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🔴LIVE NOW: 🇦🇫 impact of USAID cuts on Afghanistan's earthquake recovery Details below ⬇️

🗳️ ADOPTED - @deve.europarl.europa.eu MEPs adopt an opinion drafted by @charlesgoerens.bsky.social on the General budget of the European Union for the financial year 2026, by: ✔️ 9 votes in favour ✖️ 3 against ⭕ 12 abstentions

⏰ STARTING NOW - exchange of views with @afet.europarl.europa.eu on the increased efficiency of the External Action Guarantee. WATCH here ⬇️ multimedia.europarl.europa.eu/en/webstream...

🆕 The political groups and MEPs presented 8 nominations for the 2025 #SakharovPrize for Freedom of Thought at a joint meeting on Tuesday. The vote on the three finalists will take place in October. ➡️ Discover the list in our press release 👇 www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/pres...

FROM 14.30 TODAY - DEVE, @afet.europarl.europa.eu & @droi.europarl.europa.eu MEPs meet to present the 2026 Sakharov Prize candidates Location: SPAAK 3C050, Brussels Livestream: multimedia.europarl.europa.eu/en/webstream... Details: www.europarl.europa.eu/meetdocs/202...

🕊️ COMING UP TODAY - The European Parliament's Development, Human Rights and Foreign Affairs committees meet for a presentation of the 2025 Sakharov Prize candidates. Full details below, meeting from 14.30

ICYMI - this week's agenda at the @deve.europarl.europa.eu Committee, with meetings on Tuesday and Wednesday. Full details below ⬇️

Wrapping up their mission to Namibia with a final day of site visits to EU-funded projects, DEVE Chair @barryandrewsmep.bsky.social said EU engagement is about supporting Namibia's sustainable development ambitions, on the principle that no one is left behind 🇪🇺 🇳🇦

📆 NEXT WEEK at the @deve.europarl.europa.eu Committee Meetings: - Tuesday 23 September, 14.30-15.30, with @afet.europarl.europa.eu & @droi.europarl.europa.eu to present the 2026 Sakharov Prize candidates Location: SPAAK 3C050, Brussels Livestream: multimedia.europarl.europa.eu/en/webstream... 1/

🗓️ 23.09 ⏲️ 14.30 - 15.30 Members @droi.europarl.europa.eu will meet with Members @afet.europarl.europa.eu and @deve.europarl.europa.eu to assess the nominations for the 2025 #SakharovPrize for Freedom of Thought. 📽️ Follow the meeting live: link.europa.eu/KrNbff

This Monday, the @europarl.europa.eu pays tribute to the 2023 #Sakharov Prize laureate: the Woman, Life, Freedom Movement from Iran. 💇‍♀️ 🕊️ — here with @hneumannmep.bsky.social Details & registration: tinyurl.com/yc4shmzw 🗓️ 22 SEPT | 🕒 14:30-17:15 CET | 📍 EP Brussels #WomanLifeFreedom

Speaking at the Cleanergy project inauguration, for @deve.europarl.europa.eu's Namibia mission, Hildegard Bentele MEP called it "a prime example of courageous investments, addressing the climate crisis, promoting human development & transforming production & consumption patterns in Namibia & Europe"

Hoffnung stiften, wo sie am nötigsten ist. 🇳🇦🤝🇪🇺 Zehntausende leben in den „informelle Siedlungen“ von Katatura und Tobias Hainyeko, Vorstädte von #Windhoek. Das Engagement der Menschen bei Hope Initiative #Namibia ist unbeschreiblich. Hier macht jeder Euro unserer Unterstützung einen Unterschied.

Yesterday, as part of their mission to Namibia, @deve.europarl.europa.eu MEPs met their counterparts in the National Assembly, where they discussed EU-Namibia relations and EU support, notably in renewable energies, market access, and early childhood development. 1/

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