How to watch European Union parliamentary committees

Committee on Housing Crisis (special committee) (HOUS)

Catch‑the‑eye questions: PPPs, misuse risks and affordability conditionality

Borja Giménez Larraz and 5 others

In short interventions, MEPs raise the use of PPPs, territorial needs, risks of misuse and cronyism, enforcement of the partnership principle, and demand binding conditions to keep EU‑funded housing affordable and prevent speculative investment models and tax‑privileged funds from capturing benefits.

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1. Catch‑the‑eye I: PPPs, territorial dimension and anti‑speculation modelBorja Giménez Larraz
2. Catch‑the‑eye II: misuse risks, partnership checks and EIB roleIrene Tinagli
3. Catch‑the‑eye III: national legislation, labour shortages and conditionalityDaniel Buda

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Committee on Women’s Rights and Gender Equality (FEMM)

MEPs–Commission–EIGE exchange: implementation, burdens and follow‑up

Lina Gálvez and 2 others

Coordinators and MEPs question the Commission and EIGE on Member State implementation gaps, regulatory burdens and effects on SMEs, and how to address systemic undervaluation of female‑dominated sectors, with replies clarifying the directive’s limits, the voluntary nature and benefits of the toolkit, and concluding remarks from the Chair on monitoring and next steps.

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Committee on Housing Crisis (special committee) (HOUS)

Second Q&A: inflation, partnership, financialisation and national competences

Ciaran Mullooly and 4 others

Renew, Greens and The Left highlight inflation, labour shortages, weak partnership, risks of financialisation and housing indignities, prompting the Vice-President to underline inflation considerations, limits of EU competence, the scope of the €3.3 billion housing reallocation and remaining flexibility, followed by the Chair’s clarification on the recent midterm review and the committee’s ongoing monitoring role.

In this chapter

1. Renew & Greens: inflation, partnership principle and financialisationCiaran Mullooly
2. The Left: housing as indignity and speculative abuseIrene Tinagli
3. Commission response: inflation, limits of EU competence and midterm scopeRaffaele Fitto
4. Chair clarification: timing, implementation and future monitoringIrene Tinagli

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Committee on Women’s Rights and Gender Equality (FEMM)

Pay Transparency Directive item: introduction and expert presentations

Lina Gálvez S&D

The Chair opens the agenda point on EU guidelines for gender‑neutral job evaluation under the Pay Transparency Directive, followed by detailed presentations from the Commission and EIGE on the directive’s legal framework, transposition timeline, and the design and practical use of the job evaluation toolkit for employers and social partners.

In this chapter

1. Opening and agenda item on pay transparencyLina Gálvez
2. Commission presentation: Pay Transparency Directive and toolkitLina Gálvez
3. EIGE toolkit: design, users and practical tools

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Committee on Women’s Rights and Gender Equality (FEMM)

Gender‑neutral job evaluation toolkit: mandate, design and implementation debate

Elena Kountoura and 20 others

The Chair and Commission introduce the legal basis, timeline and support measures for EU‑wide gender‑neutral job evaluation guidelines, EIGE presents the toolkit’s structure, users and implementation pathways, and MEPs question the Commission and EIGE on practical implementation, SME burden and the undervaluation of female‑dominated work under the Pay Transparency Directive.

In this chapter

1. Opening of agenda item and Commission mandateElena Kountoura
2. EIGE toolkit content, users and implementation pathways
3. MEP questions and Commission/EIGE responses on implementation, SME burden and undervaluation of care workElena Kountoura

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Committee on Development (DEVE)

Item 5: Impact of health ODA cuts and EU response

Barry Andrews and 6 others

Opening item 5 through to its conclusion, experts (Lancet, WHO) and the Commission present evidence on mortality impacts of ODA and abrupt aid cuts, MEPs question the effectiveness and targeting of EU health ODA, and institutions and WHO outline responses focused on system resilience, gradual transitions and the EU’s role in global health governance.

In this chapter

1. Item 5: Evidence on ODA cuts, mortality and health systemsBarry Andrews
2. MEPs: Concerns on health ODA cuts and prioritiesNiels Geuking

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Committee on Public Health (SANT)

Medical devices and IVD revision: Commission proposal and first debate

Romana Jerković and 8 others

Vice‑President Jerković opens the medical devices/IVD item and Commissioner Várhelyi presents the simplification package aimed at cutting costs and delays while preserving safety, including risk‑based classification changes, lighter reporting, harmonized notified‑body timelines, AI‑Act alignment, digital submissions, and SME‑sensitive fee rules. Rapporteur Schenk and the first shadows and practitioners welcome simplification but press on notified‑body capacity, safety after past scandals, divergent assessments, EMA vs national roles, low‑risk software and AI safeguards, PFAS coherence, SME support, affordability for public systems and incentives for reusable devices, prompting detailed Commission replies on fees, timelines, software classes, AI oversight, expert panels, and single‑use trends.

In this chapter

1. Introduction to medical devices and IVD revisionRomana Jerković
2. Commissioner Várhelyi: main elements of medical devices proposalOlivér Várhelyi
3. Rapporteur (Schenck): speed, notified bodies and software classificationOliver Schenk

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Committee on Public Health (SANT)

SANT mission to Cyprus: health system findings

Adam Jarubas and 1 other

The Chair presents the committee’s fact‑finding mission to Cyprus, detailing meetings and visits on access to medicines, rare diseases, workforce shortages, mental health, ageing and AI in healthcare, underlining the role of EU4Health after 2027. Nikos Papandreou showcases Cyprus’s mandatory premarital genetic screening for thalassemia as a best‑practice example of EU‑relevant prevention policy.

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Committee on Regional Development (REGI)

Future performance regulation: mandate, political lines and Commission response

Raquel García Hermida-Van Der Walle and 7 others

Presentation of the draft performance regulation and rapporteur’s priorities, then political groups and the Committee of the Regions set out their lines on simplification, safeguards and indicators, followed by the Commission’s defence of the tracking framework and the rapporteur’s closing political guidance for negotiations.

In this chapter

1. Introduction to performance regulation and rapporteur’s prioritiesRaquel García Hermida-Van Der Walle
2. Political groups and Committee of the Regions on performance frameworkIsabelle Le Callennec
3. Commission and rapporteur: tracking, safeguards and genderGaetano D'Adamo

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Committee on Housing Crisis (special committee) (HOUS)

First coordinators’ Q&A: private capital, safeguards and post‑2027 MFF

Irene Tinagli and 5 others

EPP, S&D, Patriots and ECR coordinators question how to mobilise private capital while protecting social and affordable housing, seek assurances against speculation, and ask how affordable housing will be reflected in the post‑2027 MFF and new funds, with the Vice-President detailing work with the EIB, reprogramming choices, cohesion principles and the forthcoming ‘right to stay’ and territorial strategies.

In this chapter

1. Q&A: EPP/S&D coordinators on private capital and safeguardsIrene Tinagli
2. Q&A: Patriots/ECR on post‑2027 MFF and right to stayIrene Tinagli

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Committee on Housing Crisis (special committee) (HOUS)

Opening and midterm review framing on housing

Irene Tinagli and 1 other

The Chair opens the special committee meeting, adopts the agenda and frames the exchange around what the cohesion policy midterm review delivers for housing, as the Executive Vice-President sets out the EU-wide housing emergency, the Affordable Housing Plan, cohesion allocations and the rationale and figures of the midterm review reprogramming towards housing.

In this chapter

1. Opening, agenda and framing of housing debateIrene Tinagli
2. Executive Vice-President: housing emergency and RRF roleRaffaele Fitto
3. Cohesion policy allocations and shift via midterm reviewRaffaele Fitto
4. Midterm review method, flexibilities and €3.3bn for housingRaffaele Fitto

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Committee on Human Rights (DROI)

West Bank human rights violations and EU response

Mounir Satouri and 12 others

The Subcommittee turns to the situation in the West Bank with testimony from Al-Haq, OHCHR and the EU Representative on settler violence, annexation and apartheid findings, the new death penalty law and EU engagement, followed by MEPs’ debate on sanctions and the association agreement, and closing replies from the guests and the EU Representative on international law, possible EU measures and the two-state framework.

In this chapter

1. Introduction to West Bank item and Al-Haq visa incidentMounir Satouri
2. Al-Haq deputy director: settler violence, displacement and occupationMounir Satouri
3. OHCHR: annexation, apartheid and death penalty in West BankMounir Satouri

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Committee on Public Health (SANT)

Cancer Plan: vaccine claims, cohesion and Commission reply

Gerald Hauser and 6 others

A far‑right MEP promotes unsupported claims linking COVID vaccines and cancer, prompting other MEPs to rebut disinformation and refocus on cohesion, EU competences and concrete tools (Critical Medicines Act, pharma package, regulatory sandboxes, patient involvement) to reduce disparities, strengthen tobacco control and secure funding in the MFF. The Commission (DG SANTE) reacts positively to Parliament’s draft report, accepts Court of Auditors’ recommendations and stresses achievements and monitoring needs, before rapporteur Voiculescu closes the debate by calling for political accountability on screening, HPV vaccination, tobacco control and effective use of EU health innovation and AI.

In this chapter

1. Far‑right MEP: unsupported claims on COVID vaccines and cancerGerald Hauser
2. Cohesion, EU competence and response to misinformation (Malta, Clergeau, Papandreou, González Casares)Peter Agius
3. Commission (DG SANTE): reaction to Parliament’s cancer reportAdam Jarubas
4. Rapporteur Voiculescu: political accountability, tobacco and AI innovationVlad Vasile-Voiculescu

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Committee on Women’s Rights and Gender Equality (FEMM)

Second Q&A round: health, care, funding and closing positions

Elena Kountoura and 12 others

MEPs question the Commission on sex-disaggregated health data, platform accountability, the European Care Deal, abortion-related initiatives, migration and violence, and gender budgeting, with final Commissioner replies on women’s health, EU competences, consent education, intersectionality and funding, and the Chair’s institutional wrap‑up.

In this chapter

1. Second‑round questions: health data, online platforms, care deal and external aspectsElena Kountoura
2. Commissioner closing responses and committee wrap‑upHadja Lahbib

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Committee on Public Health (SANT)

Europe’s Beating Cancer Plan: rapporteur and main political groups

Adam Jarubas and 8 others

The Chair opens the SANT meeting, adopts the agenda and gives the floor to rapporteur Voiculescu, followed by shadow rapporteurs and key groups outlining their political priorities on the Beating Cancer Plan, including prevention, funding, inequalities, rare cancers, lifestyle factors, and screening and vaccination. Speakers highlight East–West gaps, budget cuts to EU health programmes, rural access, and the balance between competitiveness and strong public‑health regulation on tobacco, alcohol, diet and early detection.

In this chapter

1. Opening of meeting and agenda adoptionAdam Jarubas
2. Rapporteur Voiculescu: assessment of Europe’s Beating Cancer PlanVlad Vasile-Voiculescu
3. Shadow rapporteur Arłukowicz: inequalities and access to treatmentBartosz Arłukowicz

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Committee on Regional Development (REGI)

Cross-border cooperation post‑2027: context and stakeholder positions

Raquel García Hermida-Van Der Walle and 6 others

Introduction to the REGI debate on post‑2027 cross‑border cooperation, followed by MEPs, AEBR, the Parliament rapporteur and the Commission outlining challenges, tools and positions on Interreg, funding, border obstacles and the proposed standalone Interreg plan.

In this chapter

1. Opening and AEBR presentation on cross-border cooperationRaquel García Hermida-Van Der Walle
2. MEPs’ reactions and AEBR replies on Interreg and MFFRaquel García Hermida-Van Der Walle
3. Parliament rapporteur and Commission positions on future InterregPascal Arimont

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Committee on Development (DEVE)

Item 4: Humanitarian communication, MFF and VOICE input

Barry Andrews and 7 others

From the adoption of the agenda to the end of item 4, the committee frames the upcoming EU humanitarian communication and MFF/Global Europe negotiations, hears VOICE’s priorities on needs, principles, funding models and a ‘humanitarian reset’, and debates with MEPs and the Commission on humanitarian diplomacy, localization, flexibility and the EU’s overall humanitarian approach.

In this chapter

1. Opening: Agenda and humanitarian focusBarry Andrews
2. VOICE: Priorities for EU humanitarian policy and MFFMaria Groenewald
3. Item 4: MEPs, VOICE and Commission on diplomacy, funding and resetBarry Andrews

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Committee on Women’s Rights and Gender Equality (FEMM)

First Q&A round: political groups’ positions and Commission replies

Elena Kountoura and 8 others

Coordinators and MEPs from the main political groups set out their positions and concerns on cyberviolence, SRHR, consent-based rape laws, care policies, funding and the gender pay gap, followed by the Commissioner’s detailed responses on digital violence tools, consent law mapping, pay transparency enforcement and gender-responsive budgeting.

In this chapter

1. First coordinators’ round: political groups’ positions and concernsElena Kountoura
2. Commissioner responses to first round: digital violence, consent law and gender budgetingElena Kountoura

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Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (LIBE)

Closing and announcement of next LIBE meeting

Marina Kaljurand S&D

Chair announces the date, time and location of the next LIBE meeting in Brussels and closes the session.

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Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (LIBE)

Rule of Law 2025: final compromises, amendment and overall vote

Marina Kaljurand S&D

Committee rejects amendment 732B, adopts compromise amendments 11, 12 and 13, and then adopts the final report in a roll-call vote, with congratulations to the rapporteur.

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Committee on Women’s Rights and Gender Equality (FEMM)

Commission priorities on gender equality and launch of coordinators’ Q&A

Hadja Lahbib and 2 others

The Commissioner details the strategy’s main priorities: combating gender‑based and online violence via the new directive, DSA enforcement and a cyberbullying plan; addressing gender bias in health systems and enabling ESF+ support for access to safe abortion; closing pay and pension gaps and boosting women’s economic empowerment, research and innovation roles; and increasing women’s participation and safety in politics while countering anti‑gender narratives in EU external action and at the UN. The Chair responds by pointing to internal EU disparities, notably on abortion and intersectionality, and opens the coordinators’ Q&A round, starting with an EPP call to focus on measurable results.

In this chapter

1. Priority 1: ending violence against women and online abuseHadja Lahbib
2. Priority 2: women’s health and sexual and reproductive rightsHadja Lahbib
3. Priority 3: economic empowerment, pay and pension gapsHadja Lahbib

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Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (LIBE)

Rule of Law 2025: compromises 5A to 9A and identical amendments

Marina Kaljurand S&D

Members vote on roll-call compromises 5A, 5B, 5C, 6, 7, 8, 9 and 9A, with 9A rejected, then adopt identical amendments 665–668 and compromise 10, while rejecting compromise 10A in roll-call.

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Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (LIBE)

Rule of Law 2025 report: compromises 1 to 5C

Marina Kaljurand S&D

Committee moves to the Commission’s 2025 Rule of Law report and proceeds with electronic votes on compromise amendments 1, 1a, 1b, 1c, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 5C, all of which are adopted.

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Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (LIBE)

Electronic voting setup and UN Cybercrime Convention

Marina Kaljurand S&D

Chair proposes electronic voting for transparency and conducts the vote on the EU conclusion of the UN Convention against Cybercrime, confirming its adoption.

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Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (LIBE)

Opening of LIBE meeting and housekeeping

Marina Kaljurand S&D

Chair opens the LIBE meeting, announces available interpretation languages, and formally records substitutions of non-LIBE members across political groups.

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Committee on Women’s Rights and Gender Equality (FEMM)

Structured dialogue launch: mandate and 2026–2030 strategy priorities

Elena Kountoura and 1 other

Opening of the FEMM structured dialogue with Commissioner Lahbib, setting the institutional and geopolitical context and outlining the main priorities, instruments and implementation challenges of the forthcoming 2026–2030 Gender Equality Strategy.

In this chapter

1. Opening by Chair and Commissioner: mandate and contextElena Kountoura
2. Commission: priorities of the 2026–2030 Gender Equality StrategyHadja Lahbib

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Committee on Women’s Rights and Gender Equality (FEMM)

Structured dialogue opening: link to CSW and new Gender Equality Strategy

Lina Gálvez and 1 other

The Chair opens the structured dialogue with Commissioner Labib, connecting the CSW70 experience and AI‑driven misogyny to the need for reinforced EU action, and sets expectations for the 2026–2030 Gender Equality Strategy and related initiatives and funding. The Commissioner outlines the broader crisis context, past legislative gains, and the roadmap function of the new strategy, including engaging men and boys, as a basis for cooperation with Parliament.

In this chapter

1. Opening structured dialogue: link to CSW and AI threatsLina Gálvez
2. Expectations for new Gender Equality Strategy 2026–2030Lina Gálvez
3. Commissioner: context, past gains and roadmapHadja Lahbib

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Committee on Women’s Rights and Gender Equality (FEMM)

MEPs’ political assessments of CSW70 and EU leadership

Maria Walsh and 2 others

MEPs from EPP and S&D draw lessons from CSW70 on access to justice, digital violence (including AI and deepfakes), funding and visa barriers for CSOs, and the growing organised anti‑gender backlash, notably from the US. They call for stronger, more consistent EU political and financial leadership on gender equality globally, after which the Chair closes the debrief by underlining expectations on the EU and the need to maintain a strong EP presence at future CSW sessions.

In this chapter

1. EPP: Walsh: AI harms and organized backlashMaria Walsh
2. S&D: Fritzon: EU must step up on global backlashLina Gálvez
3. Chair’s conclusions on CSW70 and future EU presenceLina Gálvez

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Committee on Women’s Rights and Gender Equality (FEMM)

Opening of FEMM meeting and CSW70 mission context

Lina Gálvez S&D

The Chair formally opens the FEMM meeting, adopts the agenda and written coordinators’ decisions, and presents the context, themes and EU institutional role in the CSW70 negotiations in New York, including key UN‑level meetings and funding concerns. She assesses the CSW70 conclusions, the unprecedented vote, rising anti‑gender pushback and disinformation, and the overall impact of the Parliament’s delegation.

In this chapter

1. Opening of FEMM meeting and agenda adoptionLina Gálvez
2. CSW70 mission: timing, themes and EU roleLina Gálvez
3. High‑level UN meetings and funding concernsLina Gálvez
4. CSW70 conclusions, anti‑gender pushback and mission assessmentLina Gálvez

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