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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
What is said in the sittings, update by update, the latest first. Each update opens the video at the second it was said.
Committee on Industry, Research and Energy (ITRE)
Opening of the topical debate on the Steel and Metals Action Plan with political group interventions on energy prices, state aid, dumping, circularity and national crises, including calls for stronger trade defence and strategic treatment of scrap and green steel.
Committee on Regional Development (REGI)
The Chair opens the item on REGI’s draft opinion revising the EU school fruit, vegetables and milk scheme, followed by rapporteur Palmisano outlining her proposals on child obesity, local and sustainable diets, hemp and anti‑waste measures, and an exchange with shadows and MEPs on support for small farmers, governance with local authorities, school canteens and plant‑based proteins.
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Committee on Internal Market and Consumer Protection (IMCO)
Study author presents the Commission’s digital omnibus package, detailing links to existing data, AI, and cybersecurity legislation and proposed simplifications, repeals, and institutional changes. MEPs then question impacts on GDPR, digital sovereignty, platform regulation and administrative burden, followed by the expert’s replies on data access risks, safeguards, and open political choices, before the Chair closes the agenda item and meeting.
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Committee on Women’s Rights and Gender Equality (FEMM)
The Chair confirms the date and time of the next FEMM committee meeting, then addresses a member’s request to make the Commission’s automated transcription and QR-code accessibility system permanent, noting current capacity limits but expressing support before formally closing the sitting.
Committee on Foreign Affairs (AFET)
The AFET committee examines the 2025 report on Albania, with the rapporteur and shadows assessing progress on negotiations, rule of law, corruption, electoral reform, media and environment, alongside concerns over justice, property and misuse of EU funds, before the Commission and EEAS outline key reform priorities and next procedural steps.
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Committee on Women’s Rights and Gender Equality (FEMM)
The committee votes on compromise and individual amendments, including roll‑call and electronic checks, to adopt FEMM opinions on the 2027 EU budget guidelines (Section III) and on the interim report for the 2028–2034 multiannual financial framework.
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Evelyne Corbière Naminzo Communiste
The Commission explains the financing structure of the Ukraine support loan (cascade, special instruments, and reflows), details timing and methodology for estimating borrowing, salary adjustment and CAP guarantee fund costs, and clarifies constraints on reallocations (e.g. LIFE vs CAP) as well as the treatment of the Moldova facility and payment implementation; the Chair then thanks speakers and formally closes the meeting while announcing the coordinators’ session.
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Committee on Women’s Rights and Gender Equality (FEMM)
Rapporteur presents the report on the impact of social media and the online environment on young people, focusing on online gender‑based violence and platform obligations, followed by voting on compromise and individual amendments and adoption of the final report.
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MEPs scrutinise Spain’s mandatory connected V16 warning beacons and a Maltese asphalt plant near residential areas in light of EU road‑safety, air‑quality and EIA obligations, maintaining both petitions open and seeking in‑depth legal and factual follow‑up from the Commission and national authorities.
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The Commission presents the final technical update of the 2027 financial programming under the current MFF, then the rapporteur and MEPs raise concerns on tight margins, financing of Ukraine‑related costs, pressure on special instruments, and the balance between LIFE, CAP and support for farmers and SMEs.
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Committee on Internal Market and Consumer Protection (IMCO)
A study on funding gaps for market surveillance and customs authorities under the MFF is presented, outlining workload pressures, fragmented financing and possible EU and fee‑based solutions, followed by MEP questions on directing revenues, staffing and enforcement, and expert replies on training, risk‑based controls, IT investment and alternative designs for a Union handling fee.
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The committee conducts a voting session on an EGF application from Belgium and budget transfers, then examines and broadly supports EGF mobilisations for Belgian workers affected by the CASA bankruptcy and Austrian workers made redundant at KTM after production shifts abroad, highlighting complementary re‑employment measures and concerns over corporate practices and wider industrial policy.
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Committee on Foreign Affairs (AFET)
EU–India relations are reviewed from the Delhi summit outcomes and five‑year strategic agenda to detailed discussion of the FTA, security and defence partnership, human‑rights and climate conditionality, followed by MEP questions and EEAS replies on Russian oil, sustainability, migration, derisking from China and implementation tools like the €500m decarbonisation facility.
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Committee on Internal Market and Consumer Protection (IMCO)
IMCO examines its opinion on the new EU–Switzerland bilateral agreements, with the rapporteur presenting the package’s internal‑market, state aid, labour mobility and legal‑certainty elements, shadows signalling broad support with targeted amendments, and the Commission detailing the ‘same market, same rules’ architecture before the rapporteur urges strong backing.
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The committee assesses alleged discrimination against Italian AFAM arts teachers and the reservation of Spanish building assessment reports to architects, balancing EU internal‑market and equality principles against national competences, and ends by closing the Italian case on subsidiarity grounds while keeping the Spanish petition open for further information.
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Committee on Foreign Affairs (AFET)
Opening of the AFET item on East Asia with the rapporteur’s assessment of systemic rivalry with China, regional security (Taiwan, DPRK, maritime routes) and proposals to deepen EU cooperation with regional partners and multilateral formats.
Evelyne Corbière Naminzo Communiste
The EDPS requests a technical budget transfer to correct imbalances created in the annual procedure, which the rapporteur recommends approving, and the EBA Executive Director presents the strategy for post‑2028 office space in Paris as MEPs scrutinise hybrid work implications, lease flexibility, exit costs and scope for sharing and market‑based savings.
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Committee on Women’s Rights and Gender Equality (FEMM)
Chair opens the FEMM meeting, confirms substitutions, presents the voting agenda, and moves to the first legislative file on women’s entrepreneurship in rural, island and outermost regions, with the rapporteur’s introduction and full amendment and final roll‑call votes.
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Committee on Internal Market and Consumer Protection (IMCO)
The Chair opens the voting block on IMCO’s opinion to CULT, outlining key priorities on age limits, age assurance, protection of minors, influencer marketing and platform liability, then proceeds through compromise amendment votes and a final roll‑call that adopts the opinion by a large majority.
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Committee on Industry, Research and Energy (ITRE)
Two rounds of MEP questions and expert replies on ERC autonomy, FP10 governance, widening design, evaluation and sectoral priorities, including national co‑funding practices and links to cohesion policy, bringing the Horizon Europe segment to a close.
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Committee on Regional Development (REGI)
CEMR, MEPs and the Commission discuss the proposed National and Regional Partnership Plans within the future MFF architecture, focusing on the risk of recentralisation, ring‑fencing for cohesion and rural areas, the role of regional and local authorities, simplification versus administrative burden, and lessons from the RRF, before the Chair suspends the meeting.
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Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs (ECON)
The Chair opens the ECON meeting, sets out agenda and rules, then conducts a full monetary policy dialogue with President Lagarde covering the euro area outlook, policy stance, transmission of shocks, inflation perceptions, mandate interpretation, financial stability issues and sector‑specific risks, before closing the ECB session and preparing to move to votes.
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Committee on Internal Market and Consumer Protection (IMCO)
IMCO sets its Rule 57 opinion framework on the European Competitiveness Fund, followed by the rapporteur’s priorities on competitiveness, SMEs and Single Market deepening, political group positions on focus, governance and safeguards, and the Commission’s response with clarification on SME support, simplification and private capital crowding‑in before the rapporteur’s closing.
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Committee on Industry, Research and Energy (ITRE)
Launch of the Horizon Europe FP10 hearing and initial expert contributions from ERC, industry and academia on budget needs, global competition, governance architecture, TRL balance, widening and the proposed European Competitiveness Fund.
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The rapporteur and MEPs from several groups question the administration on keeping non‑statutory growth below 2%, cybersecurity absorption capacity, Spaak relocation and loan repayment profile, simplification timetable, Europa Experience costs, IT sovereignty, missions and allowances, while the Bureau and Secretary‑General defend Parliament’s 20% share of Heading 7, explain choices on APAs and daily allowances, clarify loan and IT strategies, and commit to examine eurobond financing options.
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Committee on Regional Development (REGI)
From the opening of the REGI meeting to the closing of the Horizon item, members and the Commission debate how the 2028–2034 Horizon programme should better reflect territorial cohesion, widen participation, link with ERDF and cohesion policy, simplify access, and ensure that excellence‑based research funding benefits all regions, culminating in the timetable for amendments and the committee vote.
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Members examine petitions on unfair competition from agri‑food imports using Russian inputs and on Venezuelan regime‑linked assets, confronting the limits of EU sanctions law, food‑safety controls and confiscation tools, and decide to keep both petitions open while requesting detailed written replies from the Commission.
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The Chair opens the Budgets Committee meeting, adopts the agenda and minutes, and introduces Parliament’s 2027 estimates, followed by the Bureau Vice‑Presidents and Secretary‑General presenting the political context, main priorities, overall figures, statutory vs non‑statutory expenditure, digital and cybersecurity investments, and Spaak building financing via loans.
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The Chair opens the PETI meeting, confirms coordinators’ decisions and the agenda, and frames the session’s focus on key petitions relating to EU trade, sanctions, internal market and environmental rules.
Committee on Industry, Research and Energy (ITRE)
Opening of the ITRE meeting, presentation of the study on European software and cyber dependencies, and structured exchange between MEPs and the expert on digital sovereignty, procurement, open source and ‘buy European’ approaches, concluding with the Chair closing Item 14.
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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
Issues raised by bot farming and social media anonymity in elections
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