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‘We are safe now, we might not be safe in five years’
MEPs discussed the security situation in Europe and beyond as well as defence and EU-NATO cooperation with NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte. In his first public discussion with MEPs from…
Georgia: President Zourabichvili calls on EU to step up and defend its values
The President of Georgia Salome Zourabichvili delivered a speech to the European Parliament in Strasbourg. Welcoming President Zourabichvili to the hemicycle, European Parliament President Roberta Metsola said: “When you last visited…
Women in the digital era: safety and empowerment
Awareness, education and being conscious of what content is put online are key to empowerment and safety in the digital world, speakers at an EP public discussion in Valletta underlined.…
Deforestation law: agreement with Council gives companies extra year to comply
Companies will have one more year to adapt to new EU rules to prevent deforestation, which will ban the sale of products sourced from deforested land in the EU. Negotiators…
Parliament approves the ‘Von der Leyen II’ Commission
Following a debate with Ursula von der Leyen on her new team and programme, MEPs elected the College of Commissioners as a whole by roll-call vote. 370 MEPs voted in…
Zelenskyy to MEPs: “We must end this war fairly and justly”
Parliament held an extraordinary plenary session with Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, marking 1000 days since Russia’s full-scale invasion. Opening the sitting, EP President Roberta Metsola said that Parliament would continue…
Parliament calls for an EU crackdown on Russia’s ’shadow fleet’
MEPs demand more targeted EU sanctions against Russia’s so-called ‘shadow fleet’, which provides a key financial lifeline for Moscow’s war in Ukraine. Russia uses old tankers, often uninsured and with…
Hearing of Commissioner-designate Glenn Micallef
The Committee on Culture and Education questioned Glenn Micallef, Maltese candidate for the Intergenerational Fairness, Youth, Culture and Sport portfolio, on Monday. The chair and political group coordinators met soon…
From candidate to MEP: Public discussion with the EP President and MEPs
Malta’s MEPs elected in the June European elections had the first public exchange together in an open discussion organised by the European Parliament Liaison Office in Malta this morning, in…
Investigation into missing unaccompanied child migrants wins the 2024 Daphne Caruana Galizia Prize for Journalism
Lost in Europe won the 2024 Daphne Caruana Galizia Prize for Journalism for its investigation into the disappearance of over 50 000 unaccompanied child migrants. The fourth edition of the…