In a scrutiny session with DG DEFIS, members review EDF implementation, concrete capability outputs and SME participation, then probe how EDF will be folded into the future European Competitiveness Fund, how to involve Ukraine, align with NATO standards and joint procurement, and ensure continuity and retention of EU‑funded defence innovation in Europe across MFFs before the Chair closes the meeting.
MEPs react to the situation in Bangladesh and conditions in Rohingya camps, call for continued oversight and political dialogue, and the EEAS outlines negotiations of an EU‑Bangladesh Partnership and Cooperation Agreement with a strong human‑rights chapter requiring Parliament’s consent.
The Commission outlines economic security and trade cooperation with Japan, Korea, Taiwan and CPTPP members, followed by the rapporteur presenting a trade‑focused East Asia opinion centred on supply chains, critical raw materials and values‑based partnerships, before the Chair announces amendment deadlines and the switch to an in‑camera session.
Coordinators and other MEPs question Hansen on income stability, active farmers, NRPP design and co‑financing, environmental law, milk and meat market crises, and the balance between small and large farms, with exchanges on milk prices, diesel costs and front‑loaded NRPP funds.
The committee turns to revising tobacco excise directives as the rapporteur presents a gradual, risk‑differentiated approach to minimum rates and indexation, political groups set out contrasting positions on public health ambition, competitiveness, fraud and tax sovereignty, and the Commission defends higher minimums and wider scope as key to a tobacco‑free generation, before the Chair confirms amendment deadlines and the legislative calendar.
Shadows, members and the Commission debate the future of the Union Civil Protection Mechanism, balancing member‑state governance with EU coordination, integrating volunteers and NGOs, and adapting to climate, hybrid and armed-attack threats including cooperation with NATO and armed forces.
SEDE opens its opinion on the revised UCPM, with the rapporteur, political groups and the Commission debating how to adapt civil protection to hybrid and armed-attack scenarios, strengthen governance, data and NGO roles, link with NATO and health preparedness, and embed civil‑military cooperation and medical countermeasures in the EU’s resilience toolbox.
The rapporteur outlines the draft opinion linking East Asia to EU economic security and steel safeguards, followed by EPP, S&D, Renew and GUE/NGL reactions highlighting support, desired amendments on risk reduction, FTAs, labour and sustainability, and criticism over worker protections and digital regulation impacts.
The Commission presents its ‘future Europol’ initiative to double staff and budget and expand operational, technological and cooperation roles, then faces several Q&A rounds on making Europol truly operational, reducing red tape, use of AI, data protection and EDPS oversight, organised crime, encryption, cooperation with Eurojust/EPPO/third countries and asset recovery, before concluding on safeguards and efficiency.
The chair opens the structured dialogue; Hansen presents his agenda, simplification achievements and vision for the future CAP, rural funding and crisis preparedness, including fertiliser and supply‑chain resilience.
SEDE launches work on its opinion to the European Competitiveness Fund for defence, with the rapporteur, shadows, the Left group and the Commission setting out competing views on war‑reserve flexibility, alignment with existing instruments, budgetary transparency, European preference, SMEs and the fund’s role as the main defence‑industry financing tool in the next MFF.
The committee conducts electronic and roll‑call votes on SEDE’s opinion to Horizon Europe’s defence dimension and adopts the EU Autonomous Maritime Team pilot project for the 2027 budget, closing the initial decision-making segment of the meeting.
EEAS, the UN Resident Coordinator and a legal expert provide a structured assessment of Bangladesh’s 2026 elections, interim reform process, LDC graduation, and the Rohingya refugee crisis, including EU and UN engagement and the implications of the ICJ case The Gambia v. Myanmar for Rohingya protection, accountability and possible return.
Rapporteurs report on monitoring groups for the EU’s agreements with Mercosur, Switzerland, Vietnam and Kenya/EAC, detailing ratification timelines, provisional application, safeguard measures, civic-space and labour-rights concerns, and the role and status of Domestic Advisory Groups. The chair also flags sensitive follow-up with the UAE and China and outlines the tight calendar and unresolved issues in trilogues on steel safeguard measures.
MEPs question N26, BEUC, the ECB and EBA on AML failings, Russia‑related sanctions compliance, automation risks for vulnerable consumers, balancing innovation with prudential safeguards, and the protection of deposits and investment products, leading to detailed exchanges on governance reforms, human support obligations, level playing field, deposit guarantee coverage and consumer counterparty risk, before the Chair closes with shared priorities on robust governance and consumer protection.
The Chair opens the subcommittee meeting, adopts the agenda and frames the first item as a follow-up to the 2025 mission to Bangladesh, outlining focus areas including post‑election developments, human rights and the Rohingya situation, before giving the floor to the delegation chair for political context.
The chair reopens the INTA meeting, organises a test vote and then proceeds to adopt amendments to the International Cocoa Agreement and two files on EU–US tariff measures, including the so‑called ‘lobster deal’, while withholding immediate negotiation mandates with Council. This block sets Parliament’s detailed positions on the tariff packages and clarifies that trilogues will follow only after Council reactions.
MEPs question Professor Vermeulen on the added value of the exposome concept versus One Health, implications of mixture effects for EU chemicals and health policy, funding and data needs, the role of AI and digital twins, and communication to citizens, with emphasis on prevention returns and reducing inequalities; the Chair then formally closes the exposome exchange and announces a break before the joint ITRE–TRAN meeting with Commissioner Vălean.
Experts address MEPs’ technical questions on trade, farm viability metrics, sustainability space, coupled support and risk tools, followed by the Commission’s reaction on targeting, resilience and data, and the chair’s wrap‑up on farmers’ vulnerability and food security.
The Chair opens the STOA ‘Excellence in Health Sciences’ exposome session and introduces Professor Vermeulen, who presents the exposome concept, its implications for shifting EU prevention and regulatory paradigms, the need for integrated data infrastructures and large cohorts, and the potential health, inequality‑reduction and productivity gains from a ‘human exposome moonshot’ and dedicated exposome data space.
The ECON committee opens the hearing on neobanks, with the Chair and representatives from the ECB, N26, BEUC and EBA outlining the digital banking landscape, benefits for competition and inclusion, key supervisory concerns (governance, AML, operational risk, funding models) and the need for stronger supervisory convergence and completion of banking union, including EDIS.
LIBE examines the 2025 activities and 2026 priorities of the Justice and Home Affairs Agencies Network, with FRA and the EU Drugs Agency detailing digitalisation, AI, migration and organised crime work, followed by political groups’ questions on mandates, security–rights balance, ETIAS/EES and budgets, and closing exchanges on prevention, parliamentary backing and funding gaps between security and fundamental‑rights bodies.
The Commission details the current legal and policy framework, the role and challenges of European Reference Networks, new pharmaceutical and Critical Medicines Act tools, research funding and data initiatives, and signals openness to Parliament’s input, after which the rapporteur closes by urging a strong regulation and the Chair announces the amendment deadline and transition to the next agenda item.
Coordinators and groups react to the study, raising issues of disadvantaged areas, coupled aid, low farm incomes, focus on active and viable farmers, and structural concerns about redistribution, ecological transition, trade and unfair competition.
MEPs from EPP, the Left, Renew and PFE outline their positions on a coherent EU‑level rare disease framework, addressing late diagnosis, inequalities, research gaps, data infrastructure, newborn screening, genomic profiling, economic and regulatory incentives for orphan medicines, and the balance between EU action and national competences, with the Chair also linking the file to the Biotech Act and pharma package.
The Chair opens the SANT meeting, announces the new rapporteur for an EMPL opinion on psychosocial risks, and introduces the draft legislative own‑initiative report on an EU Rare Disease Action Plan, followed by the rapporteur’s presentation of the proposed EU regulation, key objectives on diagnosis, ERNs, data, research, patient involvement and funding needs.
Opening of item 12 with presentation of the new study on farm income support, recent income shocks since the Ukraine war, the EU policy toolbox, and recommendations on targeting aid by farm viability and data improvements.
Final exchange focuses on practical guidance for voters, gaps in the AI Act and watermarking, provenance and evidence archiving, and the role of official information and media literacy, followed by formal thanks and closure of the joint public hearing.
MEPs probe the digital omnibus proposal, European digital sovereignty, responses to foreign interference and democratic backsliding, and free‑speech implications of AI curation, with experts warning against weakening GDPR, calling for clearer DSA benchmarks, transparency of bots and vendors, and robust DSA enforcement and resilience measures in cases like Hungary.
The chairs launch the MEP Q&A round with strict speaking times, and EPP’s Paulo Cunha opens by warning about AI‑enabled personalized disinformation and stressing the need for transparency and safeguards so that technological developments remain compatible with democratic processes, before directing a first question to expert Narciso.
MEPs question experts on real‑time defence against opaque AI‑driven platform risks, gaps between formal compliance and rights protection, and who defines manipulation versus legitimate speech, prompting replies focused on stricter DSA enforcement, targeting coordinated inauthentic behaviour over content truth, and clarifying EU‑level versus national responsibilities.
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