Parliament’s Conference of Presidents adopted a comprehensive package of measures to modernise Parliament and reinforce its capacity to act.

Spokespersons for Parliament and for political groups will hold a briefing on the 11 - 14 December plenary session on Friday at 11.00, in Parliament’s Anna Politkovskaya press room.

The Transport Committee backed new EU driving licence rules to improve road safety and embrace the digital transition, including updated validity limits and mandatory health checks.

The “Cyber Solidarity Act” adopted on Thursday aims to build a more resilient, collective EU response against cybercrime.

As negotiations are still ongoing, a new timing for the press conference will be announced on Friday 8 December.

The Sakharov Prize 2023 honours Jina Mahsa Amini and the Woman, Life, Freedom Movement in Iran. Representatives of the laureates and the finalists will be present in Strasbourg.

EP rapporteur Karima Delli (Greens, FR) will brief journalists on the review of the EU’s driving licence rules following a vote in the Transport and Tourism Committee on Thursday.

Il-Parlament Ewropew illum ħareġ il-Parlometru 2023, stħarriġ li qed juri appoġġ kontinwu taċ-ċittadini għall-UE u interess ogħla fl-elezzjonijiet Ewropej li ġejjin.

The Budgetary Control Committee adopted its annual anti-fraud report for 2022 evaluating the efforts in the EU to counter fraud and how to better protect EU funds.

On Monday night, Parliament and Council reached a provisional agreement on revising the EU’s ecodesign framework for sustainable products.

The award ceremony for this year’s Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought, conferred to Jina Mahsa Amini and the Woman, Life, Freedom Movement in Iran, will be held on 12 December at 11.30.

On Thursday night, MEPs reached a deal with the Presidency of the Council on new cyber resilience rules to protect all digital products in the EU from cyber threats.

The rules aim to ensure the EU-wide protection of journalists, media organisations, activists, academics, artists and researchers against unfounded and abusive legal proceedings.

To make Europe’s roads safer Transport MEPs want driving disqualification decisions to apply in all EU member states and for more offences to trigger cross-border investigation.

The new rules will reduce air, water and soil pollution, and steer large agro-industrial installations in the green transition.