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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 Economic and Monetary Affairs (ECON)
ECON and LIBE open a dedicated joint session on extending simplified SME‑type requirements to critical‑infrastructure mid‑caps and establishing a harmonised EU definition of small and mid‑cap enterprises, then adopt the amended proposal and the mandate for inter‑institutional negotiations, closing the file at committee level.
Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs (ECON)
The committee votes sequentially on compromise amendments and INTA amendments (1, 2, 4, 5, 7 and others), noting which are adopted, and conducts an electronic check on a contested raised-hand vote that results in rejection by 96 votes against. After adopting further compromise and INTA amendments, the chair opens the final electronic vote on the overall text.
Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs (ECON)
The co-chair welcomes members and attempts to give the floor to the ECON rapporteur, who is absent, before hearing Niels Hansen and Lukas Mandel underline the importance of defining SME/SMC thresholds and of reducing regulatory burdens to boost European competitiveness and prosperity. The voting chair then takes over, conducts a test electronic vote, and confirms the system works before starting the formal voting session.
Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs (ECON)
The Chair opens the joint ECON–ENVI–LIBE meeting, adopts the agenda, announces language interpretation, and presents the mid-caps Omnibus file extending SME mitigating measures to small mid-cap enterprises with further simplifications. He names the three co-rapporteurs and explains that voting will be electronic and, if adopted, followed by a mandate to enter interinstitutional negotiations.
Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs (ECON)
Chairs launch the joint vote on the mid‑caps Omnibus file extending SME mitigations to small mid‑caps, conduct test and substantive votes on compromise and INTA amendments, adopt the amended report and approve the mandate to open inter‑institutional negotiations to adjust size thresholds and regulatory burdens for competitiveness.
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Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs (ECON)
Greens and EPP further debate real‑economy impacts, crisis risks and the quality of the Commission proposal, while the rapporteur responds on strengthening European true sale markets, EU‑level supervision and SME/mid‑cap financing, and indicates the planned ECON committee vote and expected stance for trilogues with Council.
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Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs (ECON)
The Chair opens the securitisation package item, the rapporteur sets out priorities on CRR changes, STS and centralised supervision, and S&D, ID/ECR, Renew, Greens and EPP speakers outline contrasting positions on capital relief, synthetic deals, sanctions, ESMA’s role and safeguards to ensure securitisation supports the real economy without undermining financial stability.
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Committee on Regional Development (REGI)
The Chair concludes the exchanges with the Cypriot Presidency and the EIB, notes that MFF and NRPP negotiations will continue, and formally closes the REGI Committee’s morning sitting.
Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs (ECON)
In a shorter second round, MEPs press Vujčić on divergent inflation and growth across the euro area, climate risk integration into monetary and supervisory frameworks, and transparency over BIS‑related remuneration, before he restates his commitments and the Chair announces the ECON and plenary vote timetable for his appointment.
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Committee on Industry, Research and Energy (ITRE)
The Chair closes the PFAS study item, thanks the experts, signals that PFAS will return to the ITRE agenda, and announces suspension of the meeting until after midday.
Committee on European Democracy Shield (special committee) (EUDS)
MEPs question experts on Interpol misuse, business risks and third‑country leverage regarding Belarus, followed by the Commission detailing EU–US/G7 sanctions coordination, justification for maintaining and strengthening restrictive measures, and procedural closure of the agenda item.
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Committee on Foreign Affairs (AFET)
Vice‑Chair Hanna Neumann opens an exchange with ICC First Vice‑President Judge Rosario Salvatore Aitala on the Court’s role in a fragmented order; Aitala gives a strongly worded statement linking the ICC and EU to post‑war European values, warning of rising violence and hatred, and describing unprecedented attacks by permanent UN Security Council members, including US sanctions that list ICC judges like criminals and restrict their financial and digital access; MEPs from several groups denounce the US sanctions, press for activation of the EU blocking statute, ask about the EU–ICC cooperation agreement, digital and financial dependence on US providers, possible use of Rome Statute Article 70, and concrete measures to protect Court staff and preserve deterrence; Aitala confirms intensive but confidential contacts with Commission and Council, stresses companies’ over‑compliance and the need for clear political backing and reassurance so European banks and service providers keep working with the Court, recalls the ICC’s complementarity with national jurisdictions and its role as part of Europe’s legal order, and urges continued political, legal and practical support as the Parliament insists the Commission act on the blocking statute and broader strategic autonomy.
Committee on Industry, Research and Energy (ITRE)
An Italian MEP highlights severe health impacts, downstream sector costs and the need for a holistic PFAS impact assessment, followed by the study author explaining the economic focus of his analysis, implications of transition periods, and sector‑specific needs for derogations and innovation support, especially in F‑gases, green tech and semiconductors.
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Committee on European Democracy Shield (special committee) (EUDS)
DG FISMA details the EU sanctions regime on Belarus, including its legal basis, evolution in response to repression and hybrid actions, scope of listings and sectoral measures, and tools against circumvention affecting economic operators and alignment with the Russia regime.
Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs (ECON)
MEPs from EPP, S&D, Renew, Greens, ECR and the Left question Vujčić on fiscal dominance, banking regulation simplification, MiCA and multi‑currency stablecoins, EDIS and Banking Union completion, Croatia’s inflation after euro entry, QE/TPI design, home–host supervision and the euro’s international role, eliciting detailed views on risk calibration, market integration and ECB tools.
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Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs (ECON)
The Chair opens the ECON meeting, explains the legal basis and structure of the ECB Vice‑President hearing, and Boris Vujčić presents his professional background, Croatia’s euro adoption experience and his focus on price stability, financial stability, the digital euro, CMU/Banking Union and ECB accountability to Parliament.
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Committee on Industry, Research and Energy (ITRE)
MEPs challenge the study’s narrow scope and emphasis on industrial impacts, confronting the consultants on PFAS’ severe health and environmental harms, broad derogation proposals, treatment of fluoropolymers under the new grouping approach, and the study’s mandate and potential conflicts, while the authors defend their economic impact focus and advocate nuanced regulation via instruments like the F‑gas framework and targeted derogations for critical uses.
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Committee on Regional Development (REGI)
EIB Vice‑President Mora outlines the bank’s 2025 results and cohesion portfolio and its prospective role under NRPPs, then fields several rounds of MEP questions on added value, multilevel governance, outermost regions, SMEs, housing and major infrastructure, with DG REGIO explaining Commission–EIB cooperation and Mora detailing leverage, blending, advisory mandates and loan competitiveness.
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Committee on Foreign Affairs (AFET)
The committee then debates the draft report on Turkey’s 2025 Commission report; rapporteur Nacho Sánchez Amor distinguishes the frozen, value‑based accession track (with continued authoritarian backsliding, political trials, and no progress on the seven remaining visa benchmarks) from the need for a pragmatic, transactional partnership on customs union, security and regional issues, and criticizes the Commission and Council’s public silence on democratic deterioration as damaging for pro‑EU civil society; shadows and other MEPs divide between those urging a tough line or formal end of accession, those pressing to include issues like persecution of minorities, Hamas links, Cyprus occupation and threats in the Eastern Mediterranean, and those emphasizing NATO/security cooperation but clear red lines on rule of law and political prisoners (Imamoğlu, Demirtaş etc.); Commission and EEAS respond that their assessment broadly aligns with Parliament’s, recall repeated calls on Turkey to respect ECtHR rulings and Cyprus’ sovereignty, note low CFSP alignment but some constructive steps (sanctions circumvention, refugee hosting, regional connectivity), and argue for continued selective engagement, after which Sánchez Amor reiterates the need for a louder, public EU stance on democracy and McAllister sets amendment and vote dates.
Committee on European Democracy Shield (special committee) (EUDS)
The chair frames the hearing on Belarusian transnational repression, then ISANS defines the phenomenon, details the Belarus-specific toolbox and enablers, and presents policy recommendations including ICC referral and EU legislative and institutional responses.
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Committee on Industry, Research and Energy (ITRE)
The chair opens item 12 and the consultants present their Parliament‑commissioned study on PFAS in key industrial sectors, outlining limited substitutability, major competitiveness and safety impacts for aerospace, semiconductors and defence, and suggesting long or unlimited derogations combined with stricter emission controls and use of existing F‑gas regulation.
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The Chair, rapporteur and shadows outline the strategic, developmental and fisheries-management aspects of the 2025–2029 Fisheries Partnership Protocol with São Tomé and Príncipe, the Commission details quotas, sectoral support and implementation issues, and MEPs question training and use of opportunities before the rapporteur reaffirms support and the Chair sets the amendment deadline and closes the sitting.
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Committee on Foreign Affairs (AFET)
The Chair expresses Parliament’s appreciation for the ICC and Judge Aitala’s testimony, invites future engagement with the Court, and formally closes the morning sitting of the Foreign Affairs Committee.
Committee on Foreign Affairs (AFET)
Concluding intervention by Judge Aitala detailing the need for explicit EU political support, protection against overcompliance with foreign sanctions, the complementarity-based duties of EU member states, broader EU obligations to safeguard ICC-related actors, and the shared strategic destiny between the EU and the Court.
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Committee on Foreign Affairs (AFET)
McAllister opens item 12 on the broad package of bilateral agreements with Switzerland ("bilateral 3"), explaining that the Council has just approved signature and that Parliament must now prepare its consent; rapporteur Christophe Grudler frames Switzerland as a unique, deeply interdependent but non‑EEA partner, describes the package as a long‑negotiated compromise to stabilize and modernize sectoral agreements (free movement, transport, energy, mobility, research) in a changing geopolitical context, and insists Parliament must scrutinize social protection, fair competition and implementation while voting on the package as a whole; shadows and opinion rapporteurs (IMCO, INTA) generally welcome the draft’s balanced tone, stress preserving the internal market’s integrity, cross‑border regional benefits, Horizon/Erasmus/Interreg participation, and argue for possibly broader trade and investment frameworks and joint WTO reform; Commission and EEAS present the package as a balanced whole bringing legal certainty, new cooperation in electricity and health, a parliamentary committee, and warn that failure to ratify would weaken relations, before Grudler closes by outlining the amendment calendar and the link to Parliament’s eventual consent.
The rapporteur and shadows present positions on the draft regulation to consolidate and modernise EU fisheries and aquaculture statistics, addressing data quality, burden reduction, socio‑economic indicators, confidentiality and delegated acts, followed by the rapporteur’s explanation of his amendment package and confirmation of the amendment deadline.
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Committee on Industry, Research and Energy (ITRE)
The committee examines the external study on PPAs and CFDs for the EU energy transition, with experts presenting key findings on de‑risking renewables, auction and contract design, and 2050 scenarios, followed by two rounds of MEP questions on state guarantees, SME access, market design stability and the respective roles of PPAs and CFDs before the chair closes the item.
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Committee on Foreign Affairs (AFET)
MEPs from The Left and francophone groups denounce a two-tier international order and EU hypocrisy on Israel, call for concrete EU measures vis-à-vis the US to protect ICC staff and enforce warrants, and demand a sovereignty-affirming use of the blocking statute before a final question on alliances for the rules-based order closes the round.
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Committee on Foreign Affairs (AFET)
First-round questions from EPP, S&D and Greens/EFA MEPs reaffirm strong political support for the ICC while pressing the Commission’s inaction on the blocking statute, EU legal obligations under cooperation agreements, and options to secure the Court’s financial and digital autonomy, including anti-coercion tools and Article 70.
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Committee on Foreign Affairs (AFET)
Judge Aitala details political and legal backlash from major powers against the ICC, highlights current investigations, and urges the EU, referencing Parliament’s 2026 resolution, to operationalize tools such as the blocking statute to protect Court officials and partners.
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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
Plenary Session
Plenary Session
Committee on Budgetary Control Ordinary meeting CONT Committee meeting
Special Committee on the European Democracy Shield Ordinary meeting
Special Committee on the Housing Crisis in the European Union Ordinary meeting
7th Inter-Parliamentary Committee Meeting On Evaluation Of The European Union Agency For Criminal Justice Cooperation (Eurojust) Activities
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