Behind the Politics: per week contained in the European Parliament

What goes on in the European Parliament? What’s it like to work there during a plenary session?

In this first episode, Rares and Klara from Parliament’s communications team take you behind the scenes at Parliament’s May session to show you what it was really like to be there following the discussions and decisions that took place.

You’ll find out about
a ceremony to honour the first laureates of the European Order of Merit for their significant contribution to EU integration and values
updated EU rules to screen foreign investments to identify risks to security
an agreement reached between Parliament and Council to put EU-US trade on a more stable footing
a debate on the citizens’ initiative requiring videogame publishers to always leave videogames in a playable state.

For more information, check the links below:

European Order of Merit:
https://link.europa.eu/D9rFhX

Screening foreign investments:
https://link.europa.eu/PFp99X

EU-US trade deal
https://link.europa.eu/yJ4yfw

Citizen’s initiative stop destroying games
https://link.europa.eu/jRtd6c

Chapters:
00:00 Day 1 intro
00:59 Overview of the week
03:10 Day 2
04:10 Order of Merit ceremony
05:15 Screening of foreign investments
07:16 Day 3
07:47 Informal agreement on EU-US tariffs
10:00 Behind the scenes of a voting session
11:07 Day 4 and Citizen’s initiative stop destroying games