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Briefing - State of the Union address, European �Ϸ��վ, 2021 - 08-09-2021

Tue, 07 Sep 2021 22:00:00 GMT

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen's second State of the Union address, scheduled for 15 September 2021, will be delivered at a time when the coronavirus pandemic continues to pose challenges for the European Union and its Member States. At the same time, thanks to the adoption of the multiannual financial framework for the 2021-2027 period, new opportunities lie ahead – the recovery plan for Europe and Next Generation EU. Furthermore, the Conference on the Future of Europe was finally launched on 9 May 2021. Nevertheless, a number of unresolved issues and new challenges remain. These include ensuring that EU values (Article 2 TEU) are upheld in the Member States, including through the application of the recently adopted Conditionality Regulation, addressing the threat of climate change, and equipping Europe for the digital age. The tradition of EU State of the Union addresses, delivered to the European �Ϸ��վ by the President of the European Commission, dates back to 2010. The address takes stock of the achievements of the past year and presents priorities for the year ahead. It constitutes an important instrument for the European Commission's ex-ante accountability vis-à-vis �Ϸ��վ and is also aimed at rendering the definition of priorities at EU level more transparent, and at communicating those priorities to citizens. The event chimes with a similar tradition in national democracies. The United States, for instance, has a long-standing tradition of presidential State of the Union addresses, in which the President speaks in the Capitol to a joint session of Congress, thus fulfilling a constitutional obligation. In contrast to the US Constitution, the EU Treaties do not prescribe a State of the Union address; the EU version was established by the 2010 Framework Agreement between �Ϸ��վ and the Commission. This briefing further updates an earlier one from September 2016, originally written by Eva-Maria Poptcheva.

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Briefing - European �Ϸ��վ: Facts and Figures - 11-04-2018

Wed, 11 Apr 2018 12:50:38 GMT

This Briefing, published by the European �Ϸ��վary Research Service, is designed to provide key facts and figures about the European �Ϸ��վ, both today - during the current 2014 to 2019 parliamentary term - and in the seven previous terms since direct elections were introduced in June 1979. On the following pages you will find graphics of various kinds which: • detail the composition of the European �Ϸ��վ now and in the past; • trace the increase in the number of parties represented in the EP and evolution of political groups; • chart the rise in the number of women sitting in the �Ϸ��վ; • explain the electoral systems used in elections to the �Ϸ��վ across the Member States; • show how turnout in European elections compares with that in national elections; • summarise the activity of the �Ϸ��վ in the 2009-14 term, and so far in the current term; • present the annual cost of the �Ϸ��վ compared with other parliaments; • outline the composition of the �Ϸ��վ’s main governing bodies. The Briefing is updated regularly during the 2014-19 term to take account of latest developments.

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Em síntese - Plenary round-up – Strasbourg, October II 2017 - 27-10-2017

Fri, 27 Oct 2017 09:04:53 GMT

The highlights of the October II plenary session included a debate on the conclusions of the last European Council meeting and the presentation of a new agenda for EU leaders, as well as the presentation of the 2018 Commission work programme. Members paid tribute to Daphne Caruana Galizia, the Maltese journalist killed in a car bomb explosion on 16 October.

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Estudo - The Implementation of the Charter of Fundamental Rights in the EU institutional Framework - 22-11-2016

Tue, 22 Nov 2016 23:00:00 GMT

The EU institutions are required take into account the Charter of Fundamental Rights in the design and implementation of legislation or of policies, both within law- and policymaking internal to the Union and in the external relations of the EU. This study was commissioned by the European �Ϸ��վ's Policy Department for Citizens' Rights and Constitutional Affairs at the request of the Committee on Constitutional Affairs of the European �Ϸ��վ, to examine how they discharge this duty: it looks into the role of the Charter in the legislative process; in the economic governance of the Union; in the work of EU agencies; in the implementation of EU law by EU Member States; and, in the external relations of the Union, both in trade and investment policies and in the Common Foreign and Security Policy. It also analyses certain gaps in the judicial protection of the Charter and identifies measures through which the potential of the Charter could be further realized.

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Briefing - European Commission's 2016 Work Programme - 15-01-2016

Fri, 15 Jan 2016 16:00:00 GMT

On 27 October 2015, the European Commission adopted its Work Programme for the year ahead (2016 CWP), and presented it to the European �Ϸ��վ the same day. Based on the 10 political guidelines set out in mid-2014 by President Jean-Claude Juncker, it builds on the 'framework strategies' adopted by the Commission since entering office and places emphasis on the legislative measures and concrete follow-up actions needed to implement them. The 2016 CWP includes relatively few entirely new actions. Most of the initiatives it contains have already been announced and fit into the framework strategies presented earlier; a few of them were to be presented before the end of 2015. The CWP also looks beyond 2016, providing for the necessary preparatory work, such as evaluations, consultations or impact assessments, for actions to be included in future work programmes. Confronted with major unexpected events dominating the political agenda, such as the migration crisis and, more recently, the major terrorist attacks in Paris, the Commission may be compelled, as in 2015, to adapt to emerging challenges, taking immediate action and/or accelerating implementation in certain areas (for example, with counter-terrorism measures). The EP had adopted a resolution in September 2015 setting out its recommendations for the forthcoming CWP. In that it called on the Commission to use its right of initiative to the full extent, in order to give the Union clear leadership, reaffirmed its attachment to the ‘Community method’ and welcomed progress in the negotiations on a new inter-institutional agreement on better law-making, since completed.

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Estudo - Combating Child Sexual Abuse Online - 16-12-2015

Tue, 15 Dec 2015 23:00:00 GMT

This study was commissioned by the European �Ϸ��վ's Policy Department for Citizens' Rights and Constitutional Affairs at the request of the LIBE Committee. The study provides an overview of existing legislation at European Union, Member State and the international level related to online child sexual abuse. The study also provides an account of the role of law enforcement agencies in combatting child sexual abuse online and other governmental and private sector initiatives. Some of the current trends and phenomena related to online child sexual abuse and various policy responses are discussed, complemented with recommendations for future policy formulation.

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Briefing - Action Plan on Building a Capital Markets Union: EU securitisation framework: Initial Appraisal of a European Commission Impact Assessment - 09-11-2015

Mon, 09 Nov 2015 11:32:00 GMT

This briefing seeks to provide an initial analysis of the strengths and weaknesses of the European Commission's Impact Assessment (IA) accompanying two Commission proposals for Regulations referred to �Ϸ��վ’s Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs : Regulation laying down common rules on securitisation and creating a European framework for simple, transparent and standardised securitisation (COM (2015) 472); and Regulation amending Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 on prudential requirements for credit institutions and investment firms (COM (2015) 473) Securitisation refers to the process of packaging and converting loans into securities that can be sold to investors. The Commission recognises that securitisation of US subprime mortgages was one of the causes of the last financial crisis, but believes that properly structured securitisation can play a positive role in the EU economy. These are the first two legislative proposals of the Action Plan on Building a Capital Markets Union, one of the Commission's key priorities, aimed at strengthening the links between savings and growth. �Ϸ��վ resolution of 9 July 2015 on Building a Capital Markets Union expressed support for an initiative in this field, as part of a broad variety of avenues to be explored to improve SME financing.

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Estudo - Review Clauses in EU Legislation: A Rolling Check-List (Second edition) - 09-06-2015

Tue, 09 Jun 2015 21:50:00 GMT

This check-list presents a comprehensive overview of “review clauses”, namely review, evaluation and reporting provisions contained in recent EU legislative acts and programmes. It is produced by the Policy Performance Appraisal Unit of the European �Ϸ��վary Research Service (EPRS), the EP's in-house research service and think tank, as part of its work on the evaluation of EU law, policies and programmes.�Ϸ��վ is strongly committed to the concept of Better Law-Making, and particularly to the effective use of ex-ante impact assessment and ex-post evaluation throughout the whole legislative cycle. It is in this spirit that the European �Ϸ��վ has a particular interest in following the transposition, implementation and enforcement of EU law, EU programmes and international agreements, and more generally, monitoring the impact, operation, effectiveness and delivery of policy and programmes in practice.

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Briefing - How the EU budget is spent: Consumer programme - 24-04-2015

Fri, 24 Apr 2015 08:41:00 GMT

EU consumer policy for the 2014-20 period is defined in the European Consumer Agenda, which is complemented in its financial aspects by the Consumer programme. The 2014-2020 programme has a budget of €188.8 million, corresponding to around €0.05 per consumer per year. The four key areas are: product safety; information, education and consumer advice; enhanced access to redress mechanisms for citizens; and better national enforcement of consumer rights.

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Briefing - A connected Digital Single Market - State of play and the way forward - 26-01-2015

Mon, 26 Jan 2015 10:06:00 GMT

Information and communication technologies and the digital economy have the potential to improve Europe's productivity and create growth and jobs. The EU has been making efforts to help create a more integrated European digital economy since the mid-1990s. In 2010, the Commission added new momentum to the process, and with the launch of the Digital Agenda set out to reap the benefits of a digital single market for households and businesses. Despite a relatively high level of implementation of the actions on the Agenda and the adoption of numerous legislative initiatives, the Digital Single Market remains fragmented into 28 national markets, and the EU continues to lag behind its main international competitors. The new European Commission recognised these shortcomings and the potential of the internet economy to help Europe recover from the crisis, and so placed completion of the Digital Single Market high on its agenda to the extent that there is now a dedicated project team of 13 Commissioners. In its 2015 Work Programme, the Commission outlined its intentions to conclude work on key pending proposals and table new legislative and non-legislative initiatives in this promising but challenging policy field, however to what extent tangible results will be achieved remains to be seen.

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Briefing - European Commission's 2015 Work Programme - 23-01-2015

Fri, 23 Jan 2015 10:48:00 GMT

On 16 December 2014 the newly appointed European Commission adopted its Work Programme for the year ahead (2015 CWP). Based on the political guidelines set out by its President, Jean-Claude Juncker, the Programme forms the basis for the Commission's work in putting these ten priorities into effect. The procedures and timetable governing the European �Ϸ��վ's role in this annual exercise are well-established and are laid out in detail in the 2010 Framework Agreement between the European �Ϸ��վ and Commission. Nonetheless, the current exercise takes place in a markedly different context to those in the past, notably as a result of the process by which the Commission President was nominated as candidate and elected to office being more transparent and political than before. This stemmed from the introduction of 'lead candidates' (Spitzenkandidaten) in the 2014 European election campaign, an innovation aimed at giving voters a more direct influence over the future political direction of the European executive. In comparison with previous years, the 2015 CWP contains relatively few new proposals (only 23), though it also lists a large number of pending proposals to be withdrawn or modified. This reflects the Commission's stated intention to concentrate its efforts on a smaller number of priorities such as jobs and growth, and to focus on initiatives where it feels that concrete results can be delivered in the near term. Initial reaction from within the EP to the 2015 CWP has been mixed. While a large number of Members have broadly welcomed the thrust towards a slimmed-down package focussing on essentials, concerns have been raised about various issues, notably the scope and content of proposed withdrawals. None of the resolutions tabled by the political groups on the 2015 CWP achieved the majority necessary for adoption at the January I part-session, so the EP has not adopted a formal position on the matter.

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Estudo - Rolling Legislative Agenda of the European Union. Europe connects & Europe protects - 15-09-2014

Mon, 22 Sep 2014 22:00:00 GMT

For the first time at the beginning of a legislative term the European Council has presented a ‘Strategic Agenda for the Union in Times of Change’, outlining political guidelines in five thematic areas. On these five thematic areas and beyond the European �Ϸ��վ had, during the past legislative term (2009-2014), developed and adopted numerous initiatives for European legislation, calling on the European Commission for legislative action with a view to addressing the political, economic and societal challenges the European Union is faced with. Some of these legislative requests have been taken up by the Commission and subsequently adopted as part of the European Union’s answers to the financial and economic crisis or together with the new Multiannual Financial Framework. A substantial number of legislative requests were, nevertheless, not addressed. Yet they remain fully valid in view of the European Council’s Strategic Agenda. The present comprehensive document assembles �Ϸ��վ’s remaining legislative requests, structured according to the thematic blocks of the European Council’s Strategic Agenda and to their individual state of play.

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Estudo - Directory of the Most Important Community Legislative Measures in Environment Policy - 01-04-1995

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 06:58:21 GMT