Plight of the Rohingya

ECR MEP Amjad Bashir is chairing a cross-party meeting on the plight of the Rohingya people. It features Sky News' Special Correspondent Alex Crawford, who will introduce her exclusive film report on the suffering of Rohingya still trapped in Myanmar. This is followed by a discussion ahead of the upcoming plenary debate on December 12, at which MEPs will debate calling for a EU-led intergovernmental summit on the crisis.

When:  Tuesday @17.30 

Where: European Parliament Room P3C050

On the results of the fifth meeting of the member states of the African Union and the European Union, Gregor Gysi, President of the European Left, declares:

The European Union has wasted the opportunity to seriously and effectively develop perspectives with the African continent, which would in particular enable young people to permanently and sustainably find a future in their homeland. This would have required a fundamental departure from the selfish EU trade and agricultural policy, which does not meet the weaker neighbours in the South at eye level.

Brussels, 30 November 2017

The S&D Group today abstained on a vote on the EU’s annual budget for 2018. This was the first time that the Group has ever not backed an annual EU budget.

Eider Gardiazabal Rubial, S&D Group spokesperson for the EU budget said:

Brussels, 30 November 2017