In 2015, former leaders Angela Merkel and François Hollande urged EU countries to share the responsibility of hosting asylum seekers.
That year the EU was dealing with an unprecedented migration wave.
Watch their joint address to the European Parliament ↓
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/Europarl_EN/status/1662009676610031616
“European trains connect people, places and generations.” 🚂
Meet Andrejs, a railway engineer 🚉 whose family has been working on railways for generations.
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/Europarl_EN/status/1661784442552168473
Five years ago the General Data Protection Regulation came into effect on 25 May 2018.
Here are 5 rights you have thanks to the EU's data protection rules ↓
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/Europarl_EN/status/1661698498725543938
Did somebody say cookies?
The EU's General Data Protection Regulation came into effect 5 years ago today in 2018.
Privacy is a fundamental right.
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/Europarl_EN/status/1661659603082387459
European politics in real time: check out Parliament's Newshub: https://www.epnewshub.eu/
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/Europarl_EN/status/1661401559614251008
The polluter pays.
That is the simple principle driving the EU's Emissions Trading System. It makes industries pay for their emissions and also boosts green technologies.
Watch the video to find out how it works ↓
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/Europarl_EN/status/1660893320657371136
The European Parliament of Persons with Disabilities is an event that unites over 600 disability advocates, policymakers and other stakeholders.
Follow live on Tuesday, 23 May from 9.30-18.30 CET → http://eptwitter.eu/qCwe
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/Europarl_EN/status/1660669556522639361
Put in your agenda the date of the next European elections: 6-9 June 2024. 🇪🇺
Be part of the largest democratic exercise in Europe.
Don't let someone else choose for you.
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/Europarl_EN/status/1660331116186972160
"Moldova is not alone."
@EP_President Roberta Metsola addressed 70,000 participants of the European Moldova Assembly rally in Chisinau today.
Speech: http://eptwitter.eu/qCvv
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/Europarl_EN/status/1660250334554365952
RT @EP_President: Touchdown in Chișinău.
I am here to join President @sandumaiamd in addressing the European Moldova Assembly mass rally tomorrow.
Moldova chooses Europe, and its right to choose its own destiny must be respected.
Our future is a shared one 🇪🇺🇲🇩 https://t.co/wnEo7MKUg5
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/Europarl_EN/status/1660000334226370560
What’s the buzz? 🐝
Over 1 million Europeans supported a citizens' initiative demanding a phase-out of synthetic pesticides by 2035 to protect bees and farmers. Their voices were heard in Parliament this year.
EU policymakers keep working to protect pollinators.
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/Europarl_EN/status/1659818488318287873
"I really want to go home, no matter how good it is here, no matter how nice the Polish people are."
Meet Alina. She had to flee her home with her young children, but she still dreams of rejoining her husband in Ukraine.
We continue to #StandWithUkraine 🇪🇺🇺🇦
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/Europarl_EN/status/1659425901426405377
The winner of the 2023 LUX Audience Award will be announced, for the first time, in a dedicated ceremony in the European Parliament’s plenary chamber in Brussels next month.
Don't forget to watch and rate the films → http://eptwitter.eu/qCsB
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/Europarl_EN/status/1659188839473356801
Were you promised more on the package?
To put a stop to misleading claims and to improve labelling, Parliament has backed new rules for sustainable and durable products.
The rules should ban limiting product durability by design → http://eptwitter.eu/qCue
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/Europarl_EN/status/1659098997758492672
Be who you want to be.
The European Parliament declared the EU an LGBTIQ Freedom Zone 🏳️🌈 in 2021 and to this day remains committed to defending your right to love whoever you want.
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/Europarl_EN/status/1658758497683554305
The EU wants to make sure that zero-emission cars and vans are the norm by 2050. 🚗
The European Parliament has taken action, pushing to phase out fossil-fuelled vehicles and replace them with greener models.
See how it will work ↓
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/Europarl_EN/status/1658732331350228995
From smartphones to smart cities, connected objects are generating ever more data. The European Parliament wants to help unlock their potential.
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/Europarl_EN/status/1658541826088001537
The 2023 LUX Audience Award: watch and rate your favourite film by 12 June and you could win a trip to the award ceremony on 27 June at the European Parliament in Brussels: http://eptwitter.eu/qCsn
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/Europarl_EN/status/1658156034454859776
"I really want to go home, no matter how good it is here, no matter how nice the Polish people are."
Alina had to flee home with her young children, but she still dreams of rejoining her husband in Ukraine.
The EU continues to stand with Ukraine. 🇪🇺🇺🇦
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/Europarl_EN/status/1658105070745952256
RT @EP_President: Looking to a future together at one of Europe's historic cities.
Today in Aachen 🇩🇪 we have seen the best of Europe.
President @ZelenskyyUa, you are not alone. We are with you.
In Europe, you have friends, allies and partners.
To a future of hope, prosperity and unity 🇪🇺🇺🇦 https://t.co/UwWLy4nPaK
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/Europarl_EN/status/1657803106581721092
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