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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 European Democracy Shield (special committee) (EUDS)
Members, mainly from ID and allied groups, contest concepts like ‘harmful narratives’, warn against restrictions on lawful political speech, question EU‑funded NGOs, fact‑checkers and US‑linked actors, and highlight alleged Islamist and Russian influence while invoking subsidiarity and national constitutional limits.
Committee on Tax Matters (FISC)
Evelyn Regner and 1 other
Panel 1 is launched with a vote on the priority of digital taxation, then experts and officials debate the nature of the digital economy, the stalled Pillar One convention, multilateral versus unilateral digital services taxes, EU strategic autonomy, scope and value‑creation concepts, compatibility with Pillar Two, and respond to parliamentarians’ questions on EU‑only action, UN talks, own resources and trade retaliation risks.
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Committee on Foreign Affairs (AFET)
Rapporteur and fact‑finding MEPs present a critical assessment of Serbia’s democratic backsliding, foreign policy non‑alignment and institutional capture, then political groups, Commission and EEAS debate tougher conditionality versus faster integration before the rapporteur warns on Serbia’s trajectory and sets the amendment calendar.
Political groups outline support and concerns regarding the proposed cormorant plan, questioning EMFAF funding, links to broader predator control, concrete EU tools to protect farmers and fishers, and calling variously for listing cormorants as huntable species, clarifying Article 9 derogations, robust science, cost estimates and possible Annex II changes.
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Committee on European Democracy Shield (special committee) (EUDS)
The rapporteur and key political groups (EPP, S&D, ECR/Patriots, Greens) define the scope of the European Democracy Shield, outlining priorities on cybersecurity, external and internal threats, digital autonomy, and the use of existing EU instruments versus new structures, as well as diverging views on platform regulation and ad‑driven disinformation.
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Committee on Employment and Social Affairs (EMPL)
Rapporteur, shadows and the Commission discuss raising the Erasmus+ budget, rebalancing earmarking between education, youth and sport, tackling elitism and logistical barriers, safeguarding labour standards in volunteering, and addressing concerns about politicisation and respect for national competences while preserving the programme’s citizenship and inclusion role.
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Committee on Regional Development (REGI)
MEPs outline the “Rescue 2.0” vision to turn UCPM into a permanent, prevention‑oriented EU preparedness system closely linked to regional resilience, while shadows stress local involvement, faster and better‑coordinated responses, and use of digital tools; the Commission (DG ECHO and HERA) broadly supports Parliament’s approach, clarifies division of roles, and the Chair sets procedural deadlines before adjourning.
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Committee on Development (DEVE)
The Vice‑Chair launches the structured dialogue on 2026 external action priorities, with Commissioner Síkela outlining the work programme, fragility and health resilience focus, budget needs and links to Global Gateway, followed by MEPs’ scrutiny of the partnership model, conditionality, migration safeguards, investment tools and the EU’s geopolitical positioning.
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The chair introduces the cormorant management agenda point, recalls previous Parliament work and IFAC’s mandate, and IFAC presents data on population growth, legal context, socio‑economic impacts and its proposal for an EU‑level adaptive management plan with dedicated coordination funding.
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Committee on Foreign Affairs (AFET)
Rapporteur and EPP outline the 2025 Moldova enlargement report on reforms, rule of law, energy and security, after which political groups, Members, EEAS and Commission broadly back Moldova’s EU path while highlighting social issues, Transnistria, disinformation and procedural next steps.
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Committee on Employment and Social Affairs (EMPL)
MEPs debate how the ECF should mainstream skills, involve social partners, support SMEs and respect the European social model, while some groups criticise the green and defence orientations, and the Commission details how skills and worker protection are embedded in the proposal ahead of compromise work.
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The Fisheries Committee opens its meeting, adopts the agenda with a political warning on the fuel‑price crisis, elects a new first vice‑chair from the EPP quota, and votes on pilot projects and preparatory actions for the 2027 budget.
In this chapter
Committee on European Democracy Shield (special committee) (EUDS)
MEPs deepen questioning on election interference, profit‑driven AI misuse and lethal autonomous weapons, prompting Gill to clarify UN positions on human control, dynamic regulation, the AI science panel’s governance, funding constraints and engagement with big powers, before the Commission presents how EU instruments like the AI Act, Global Gateway and AI codes of practice feed into UN‑level standard‑setting. The Chair then summarises the multilateral AI and digital governance discussion and formally closes the item, transitioning to the Democracy Shield report.
In this chapter
Committee on Tax Matters (FISC)
The Commission recaps Day 1 and details EU work on tax gaps, VAT/excise gaps and Pillar implementation, the Cypriot Council Presidency sets out its vision for growth‑oriented and fair tax reform, and the OECD Secretary‑General presents current international tax cooperation, including BEPS, the global minimum tax and related capacity‑building.
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Committee on Employment and Social Affairs (EMPL)
Rapporteur and political groups set out competing lines on integrating ESF+ into National and Regional Partnership Plans versus keeping a standalone fund with minimum social spending, enabling conditions and strong child‑guarantee financing, followed by the Commission’s defence of the NRPP approach and announcement of amendment deadlines.
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Committee on Employment and Social Affairs (EMPL)
Chair opens the sitting, recalls procedural context and conducts three electronic roll‑call votes on pilot projects/preparatory actions and EGF‑related files, all adopted with strong majorities.
Committee on Tax Matters (FISC)
European Parliament leaders outline taxation as part of the social contract, link inequality and technological change to new tax challenges, and present the FISC subcommittee’s mandate and priorities on BEPS, Pillar 1 and Pillar 2, digital services taxation and innovation incentives.
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Committee on European Democracy Shield (special committee) (EUDS)
The Chair opens the meeting, introduces UN tech envoy Amandeep Singh Gill and the UN Office for Digital and Emerging Technologies, after which Gill details UN digital cooperation structures, the Global Digital Compact and emerging AI governance tools, followed by first questions from EPP and other groups on implementation, human rights, geopolitical tensions, and the independence and legitimacy of UN mechanisms. This block frames the UN’s role, the scope of the Compact and AI work, and surfaces early political concerns about enforceability, free expression and major‑power alignment.
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Committee on Foreign Affairs (AFET)
Rapporteur presents the 2025 Ukraine enlargement report and political groups, EEAS and Commission set out positions on accession conditions, reforms, Hungary’s veto and the war context, followed by a catch‑the‑eye debate and procedural closure of the Ukraine item with amendment and vote deadlines.
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Committee on Regional Development (REGI)
Co‑rapporteurs and MEPs from multiple groups criticise the Commission’s NRPP‑based proposal as hollowing out cohesion policy, call for a full legislative rewrite with ring‑fenced envelopes, strong multilevel governance, reinforced Interreg and PEACE Plus, protection against renationalisation and hidden cuts, and clear links with other instruments and funds.
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Committee on Tax Matters (FISC)
Session opens with practical arrangements for participants in the hemicycle and tribunes, followed by a first anonymous test vote on participants’ identification with the “Brussels bubble” using the parliamentary voting system.
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Committee on Development (DEVE)
From opening procedures and initial votes to the dedicated humanitarian item, the Chair and UN OCHA set out the deteriorating global context and proposed ‘humanitarian reset’, followed by MEPs’ detailed questions on funding gaps, localisation, USAID cuts and systemic reform and OCHA’s responses plus DG ECHO’s 2026 budget and policy priorities.
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Committee on Foreign Affairs (AFET)
Chair opens the AFET meeting, tests the electronic voting system and conducts three electronic votes on pilot projects and preparatory actions for the 2027 EU budget, all adopted.
Committee on Regional Development (REGI)
The Chair opens the REGI meeting, adopts procedural items, and holds hand votes to approve pilot projects and preparatory actions for the 2027 EU budget, to be transmitted to the Commission via BUDG for pre-assessment.
The Chair opens the Budgets Committee meeting, adopts the agenda and launches the institutional exchange on the next MFF with the Committee of the Regions and the EESC, before moving to the presentation, assessment and extensive electronic voting on pilot projects, preparatory actions, EGF mobilisations, the ECHA opinion and several inter‑institutional budget transfers.
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Committee on Employment and Social Affairs (EMPL)
The Chair closes the exchange by thanking agency directors and experts, underlining continued cooperation with EMPL agencies, and announcing the committee’s reconvening the following morning for votes and further legislative business.
Committee on Employment and Social Affairs (EMPL)
MEPs question EU‑OSHA on OSH costs, psychosocial risks and cancer, ETF on skills systems, migration and gender equality in partner countries, and Eurofound on surveys, job quality, undeclared work and the care economy, to inform EMPL positions on occupational safety, external skills partnerships, demographic change and social convergence.
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Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (LIBE)
Integrated exchange on smart rule of law conditionality, its impact on civil society funding, and how Commission tools such as the Civil Society Strategy and European Democracy Shield structure support, transparency and safeguards against politicised use of funds.
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Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (LIBE)
After closing Panel 1, the chair introduces the forward‑looking segment where the Commission outlines the 2024 EU Strategy for Civil Society and related tools, followed by NGOs detailing gaps in protection, funding and transparency and proposing EU‑level legal, political and financial measures to secure civic space.
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Committee on Employment and Social Affairs (EMPL)
MEPs hold focused exchanges with Cedefop on skills intelligence, mobility and access to training and with ELA on its enforcement mandate, risk‑based inspections, digital tools and resourcing, probing how both agencies can better support EU labour mobility, recognition of qualifications, fair working conditions and national inspectorates.
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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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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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