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Title: Better energy performance for buildings
Runtime: 2:00
Date posted: 9 years ago
Description: The European Parliament set up new goals for member states to ensure that buildings in the EU become energy efficient. Countries will be encouraged to replicate the pioneering experiences of low energy housing tested in Germany or Denmark, among others.

Coming up: cross-border streaming, eCall, press freedom, and more

Title: Coming up: cross-border streaming, eCall, press freedom, and more
Runtime: 0:53
Date posted: 9 years ago
Description: While Parliament gathers for a Committee week in Brussels, MEPs are working on reducing the risks of exposure to carcinogens at work and press freedom. They will also probe the European Commission on the appointment of its new secretary general Martin Selmayr.

Coming up: From vaccines to victims of terrorism and the gas market

Title: Coming up: From vaccines to victims of terrorism and the gas market
Runtime: 0:44
Date posted: 9 years ago
Description: Parliament considers reforms to the gas market and examines the rise of vaccine hesitancy in the EU. MEPs also look at protecting the rights of victims of terrorism.

Title: Backstage of a plenary
Runtime: 1:46
Date posted: 9 years ago
Description: Behind the scenes of the plenary sessions of the European Parliament, MEPs have a lot to do: political group meetings, coordinator meetings, committee meetings, delegation meetings, press conferences and interviews. The reason is simple: when they’re not sitting in the hemicycle, they have to prepare the votes and the positions they want to defend.

From budget to tax evasion, 5 numbers to take away from Strasbourg

Title: From budget to tax evasion, 5 numbers to take away from Strasbourg
Runtime: 1:01
Date posted: 9 years ago
Description: The new priorities for the next long-term budget of the EU were in the spotlight during this plenary session in Strasbourg, as well as stricter rules to avoid tax evasion, the reaction of MEPs to the promotion of Martin Selmayr, Head of Cabinet for Jean-Claude Juncker, to Secretary General of the European Commission, and much more.

New budget resources to meet new EU challenges

Title: New budget resources to meet new EU challenges
Runtime: 1:13
Date posted: 9 years ago
Description: MEPs are proposing reforms to the European Union’s own resources framework, to bolster the EU’s budget for future challenges.

Europass, the passport to mobility for EU citizens

Title: Europass, the passport to mobility for EU citizens
Runtime: 1:27
Date posted: 9 years ago
Description: Members of Parliament are to vote on a revision of Europass, a scheme that makes it easier for people’s professional skills to be understood across the EU. They want to update the digital version and make the tool more accessible.

Title: EU cross-border parcel delivery
Runtime: 0:50
Date posted: 9 years ago
Description: Prices for cross-border parcel delivery can be inconsistent, arbitrary and confusing. The European Parliament wants all citizens to know what they are paying for. That's why they are passing legislation for more transparency in regards to delivery operators and how much they charge.

Coming up in Strasbourg: corporate tax, budget and Brexit

Title: Coming up in Strasbourg: corporate tax, budget and Brexit
Runtime: 0:58
Date posted: 9 years ago
Description: MEPs will examine the EU’s budget framework, a proposed taxation system, and the own resources system. Also on the table: a discussion on future EU-UK relations after Brexit.

Title: Improving women’s presence in the media
Runtime: 1:29
Date posted: 9 years ago
Description: Gender imbalances continue to exist, not least in the media and Information and Communications Technology sectors in Europe. The European Parliament is concerned about the image of women in the media and about the glass ceiling they still encounter.

Title: The European Parliament and Brexit
Runtime: 2:18
Date posted: 9 years ago
Description: How has the European Parliament responded to Brexit? Since Article 50 was triggered in March 2017, the Parliament has set up a steering group and developed guidelines designed to react to the challenges facing both the EU and the UK after Britain leaves the European Union. In the end, Parliament will also give the green light to the final agreement.

Title: Making Europe's budget future-proof
Runtime: 1:15
Date posted: 9 years ago
Description: Parliament is working on the EU's next long-term budget. The post-2020 Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF) should be more ambitious to finance both old and new priorities. MEPS will vote on Parliament's priorities during the March plenary in Strasbourg.

MFF: an EU budget framework for the future

Title: MFF: an EU budget framework for the future
Runtime: 1:00
Date posted: 9 years ago
Description: The Multi-annual Financial Framework (MFF) grants the EU a longer period of time during which to carry out its policies and make them effective. Parliament is working on the next MFF for 2021 and beyond.

Fight against terrorism: cutting cash flows to jihadists

Title: Fight against terrorism: cutting cash flows to jihadists
Runtime: 1:41
Date posted: 9 years ago
Description: MEPs are proposing ways to cut off sources of terrorism financing. They are calling on EU countries to more actively share financial intelligence and track transactions more closely.

Coming up in Brussels: bees, taxation and terrorism

Title: Coming up in Brussels: bees, taxation and terrorism
Runtime: 0:59
Date posted: 9 years ago
Description: Bee health, the fight against tax avoidance and the financing of terrorism are on the agenda in Brussels plenary this week.

Title: No makeup for animals
Runtime: 1:29
Date posted: 9 years ago
Description: Five years have passed since the EU banned cosmetic testing on animals as well as the sale of any products tested on animals. Although European companies have found both ethical and more accurate alternatives, animal testing remains prevalent around the world. Now the EU is ready to make its ban a global export.

Coming up in Brussels: MFF, animal testing and access to electricity

Title: Coming up in Brussels: MFF, animal testing and access to electricity
Runtime: 1:01
Date posted: 9 years ago
Description: The EU's long-term goals and budget, animal testing in cosmetics and customers rights regarding electricity will be discussed in Brussels this week.

Post-Brexit plans to changing summertime: 5 numbers from Strasbourg

Title: Post-Brexit plans to changing summertime: 5 numbers from Strasbourg
Runtime: 1:01
Date posted: 9 years ago
Description: MEPs approved the shrinking of the House from 751 to 705 MEPs after Brexit, set a date for potential new members to join the EU, and voted on issues ranging from geo-blocking to female genital mutilation, to daylight savings time.

Title: EU-Turkey: Getting out of the deadlock
Runtime: 1:31
Date posted: 9 years ago
Description: For years, Turkey and the EU have cooperated on issues such as trade, migration and NATO. Talks for Turkey to join the EU began in 2005. After an attempted coup d’état in 2016, Turkey imposed a state of emergency, allowing the government to bypass the rule of law and silence political opponents. The EU says that the country can’t join the European Union unless the human rights situation improves. Vice-Chair of the Delegation on EU-Turkey relations Miltiadis Kyrkos explains where talks stand.

Towards the end of geoblocking in Europe

Title: Towards the end of geoblocking in Europe
Runtime: 1:16
Date posted: 9 years ago
Description: Tired of being geoblocked when shopping online ? The European Parliament is voting on a new regulation that will almost entirely ban this discrimination across Europe.

From geoblocking, to reducing emissions and a committee on pesticides

Title: From geoblocking, to reducing emissions and a committee on pesticides
Runtime: 0:52
Date posted: 9 years ago
Description: At February’s plenary, members discuss the end of geoblocking and how to configure the Parliament after Brexit. Turning to the environment, they also look at decarbonisation schemes and a new pesticides committee. Croatia’s PM debates with MEPs on the future of the EU.

Zero tolerance for female genital mutilation

Title: Zero tolerance for female genital mutilation
Runtime: 1:12
Date posted: 9 years ago
Description: A resolution of the European Parliament calls for zero tolerance for female genital mutilation, affecting 140 million women worldwide and an estimated 500,000 women in the EU alone.

Title: Human Trafficking
Runtime: 1:43
Date posted: 9 years ago
Description: Human trafficking is the forcible exploitation of a person against their will. Not only is it the fastest growing crimes in the world, but 140,000 victims were registered in the EU in 2010 alone, and 80% of those were women. With the migrant crisis ongoing, the European Union is working harder than ever to combat this vilest of crimes.

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Title: Saving Europe’s bees
Runtime: 1:11
Date posted: 9 years ago
Description: A Parliament report is highlighting the issues facing Europe’s apiculture sector. From counterfeit honey to harmful pesticides that are putting bee populations at risk, MEPs are calling for changes to help protect the EU’s bees.

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Coming up: Commemorating Holocaust, saving bees and more...

Title: Coming up: Commemorating Holocaust, saving bees and more...
Runtime: 0:58
Date posted: 9 years ago
Description: MEPs tackle issues of declining bee populations, female genital mutilation, and how to further boost Europe’s defence sector. They will also commemorate the victims of Europe’s worst tragedy: the Holocaust.

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From plastics to electrical pulse fishing: 5 numbers from Strasbourg

Title: From plastics to electrical pulse fishing: 5 numbers from Strasbourg
Runtime: 1:01
Date posted: 9 years ago
Description: Environmental issues were in the spotlight at the January plenary session in Strasbourg, with a proposed ban on electrical pulse fishing, new objectives for energy consumption, a strategy to reduce plastic in the EU, and much more.

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Parliament calls for stricter export controls on spyware technology

Title: Parliament calls for stricter export controls on spyware technology
Runtime: 1:31
Date posted: 9 years ago
Description: Parliament is calling for a stricter control on exports of “dual-use goods”, in particular civilian technologies that could be used by authoritarian regimes to spy on citizens.

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Coming up in Strasbourg: Clean energy, spy technology, Iran and more

Title: Coming up in Strasbourg: Clean energy, spy technology, Iran and more
Runtime: 0:52
Date posted: 9 years ago
Description: In the first plenary session of 2018, MEPs are set to discuss a draft laws on cleaner energy, protests in Iran, Bulgaria taking over the rotating EU Council presidency from Estonia, and the use of European spy technology by authoritarian regimes.

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Title: The EU decision-making process
Runtime: 0:37
Date posted: 9 years ago
Description: Ever wondered how EU decisions are made? It couldn’t be more transparent. Here's our 20 second guide.

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Title: The EU Solidarity Fund
Runtime: 1:05
Date posted: 9 years ago
Description: The EU Solidarity Fund was set up in 2002 to respond to major natural disasters like wildfires, floods and earthquakes. It has responded to 76 disasters in 24 European countries with over €5 billion in aid.

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Title: What do I get from the EU?
Runtime: 0:40
Date posted: 9 years ago
Description: You get more than you think! Safer food and products, cleaner air and water, the ability to live and work wherever you want... But you also get to call home at domestic prices no matter where you are in the EU, to pay using one currency in 19 different countries, and much more!

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Title: Wifi4EU
Runtime: 0:57
Date posted: 9 years ago
Description: WiFi4EU is an EU initiative that will help you stay connected anywhere in Europe, ad-free and secure. Local authorities in EU member states can apply for funding to set up internet points and hotspots.

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Title: Is the EU still relevant?
Runtime: 0:53
Date posted: 9 years ago
Description: Is the European Union still relevant? As a trading bloc we are stronger together than alone. And together we can have a bigger impact on global issues.

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Title: International Calls
Runtime: 1:08
Date posted: 9 years ago
Description: As of June 2017 roaming charges in the EU have been abolished.The European Parliament wants to make calling affordable for everyone by going a step further and banning extra charges for long-distance calls within the EU.

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Title: What is the EU?
Runtime: 0:38
Date posted: 9 years ago
Description: The EU is a political and economic union made up of 28 member states. Its citizens share a currency, a single market and common history and culture.

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Title: Free Movement of Workers
Runtime: 0:46
Date posted: 9 years ago
Description: Freedom of movement, one of the EU’s founding principles, gives people the right to live and work anywhere in the EU.

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Title: What has the EU ever done for me?
Runtime: 0:36
Date posted: 9 years ago
Description: What has the EU ever done for me? More than you think! It makes sure your food and products are safe. It connects Europe with safe infrastructure that makes travel cheaper and easier. The single market gives job opportunities to millions of EU citizens. And calling home from any EU country is now cheaper than ever. Not bad, right?

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Title: EU Safety Rules
Runtime: 0:39
Date posted: 9 years ago
Description: European citizens need to have access to safe food, medicine, toys and online content. European Union's safety policy ranges from clear, concise labelling and safety instructions to protection from harmful online content.

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Title: Migration
Runtime: 4:14
Date posted: 9 years ago
Description: Over 180,000 migrants landed on the island of Lampedusa in 2016 alone. For years, migration has challenged MEPs as much as European citizens, for whom it has become a major concern. Meet the citizens of Lampedusa - fishermen, a doctor and an artist - and see how the migrant crisis has affected them.

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Title: Boosting growth and jobs in the EU
Runtime: 3:34
Date posted: 9 years ago
Description: Small and medium-sized enterprises - SMEs - are the engine of Europe's economy. The European Parliament wants to ensure stable growth in the EU by creating a supportive environment for SMEs. Meet Arnaud and Geraldine, who own a small furniture business in France.

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Title: Climate Change
Runtime: 4:53
Date posted: 9 years ago
Description: Climate change is the primary challenge our generation will face, and the European Union has the power to do something about it, but what? The Baltic region is the European area most at risk of climate change, facing heatwaves, torrential rain and rising sea levels. This video explores how the Gdansk region of Poland is dealing with these issues with help from the EU.

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Title: Human Rights
Runtime: 3:29
Date posted: 9 years ago
Description: The European Union was founded on principles of human rights and freedom of expression. That's why the European Parliament supports countries like Tunisia in their ongoing efforts towards democracy. This support comes in the form of legal and political action including the Sakharov Prize and the Sakharov Fellowship. Meet Asma Kaouech, a Tunisian activist and Sakharov fellow, who tells us her story.

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The Single Market at 25: Many Achievements, New Challenges Ahead

Title: The Single Market at 25: Many Achievements, New Challenges Ahead
Runtime: 1:31
Date posted: 9 years ago
Description: In its 25 years of existence, the Single Market has grown from 12 to 28 EU Members and extends to Norway, Iceland and Lichtenstein (EEA countries) , and to Switzerland via bilateral agreements. Despite uncertainties and challenges, the EU's free trade area continues to exercise an unprecedented attraction across the continent.

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The Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought

Title: The Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought
Runtime: 0:52
Date posted: 9 years ago
Description: The respect for human rights is one of the European Union's fundamental values. Any violation of these rights affects the democratic principles upon which our society is founded, The European Parliament fights such violations through legislative action, and by enshrining human rights in its external trade agreements. The European Parliament also supports human rights by awarding the annual Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought to individuals who have made an exceptional contribution to the fight for human rights.

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From Brexit to Burma: 5 numbers to take away from Strasbourg

Title: From Brexit to Burma: 5 numbers to take away from Strasbourg
Runtime: 1:01
Date posted: 9 years ago
Description: The 2017 Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought, thorny Brexit negotiations, the violent persecution of Muslim ethnic minority Rohingya by Burmese authorities and reforms in EU agricultural policy: here are 5 numbers to take away from the plenary.

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Venezuela’s democratic opposition is awarded Sakharov Prize 2017

Title: Venezuela’s democratic opposition is awarded Sakharov Prize 2017
Runtime: 1:36
Date posted: 9 years ago
Description: The 2017 Sakharov Prize for Freedom of thought has been awarded to all political prisoners in Venezuela and the democratic opposition, represented by the president of its National Assembly Julio Borges. “This award is a recognition for every Venezuelan”, said Julio Borges while receiving the Prize in Strasbourg. The Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought, named in honour of the Soviet physicist and political dissident Andrei Sakharov, is awarded each year by the European Parliament.

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Sakharov Prize 2017: Venezuela’s opposition in a crisis-struck country

Title: Sakharov Prize 2017: Venezuela’s opposition in a crisis-struck country
Runtime: 4:17
Date posted: 9 years ago
Description: Venezuela is facing an economic and political crisis. The country's political opposition is fighting every day to regain freedom. The European Parliament awarded the 2017 Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought to all political prisoners in Venezuela and the democratic opposition, represented by the president of its National Assembly Julio Borges.

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Title: Merry digital Christmas
Runtime: 1:40
Date posted: 9 years ago
Description: During the Christmas period, more and more citizens are turning to digital products. It is a new norm that need to be regulated to better protect citizens. From defective products, unjustified geo-blocking, cross-border deliveries, to online streaming and the end of roaming, the European Parliament is tackling the issues.

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Coming up: The 2017 Sakharov Prize, Brexit, and countering tax evasion

Title: Coming up: The 2017 Sakharov Prize, Brexit, and countering tax evasion
Runtime: 0:55
Date posted: 9 years ago
Description: In the year’s final plenary session, the European Parliament awards the Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought, discusses the progress of Brexit negotiations, and votes on the extension of the European Fund for Strategic Investment (EFSI). Also on the cards is a vote on recommendations for countering money laundering, and a vote on whether to allow phosphates in kebab meat.

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Youth Employment in the EU: MEPs push for innovative approaches

Title: Youth Employment in the EU: MEPs push for innovative approaches
Runtime: 1:19
Date posted: 9 years ago
Description: Launched in 2013, the Youth Employment Initiative provides financial support to regions struggling with high rates of youth unemployment. MEPs now want Member States to play their part and promote much needed reforms with long-term, sustainable youth employment as a target.

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