Part of
@europarl_EN
's Directorate-General for Parliamentary Democracy Partnerships, we facilitate parliamentary and people-to-people links with Southeast Asia.
Warmest congratulations from
@Europarl_EN
🇪🇺 to AIPA for successfully concluding its 45th General Assembly in Vientiane, Lao PDR 🇱🇦
Grateful to the Parliament of Laos for their warm hospitality and to
@aipasecretariat
for an excellent event on all accounts.
The European Parliament condemns China's continued military provocations against Taiwan and firmly rejects any unilateral change to the status-quo in the Taiwan Strait.
More details:
Migration is currently one of the major topics of discussion in Europe.
@Europarl_EN
recently adopted a new Pact on migration and asylum.
@EP_EPRS
helps you better understand what is at stake 👇🏼
EU countries are to implement the EU's new pact on migration and asylum rules by 2026
Our topical digest offers a handy link to a sample of our recent publications on the migratory challenge
🔗
#MEPs
@EP_Justice
🌳Deforestation Regulation - extra 12 months phasing-in time
#EPlenary
confirms decision of
@EP_Environment
to use urgency procedure without a committee stage.
Plenary vote on Commission proposal planned for 14 November.
More info in EC press release⤵️
🎞️🍿 Chào mừng bạn đến với Liên hoan phim châu Âu (EUFF) lần thứ 23 tại Việt Nam. Trở lại cùng phiên bản đặc biệt vào mùa thu, LHP sẽ diễn ra tại Hà Nội và TP. Hồ Chí Minh trong hai tuần 14–28.11.
Thông tin thêm 👉
Smooth and mutually respectful working relationships between parliaments and the executive branch are indispensable in a well functioning democracy.
@Europarl_EN
and
@EU_Commission
continue to improve their cooperation for the benefit of European citizens.
Two Presidents, one breakthrough.
With President
@vonderleyen
, we just agreed on the key principles for a new, stronger cooperation between
@Europarl_EN
&
@EU_Commission
.
To ensure greater transparency, better dialogue.
It will help us work seamlessly and deliver for citizens.
Warmest congratulations to our friends from Germany 🇩🇪 for officially becoming AIPA Observer Parliament.
@Europarl_EN
is looking forward to a close cooperation with our AIPA partners to foster always more robust parliamentary relations between Europe and Southeast Asia.
1️⃣ Figures do not say it all. But they reveal some characteristics of a society and are used to determine needs and policies.
So here is the 🇪🇺 European Union in a few figures, to which we will add 2: 27 Member States and 24 official languages.
On European Statistics Day, we celebrate the statistical office of the EU,
@EU_Eurostat
, for supplying Europe with high-quality statistics for more than 60 years.
Find out more about the latest EU statistics here:
Message by
@wbeke
, newly-elected chair of the
@Europarl_EN
's delegation for relations with Southeast Asia, to delegates meeting in Vientiane for
@aipasecretariat
's
#45AIPAGA
. Parliament looks forward to continued close engagement with its AIPA partners 👇
This week,
@Europarl_EN
will decide on the laureate of the Sakharov Prize for Freedom of thought. MEPs will debate the situation in Lebanon, calling for a ceasefire. They will discuss China’s military provocations close to Taiwan and vote on a resolution.
In the context of AIPA General Assembly in Laos 🇱🇦 ,
@EPinASEAN
met with the new Executive Director of Parliamentary Centre of Asia, Prasnar Yi.
PC Asia will continue to be a good partner of 🇪🇺
@Europarl_EN
in its relations with the Parliaments of Southeast Asia.
From one Presidency to another.:
Laos 🇱🇦 is about to end its term as 2024 ASEAN Chair and Malaysia 🇲🇾 will lead the regional organisation in 2025.
In the 🇪🇺 EU, where the rotation takes place every 6 months, Poland 🇵🇱 will follow Hungary 🇭🇺 as from January 1st, 2025.
As Lao PDR hands over the ASEAN Chairmanship to Malaysia for 2025, we enter a significant new chapter for ASEAN.
Don’t miss the outcomes of the 44th and 45th ASEAN Summits:
#ASEANSummit44
#ASEANSummit45
Message by
@wbeke
, newly-elected chair of the EU Parliament's delegation for relations with Southeast Asia, to delegates meeting in Vientiane for
@aipasecretariat
's
#45AIPAGA
. Parliament looks forward to continued close engagement with its AIPA partners in the years to come 👇
Nearly 20 years ago, Indonesia was hit by one of the strongest
#tsunamis
ever.
#EUSolidarity
stepped in to help the population in
#Aceh
, providing emergency aid and supporting reconstruction efforts.
Thank you
@IOMIndonesia
for remembering this in a commemorative exhibition.
Today begins the 45th General Assembly of the ASEAN Inter-Parliamentary Assembly (AIPA) in Vientiane, Laos.
The European Parliament has the status of Observer at AIPA.
#EUASEANTrustedPartner
About 132 kilos of food is wasted per person in the EU every year.
On World Food Day, let's focus on reducing food waste. In March, Parliament proposed
higher binding waste reduction targets to be met at a national level.