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Photo gallery: special Nobel Peace Prize exhibition opens in Brussels

05-16-2013

The Nobel Peace Prize awarded to the EU last year is on display at Parliament's visitors centre until October 6, 2013. Inaugurating the exhibition, EP president Martin Schulz said: "Understand what kind of precious gift it is for all of us to live in the EU in an era of peace on a continent that was too long, too often, a continent of war, of hate, of racism, of xenophobia, of anti-Semitism."

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The agenda of the Strasbourg session: 20-23 May 2013

04-19-2012

In a resolution to be debated and voted next week, the European Parliament will state what it expects from negotiations on Trade and Investment with the United States. Members of the European Parliament will also discuss banking supervision in the European Union. They are expected to recommend granting Myanmar free access to the European Union market. The Parliament will also discuss how stricter environmental rules may be applied on offshore oil and gas drilling. Follow this link for a more detailed agenda.

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Parliament to state expectations for trade talks with the US

04-12-2013

The goals that Parliament expects to be achieved and values that it wants to be defended in talks on a Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) with United States will be debated on Wednesday and voted on Thursday.

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European Parliament Foreign Affairs chair on Syria: "We have many reasons to be concerned"

05-16-2013

The situation in Syria continues to deteriorate and the violence threatens to spread to neighbouring countries. MEPs will debate what can be done for the millions of refugees during next week's plenary session on 22 May. Elmar Brok, a German member of the EPP group who chairs of the foreign affairs committee, speaks about the risks facing the region.

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