Plenary round-up – Strasbourg, November II 2019
The November II plenary session highlights included the vote on the new European Commission, agreement on the 2020 budget, and Parliament's declaration of a climate emergency. Parliament adopted positions on preparation for COP25, and on the Istanbul Convention, and also debated statements by the Vice-President of the European Commission/High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy (HR/VP) on Eastern Neighbourhood developments, on the situation in Israel and Palestine, and on the situation in the Middle East, including the crises in Iran, Iraq and Lebanon. Debates took place, inter alia, on Commission and Council statements on: the 30th anniversary of the Velvet Revolution; on the EU response to the impact of extreme weather events; on discrimination and hate speech against LGBTI people; on the World Trade Organization Appellate Body; as well as on the protection of forest and environmental defenders in the EU. The 2019 Lux Prize, which tells the story of a young woman's feminist struggle in conservative North Macedonian society, was awarded to God Exists, Her Name Is Petrunija, directed by Teona Strugar Mitevska.
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- ASUNTOS SOCIALES
- Comisión Europea
- convención internacional
- DERECHO
- Derecho penal
- finanzas de la Unión Europea
- instituciones de la Unión Europea y función pública europea
- lucha contra el crimen
- MEDIO AMBIENTE
- orden del día
- Parlamento Europeo
- política del medio ambiente
- política en materia de cambio climático
- política internacional
- presupuesto de la UE
- RELACIONES INTERNACIONALES
- trabajos parlamentarios
- UNIÓN EUROPEA
- VIDA POLÍTICA
- vida social
- violencia sexual