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Ευρωπαϊκό Κοινοβούλιο Πολιτισμός και Παιδεία: Ημερήσια διάταξη 23-05-2021 Σχέδιο ημερήσιας διάταξης - Πέμπτη 27 Μαΐου 2021 - PE692.891v02-00 - Επιτροπή Πολιτισμού και Παιδείας 23-05-2021 02:33 PM CEST Ευρωπαϊκό Κοινοβούλιο Ειδήσεις 24-05-2021 erence by President Sassoli on COVID-19, climate change and Russia 24-05-2021 03:03 PM CEST Following his address to heads of state or government during the EU summit on Monday, EP President Sassoli will hold a press conference on Tuesday at 10.00. Source : © European Union, 2021 - EP Press release - European Parliament Press Kit for the European Council of 24-25 May 2021 24-05-2021 01:03 PM CEST In this press kit, you will find a selection of the European Parliament’s press releases that show MEPs’ priorities in relation to topics on the summit agenda. Source : © European Union, 2021 - EP Ευρωπαϊκό Κοινοβούλιο Όλα τα δελτία τύπου 24-05-2021 Press release - Press Conference by President Sassoli on COVID-19, climate change and Russia 24-05-2021 03:03 PM CEST Following his address to heads of state or government during the EU summit on Monday, EP President Sassoli will hold a press conference on Tuesday at 10.00. Source : © European Union, 2021 - EP Press release - European Parliament Press Kit for the European Council of 24-25 May 2021 24-05-2021 01:03 PM CEST In this press kit, you will find a selection of the European Parliament’s press releases that show MEPs’ priorities in relation to topics on the summit agenda. Source : © European Union, 2021 - EP Ευρωπαϊκό Κοινοβούλιο Κοινοβουλευτικά 24-05-2021 Press release - Press Conference by President Sassoli on COVID-19, climate change and Russia 24-05-2021 03:03 PM CEST Following his address to heads of state or government during the EU summit on Monday, EP President Sassoli will hold a press conference on Tuesday at 10.00. Source : © European Union, 2021 - EP Press release - European Parliament Press Kit for the European Council of 24-25 May 2021 24-05-2021 01:03 PM CEST In this press kit, you will find a selection of the European Parliament’s press releases that show MEPs’ priorities in relation to topics on the summit agenda. Source : © European Union, 2021 - EP Ευρωπαϊκό Κοινοβούλιο Έγγραφα ολομέλειας: Προτάσεις ψηφίσματος 25-05-2021 MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on establishing a European historical commission to examine the first genocide of the 20th century, perpetrated by the Ottoman Empire against the Armenians, Pontic Greeks and Assyrians - B9-0264/2021 25-05-2021 10:50 AM CEST MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION pursuant to Rule 143 of the Rules of Procedure on establishing a European historical commission to examine the first genocide of the 20th century, perpetrated by the Ottoman Empire against the Armenians, Pontic Greeks and Assyrians Anna Bonfrisco, Marco Campomenosi Source : © European Union, 2021 - EP Βίντεο άλλου γεγονότος - Celebration of the 40th anniversary of Greece's accession to the European Communities and the official launch of a national dialogue in the framework of the Conference on the Future of Europe (Athens, - Πέμπτη 27 Μαΐου 2021 - 18:07 27/05/2021 Βίντεο άλλης εκδήλωσης : 83' Ρήτρα αποποίησης ευθυνών : Η διερμηνεία κατά τη διάρκεια των συζητήσεων διευκολύνει την επικοινωνία και δεν πρέπει να συγχέεται με τα επίσημα πρακτικά. Μόνο οι πρωτότυπες ομιλίες και οι αναθεωρημένες γραπτές μεταφράσεις αποτελούν τα επίσημα πρακτικά. Πηγή : © Ευρωπαϊκή Ένωση, 2021 - EK Βίντεο άλλου γεγονότος - Delegation to the Cariforum-EU Parliamentary Committee - Πέμπτη 27 Μαΐου 2021 - 16:51 27/05/2021 Βίντεο άλλης εκδήλωσης : 37' Ρήτρα αποποίησης ευθυνών : Η διερμηνεία κατά τη διάρκεια των συζητήσεων διευκολύνει την επικοινωνία και δεν πρέπει να συγχέεται με τα επίσημα πρακτικά. Μόνο οι πρωτότυπες ομιλίες και οι αναθεωρημένες γραπτές μεταφράσεις αποτελούν τα επίσημα πρακτικά. Πηγή : © Ευρωπαϊκή Ένωση, 2021 - EK Highlights - Public Hearing on collective security in the GULF - 27 May 2021 - Subcommittee on Security and Defence 27/05/2021 On 27 May 2021, the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the Subcommittee on Security and Defence will hold an online hearing "Collective security in the GULF". The recent tensions in the Middle East, as well as frequent attacks on oil facilities in Saudi Arabia or series of oil tankers detentions in the Strait of Hormuz, have contributed to a worsening of security situation in the region. While de-escalation is key, the states of the Gulf Cooperation Council have significant influence on the stability of the region, where 20% of the global oil supply flows transit. The hearing will aim at evaluating the security situation in the Gulf region while analysing the possibility of setting up a regional security mechanism. Latest news - Next SEDE meetings - 16 and 17 June 2021 - Subcommittee on Security and Defence 27/05/2021 In the context of the exponential growth of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), the President of the European Parliament has announced a number of measures to contain the spread of epidemic and to safeguard Parliament's core activities. The current precautionary measures adopted by the European Parliament to contain the spread of COVID-19 do not affect work on legislative priorities. Core activities are reduced, but maintained to ensure that the institution's legislative, budgetary, scrutiny functions are maintained. The meetings will be with remote participation for Members (being able to view and listen to proceedings, ask for the floor and intervene in the meeting). Other participants are invited to follow the meeting through webstreaming. Following these decisions, the next meeting of the Subcommittee on Security and Defence (SEDE) will take place on 16 and Highlights - Together towards a European Education Area - Committee on Culture and Education 27/05/2021 On Monday 31 May (14.00-18.30), CULT will hold an exchange of views with national and regional parliaments entitled "Together towards a European Education Area". Speakers and participants include representatives of the German, Portuguese and Slovenian national parliaments and several regional parliaments of the three Member States forming the current Council Presidency trio. The event capitalises on the momentum created by recent political efforts at EU level to achieve a European Education Area (EEA) and builds on CULT's ongoing work on an own-initiative report. Through keynote speeches and two panel discussions, it aims Βίντεο της συνεδρίασης επιτροπής - Πέμπτη 27 Μαΐου 2021 - 09:06 - Υποεπιτροπή Ασφάλειας και Άμυνας - Επιτροπή Εξωτερικών Υποθέσεων 27/05/2021 Βίντεο άλλης εκδήλωσης : 104' Ρήτρα αποποίησης ευθυνών : Η διερμηνεία κατά τη διάρκεια των συζητήσεων διευκολύνει την επικοινωνία και δεν πρέπει να συγχέεται με τα επίσημα πρακτικά. Μόνο οι πρωτότυπες ομιλίες και οι αναθεωρημένες γραπτές μεταφράσεις αποτελούν τα επίσημα πρακτικά. Πηγή : © Ευρωπαϊκή Ένωση, 2021 - EK Highlights - Results of the ECON voting session - 27 May 2021 - Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs 27/05/2021 The results of the votes on the amendments and on the text as amended are available below. Draft Report "Implementation of EU requirements for exchange of tax information: progress, lessons learnt and obstacles to overcome"      Vote on the amendments      Vote on the text as amende Highlights - Economic Dialogue with the Minister of Finance of the Republic of Cyprus - Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs 27/05/2021 On 3 June from 9:00 to 10:00, the ECON Committee will hold an economic dialogue with Constantinos Petrides, Minister of Finance of the Republic of Cyprus. The focus of the exchange of views will be the progress made by Cyprus under the post-programme surveillance. This economic dialogue is the first in a series of exchanges of views being planned with a number of Member States. The economic dialogue will take place on the basis of Article 14(3) of Regulation (EU) No 472/2013 on the strengthening of economic and budgetary surveillance of Member States in the euro area experiencing or threatened with serious difficulties with respect to their financial stability. Highlights - EMPL Committee meetings on 3 and 7 June 2021 - Committee on Employment and Social Affairs 27/05/2021 On 3 June, the EMPL Committee will hold a Structured Dialogue with European Commission Executive Vice-President Dombrovskis and Commissioner Schmit. Members will consider the amendments to the draft report ‘adequate minimum wages in the European Union’ and will discuss a question for oral answer and draft motion for a resolution on the introduction of a European Social Security Number. EMPL Members will also exchange views with the Executive Director-nominee of EU-OSHA and will hear presentations on the impact of teleworking and digital work on workers and society and on the European Works Councils. On 7 June, the EMPL Committee will adopt the draft recommendation for second reading on the European Social Fund+ (ESF+). Highlights - Public Hearing on Amazon and fundamental workers' rights and freedoms - Committee on Employment and Social Affairs 27/05/2021 On 27 May (13.45 - 15.45), the EMPL Committee held the Hearing “Amazon attacks on fundamental workers' rights and freedoms: freedom of assembly and association and the right to collective bargain and action”. The Hearing aimed to examine, and get a better understanding of, reports revealed in the media about Amazon potentially monitoring its workers as well as other business and workplace practices, which might be in breach of European labour, data and privacy laws. The Hearing also aimed to identify the impact of these alleged activities on the funda Latest news - What's new? - Committee on Employment and Social Affairs 27/05/2021 In the context of the exponential growth of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), the President of the European Parliament has announced a number of measures to contain the spread of epidemic and to safeguard Parliament's core activities. The current precautionary measures adopted by the European Parliament to contain the spread of COVID-19 do not affect work on legislative priorities. Core activities are reduced, but maintained to ensure that the institution's legislative, budgetary, scrutiny functions are maintained. The meetings will be with remote participation for Members (being able to view and listen to proceedings, ask for the floor and intervene in the meeting). Other participants are invited to follow the meeting through webstreaming. Following these decisions, the next remote EMPL meeting will take place on: Thursday 3 June, 9.00 - 12.00 and 13.45 - 16.15 in room S REPORT on a European Parliament recommendation to the Council on the 75th and 76th sessions of the United Nations General Assembly - A9-0173/2021 27/05/2021 REPORT on a European Parliament recommendation to the Council on the 75th and 76th sessions of the United Nations General Assembly Committee on Foreign Affairs María Soraya Rodríguez Ramos Source : © European Union, 2021 - EP REPORT on the situation of sexual and reproductive health and rights in the EU, in the frame of women’s health - A9-0169/2021 27/05/2021 REPORT on the situation of sexual and reproductive health and rights in the EU, in the frame of women’s health Committee on Women's Rights and Gender Equality Predrag Fred Matić Source : © European Union, 2021 - EP ΘΕΣΗ ΤΟΥ ΕΥΡΩΠΑΪΚΟΥ ΚΟΙΝΟΒΟΥΛΙΟΥ που καθορίσθηκε σε πρώτη ανάγνωση στις 27 Απριλίου 2021 εν όψει της έγκρισης κανονισμού (ΕΕ) 2021/... του Ευρωπαϊκού Κοινοβουλίου και του Συμβουλίου σχετικά με το Ευρωπαϊκό Ινστιτούτο Καινοτομίας και Τεχνολογίας (αναδιατύπωση) - TC1-COD-2019-0151 27/05/2021 ***I ΘΕΣΗ ΤΟΥ ΕΥΡΩΠΑΪΚΟΥ ΚΟΙΝΟΒΟΥΛΙΟΥ που καθορίσθηκε σε πρώτη ανάγνωση στις 27 Απριλίου 2021 εν όψει της έγκρισης κανονισμού (ΕΕ) 2021/... του Ευρωπαϊκού Κοινοβουλίου και του Συμβουλίου σχετικά με το Ευρωπαϊκό Ινστιτούτο Καινοτομίας και Τεχνολογίας (αναδιατύπωση) (EP-PE_TC1-COD(2019)0151) Πηγή : © Ευρωπαϊκή Ένωση, 2021 - EK Highlights - Adding Gender-Based Violence as new ‘eurocrime’ - 25.05.2021 - Committee on Women's Rights and Gender Equality 27/05/2021 On Tuesday 25 May 2021 the FEMM and LIBE Committees considered the draft report with recommendations to the Commission on identifying gender-based violence as a new area of crime listed in Article 83(1) TFEU. This legislative initiative requests the Commission to propose a Council decision to consider gender-based violence as an area of crime that meets the criteria established under Article 83(1) TFEU. During this meeting, LIBE and FEMM committees also held an exchange of views with several experts in the field of gender-based violence and EU Law. The event fed into the abovementioned legislative initiative. Highlights - Public Hearing on collective security in the GULF - 27 May 2021 - Subcommittee on Security and Defence 27/05/2021 On 27 May 2021, the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the Subcommittee on Security and Defence will hold an online hearing "Collective security in the GULF". The recent tensions in the Middle East, as well as frequent attacks on oil facilities in Saudi Arabia or series of oil tankers detentions in the Strait of Hormuz, have contributed to a worsening of security situation in the region. While de-escalation is key, the states of the Gulf Cooperation Council have significant influence on the stability of the region, where 20% of the global oil supply flows transit. The hearing will aim at evaluating the security situation in the Gulf region while analysing the possibility of setting up a regional security mechanism. Latest news - Next SEDE meetings - 16 and 17 June 2021 - Subcommittee on Security and Defence 27/05/2021 In the context of the exponential growth of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), the President of the European Parliament has announced a number of measures to contain the spread of epidemic and to safeguard Parliament's core activities. The current precautionary measures adopted by the European Parliament to contain the spread of COVID-19 do not affect work on legislative priorities. Core activities are reduced, but maintained to ensure that the institution's legislative, budgetary, scrutiny functions are maintained. The meetings will be with remote participation for Members (being able to view and listen to proceedings, ask for the floor and intervene in the meeting). Other participants are invited to follow the meeting through webstreaming. Following these decisions, the next meeting of the Subcommittee on Security and Defence (SEDE) will take place on 16 and Σχέδιο ημερήσιας διάταξης - Δευτέρα 31 Μαΐου 2021 - PE692.926v01-00 - Υποεπιτροπή Ασφάλειας και Άμυνας 27/05/2021 Πηγή : © Ευρωπαϊκή Ένωση, 2021 - EK Βίντεο της συνεδρίασης επιτροπής - Πέμπτη 27 Μαΐου 2021 - 09:06 - Υποεπιτροπή Ασφάλειας και Άμυνας - Επιτροπή Εξωτερικών Υποθέσεων 27/05/2021 Βίντεο άλλης εκδήλωσης : 104' Ρήτρα αποποίησης ευθυνών : Η διερμηνεία κατά τη διάρκεια των συζητήσεων διευκολύνει την επικοινωνία και δεν πρέπει να συγχέεται με τα επίσημα πρακτικά. Μόνο οι πρωτότυπες ομιλίες και οι αναθεωρημένες γραπτές μεταφράσεις αποτελούν τα επίσημα πρακτικά. Πηγή : © Ευρωπαϊκή Ένωση, 2021 - EK Latest news - Meetings schedule - Committee on Legal Affairs 27/05/2021 The next JURI Committee meetings are scheduled on: 27 May 2021 3 June 2021 14 June 2021 15 June 2021 In the context of the exponential growth of the epidemic, the President of the European Parliament has announced a number of measures to contain the spread of the COVID-19 virus and to safeguard Parliament's core activities. The current precautionary measures adopted by the European Parliament to contain the spread of COVID-19 do not affect work on legislative priorities. Core activities are reduced, but maintained to ensure that the institution's legislative, budgetary, scrutiny functions are maintained. Answer to a written question - The dismantling of France’s public energy service through the Commission- and French Government-run Project Hercules - E-000197/2021(ASW) 27/05/2021 See question(s) : E-000197/2021 Source : © European Union, 2021 - EP Answer to a written question - Human rights situation in Turkey - E-000994/2021(ASW) 27/05/2021 See question(s) : E-000994/2021 Source : © European Union, 2021 - EP Answer to a written question - Failings as regards press freedom in Spain and other Member States - E-000693/2021(ASW) 27/05/2021 See question(s) : E-000693/2021 Source : © European Union, 2021 - EP Answer to a written question - Impact assessment of the EU-Mercosur agreement - E-001666/2021(ASW) 27/05/2021 See question(s) : E-001666/2021 Source : © European Union, 2021 - EP Answer to a written question - Announced closure of the Bosch plant in Lliçà d’Amunt - E-001196/2021(ASW) 27/05/2021 See question(s) : E-001196/2021 Source : © European Union, 2021 - EP Answer to a written question - What is the Commission doing to guarantee press freedom in the EU? - E-000961/2021(ASW) 27/05/2021 See question(s) : E-000961/2021 Source : © European Union, 2021 - EP Answer to a written question - Resumption of logging activities on the Puszcza Białowiska site - E-001681/2021(ASW) 27/05/2021 See question(s) : E-001681/2021 Source : © European Union, 2021 - EP Answer to a written question - Obstacles to press freedom during the pandemic - E-001050/2021(ASW) 27/05/2021 See question(s) : E-001050/2021 Source : © European Union, 2021 - EP Answer to a written question - Legislation on online hate speech - E-001327/2021(ASW) 27/05/2021 See question(s) : E-001327/2021 Source : © European Union, 2021 - EP Answer to a written question - Koreans cashing in on French Telethon money - E-001422/2021(ASW) 27/05/2021 See question(s) : E-001422/2021 Source : © European Union, 2021 - EP Answer to a written question - Minimum 10 % allocation for education in national plans and the RRF evaluation process. - P-001660/2021(ASW) 27/05/2021 See question(s) : P-001660/2021 Source : © European Union, 2021 - EP Answer to a written question - Situation of cycle races in France - E-001119/2021(ASW) 27/05/2021 See question(s) : E-001119/2021 Source : © European Union, 2021 - EP Answer to a written question - Results of studies on the environmental impact of specific aspects of the Mobility Package - P-001049/2021(ASW) 27/05/2021 See question(s) : P-001049/2021 Source : © European Union, 2021 - EP Answer to a written question - Attack in the Democratic Republic of Congo - E-001088/2021(ASW) 27/05/2021 Source : © European Union, 2021 - EP Answer to a written question - Preparations for the football World Cup in Qatar and international labour law - E-001568/2021(ASW) 27/05/2021 Source : © European Union, 2021 - EP Answer to a written question - Link-up between EDF and PESCO projects - E-000808/2021(ASW) 27/05/2021 See question(s) : E-000808/2021 Source : © European Union, 2021 - EP Answer to a written question - Equipping the Libyan coastguard with a new surveillance system - E-001268/2021(ASW) 27/05/2021 See question(s) : E-001268/2021 Source : © European Union, 2021 - EP