🕊️ 2025 Sakharov Prize: Parliament honours Andrzej Poczobut and Mzia Amaglobeli President Metsola awarded the 2025 Prize to representatives of two journalists, who are imprisoned in Belarus and Georgia, at a ceremony on Tuesday in Strasbourg. Details ⤵️ www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/pres...

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Debate with representatives of the 2025 Sakharov Prize laureates at 19h today The Foreign Affairs & Development committees and the Human rights subcommittee will hold an exchange of views with the representatives of the 2025 Sakharov Prize laureates Details ⬇️ www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/pres...

🎙️ Sakharov Prize 2025: press conference on Tuesday at 11.30 @president.europarl.europa.eu Metsola will hold a press conference with the representatives of the 2025 Sakharov Prize laureates on Tuesday 16 December at 11.30 CET in Strasbourg. Details ⬇️ www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/pres...

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NEXT WEEK in the @EP_Development Committee: Together with @EP_ForeignAff and @EP_HumanRights MEPs, the EP will host a meeting of the representatives of this year's Sakharov Prize laureates. Time: 19.00-20.30 Location: WEISS (S1.4), Strasbourg Details: link.europa.eu/c4d7rG

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🔴LIVE now - @deve.europarl.europa.eu moves on to discuss "Global Partnerships for inclusive employment and ending segregation of persons with disabilities" in the context of the 2025 European Disability Rights Week. 📺WATCH below ⬇️ multimedia.europarl.europa.eu/en/webstream...

🔴LIVE NOW - @deve.europarl.europa.eu Committee session, starting with a vote on on a draft report by @leirepajin.bsky.social on humanitarian aid in a time of polycrisis – reaffirming our principles for a more effective & ambitious response to humanitarian crises 📺WATCH HERE: link.europa.eu/yDTdN7

‼️COMING UP this morning in Brussels - a full day's Committee activities, starting off with a short voting session at 9am. WATCH here: multimedia.europarl.europa.eu/en/webstream...

📆TOMORROW - Commissioner @hadjalahbib.bsky.social to discuss humanitarian aid policy with development MEPs The Committee on Development will host European Commissioner for Humanitarian Aid and Crisis Management Hadja Lahbib, on Tuesday, 2 December Details ⬇️ www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/pres...

NEXT WEEK - @deve.europarl.europa.eu meets Tuesday, 2 December, with a busy Committee agenda, including: - Vote: on a draft report by @leirepajin.bsky.social on humanitarian aid in a time of polycrisis – reaffirming our principles for a more effective & ambitious response to humanitarian crises 1/

🗳ADOPTED The #EPlenary is Strasbourg has just adopted by a show of hands the resolution by @deve.europarl.europa.eu & @afet.europarl.europa.eu objecting to an @ec.europa.eu implementing act under the NDICI-Global Europe Regulation that would send substantial EU funds to Tanzania 🇹🇿

🗳️TOMORROW - MEPs will vote in #EPlenary on a resolution adopted by @deve.europarl.europa.eu & @afet.europarl.europa.eu objecting to an @ec.europa.eu implementing act under the NDICI-Global Europe Regulation that would send substantial EU funds to Tanzania 🇹🇿 Text here➡️ link.europa.eu/VnWdnF

🔴LIVE NOW - joint @afet.europarl.europa.eu and @deve.europarl.europa.eu debate on a draft report by Hildegard Bentele and @chloe-ridel.fr on the Global Gateway -– past impacts and future orientation READ: www.europarl.europa.eu/meetdocs/202... WATCH ⤵️ multimedia.europarl.europa.eu/en/webstream...

⚠️ MEPs in @afet.europarl.europa.eu and @deve.europarl.europa.eu just launched an objection to the @ec.europa.eu implementing act under the NDICI-Global Europe Regulation that would send substantial EU funds to Tanzania next year. Vote: 53/2/1. The vote follows democratic backsliding in 🇹🇿

2007 Sakharov laureate & Sudanese human rights lawyer Salih Mahmoud Osman spoke to @deve.europarl.europa.eu and @droi.europarl.europa.eu MEPs today on the ongoing conflict in his country

🔴LIVE NOW - @deve.europarl.europa.eu and @droi.europarl.europa.eu MEPs debate the catastrophic humanitarian and human rights situation in Sudan, and will hear from 2007 Sakharov laureate & Sudanese human rights lawyer Salih Mahmoud Osman WATCH below⤵️ multimedia.europarl.europa.eu/en/webstream...

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MEPs to debate the catastrophic humanitarian and human rights situation in Sudan 2007 Sakharov laureate & Sudanese human rights lawyer Salih Mahmoud Osman will address @droi.europarl.europa.eu and @deve.europarl.europa.eu on Tuesday 11 November. Full details⤵️ www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/pres...

🗓️Next week @droi.europarl.europa.eu & @deve.europarl.europa.eu host a hearing on the human rights situation in Sudan. The hearing will bring together Sakharov Laureate Salih Mahmoud Osman and UN and civil society experts Time: Tuesday 11 November, 11.00-12.30 Details: link.europa.eu/kFpVTf

🗓️COMING UP today - a busy day at the @EP_Development, incl.: - EU-Africa Relations ahead of AU-EU summit - European Gender Equality Week - humanitarian situation and early reconstruction in Ukraine - development & irregular population movements WATCH: multimedia.europarl.europa.eu/en/webstream...

🗓️COMING UP - at 17h today, @deve.europarl.europa.eu, @sede.europarl.europa.eu, @droi.europarl.europa.eu& @afet.europarl.europa.eu MEPs host a debate on the UN at 80: Reflections, Challenges and Opportunities for the Future 📺WATCH: link.europa.eu/xkvYQG

This week - Tuesday and Wednesday - in the @deve.europarl.europa.eu Committee: - The UN at 80 - European Gender Equality Week - EU-Africa Relations - Ukraine - development and irregular population movements Agenda: link.europa.eu/VY6QwX Livestreams: link.europa.eu/D6TwFQ

European Parliament delegation concludes visit to the Democratic Republic of Congo Eight MEPs from the Committee on Development and Subcommittee on Human Rights were in the DRC to assess the impact of the EU’s Global Gateway initiative. Details ⤵️ www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/pres...

Development MEPs conclude fact-finding visit to Pakistan A group of five Committee on Development (DEVE) MEPs were in Pakistan to assess EU support for the country's resilience against climate related shocks and social and economic development. Details⤵️ www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/pres...

A group of five DEVE MEPs led by Lukas Mandl are in #Pakistan's Sindh province to find out how humanitarian assistance the European Commission help to prepare for and make local communities more resilient in the face of increasingly frequent floods #climatechange #disasterriskreduction

MEPs to visit Democratic Republic of the Congo A group of eight MEPs from the European Parliament’s Committee on Development and @droi.europarl.europa.eu Subcommittee begin a three-day mission to the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) today. Details ⤵️ www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/pres...

Andrzej Poczobut and Mzia Amaglobeli: laureates of the 2025 Sakharov Prize The two journalists, imprisoned in Belarus and Georgia, are the laureates of the Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought, to be awarded by Parliament on 16 December. More details ⤵️ www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/pres...

2025 Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought Laureates @president.europarl.europa.eu Roberta Metsola announces Andrzej Poczobut and Mzia Amaglobeli, two journalists imprisoned in Belarus and Georgia, as the 2025 laureates of the Sakharov Prize, to be awarded by Parliament on 16 December.

STARTING NOW - joint debate on the Global Gateway. WATCH - multimedia.europarl.europa.eu/en/webstream...

MEPs shortlist three finalists for the 2025 Sakharov Prize Members of the Foreign Affairs and Development Committees voted on Thursday morning for the three finalists of the 2025 Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought. Details ⬇️ www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/pres...

🆕 Today, MEPs @afet.europarl.europa.eu & @deve.europarl.europa.eu have shorlisted the finalists for the 2025 Sakharov Prize (in alphabetical order): - Imprisoned journalists fighting for your freedom and ours, Andrzej Poczobut from Belarus and Mzia Amaglobeli from Georgia ; (1/3)

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ICYMI - this week's agenda at the @deve.europarl.europa.eu Committee in Brussels!

📢 NEXT WEEK in the @deve.europarl.europa.eu Committee: - with @afet.europarl.europa.eu, a discussion on the Global Gateway - the role of EU development cooperation in addressing irregular migration in Africa - Latin America and the Caribbean 🗓️Date: Thursday, 16/10 🕙Time: 10.30-13.00 1/

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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"