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How to watch the European Parliament plenary sessionStrengthening Inclusive Democratic Participation and Civic Engagement Within the European Union: schedule and how to watch live
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Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (LIBE)
MEPs assess PNR agreements with Norway and Iceland against terrorism‑prevention needs, privacy safeguards and CJEU case law in view of a consent vote timetable, then question the Commission on Huawei’s role in critical infrastructure, EU cybersecurity rules, high‑risk supplier treatment and the balance between national security and EU‑level obligations.
Committee on Human Rights (DROI)
The Chair concludes the workshop by stressing risks to democracy and human rights funding amid competing defence, migration and economic priorities, questions migration-related conditionality, and calls on the Commission to respect Parliament’s mandate in the next multiannual programme.
Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs (ECON)
Chairs frame the Savings and Investments Union and 2025 market integration package, restate procedures, and introduce experts from New Financial, Better Finance and PensionsEurope on CMU lessons, retail investors, and the role of funded pensions.
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Committee on Legal Affairs (JURI)
MEPs from several groups question the ECA on simplification and Parliament’s role, fraud and AI use, the Justice programme, RRF and CAP implementation, EU law enforcement reforms, NGO funding transparency, and the volatility and results‑based nature of new own resources.
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Committee on Employment and Social Affairs (EMPL)
The second session is launched on how to ensure fair and competitive labour markets in the twin transition, with the Commission detailing skills, inclusion and EU funding tools, and Irish and Maltese MPs plus Eurofound presenting national experiences, evidence on job creation, sectoral impacts and a multidimensional performance framework.
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The co‑chair, EESC and CoR presidents open Session 2 on the 2028–2034 MFF and the new NRPPs, after which parliamentarians and regional stakeholders debate the single‑fund NRPP model, risks of renationalisation, protection of cohesion and CAP, and multi‑level governance including for candidate countries.
Committee on Legal Affairs (JURI)
The ECA presents concerns on the effectiveness and transparency of rule‑of‑law conditionality, higher NGEU borrowing costs and conditions for new own resources and audit rights, and assesses the proposed MFF’s size, architecture, management modes and flexibility provisions.
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Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development (AGRI)
The Chair opens the beekeeping and pollinators item, with DG SANTE detailing pesticide restrictions and bee risk assessment reform and DG AGRI outlining honey fraud controls, Mercosur safeguards and CAP support; coordinators and members then question on pesticide timing, honey adulteration, imports, pricing and generational renewal, before the Commission clarifies reinforced honey controls, labelling, possible reference laboratory, coupled support for honey, and the move to targeted pesticide reassessments, after which the Chair closes the meeting.
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Committee on Human Rights (DROI)
The expert and HRDN call for stronger coordination and minimum cross‑pillar spending targets or a reinstated human rights thematic programme, while the Commission and EEAS reaffirm that human rights are non‑negotiable priorities, outline continued support to multilateral institutions and mechanisms like ProtectDefenders, explain application of migration conditionality, and flag future focus areas such as civic space, digital rights and AI within broad UN‑based coalitions.
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Committee on International Trade (INTA)
The rapporteur outlines the economic security report’s three‑pillar approach and concrete vulnerabilities across digital infrastructure, critical raw materials, medicines, logistics, energy and finance, followed by shadow rapporteurs and the Commission positioning themselves on diversification, trade instruments, social aspects and alignment with the EU economic security communication. The rapporteur closes with guidance on prudent use of instruments and gaps on outbound investment and FDI screening, and the acting chair announces the amendment deadline and formally closes the item.
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Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs (ECON)
Experts close by stressing competition policy, EU‑level supervision and offensive tech sovereignty, while the co‑chairs summarise the competitiveness debate, underline the role of parliaments for the next MFF and competitiveness instruments, and announce the shift to the Savings and Investments Union.
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Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development (AGRI)
The rapporteur reports on the first trilogue on the plant reproductive material regulation, highlighting key open issues on imports, controls, sustainability testing and regimes for niche and conservation varieties, followed by the Greens’ shadow stressing protection of farmer‑to‑farmer exchanges, adapted rules for organic testing and transparency on patents in plant breeding.
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Committee on Legal Affairs (JURI)
The ECA outlines recent work and sets out proposals to strengthen performance and EU value added assessment, drawing lessons from the RRF and detailing multi‑layer budget simplification, procurement issues and links with the European Semester and national control systems.
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Committee on Legal Affairs (JURI)
The Chair opens the extraordinary JURI meeting, adopts the agenda and immediately frames the mandate and context for hearing the European Court of Auditors’ opinion on the MFF regulation and related simplification issues.
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Committee on Human Rights (DROI)
MEPs from several groups question how to prioritise funds amid US cuts, defend democracy and independent media, and whether specific human rights and humanitarian budget lines and targets should be reinstated, while also challenging the credibility of EU human rights conditionality in agreements and asking about realistic alliances with other democracies, humanitarian ring‑fencing, protection of civil society and defenders, and risks of migration‑linked conditionality; the Chair adds concerns on measurable impact and dedicated human rights programmes.
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Committee on Human Rights (DROI)
The Commission justifies a larger, more flexible and ‘geographised’ external budget, argues that geographic programmes already channel substantial support to human rights and democracy, details the human‑rights‑based approach, ODA and gender targets and migration conditionality safeguards, while the EEAS situates the instrument in a tougher geopolitical environment and presents the current and future EU Action Plan on Human Rights and Democracy as the core policy driver.
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Committee on Human Rights (DROI)
Civil society outlines concerns about the dilution of human-rights and democracy commitments and budget safeguards in the proposed Global Europe instrument, followed by the Commission’s defence of the new design and safeguards and the EEAS presentation of its human-rights strategy, funding priorities and responses to MEP questions on resource allocation and support to independent media.
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Committee on Human Rights (DROI)
The HRDN representative welcomes the larger envelope but denounces a shift that places EU interests alongside poverty reduction, warns against diluted human rights and gender language, and argues that abolishing human rights and civil society thematic programmes, targets and mid‑term evaluation will weaken access for NGOs, increase discretionary funding and reduce accountability, urging restoration of ring‑fenced allocations and stronger scrutiny.
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Committee on Employment and Social Affairs (EMPL)
After the expert panel, national MPs and MEPs question the link between competitiveness and social investment, regulatory burdens, energy prices, cohesion and wage gaps, debating definitions of competitiveness, risks of a two‑speed Europe, design of a future competitiveness fund and minimum wage policies, before Commission, IMF and speakers give final clarifications and wrap up the first session.
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Committee on Human Rights (DROI)
The Chair and study author present the joint DROI‑AFET‑DEVE workshop’s objectives, the mandate and research questions on the future Global Europe instrument, and introduce the analytical approach to democracy, human rights, rule of law, gender and ring‑fencing options for Parliament.
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Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development (AGRI)
DG AGRI presents the 2026 promotion work programme, including budget distribution, new campaigns and missions, then answers coordinators’ and members’ questions on over‑subscription, internal vs external focus, links to FTAs (notably Mercosur), geographical imbalances and the image of farmers, and explains shifts between organic and GI envelopes and the need for stronger member state mobilisation.
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Committee on Human Rights (DROI)
The Chair sets the political and institutional context for revising the Global Europe instrument, then the expert presents the study’s key questions, legal framing of democracy and human rights, and implications of removing thematic programmes and expanding Commission discretion, highlighting options for Parliament to safeguard priorities and oversight.
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Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs (ECON)
MEPs and national MPs question the experts and debate technological sovereignty, labour and skills, raw materials, state aid, the Green Deal, protectionism, migration, payment systems, the digital euro, and scaling European startups through deeper capital markets and pension capital.
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Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (LIBE)
The Commission presents the EU Anti‑Racism Strategy 2026–2030 and faces political questions on scope, enforcement, metrics and future legislation, followed by a contentious debate on prolonging the interim CSAM detection derogation, focusing on encryption, proportionality, mass‑surveillance concerns and the gap before a permanent framework.
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MEPs and national parliamentarians question the fairness, design and economic impact of the proposed own resources, followed by the Commission’s defence of the package and an expert wrap‑up on digital taxation, border tools and Pillar 2 revenue sharing.
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Committee on International Trade (INTA)
External experts present a study on WTO reform and MFN predictability, followed by MEPs and the Commission debating plurilateral initiatives, e‑commerce, China’s role and restoring dispute settlement, before the agenda shifts to AI’s role in trade, competitiveness and enforcement. The rapporteur, political groups and Commission set out positions on AI opportunities, risks, data flows, governance and regulatory coherence in EU trade policy.
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Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs (ECON)
Experts from Bruegel, CERRE and Eurochambres present views on using defense spending for EU industrial policy, realistic digital sovereignty and targeted regulation, and SME concerns over cybersecurity rules, single market gaps and investment union needs.
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Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs (ECON)
Chairs open the ECON interparliamentary meeting, set the agenda around technological sovereignty and competitiveness, give procedural instructions, and introduce the expert panel for the first session.
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Committee on International Trade (INTA)
Chair opens the sitting, adjusts the agenda and validates coordinators’ decisions and minutes before moving to a debrief of the delegation to Manila focused on prospects, timing and remaining barriers for an EU–Philippines FTA. Members assess political will, business climate, governance concerns and non‑tariff barriers, and flag upcoming delegation work and a WTO study as follow‑up elements.
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Committee on Employment and Social Affairs (EMPL)
Chairs, Commission, national parliamentarians and the IMF frame the first session’s core question of whether EU competitiveness can be strengthened without weakening social Europe, presenting key instruments (Competitiveness Compass, Quality Jobs Act, European Semester, MFF) and contrasting views on regulation, ETS, labour flexibility and productivity in public services.
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European Political Community - International Summit
European Commissioner Dan JØRGENSEN in Antalya, Türkiye for the COP31
Strengthening Inclusive Democratic Participation and Civic Engagement within the European Union - Presidency events
EC Midday press briefing of 12/11/2026
Karlsruhe – Un lieu de travail idéal
European Commissioner Marta KOS in Warsaw, Poland for the Rebuild Ukraine Conference
EC press point and signing ceremony by European Commissioner Ekaterina ZAHARIEVA and Australian Minister of Industry and Innovation Tim AYRES on Australia’s association to Horizon Europe
European Political Community - 2 - International Summit
European Political Community - 1 - International Summit
European Commissioner Andrius KUBILIUS in Italy
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