Following the recent upsurge in violence between Israel and Palestine, MEPs stress the need for an immediate ceasefire to avoid further civilian casualties. In a plenary debate with Portuguese Minister of Foreign Affairs Augusto Santos Silva on Tuesday afternoon, MEPs expressed their extreme concern over the renewed escalation of violence between Israel and Palestine and called for an immediate end to the fighting.

A study commissioned by The Left EP Group and presented on Friday, exposes ‘Amazon Method’ of tax dodging and identifies Luxembourg as the coordinating centre of a global tax dodging operation. 

On Tuesday, MEPs from the committees on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (LIBE) and Legal Affairs (JURI) debated how to better protect media and civil society organisations from so-called SLAPPs, which means strategic lawsuits against public participation, intended to silence or intimidate them. 

In a resolution backed on Thursday, MEPs said that outdated international tax rules need to be overhauled, including a minimum effective corporate tax rate; the EU should go it alone if global negotiations fail.

Better protection of train passengers when there are delays and cancellations or when they face discrimination, stipulate the new rules adopted by MEPs on Thursday.

EU legislators backed new EU rules to help fight the spread of terrorist content online while safeguarding freedom of expression and freedom of information.

Lawmakers adopted on Thursday the EP’s negotiating position on the proposal for a certificate to reaffirm the right to free movement in Europe during the coronavirus pandemic.

On Tuesday evening, the EU Parliament will vote on whether to give its consent to the EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement and on a resolution setting out its evaluation of and expectations from the deal. Results will be announced on Wednesday at 9am. 

As work on the legislative proposal for the Digital Green Certificate, also known as Covid travel passport, is under way in the European Parliament, the Renew Europe Group wants to make sure all Europeans have equal access to such document. This should include measures to ensure the affordability of Covid testing.

The European Parliament and EU member states have agreed a target to cut carbon emissions by "at least" 55 percent by 2030, the EU Commission said in a statement released early Wednesday.