MEPs adopted in plenary additional measures providing support to EU fishers and aquaculture farmers severely affected by the pandemic.

New medicine prices in the EU have risen over the past few decades, to the point of being unaffordable for many EU citizens and threatening the sustainability of national health care systems, say MEPs in a resolution voted on Thursday. To strike a better balance between EU countries’ public health interests and those of the pharmaceutical industry, it calls for measures to improve the traceability of R&D costs, public funding and marketing expenditure.

MEPs urge member states to protect and further enhance women’s sexual and reproductive health and rights in a report adopted on Thursday.

The safety assessment of the most widely used herbicide, for which authorisation will expire at the end of the year, was put into doubt by many MEPs on Tuesday.

MEPs want social inclusion and people’s wellbeing at the heart of EU economic policies, with equal priority given to social, environmental and economic objectives.

On Thursday, MEPs set out Parliament’s views on a common approach to fight terrorism and organised crime, child abuse, disinformation and hybrid threats.

To support the transport sector during the pandemic, MEPs revamped rules for the use of airport slots to prevent ghost flights, and extended the validity of some licences.

En uppgradering av EU:s civilskyddsmekanism, som 2017 och 2018 testades till bristningsgränsen av omfattande skogsbränder, stormar och översvämningar, godkändes av kammaren på tisdagen.

Following today’s final trilateral talks on future EU financing, the members of the EP’s negotiating team have issued the following statements.

UK nationals would be able to enter the EU visa-free for short periods after the country’s exit, provided EU nationals enjoy the same conditions when travelling to the UK.

Försenade eller strandsatta flygresenärer bör lättare få kompensation och det bör finnas tydliga regler för hur flygbolagen ska hantera klagomål från passagerare, enligt ett lagförslag som parlamentet antog på onsdagen. Nu väntar förhandlingar med EU-ländernas ministerråd om reglernas slutgiltiga utformning.

MEPs adopted on Wednesday a call for an ambitious EU industrial strategy aimed to fulfil the 2020 target of 20% of Union GDP based on industry.

UK researchers, students and farmers should continue to get EU support in the event of a no-deal Brexit, under provisions adopted by the full house on Tuesday.

MEPs assessed the progress made in women’s rights over the past 25 years and the many challenges still ahead, in a resolution adopted on Thursday.

New legislation on the "non-commercial transport" of pets, already informally agreed with EU ministers, was approved by Parliament on Thursday. Taking pets abroad will be easier, but pet health requirements will be stricter. Online information for pet owners will also be made clearer.

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The 2021-2027 programme for Environment and Climate Action (LIFE) will become the EU’s most ambitious climate and environmental programme.

På onsdagen godkände kammaren nya regler som inför ett pristak för alla samtal inom EU, banar väg för supersnabba 5G-nät och skapar ett nytt varningssystem för nödsituationer.

An agreement to reform the .eu top level domain name to provide a more flexible regulatory environment was today approved by the European Parliament.

På torsdagen antog Europaparlamentet sitt förhandlingsmandat om förslaget om EU:s nya covid-19-intyg. Dokumentet syftar till att underlätta för den fria rörligheten i Europa under pandemin.