President Metsola opened the 16-19 September plenary session in Strasbourg with the following announcements.
Monday, 16 September
The five shortlisted films for the 2025 LUX European Audience Film Award will be unveiled in a press conference at the European Parliament on Wednesday.
European Parliament’s spokespersons will hold a last-minute briefing on the 16 - 19 September plenary session today at 16.30.
Spokespersons for Parliament and for the political groups will hold a briefing on the 16 - 19 September plenary session on Friday at 11.00, in Parliament’s Anna Politkovskaya press room.
The European Parliament marks European Roma Holocaust Memorial Day and honours the Sinti and Roma murdered in Nazi-occupied Europe.
All of Parliament’s 20 standing committees and four subcommittees held their constitutive meetings on Tuesday to elect their Chair and Vice-Chairs.
On Friday, the members who will sit on each of Parliament’s committees and subcommittees in the tenth legislature were announced in plenary.
With 401 votes in favour, the European Parliament elected Ursula von der Leyen as President of the European Commission in a secret ballot on 18 July.
Following her re-election as President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen will hold a press briefing NOW with EP President Roberta Metsola
This morning, Ursula von der Leyen outlined her priorities if re-elected Commission President, followed by reactions from MEPs. The vote by secret paper ballot will begin at 13.00.
Thursday, 18 July
On Wednesday, MEPs approved the proposal on the number of members in Parliament’s 20 committees and four sub-committees, as well as its 48 standing delegations.
With Russia’s war against Ukraine raging on, Parliament reconfirmed on Wednesday its view that the EU must continue to support Kyiv for as long as it takes until victory.
On Tuesday, MEPs re-elected Roberta Metsola (EPP, MT) as President of the European Parliament until 2027, with 562 votes in the first round.
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