Plenary session of 2025-01-22

LOCATION
Europe
FROM
22/01/2025
TO
22/01/2025

Plenary session

09:00 - 10:30

KEY DEBATE
Conclusions of the European Council meeting of 19 December 2024

10:30 - 12:20

KEY DEBATE
Presentation of the programme of activities of the Polish Presidency

12:30 - 13:30

VOTES
Need for actions to address the continued oppression and fake elections in Belarus

13:30 - 21:00

Debates (or at the end of the votes)
Topical debate (Rule 169) - Uniting Europe against actors hostile to the EU: time to strengthen our security and defence
Addressing EU demographic challenges: towards the implementation of the 2023 Demography Toolbox
Failure of the negotiations in Busan for a UN plastic treaty and the urgent need to tackle plastic pollution at international and Union level
Links between organised crime and smuggling of migrants in light of the recent UN reports
EU financing through the LIFE programme of entities lobbying EU institutions and the need for transparency
Debates on cases of breaches of human rights, democracy and the rule of law (Rule 150)
Case of Jean-Jacques Wondo in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Systematic repression of human rights in Iran, notably the cases of Pakhshan Azizi and Wrisha Moradi, and the taking of EU citizens as hostages
Case of Boualem Sansal in Algeria
Stepping up international action to protect whales following Iceland’s decision to extend commercial whaling until 2029
Explanations of votes
GEOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION
Europe
CREATED
22/01/2025
OPENING DATE
22/01/2025
STATUS
Active