🇪🇺Newly elected to the
#EuropeanParliament
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Congratulations!
Now you're ready to engage with European citizens - find out what resources are available to you as an
#MEP
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The social exclusion, discrimination and segregation Roma people face are mutually reinforcing
Parliament has advocated for Roma inclusion since the 1990s
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European Roma Holocaust Memorial Day
The power to set the 🇪🇺agenda is a thread that runs through all Parliament’s work as a forum for debate & engagement
Stand-out examples from the 9th legislative term include the forthcoming
#AIAct
& on minimum wage and minimum income
Let's take a look 🔎
Russia's war on Ukraine has already claimed over 10 000 civilian lives, generated at least 3.5m internal refugees and 6.3m Ukrainians have fled the country
🇺🇦How does Parliament support Ukraine?
EU leaders have set their strategic agenda for 2024 to 2029, but the document appears to be a collection of previously agreed positions rather than a new set of guidelines
Let's take a look
Women now make up 38.5% of all
#MEPs
; this share is 2.1 percentage points lower than in the previous term (40.6%), the first significant drop since direct elections started in 1979
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As European citizens, no matter where we live, how we make our living, or how we spend our time, the EU has an impact on our daily lives
How does the EU support people with disabilities?
Visit our website:
⚠️85 % of people globally are concerned about
#disinformation
impact on their fellow citizens
⚠️87 % think it has affected political life in their country
⚠️38 % 🇪🇺 citizens list false/misleading info as a threat to democracy
We help you to spot it 🔖
As we wait for this year's
@EU_Commission
annual rule of law report, a quick reminder of the questions raised in it's 2023 version, monitoring EU Member States' observance of the
#RuleofLaw
& making recommendations
🔎
@EP_Budgets
@EP_BudgControl
Parliament political groups decide who runs for senior positions
8⃣groups
🔸EPP 188 seats (26.1%)
🔸S&D 136 (18.9%)
🔸Patriots for Europe 84 (11.7%)
🔸ECR 78 (10.8%)
🔸Renew 77 (10.7%)
➕3⃣Greens/EFA, The Left & Europe of Sovereign Nations=<10% each
Women now make up 38.5% of all
#MEPs
This share is 2.1 percentage points lower than in the previous term (40.6%), the first significant drop since direct elections started in 1979
Start the week with a podcast!🎧
As the EU leadership is renewed at the beginning of the 10th legislative term, what are the rules on post-term activities - otherwise known as 'revolving doors'?
EU economic outlook for 2024 reflects cautious optimism, with GDP growth estimate @
📈1.0% for EU
📈0.8% for € area
With inflation projected to continue declining, a soft landing looks within reach
Economic Outlook Quarterly 👉
At the end of the 9th legislature
▶️174 ordinary legislative procedure files were ongoing
▶️Around 60 of them at an early stage
▶️Several others (e.g. special legislative, budgetary & non-legislative procedures) were unfinished
So what happens now?
The candidate for Commission President presents their priorities to
#EPlenary
prior to election, setting the course for the whole term
@vonderleyen
then needs to secure 361 votes (an absolute majority of all 720
#MEPs
)