it is impossible to effectively enforce such a measure. The priority for the upcoming weeks should be the...

The health ministry is suspending the planned admission of patients to hospitals to open additional beds for the treatment of patients with COVID-19. Intensive care units, in which over 600 patients are currently being treated, will have their capacity increased...

CEDR Call 2021 is open as of 28 September 2021 with two research programmes: Climate Change Resilience and Remote Condition Monitoring of Physical Road Assets. A public briefing session will be held on 09 November 2021 at 10:30 - 12:00 CET.

On Wednesday (27 October), Greek health officials reported 3,651 new coronavirus cases, a reduction from 4,165 the day before, and 63 deaths, a recent high. Half of the country is now at the “red” epidemiological level while vaccinations remain stagnant...

The European Union on Wednesday (27 October) said it was giving Moldova €60 million to help cope with a gas crisis after Russia's Gazprom hiked prices.

The government has a “clear conscience” after the Budget vote and is ready to continue governing or go to elections, depending on the president of the Republic’s decision, Prime Minister António Costa said on Wednesday evening. Costa spoke to journalists outside parliament...

Spain’s Constitutional Court declared on Wednesday (27 October) that the second state of alarm decreed by the Spanish government to combat the COVID-19 pandemic is unconstitutional. Four of the court’s ten judges opposed the decision. The Spanish government decreed the second...

Assisted by the trade and industry ministries, Finnish and Swedish companies embark on an ambitious joint mission to conquer global markets. Behind the new strategy revealed in Stockholm on Tuesday is the realisation that Nordic companies are often too small...

Pandemic restrictions are unlikely to be reintroduced despite growing concerns over infection rates in Ireland, government ministers have indicated. At a Tuesday evening meeting, the Cabinet subcommittee on COVID-19 heard from health officials that the virus was moving in a...

The Subcommittee on Security and Defence discusses gender and disarmament: engaging women in disarmament and arms control with Izumi NAKAMITSU, UN Under-Secretary-General and High Representative for Disarmament Affairs, on 27 October 2021. The discussion takes place within the framework of the second European Gender Equality Week.
Meeting agenda and documents
Live streaming
European Gender Equality Week
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Length of video : 112'

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MEPs call for new EU rules on legal labour migration to respond to Europe’s demographic challenges and to effectively match immigrants’ skills with labour market needs.
Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs

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MEPs call for new EU rules on legal labour migration to respond to Europe’s demographic challenges and to effectively match immigrants’ skills with labour market needs.
Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs

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Length of video : 130'

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Commission v Poland
Principles of Community law
As it has not suspended the application of the provisions of national legislation relating, in particular, to the areas of jurisdiction of the Disciplinary Chamber of the Supreme Court, Poland is ordered to pay the European Commission a daily penalty payment in an amount of €1 000 000

On 19 October, the Commissioner for Neighbourhood and Enlargement Olivér Várhelyi will present the 2021 enlargement package, including Commission reports on the candidate and potential candidate countries for EU accession to the Members of the Foreign Affairs Committee.
Following the Commission assessment of the EU-related reforms in each enlargement country, AFET rapporteurs will draft country resolutions, outlining Parliament's conclusions and recommendations.
2019-2020 Report on Albania
2019-2020 Report on Bosnia and Herzegovina
2019-2020 Report on Kosovo
2019-2020 Report on Montenegro
2019-2020 Report on North Macedonia
2019-2020 Report on Serbia
2019-2020 Report on Turkey
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Culture in external relations is the topic for the upcoming public hearing organised jointly by the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the Committee on Culture and Education on Thursday, 14 October 2021.
The Members together with the invited experts will exchange views on how culture could better feature in the EU's external relations as a soft power to foster sustainable economic and social development, to promote peace and fight radicalisation, and to strengthen cooperation on protecting cultural heritage. In 2017 Parliament adopted a resolution entitled "Towards an EU strategy for international cultural relations". The Public hearing will look into the implementation of the resolution and suggest possible avenues for further future developments in the cultural diplomacy field.
Poster
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On Tuesday 5th October, Members of the European Parliament will debate in plenary the AFET/DEVE/BUDG joint implementation report that seeks to make a political evaluation of the EU Trust Funds (EUTFs) established since 2014 and extended until December 2021, as well as the Facility for Refugees in Turkey (FRT).
Parliament has acknowledged the value-added of these extra-budgetary (EUTFs) and extraordinary (FRT) tools but has also voiced criticism for a lack of democratic accountability in their operations/disbursement. The report assesses the EUTFs/FRT implementation and make proposals for the way forward under the new Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF - EU's long term budget).

The rapporteurs for the file are György Hölvényi (EPP, HU), Janusz Lewandowski (EPP, PL) and Milan Zver (EPP, SI).
Report
EU Trust Funds
Turkey Refugee Facility
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Length of video : 169'

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