Chair opens the PECH meeting, adopts the agenda and conducts consent votes on the Fisheries Partnership Protocol with São Tomé and Príncipe and the Sustainable Fisheries Partnership Agreement with the Cook Islands, then the committee turns to impact reports on the Maritime Spatial Planning Directive and the Baltic Sea multiannual plan with detailed amendment and final votes.
ECA Member Kasasová presents the Court’s audit of the EESC and CoR on opinion quality, timeliness and impact, after which both committees’ Secretaries‑General detail ongoing and planned reforms, and MEPs scrutinise whether these advisory bodies deliver timely, visible and politically relevant input to EU law‑making.
The joint AFET–INTA sitting on consent to the modernised EU–Mexico Global Agreement is opened, with chairs framing the strategic geopolitical and trade context, followed by AFET and INTA co‑rapporteurs presenting the political, geopolitical, economic and rule‑of‑law rationale for giving Parliament’s consent to the agreement despite identified concerns.
The EMPL Chair, Council Presidency and Commission set the overall EU political and regulatory context for AI and digitalisation at work, then formally launch Session 1 on platform work and algorithmic management with an ILO contribution on global risks and standard‑setting.
The interparliamentary meeting on AI and work is opened and framed, after which the Cypriot Labour Minister for the Council Presidency presents a human‑centred AI approach, psychosocial and OSH risks, the role of the Platform Work Directive, skills and lifelong learning priorities, ethics, data transparency and social dialogue.
The European Court of Auditors presents its special report on the single market for services, followed by the Commission’s initial response and a detailed exchange with MEPs on barriers, enforcement gaps, posting of workers, social protection and competitiveness, including a focused Arias–Lindblad Q&A on the macroeconomic cost of incomplete integration. The block clarifies institutional responsibilities, quantitative estimates and political sensitivities around deepening the services market.
Members vote on compromise and individual amendments to the sixth revision of the CMRD6 directive, followed by roll‑call votes adopting the amended report and authorising the committee to enter interinstitutional negotiations with Council and Commission.
DG Environment sets out the EU legal framework for EIAs, SEAs and Natura 2000 in relation to the Maestrazgo wind cluster, followed by MEPs’ debate on project splitting, corruption allegations and limits of EU competences, culminating in a politically charged exchange on Spanish accountability and the decision to keep the petition open and request an updated Commission reply.
Draftsperson Boyer presents his opinion on amending Regulation 904/2010 to improve EPPO/OLAF access to VAT and customs data against large‑scale fraud, followed by initial reactions from MEPs, the Commission and OLAF on the scope, data flows, safeguards and proportionality of reinforced EU‑level anti‑fraud cooperation.
Chair RIEHL opens the CULT meeting and sets the agenda before Commission Vice‑President Oksana presents priorities for Erasmus+, education and skills in the next MFF, outlines the Union of Skills and forthcoming education package, and details the new EU intergenerational fairness strategy and youth policy framework.
The Chair opens the IMCO meeting with practical arrangements and agenda points before rapporteurs brief on the state of trilogue negotiations for the AI digital omnibus, Union Customs Code reform and defence transfers/procurement, highlighting timing pressures, key divergences with Council and contested Commission empowerment. The segment orients members on legislative files’ status and upcoming steps in each dossier.
The Chair opens the CONT meeting, adopts the agenda and swiftly proceeds to the legislative file on the European Competitiveness Fund, where rapporteur Knotek introduces seven compromise amendments and the committee votes to adopt them and the final report before moving to VAT‑related items.
The chair outlines the procedure for adopting previous minutes, introduces item on subsidiarity under Rule 43, notes six reasoned opinions from national parliaments to be deemed noted absent requests for the floor, and moves towards item five with a brief procedural interruption.
McAllister opens the AFET meeting, sets out the agenda and consular protection re‑consultation procedure, then the committee votes on the recommendation for the 81st UNGA, the EU–Uzbekistan Enhanced Partnership and Cooperation Agreement and its accompanying resolution, and conducts comprehensive amendment votes on the Commission report on Turkey before closing the voting session and announcing the upcoming joint meeting with INTA.
Chair Budka opens the ITRE meeting with procedural announcements, then the committee examines the RFCS reform mandate and political group positions, followed by the Euratom research programme proposal focusing on fission, budget, ITER and SMR/AMR priorities with Commission and advisory‑body feedback.
The Chair opens the EMPL meeting, adopts the agenda and minutes, then reports on recent fact‑finding missions to Italy and Greece focusing on youth marginalisation, migrant and seasonal workers, occupational risks and Youth Guarantee implementation gaps.
The chair opens the morning meeting, confirms the published agenda and order of business, lists available interpretation languages, and notes that timing is indicative depending on progress.
The Chair opens the PETI meeting, adopts the agenda and minutes, sets interpretation and speaking‑time rules, and introduces Petition 1161/2024 concerning alleged breaches of EU environmental law in Spanish renewable projects in a Natura 2000 area.
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
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7th Inter-Parliamentary Committee Meeting On Evaluation Of The European Union Agency For Criminal Justice Cooperation (Eurojust) Activities
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