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Committee on Environment, Climate and Food Safety (ENVI)
After a test vote to confirm quorum and technical functionality, the committee votes by show of hands on compromises 1, 2 and 3, all adopted, then proceeds to and adopts the final vote on the chemical omnibus file, with congratulations to the co‑rapporteurs and shadows closing the sitting.
Committee on Environment, Climate and Food Safety (ENVI)
The second co‑rapporteur underlines smooth cooperation, explains simplifications for cosmetics and fertiliser producers, links the rules to product safety and security of agricultural supply, and stresses the need to apply equivalent safety checks to imported products given the EU’s higher internal standards.
Committee on Environment, Climate and Food Safety (ENVI)
The first co‑rapporteur outlines the aim of simplification while maintaining high protection, presents the outcome on CLP and global labelling rules, stresses science‑based safety decisions and realistic regulation, and frames the compromise as a political choice to safeguard EU industry’s capacity to produce, innovate and compete.
Committee on Environment, Climate and Food Safety (ENVI)
The IMCO chair welcomes participants, announces substitute members entitled to vote, reports on the opinion with 14 amendments, and recalls that the plenary vote on the chemical omnibus is scheduled for the April session before inviting the co‑rapporteurs to speak.
Committee on Environment, Climate and Food Safety (ENVI)
Chair opens the joint ENVI–IMCO sitting, adopts the agenda, recalls interpretation and webstreaming, and highlights the importance of the chemical omnibus file for regulatory clarity before handing over to the IMCO chair for the vote.
Committee on Budgetary Control (CONT)
Final exchange on EDES’ treatment of natural persons and affiliates, use of AI and screening tools, interaction with other EU and international bodies, handling of EU values breaches and exclusion durations, followed by procedural closure of the CONT meeting.
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An MEP questions the legal basis and proportionality of VMS monitoring obligations for small-scale vessels, the Commission defends the targeted porpoise monitoring act and details Bluefin TAC increases and FTA sensitivities, and the Chair formally closes the delegated acts point and the morning sitting.
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Committee on Culture and Education (CULT)
The Chair concludes the audiovisual policy workshop, thanks speakers and services, and formally suspends the meeting for the lunch break.
DG MARE presents delegated acts on Baltic porpoise static-net restrictions and on Bluefin tuna alignment with ICCAT rules, with MEPs raising initial questions on bycatch control and the sensitivity of tuna in EU–Indonesia FTA negotiations.
Committee on Employment and Social Affairs (EMPL)
Li Andersson and 4 others
National MPs detail domestic measures and concerns on psychosocial risks, right to disconnect and algorithmic oversight, leading into final expert and MEP conclusions on prevention, enforcement and social‑partner roles, and the Chair’s formal closure and indication of follow‑up work on AI and OSH.
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Committee on Budgetary Control (CONT)
Panel chair and Commission/OLAF present the origins, functioning and track record of EDES, then detail the 2024 Financial Regulation changes, new exclusion grounds, expedited procedures, and the planned extension to shared-management funds from 2028, including implications for OLAF/EPPO cooperation and administrative practice.
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Committee on International Trade (INTA)
The Commission underscores the strategic importance, urgency and conditionality of the EU–Switzerland package, after which the chair confirms amendment deadlines for the file, closes the public session and announces the subsequent coordinators’ meeting.
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Committee on International Trade (INTA)
MEPs report on the Bern mission, describing Swiss stakeholder views, referendum risks and the absence of a Plan B, present the modernised bilateral package and its sectoral implications, and outline parliamentary positions on mobility, EU programmes and social safeguards linked to free movement.
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Committee on Employment and Social Affairs (EMPL)
The Chair opens Session 2 on psychosocial risks linked to digitalisation, with EU‑OSHA presenting EU‑wide evidence on remote work, AI‑based tools and digital monitoring, and legislators and social partners outlining contrasting views on the need for a new EU directive versus relying on the existing OSH acquis.
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Committee on Industry, Research and Energy (ITRE)
Opening of the topical debate on advanced manufacturing as a strategic asset, followed by the Commission’s presentation of energy, state-aid, dual-use, R&I instruments and MEPs’ questions on data, benchmarking and AI uptake for EU industrial competitiveness.
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Committee on International Trade (INTA)
The Commission clarifies its WTO reform vision, MFN and plurilateral debates, and the General Council’s role on the Yaoundé package, while the chair concludes the MC14 block by signalling EU reassessment of WTO use, relaying the outcome document to WTO actors, and moving the agenda to EU–Switzerland relations.
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Committee on Culture and Education (CULT)
MEPs question experts on hubs, multilingualism, fiscal incentives and artistic freedom, followed by the Cyprus Council Presidency outlining priorities on Culture Compass, Agora EU and AVMSD, and the Commission presenting evaluation data on Creative Europe/MEDIA, co‑productions and support for low-capacity countries, framing future EU audiovisual policy choices.
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Committee on International Trade (INTA)
The chair, co-chair and MEPs debate the viability of the WTO, defend multilateralism, query the EU’s stance on MFN and club approaches, press for concrete reform deliverables in Geneva, and raise concerns on developing-country priorities, plurilaterals, civil society space and the respective roles of the EU and US.
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Committee on Culture and Education (CULT)
Invited experts from the European Audiovisual Observatory, Aarhus University and VUB present data on Europe’s fragmented film ecosystem, the dominant role of public funding for production, challenges in small and low‑capacity markets, and structural pressures from streamers, cinemas’ fragility and AI, while outlining possible EU‑level regulatory and funding responses.
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Committee on International Trade (INTA)
The chair opens the INTA meeting, sets procedural points and deadlines, and introduces the Yaoundé WTO ministerial debrief with initial assessments from the parliamentary delegation and the European Commission on the limited outcomes and the ‘Yaoundé package’.
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Committee on European Democracy Shield (special committee) (EUDS)
The EEAS explains its methodology for attributing covert operations and exposing hidden FIMI networks, calls for stronger and better‑enforced sanctions, describes deteriorating cooperation with major platforms under the DSA framework, notes setbacks in US institutional and civil society capacities, and clarifies how the EU Democracy Shield, Rapid Alert System and new Center for Democratic Resilience will interconnect, before closing with an explanation of current AI detection methods and their limits and the Chair’s announcement of an in camera continuation.
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Committee on Budgetary Control (CONT)
Co‑rapporteur Gotink reports on the Working Group’s inquiries into Commission use of external experts, NGO funding and major consultancy contracts, triggering a polarised debate between groups over duplication of discharge, transparency, alleged political misuse against NGOs and the need for enforceable safeguards, with both rapporteurs outlining next steps and integration into regular CONT oversight.
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Committee on European Democracy Shield (special committee) (EUDS)
S&D and Renew MEPs question the EEAS on entrenched FIMI, limitations of the Digital Services Act in targeting originators, AI‑driven distrust and possible mandatory AI labelling, as well as contacts with platforms and US counterparts; EPP MEP Zdechovský presses for a move from analysis to action, raises concerns about Hungary, and asks how the EU Democracy Shield will work in practice to ensure real‑time coordination and data sharing without added bureaucracy.
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Committee on Culture and Education (CULT)
MEPs underline ambitions for broader Erasmus+ reach, civic and digital education, and AI regulation in culture, before the Chair formally opens the “From script to screen” workshop and sets out its focus on EU film production, financing, cross‑border circulation and technological change.
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Committee on European Democracy Shield (special committee) (EUDS)
EEAS experts detail how generative AI and LLM grooming are now standard tools in FIMI operations, present attribution patterns with a focus on Russia and China, highlight key 2025 electoral targets, quantify AI involvement in incidents, and showcase network mapping plus a new public explorer tool revealing coordinated FIMI assets.
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Committee on Employment and Social Affairs (EMPL)
Li Andersson and 9 others
MEPs present Parliament’s priorities for implementing and extending the Platform Work Directive and AI‑related safeguards, followed by Spanish and French legislative experiences and a broader interparliamentary debate on bogus self‑employment, algorithmic management, taxation of AI and the scope of EU protections beyond platform workers.
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Committee on European Democracy Shield (special committee) (EUDS)
The Chair opens the special committee meeting, adopts the agenda and coordinators’ decisions, presents interpretation and e‑meeting arrangements, and introduces the 4th EEAS FIMI threat report; the EEAS then outlines the evolution and escalation of foreign information manipulation and interference, the shift from detection to deterrence, and key 2025 incident and investment figures.
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Committee on Industry, Research and Energy (ITRE)
MEPs debate the 2028–2034 unified cohesion mega‑fund and NRPP priorities, including regional autonomy, competitiveness and SME access, and then turn to the European Business Wallet proposal on scope, SME burden, interoperability and EU digital sovereignty ahead of amendment deadlines.
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Commission and MEPs debate emergency tools for the fuel price crisis and limits of EMFAF and state aid, before a broader political clash on the post‑2027 funding architecture, including NRPPs, the size and design of a dedicated fisheries fund, ring‑fencing, conditionality and the role of Global Europe and the Ocean Pact in financing both internal and external fisheries policy, SFPAs and ocean governance.
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Committee on Culture and Education (CULT)
Coordinators from main groups question the Commission on Erasmus+ budget levels, UK association, inclusion tools, youth and sport earmarking, traineeships and demographic policies, with the Vice‑President responding on funding envelopes, ESF+ top‑ups, rule‑of‑law conditionalities, simplification for small organisations, youth employment schemes and the legal basis of EU action in education.
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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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