The European Parliament is holding its first fully remote plenary session due to a rise in COVID cases in Brussels and Strasbourg.
Most MEPs are working for home but for the first time they’re allowed to make interventions from the European Parliament’s Liaison Offices in their own country.
Kevin Purcell reports from Brussels:
Out words: in Brussels
Dur: 1:11
MEP on how Ireland can accommodate Ukraine refugees – Andrews
MEP on EU Temporary Protection for Ukraine refugees - Andrews
Energy efficiency way to cut dependency on Russian gas & oil – Cuffe
Cutting dependence on Russian gas & oil can be done – Cuffe
MEPs call for “urgent” review of EU’s Food security – Markey
MEP calls for postponement of farming climate targets – Markey
Sanctions & war mean EU will “suffer” – Kelly
Food security “a big worry” – Kelly
Ireland can have Ukraine peace role - O’Sullivan
Daly/Wallace drawing “false equivalence” between West and Russia
Ukraine: Anti-nuke protester “shocked to the core”
Daly-Wallace heads in sand on Russia & invasion - Andrews
Europe must support “coalface” of human tragedy – Kelleher
Kelleher defends Ukraine visit
EU must reduce Russian dependency - Clune
Recyclable mobiles, scooters and car batteries - Clune
Ukrainian writer’s address to European Parliament – PODCAST
Every moment of hesitation & coffee break, costs a life - Ukrainian writer
Babies born in bomb shelters dying of sepsis – Ukrainian writer Oksana Zabuzhko
Daly slams MEPs’ report on foreign interference in EU democratic processes
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