European Parliament Audiovisual Services – Newsletter 30/08 – 05/09

Newsletter 30/08 – 05/09

Committee meetings in Brussels

Afghanistan

	On Wednesday 1st September, the day after the US is due to withdraw from the country, the Committees on Foreign Affairs and Development, together with the Delegation for Relations with Afghanistan, will hold a joint meeting. They will exchange views on the current situation on the ground in Afghanistan with a representative from the European External Action Service.

Wednesday

2021 Rule of Law Report

	The Civil Liberties Committee will discuss the findings in the Commission’s second annual review of the state of play of the rule of law with Commissioner Reynders. According to the report, concerns remain and, in the case of certain member states, have increased. MEPs have repeatedly called for a more comprehensive approach to encompass all EU values.

Wednesday

Bled Strategic Forum

Guided by the slogan “Together. Resilient. Europe.”, the Slovenian presidency will focus on recovery and resilience, translating ambitious green goals into binding legislation, strategic autonomy, the digital transition, rule of law and the protection of external borders.

Wednesday

President activities

	EP President David Sassoli will remotely address the Soft Power Club’s conference on Monday. On Tuesday, he will travel to Slovenia where he will engage in a youth forum in Ljubljana and, on Wednesday, he will participate in a panel on the future of Europe in the Bled Strategic Forum. On Friday, he will remotely deliver a speech at the Festival del Cinema di Venezia.

Monday

Recovery and Resilience facility

EU Capitals – Ljubljana

This infoclip illustrates clean technologies and renewables; renovation of energy efficient buildings; sustainable transport and charging stations; as well as the rollout of rapid broadband services; modernisation/digitalization of public administration; the scale up of data cloud capacities and sustainable processors; and education initiatives.

This infoclip provides illustrative images of Ljubljana, capital of Slovenia, filmed in November 2020. It presents general views of the city, official buildings and sights, general atmosphere in the streets and historic places and buildings in the heart of the city during the coronavirus pandemic.

2013 Sakharov Prize laureate

State of the Union

Pakistani campaigner for girls’ education Malala Yousafzai was awarded the laureate of the Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought 2013, following the decision of the Conference of Presidents (EP President and political group leaders) on 13th October 2013. She was invited to receive the award at a ceremony in Strasbourg on 20 November 2013. In 2014, she became the youngest person to receive the Nobel Peace Prize.

Every year in September, the President of the European Commission delivers a State of the Union Address before the European Parliament, taking stock of achievements of the past year and presenting priorities for the year ahead. Take a look back at the address from 2010.


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