Plenary round-up – Brussels, September 2020
The September 2020 plenary session was the sixth conducted with Members participating remotely, using the alternative voting procedure put in place in March by Parliament's Bureau, although a majority were again present in Brussels. As well as the Commission President's traditional State of the Union address, Parliament held a joint debate on the risk of breach of the rule of law and LGBTI-free zones in Poland. Parliament also debated European Commission statements on the preparation of the special European Council focusing on Turkey's actions in the eastern Mediterranean, on the consequences for the single market of EU coordination of sanitary measures in the ongoing pandemic, on combatting sexual abuse and exploitation of children, and on the need for a humanitarian EU response to the situation in the Moria refugee camp. Parliament also debated statements from the Vice-President of the Commission/High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Josep Borell, on the situation in Belarus, in Lebanon and the poisoning of Alexei Navalny. Parliament also voted on legislative proposals and resolutions, including on arms exports, the Union Civil Protection Mechanism, the EU Association Agreement with Georgia, protecting world forests, EU-African security cooperation in the Sahel, type approval of motor vehicles and the importance of urban and green infrastructure.
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- AMBIENTE
- ATIVIDADE POLÍTICA
- China
- construção europeia
- debate parlamentar
- degradação do ambiente
- DIREITO
- direitos e liberdades
- doença por coronavírus
- epidemia
- Estado de Direito
- finanças da União Europeia
- GEOGRAFIA
- geografia económica
- instituições da União Europeia e função pública europeia
- minoria sexual
- Parlamento Europeu
- poluição pelos navios
- Política Externa e de Segurança Comum
- quadro político
- QUESTÕES SOCIAIS
- recursos próprios
- relação interinstitucional (UE)
- saúde
- trabalhos parlamentares
- transporte ferroviário
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- TRANSPORTES
- UNIÃO EUROPEIA
- Ásia-Oceânia