Monday, March 07, 2011

Keep up to date with European Parliament

Bairbre de Brun MEP
Sinn Féin


Dear friends

Many young people would like to follow more closely what is going on in the European Parliament through the internet, but don't know where to access the information. A lot of information is available on the European Parliament homepage www.europarl.europa.eu.




For those who want to go further and access live or recorded broadcasts of plenary sittings, committee meetings, press conference and other events, here are a few tips.

A European Parliament multimedia online library allows you to be up to date with the current EU debates and give you a greater insight into what happens in Brussels and Strasbourg. You can either watch a session live or go to video on demand to get a recorded broadcast.

A detailed explanation is given on the following link, giving instruction and description on how to access the streamed sessions; This week, you could, for example, go online and see former Irish President Mary Robinson address the special event for International Women's Day in the Committee on Women's Rights and Gender Equality (FEMM) or watch a debate on GMOs in the Environment Committee

http://www.europarl.europa.eu/wps-europarl-internet/frd/help/help-with-menu?currentSei=SEI1&language=en

I hope this will help people get a bit more up to date information,

Also, my office in Brussels is always available to answer your questions, you can contact me there at bairbre.debrun@europarl.europa.eu.

You can also follow the work I do through my facebook page;

http://www.facebook.com/?ref=home#!/pages/Bairbre-de-Br%C3%BAnMEP/142358829175

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