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Greens/EFA priorities for the plenary week included the successful votes on the EU Biodiversity Strategy, the adoption of the EU Digital COVID Certificates, the result to temporarily waiver the TRIPS agreement on Covid-19 vaccines and the vote to take the Commission to court for their lack of action in cases of rule of law violations by member states.

If it does not initiate its rule of law procedure against Hungary, members of the European Parliament have voted to take the European Commission to court.

Corporate due diligence and corporate accountability Equal treatment in employment and occupation in light of the UNCRPD  Fisheries Control Regulation Governments attempt to silence free media in Poland, in Slovenia and in Hungary Commission statement - The Rule of Law conditionality mechanism Administrative cooperation in the field of taxation Conference on the Future of Europe Waiver of immunity of three Catalan MEPs _____________________ International Women’s Day The plenary has been open...

© Adobe Stock Citizens often send messages to the President of the European Parliament (or to the institution’s public portal) expressing their views on current issues and/or requesting action from the Parliament. The Citizens’ Enquiries Unit (AskEP) within the European Parliamentary Research Service (EPRS) looks into these issues and replies to the messages, which may sometimes be identical as part of wider public campaigns. The President of the European Parliament has recently received a...

EU Says Fishing Rights Are the Last Major Hurdle: Brexit Update Bloomberg 16/12/2020 Ian Wishart © Photographer: Kiran Ridley/Getty Images Europe BOULOGNE-SUR-MER, FRANCE - DECEMBER 08: Fisherman unload their catch in Boulogne-sur-Mer, Frances largest fishing port, where the bulk of the fish landed is caught in British waters, on December 08, 2020 in Boulogne-sur-Mer, France. Although fishing is a small part of the economy both in the European Union and the United Kingdom, ...

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Europees Parlement (EP) Het Europees Parlement (EP) vertegenwoordigt ruim 450 miljoen Europeanen en bestaat momenteel uit 705 afgevaardigden (inclusief voorzitter). Nederland heeft 29 zetels in het Europees Parlement. Het Europees Parlement wordt geacht een stem te geven aan de volkeren van de 27 landen die aan de Unie deelnemen, en vooral te letten op het belang van de Unie in zijn geheel. De leden van het Europees Parlement worden om de vijf jaar rechtstreeks gekozen door de burgers van de Eu...