Parliament this week: migration, security, environment
From tackling terrorism to improving our environment, read our overview of what's happening in Parliament this week.
Migration
On Monday the civil liberties committee discusses how to improve the exchange of information between EU countries with Dimitris Avramopoulos, the commissioner responsible for migration, and Krum Garkov, president of the EU-Lisa agency, which is responsible for managing IT systems in the area of security and justice, such as the Schengen and asylum-seekers databases.
Security
Current threats and security challenges are debated by the civil liberties committee on Thursday with Julian King, the commissioner responsible for security. According to the latest Eurobarometer survey, 80% of Europeans wants more EU measures to tackle terrorism.
Environment
The next UN Climate Change conference (COP23, which takes place in Bonn this November, will focus on the implementation of the Paris agreement. On Thursday the environment committee votes on its contribution to the conference.
Find out more
- Weekly agenda
- Parliament President's agenda
- (open in a new tab) Parliament on Twitter
- (open in a new tab) Newshub
- (open in a new tab) Parliament on Facebook
- (open in a new tab) Parliament on Google+
- (open in a new tab) Parliament on LinkedIn
- (open in a new tab) Parliament on Flickr
- (open in a new tab) Parliament on Reddit
- Download centre
- (open in a new tab) Parliament Information Network
Overview of articles
- (open in a new tab) Migration
- (open in a new tab) Terrorism
- (open in a new tab) Climate change