In a draft resolution, adopted this week, the Civil Liberties Committee (LIBE) emphasised that EU member countries should prioritise public investment in education, healthcare, housing, family support and childcare, making sure that these services reach all children.

At their meeting on Thursday Foreign Affairs Committee (AFET) MEPs voted on the progress reports for North Macedonia and Albania regarding their EU integration path. The results were announced on Friday.

The CEOs of seven pharma companies received tough questions by the lawmakers during a public hearing, organised by two EP committees – ENVI and ITRE, on ‘How to increase the capacity of COVID 19 vaccine production and improve delivery’.

In seeking more clarity over the alleged involvement of the European Border and Coast Guard Agency -  Frontex staff in pushbacks of asylum-seekers the new EP Frontex Scrutiny Working Group (FSWG), composed of  fourteen MEPs, formally began its work on Tuesday.

The crisis could offer the chance to rebuild EU economies, underlined a high-profile panel on Monday at the annual European Parliamentary Week warned of the economic difficulties stemming from the pandemic, whilst noting that this crisis could offer the chance to rebuild EU economies.

The EU Recovery Plan would allow their country’s economy to recover more rapidly from the negative effects of the coronavirus pandemic believe nearly three out of four respondents, which means 72%, of all, in a new survey,  commissioned by the European Parliament and conducted between November and December 2020 by Kantar.

For more robust measures against all forms of trafficking and for revising 2011 EU Anti-trafficking Directive , asked MEPs in a report adopted with a wide majority during the plenary session in Brussels.

The European Parliament on Thursday approved measures to suspend competitive access to airport slots throughout the summer as the coronavirus travel slump drags on.

Over the last 50 years, natural resource use worldwide has more than tripled and is set to keep growing unless a fundamental change occurs in current production and consumption patterns. During the plenary session, MEPs adopted comprehensive policy recommendations to achieve a carbon-neutral, sustainable, toxic-free and fully circular economy by 2050 at the latest.

During a debate with the Council and the Commission on Wednesday, EU lawmakers urge for democratic oversight of tech giants to defend freedom of expression. They raised critical voices against the huge power of social media platforms and their worrying impact on politics and freedom of speech.