EU affairs 

After two rounds of meetings, the citizens’ panels are getting ready to present their recommendations on how the EU should change. Find out more.

This week MEPs will propose measures to ensure safer toys for children and put forward ideas on how to improve the EU fight against cancer.

A year after the death of former French President and MEP Valery Giscard d’Estaing, the European Parliament paid him a tribute at a ceremony in Strasbourg.

Covid-19, migration, gender-based cyber-violence and the protection of animals during transport are on Parliament's agenda this week.

MEPs approved a new EU farm policy, set out recommendations on medicines and adopted the EU's budget for 2022 during the plenary session on 22-25 November.

The European Parliament is lighting its building in Brussels in orange on 25 November to mark the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women

Citizens’ panels will meet over the coming months to discuss the EU’s future and make recommendations. Find out more.

Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya spoke to MEPs about the continuing crackdown on dissenting voices in Belarus and called on the EU to take firm action against the regime.

MEPs will vote on the EU’s new agricultural policy, discuss reinforcing its pharmaceutical strategy and suggest new avenues for legal migration to the EU 22-25 November.

The European Union already has 27 members and other countries want to join, but how does a country join the EU?

The winners of the 2020 and 2021 Citizen’s Prize received their awards in a ceremony at the European Parliament in Brussels on 9 November.

MEPs will look at the impact of major online platforms on users and society, award the European Citizen’s Prize and vote on the EU Asylum Agency.