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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 Human Rights (DROI)
Testimonies from Fawzia Koofi and an Afghan MP in exile on Taliban repression, regional dynamics and visions for a post‑Taliban Afghanistan, followed by the EU Special Envoy’s assessment of the situation, legal framework of Taliban decrees and the EU’s united policy, aid and accountability approach.
Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development (AGRI)
Group coordinators, other MEPs and the standing rapporteur question transparency, data gaps on tomato imports, provisional application without consent, effects on EU farmers, compliance with CJEU rulings and Sahrawi consent, before DG TAXUD and DG AGRI respond on data quality, customs surveillance, procedure, field missions, regional origin labelling, Moroccan conformity checks and support tools for EU producers.
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Committee on Security and Defence (SEDE)
Experts Milov, Schulman and Van Bladel analyse Russia’s fiscal and industrial constraints, bureaucratic and elite adaptation to a protracted war, and the human cost and structure of Russian forces, highlighting mounting economic, administrative and demographic limits to sustaining aggression against Ukraine.
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Committee on Human Rights (DROI)
Procedural opening of the meeting, adoption of agenda and minutes, and presentation of the delegation’s mandate, crisis context and European Parliament position on Taliban gender apartheid and conditional engagement on Afghanistan.
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Committee on Security and Defence (SEDE)
The Chair opens the joint meeting, adopts procedural items and frames the main hearing on ending Russia’s war of aggression, outlining the focus on Russia’s war economy and recruitment policies before introducing the expert panel.
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Committee on Constitutional Affairs (AFCO)
AFCO opens the meeting, adopts its agenda and minutes, presents the Article 47(2) monitoring report on European political parties and foundations, and hears co‑rapporteurs and MEPs on early implementation challenges, funding levels, legal certainty, and the need to strengthen a transnational European political space before launching the formal exchange of views with foundations.
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Committee on Public Health (SANT)
Committee members examine extensive amendments to the EU cardiovascular disease strategy, debate the design and budget of a health window within the European Competitiveness Fund, then receive a trilogue debrief on the Critical Medicines Act, vote pilot health projects and formally approve the inter‑institutional agreement on the pharmaceutical package.
Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development (AGRI)
The Chair opens the AGRI meeting, sets the agenda and frames the exchange on tariff preferences for products from Western Sahara, followed by DG TAXUD outlining the scope, implementation, monitoring and legal steps of the 2025 arrangement and DG AGRI explaining the agricultural chapter, CJEU-compliant origin labelling for fruit and vegetables, and related delegated regulation plans.
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Committee on International Trade (INTA)
Chair Lange opens the INTA meeting, sets the agenda and introduces Domestic Advisory Groups as key to Trade and Sustainable Development implementation, followed by partner-country DAG reports (Japan, Andean region, Kenya) and a structured exchange with MEPs and the Commission on DAG impact, representativeness, resources and their role in new ‘mini’ trade deals.
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Committee on Development (DEVE)
Presentation of the study on the legal and ethical foundations of EU development policy, followed by MEPs’ concerns over a transactional ‘mutual interest’ turn and a debate with the Commission on ensuring Global Gateway and interest‑driven instruments remain treaty‑compliant and focused on poverty eradication through concrete safeguards, metrics and guardrails.
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The Commission and MEPs debate the new performance regulation for EU funds, including climate and social targets, DNHS and indicators, raising concerns about legal complexity and value‑for‑money assessment, before turning to the Global Europe external instrument and the external dimension of the CFP, where MEPs seek clarity on funding levels, the promised €1 billion for oceans and the treatment of SFPAs and RFMOs under the EU budget headings.
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Committee on Development (DEVE)
WaterAid and Ghanaian experts detail WASH gaps, pollution and utility challenges in Zambia and Ghana and propose EU entry points, followed by MEP questions on Mediterranean risks, governance, financing models, PPPs, community rights and safeguards against water grabbing.
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Committee on Employment and Social Affairs (EMPL)
Formal closure of the EMPL committee meeting by Chair Li Andersson, with thanks to Executive Vice-President Minzatu and members, reminder of forthcoming detailed information on MFF social spending, and indication of the schedule for the next committee and coordinators’ meetings.
Committee on Employment and Social Affairs (EMPL)
The Executive Vice‑President details upcoming initiatives on skills portability, fair labour mobility, e‑declaration reform, reinforcement of the ESF and the European Labour Authority, and links these to in‑work poverty reduction and the 2027 European Care Deal, while Minzatu adds budgetary and policy orientations on the Child Guarantee, platform workers’ rights and access to services of general interest within the next Social Rights Action Plan.
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On the Parliament’s opinion to the NRPF, the rapporteur and shadows across groups denounce the absence of a legal fisheries minimum, major national cuts and the merger of CFP funding into the NRPF, warning of a de facto end to the common policy, while the Commission reiterates its interpretation of the €2 billion minimum and governance safeguards and MEPs announce work on alternative architectures to restore dedicated CFP financing.
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Committee on European Democracy Shield (special committee) (EUDS)
An opposition MP outlines electoral backing for EU integration while pressing for an accelerated accession timetable, pragmatic handling of Transnistria and flexibility vis‑à‑vis Ukraine, followed by a Moldovan delegate’s call for systematic inclusion in EU security and MFF discussions, and the chair’s closing confirmation of political support for Moldova and transition to the European Democracy Shield committee’s work.
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Committee on Development (DEVE)
Chairs, rapporteurs and IFAD set the institutional context of the joint DEVE–ENVI–AFET hearing, present water as a human right and strategic global challenge, and link the debate to the EU Water Resilience Strategy and the 2026 UN Water Conference.
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Committee on Employment and Social Affairs (EMPL)
In a second Q&A round, MEPs question the regulatory scope and youth impact of the Quality Jobs Act (including AI at work, right to disconnect, health and safety, under‑reporting of accidents and subcontracting), the intergenerational design of the anti‑poverty strategy, enforcement of collective bargaining and minimum wage rules, fragmented skills and training standards (notably in the social sector), e‑declaration deadlock, bogus posting and third‑country subcontracting, strengthening and funding the Child Guarantee, support for carers and persons with disabilities, services of general interest, and the powers of ELA; Minzatu clarifies that the Quality Jobs Act will close protection gaps while skills policies support employability, confirms an intergenerational and gender lens in anti‑poverty work, outlines skills portability via a common skills vocabulary, commits to relaunch e‑declaration talks and integrate anti‑dumping measures in the labour mobility package, sketches reinforced Child Guarantee and Care Deal plans, insists on equal AI and algorithmic‑management protections for all workers, and links these initiatives to a strong ESF and more effective ELA.
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Committee on European Democracy Shield (special committee) (EUDS)
MEPs question Moldovan officials on effective EU instruments, democratic and electoral resilience, Kremlin use of the Orthodox Church and disinformation narratives, and US policy, with Moldovan replies highlighting concrete EU assistance, education and StratCom tools, and a strong security services mandate and political resolve.
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Committee on European Democracy Shield (special committee) (EUDS)
Moldovan representatives and key political groups outline Moldova’s new national security strategy against hybrid threats, detail defence and cyber reforms, and link Moldova’s resilience and energy/security alignment with the Union to EU enlargement and the strategic reduction of grey zones.
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Committee on European Democracy Shield (special committee) (EUDS)
Chairs introduce the Moldovan delegation, frame Moldova’s democratic resilience against Russian interference, and position the EU–Moldova relationship within the Union’s security and defence architecture, including CSDP and European Peace Facility support.
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The Commission presents the new National and Regional Partnership Fund architecture and fisheries envelope within the post‑2028 MFF, then rapporteur and shadows from all main groups react, warning about cuts to CFP financing, loss of sectoral rules, risks of renationalisation and insufficient safeguards for small‑scale fishers, outermost regions, decarbonisation and biodiversity, before the Commission defends the NRPP model, €2 billion minimum and DNHS application.
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Committee on Employment and Social Affairs (EMPL)
MEPs press the Commission on preserving a stand‑alone and sufficiently funded ESF in the next MFF, the absence of any ‘social omnibus’ deregulation, the future of crisis instruments like the EGF, use of ESF+ for abortion access, links between competitiveness, labour costs, AI and work culture, implementation of the human capital recommendation and VET attractiveness, concrete EU tools to tackle homelessness and housing shortages, the labour‑law implications of the ‘28th regime’, and the treatment of AI, algorithmic management and subcontracting in the forthcoming Quality Jobs Act; Minzatu defends integrated financing with a 14% social minimum, rules out a social omnibus, clarifies ESF+/healthcare eligibility, upholds platform work and pay transparency rules, details skills and demographic policies (including a future European Care Deal), explains housing‑related instruments and protections against social dumping, and responds to the Chair’s request for a detailed breakdown of the Commission’s €100 billion social‑spending estimate versus Parliament’s lower figures.
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Committee on Employment and Social Affairs (EMPL)
The Chair opens the EMPL structured dialogue and Executive Vice‑President Minzatu presents the Commission’s social agenda, detailing the upcoming EU anti‑poverty strategy and housing exclusion recommendation, reinforcement of the European Child Guarantee, the Fair Labour Mobility Package (Social Security Pass, stronger ELA, skills portability), the Quality Jobs Roadmap towards a Quality Jobs Act by 2026, and safeguards for social spending (minimum 14%) in the next MFF and competitiveness fund.
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The committee examines the 2025–2032 sustainable fisheries partnership protocol with the Cook Islands, with the rapporteur and shadows detailing financial terms, fishing opportunities, sustainability conditions and geopolitical context, followed by a critical intervention on broader blue‑economy interests, a brief Commission endorsement and the formal closure of the file with procedural deadlines.
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Committee on Employment and Social Affairs (EMPL)
ELA’s Boiançu presents the new EURES shortages and surpluses analysis, then answers MEPs’ questions on public employment services, green and digital transitions, low‑wage sectors, migration and the definition of ‘shortage’, and finally outlines plans to harmonise data, sequence recruitment from local to EU level and upgrade EURES into a more AI‑enabled, public matching platform before the Chair closes the session.
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MEPs press the Commission for concrete instruments to address soaring fuel prices affecting the EU fleet before the chair closes the public session and moves the committee in camera for confidential updates on SFPA negotiations with Morocco and Mauritania.
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Committee on Employment and Social Affairs (EMPL)
Chairs introduce Parliament’s housing line and ask about upcoming EU initiatives, Commissioner Jørgensen presents the Affordable Housing Plan and its energy link, and MEPs question him on rents, public intervention, ETS2, energy poverty, vulnerable groups, financialisation, homelessness, sanctions on Russia and future funding, with the Commissioner outlining EU tools, limits of competence and possible next MFF orientations.
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The rapporteur and delegation members report on the mission to Seychelles, underscoring the SFPA’s economic, strategic and RFMO importance, local political sensitivities and transparency gaps, while the Commission confirms alignment of sectoral support with Seychellois priorities and commits to enhanced transparency and beneficial ownership disclosure in the renewed protocol.
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IFAC experts detail financing needs, coordination structures, timing, cost allocation and the limited role of Annex II listing, while the Commission sets out its planned actions on derogation guidance, AEWA options, monitoring and a 2026–2027 review; further exchanges address population figures, ecological side‑effects, AEWA prioritisation and IFAC’s request for Parliament’s endorsement of a modest EU coordination mechanism.
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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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