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11-02-2021 06:19 PM CET

Presidents Sassoli and von der Leyen and Prime Minister Costa will hold a joint press conference on the RRF at 10.25 CET Friday.

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11-02-2021 05:07 PM CET

MEPs voice serious concerns over the safety of the Ostrovets nuclear plant in Belarus and demand that its commercial launch be suspended.
Committee on Industry, Research and Energy

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11-02-2021 04:56 PM CET

Humanitarian aid for Yemen must be increased, MEPs say, and urge the military in Myanmar to immediately reinstate the civilian government.
Committee on Foreign Affairs

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11-02-2021 04:56 PM CET

On Thursday, the European Parliament adopted three resolutions taking stock of the human rights situation in Uganda, Rwanda and Kazakhstan.
Committee on Foreign Affairs
Subcommittee on Human Rights

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11-02-2021 04:52 PM CET

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.
Committee on Women’s Rights and Gender Equality

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11-02-2021 01:27 PM CET

MEPs want the EU to step up the fight against human trafficking, strengthen protection for victims and end the impunity of traffickers. Find out more.

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11-02-2021 09:21 AM CET

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.
Committee on Transport and Tourism

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11-02-2021 08:49 AM CET

Thursday, 11 February

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10-02-2021 06:44 PM CET

On Wednesday, MEPs called for democratic oversight of tech giants to safeguard freedom of expression.
Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs

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10-02-2021 06:25 PM CET

MEPs called on the EU to step up its efforts to regulate social media while safeguarding freedom of speech and avoiding censorship.

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10-02-2021 01:30 PM CET

The EU must continue its concerted efforts to fight the COVID-19 pandemic and take urgent measures to ramp up vaccines production to meet citizens’ expectations, MEPs say.
Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety

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10-02-2021 10:15 AM CET

The use of sexual services provided by trafficking victims must be criminalised and harder measures to tackle its proliferation are needed, Parliament says.
Committee on Women’s Rights and Gender Equality
Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs

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10-02-2021 10:08 AM CET

To fight inequality and in-work poverty, MEPs call for a minimum wage, equal labour conditions for platform workers and a better work-life balance.
Committee on Employment and Social Affairs

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10-02-2021 10:00 AM CET

MEPs call on the Commission and member states to increase their efforts to prevent the pandemic from having lasting negative effects on young people and the sports sector.
Committee on Culture and Education

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10-02-2021 09:59 AM CET

MEPs urge the European Central Bank to consider different policy measures to those currently in place to stimulate the EU economy, which faces darkening prospects.
Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs

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10-02-2021 09:25 AM CET

On Wednesday, Parliament approved the Recovery and Resilience Facility, designed to help EU countries tackle the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Committee on Budgets
Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs

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10-02-2021 09:13 AM CET

Parliament adopted comprehensive policy recommendations to achieve a carbon-neutral, sustainable, toxic-free and fully circular economy by 2050 at the latest.
Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety

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10-02-2021 08:41 AM CET

Wednesday, 10 February

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