The European Parliament President Martin Schulz met with the students and the faculty of the Warsaw school of Economics. Read more.
June 1985, Spain signed the Accession Treaty to European Economic Community and the Euratom. Over in Lisbon, Portugal was doing the same thing the very same day. Read more.
10 countries - Czech Republic, Estonia, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary, Malta, Poland, Slovenia and Slovakia - signed the Treaty to Accession to the EU in 2003, the biggest EU enlargement ever. Read more.
The Treaty of Accession of Bulgaria and Romania to the EU was signed in 2005. On 1 January 2007, the EU welcomed them into the Union, now made up of a full 27 Member States. Read more.
June 1985, Portugal signed the Treaty to join the 10 countries then in the ECC and the Euratom. 22 years later, all EU Member States would be back in the Monastery to sign the Lisbon Treaty. Read more.
In 1972, Denmark, Ireland and United Kingdom signed the Treaty of Accession to the European Economic Community and the Euratom. 1 year later, the community grew from 6 to 9 Members. Read more.
"The Nobel Peace Prize is for all EU citizens," says Parliament President Martin Schulz. Now you can see it for yourself, as part of the Nobel Peace Centre exhibition from 15 May till 6 October. Read more.
The European Parliament is committed to supporting the Italian Government in facing the enormous challenge ahead, said President Martin Schulz 10 May after meeting the new Prime Minister Enrico Letta. Read more.
Signed in 1992, 10 years ahead of the Euro, the Maastricht Treaty lays the foundation for the European Monetary Union, introduces co-decision procedure and new forms of cooperation among Members. Read more.
Signed in 1957, the Treaties of Rome created the European Economic Community to achieve European integration via economic cooperation, and the European Atomic Energy Community. Read more.
"There are no words to describe the enormity of this crime," President Martin Schulz said when visiting the Auschwitz-Birkenau death camp. "We must never ever forget." Read more.
President Martin Schulz met with Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk. Later the same day, he met the President, the Senate Speaker and the Foreign Minister. Read more.
For one Sunday, the street was closed off to make room for street sport event Your World City Games, as the Netherlands' youngest city celebrated 2009 as first ever European Youth Capital. Read more.
800 children joined the Carnival Ball at the official opening of Antwerp as EU Youth Capital on 4 March 2011: the first of over 150 youth events, congresses and projects throughout the year. Read more.
In keeping with the slogan "More life", students became performers 7-10 May 2010 for the Student Performing Festival held here - one of many highpoints of Torino's year as European Youth Capital.
Sunday 7 April, president Martin Schulz calls for parliaments to do more to foster democracy in Arab Spring countries, at the Union for the Mediterranean's 1st meeting of Parliament speakers. Read more.
The future Green Capital of 2014 wants to have 50% of inhabitants cycling to work by 2015. To achieve this, the city is connecting Fisketorvet and Bryggebroen with a bike-only bridge: Cykelslangen. Read more.
Nantes was the first French city to successfully re-introduce electric tramways. This, along with planned investments in buses and bicycle infrastructure, earned it the title EU Green Capital of 2013. Read more.
This was the launch site for the 18 city Train of Ideas European tour, a rolling exhibition about sustainable living, as Hamburg kicked off 2011 as the second European Green Capital. Read more.
President Martin Schulz attended the inaugural mass of Pope Francis, extending an open invitation to the new head of the Catholic Church to come to Strasbourg and address the European Parliament. Read more.
The spotlight was on Tibet today, as the 11th reincarnation of Kirti Rinpoche visited Parliament's Human Rights subcommittee: "Tibet was an independent nation till 1959 and that cannot be distorted." Read more.
The site of the now infamous fireworks display for the Capital of Culture opening in Antwerp 1993 - infamous, that is, in that very few go to see it, as it was aimed too low. Read more.
Tallinn's joint year as EU capital of Culture opened with a double celebration: as 2011 took off with big concerts and fireworks, Estonia also introduced the European joint currency, the Euro. Read more.
This location was chosen as the spectacular and symbolic setting for not just Essen's 2010 opening, but for the 25th anniversary of the honorary title of European Capital of Culture. Read more.
Just one of several locations throughout the city used for the grand opening of the third joint 2010 Capital of Culture, both a balloon theatre and fireworks were broadcast live on the web from here. Read more.
Only 10 minutes into 2009, 500 singers announced Linz's year as Capital of Culture with specially commissioned Rocket Symphony. Total event attendance for the year that followed reached 3.5 million. Read more.
The natural hub of Luxembourg and the greater region's aim to specifically target young people during their stint as Capital of Culture in 2007, to compensate for poor past efforts.
This scenic and historic site also hosted many events and exhibitions in 2004, when Genoa was European Capital of Culture. Read more.
This is famously one of the main stages for the ambitious theatre projects undertaken by Salamanca as Capital of Culture in 2002. Read more.
During Rotterdam's Capital of Culture 2001, this museum housed special exhibitions on both Bosch and Brueghel. Read more.
The natural focal point of the Avignon Capital of Culture festivities in 2001, as the stage for the Avignon theatre festival - and of Avignon reaffirming itself as the World Theatre Capital. Read more.
The Bologna Towers was also the name of British director Peter Greenaway show in image and sound, celebrating the history of the city during it's year as Capital of Culture in 2000. Read more.
The queues for autographs circled halfway across the square during the infamous Poet's Meeting events, a central part of the city's programme as EU Capital of Culture in 2000.
The home of the Czech Philharmonics, one of many landmarks that makes Prague a Capital of Culture not just in 2000, the year it shared this status with 8 other European cities. Read more.
Taking over ten years to complete, already the name of this monument makes it clear that the city's status as European Capital of Culture in 2000 was not a one-year thing. Read more.
When Copenhagen was Capital of Culture in 1996, 30 European artists worked together to create a sand sculpture on the beach below Arken. The finished result was over 10 meters tall. Read more.
Together with the restoration of the Teatro Real de Madrid, this was one of the many cultural infrastructure measures undertaken when Madrid held the status of Capital of Culture in 1992. Read more.
Newly renovated at the time, this railway station was the site of the State of Art Today exhibition gathering 32 artists from all over the world for the Berlin Capital of Culture celebration in 1988. Read more.
Sensibilizzazione, gestione delle richieste dei cittadini e organizzazione di eventi: gli uffici d'informazione del Parlamento giocano un ruolo fondamentale per avvicinare l'UE ai cittadini. Read more.
Czy wiesz czym zajmuje się Parlament Europejski? Nasze Biuro Informacyjne chętnie udzieli Ci informacji! Read more.
Sensibilizzazione, gestione delle richieste dei cittadini e organizzazione di eventi: gli uffici d'informazione del Parlamento giocano un ruolo fondamentale per avvicinare l'UE ai cittadini. Read more.
Kérdések, viták, események. A Parlament tájékoztatási irodái fontos szerepet játszanak abban, hogy jobban megismerje az EU-t. Read more.
Organizando eventos, respondiendo a las preguntas de los ciudadanos y dando a conocer la Unión Europea, las oficinas de información del Parlamento trabajan para que Europa esté más cerca de ti. Read more.
