Pressrum 

To develop, authorise and make safe COVID-19 vaccines available more easily, MEPs today adopted a temporary derogation from certain rules for clinical trials.

Plans to limit the use of antibiotics on farms, in order to keep food free from resistant bacteria, were adopted by Parliament on Thursday.

På tisdagen ställde sig parlamentet bakom ett totalförbud mot glyfosatbaserade växtbekämpningsmedel från och med december 2022, inklusive omedelbara begränsningar av användningen av ämnet.

The new 2021-2027 programme will include volunteering for humanitarian aid outside EU and offer more opportunities for disadvantaged young people.

På torsdagen röstade kammaren för att täppa till de kryphål i EU:s skattelagstiftning som utnyttjas av vissa av världens största företag för att slippa betala skatt. Parlamentets arbete med detta ärende leds av den svenske socialdemokraten Olle Ludvigsson.

MEPs confirmed on Thursday that funds for the next Erasmus+ programme should be tripled to allow more people to take part, better adapting grants to their needs.

In today’s debate, speakers on behalf of political groups representing the majority of MEPs declared their continuing support for the withdrawal agreement.

The websites and apps of public administrations, hospitals, courts and other public sector bodies will have to be made accessible to everyone, under new EU-wide rules approved by the European Parliament on Wednesday. The web accessibility directive, already agreed by Parliament and Council, should make it easier for disabled and elderly people to access data and services on the internet, e.g. to file a tax declaration, apply for an allowance, pay fees or enrol at university.

As follow-up action to the Facebook-Cambridge Analytica scandal, MEPs call for a full audit on Facebook and new measures against election meddling.

As women are hit harder than men by climate change, MEPs call for action to empower them and protect those most vulnerable, in a resolution adopted on Tuesday.

På tisdagskvällen den 16 juli valde Europaparlamentet Ursula von der Leyen som ny ordförande för EU-kommissionen de kommande fem åren.

The European Parliament called for an immediate end to rocket attacks on Israel and to Israeli military action against Gaza in a resolution voted on Thursday The EU foreign policy chief and the member states must do more to support a ceasefire agreement and put an immediate stop to all acts of violence threatening civilians, MEPs said, calling on Israelis and Palestinians to resume direct peace talks.

MEPs on Thursday adopted a resolution urging member states to work on long-overdue rules obliging multinationals to disclose what taxes they pay in each country.

The EU must better protect journalists and whistle-blowers and Slovakia must ensure thorough, independent and international investigation into the murder of Ján Kuciak.

To protect European democracy, MEPs establish financial penalties on EU level political organisations that deliberately misuse personal data in European Elections campaigns.

Europaparlamentet "stöder i princip ett erkännande av Palestina som stat och tvåstatslösningen, och anser att detta bör gå hand i hand med utvecklingen av fredssamtal, som bör föras framåt", enligt en resolution som antogs på onsdagen. För att stödja EU:s diplomatiska arbete för fredsprocessen i Mellanöstern bestämde sig ledamöterna också för att lansera initiativet ”Parlamentsledamöter för fred”, som ska sammanföra ledamöter från Europaparlamentet och de israeliska och palestinska parlamenten

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.

The first ever EU regulation on CO2 emissions for trucks and lorries was approved by Parliament on Thursday, in an effort to curb rising road transport emissions.

The Employment Committee’s decision to increase the European Social Fund Plus (ESF+) and make youth and children the main beneficiaries was approved by plenary.

På onsdagen röstade parlamentet om hur många ledamöter som ska ingå i de 20 utskotten och två underutskotten. Själva nomineringarna meddelades av de politiska grupperna senare samma dag.