Chair opens the extraordinary ITRE meeting, adopts the agenda for the structured dialogue with Commissioner Kubilius, and the Commissioner sets out the deteriorating security environment, Europe–Russia defence production gap, and the need for a swift, undiluted Defence Readiness Omnibus, the European Competitiveness Fund and new instruments (AGILE, USPA, Space Shield).
Defence lawyers and Fair Trials assess mutual recognition instruments, the EAW and supervision orders, overuse of pre‑trial detention, safeguards for videoconferencing and encrypted evidence, and respond to MEPs on EPPO coverage, suspects’ rights, public priorities, data quality and how reforms of EPPO, Eurojust, Europol and digitalisation can strengthen fair‑trial guarantees before the Chair closes the hearing.
MEPs press agencies on moving from ad hoc JITs to centralised judicial task forces, EU accession to the UN cybercrime convention, systematic support to transit states, an EU definition of participation in a criminal organisation, operational awareness of EU tools, funding of cross‑border units and Eurojust’s role in the e‑evidence regime.
The acting chair opens the structured dialogue with Commissioner Kos, who outlines the geopolitical rationale, tools and country files for a more credible and political enlargement, followed by coordinators’ questions on conditionality, EU reforms, safeguards and fiscal impacts. A further targeted Q&A drills into Kosovo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, CBAM effects and connectivity via the South Caucasus, clarifying gradual integration, Growth Plan conditions and strategic corridors.
Eurojust, Europol, EPPO, the European Judicial Network, the Franco‑German cross‑border brigade and the Palermo court present operational casework on JITs, SIENA, PIF crimes, decentralised judicial cooperation, cross‑border police models and anti‑mafia practice, outlining needs for clearer mandates, shared services and harmonised organised‑crime and evidence rules.
MEPs scrutinise feedback channels from practitioners, specialisation needs, data‑exchange obstacles, EDPS‑related limits on Frontex–Europol cooperation, EU competences, financial crime, AMLA, inter‑agency synergies, and the forthcoming organised‑crime and anti‑corruption initiatives, before the Chair closes Panel 1 and introduces Panel 2.
DG HOME and DG JUST set out forthcoming initiatives on Europol, Eurojust, EPPO, information exchange, organised crime and victims’ rights, while the Fundamental Rights Agency highlights gaps in safeguards, victims’ protection and rights‑compliant use of digital tools and AI in criminal justice.
The Chair opens the LIBE meeting, adopts the agenda and minutes, announces rapporteur and coordinators’ decisions, and frames the public hearing on future police and judicial cooperation, speakers and structure.
The Chair opens the final agenda point on a coherent tax framework for the EU financial sector, with the rapporteur highlighting VAT‑driven fragmentation and report goals, shadows setting out conflicting views on VAT reform, FTT and tax sovereignty, and the Chair closing the public session and announcing follow‑up in coordinators’ meeting.
Commission services outline the current acquis on video games, IP and consumer protection and the pending assessment of consumer law, followed by academic experts and MEPs testing legal qualifications such as unfair practices and a ‘right to resurrect’, and debating impacts on copyright, cultural heritage and digital guarantees.
Chairs from IMCO, JURI and PETI open the joint hearing, position the ‘Stop destroying video games’ ECI in the Parliament’s consumer and right‑to‑repair agenda, and the organisers define ‘destruction’ as remote deactivation of purchased games while calling for binding EU‑level rules over self‑regulation.
Chair, MEPs and the Commission review revised US Section 232 tariffs on metals, derivatives and pharmaceuticals against the Turnberry understanding, debating legal status, sectoral impacts, overcapacity tools, exemption efforts, and future risks, before the Chair sets out follow‑up and closes the INTA meeting.
MEPs question experts on indexation, adequacy of minimum rates, cross‑border shopping, dual use, fiscal and inflation effects, illicit trade and enforcement, with experts defending higher, indexed excises, addressing behavioural responses, and calling for stronger EU‑wide measurement and controls.
The rapporteur reiterates concerns on coking coal, ongoing dependencies and lobbying pressure, after which the Chair announces the ENVI vote date, notes an agenda postponement, gives upcoming meeting dates in Strasbourg and Brussels, and formally closes the sitting.
The Commission justifies the targeted amendment package in light of the Resource EU plan and China’s export restrictions, explaining centralised identification of large companies and reinforced supply-chain risk duties, and details measures to develop secondary markets and recycling for permanent magnets and rare earths, including product labelling and inclusion of pre‑consumer waste streams.
ID/RN challenges mandatory supply-chain mapping and defends stronger national control, while Greens and Left advocate enhanced circularity, traceable waste data and social safeguards; ECR calls the revision insufficient and demands relief from ETS and methane rules for coke and coal, and another Left intervention denounces extractivist dynamics and alleged violations of Sami and local community rights in CRM mining projects.
The Commission outlines the relaunch and progress of EU–Malaysia FTA talks, MEPs question market potential, SMEs, palm oil, rights and CPTPP‑related disadvantages, and the Commission responds on trade structure, GIs, halal certification, TSD expectations, SPS and diversification away from over‑reliance on China.
The new Chair introduces the tobacco excise agenda point and external experts, who explain the proposed Tobacco Tax Directive minima, modelling approach, and projected country‑level impacts on prices, consumption, revenues and health, advocating swift adoption with indexation.
Temu presents its EU operations, shift towards a first‑party model and compliance tools, followed by intensive MEP questioning on liability, dangerous and banned products, systemic risks, DSA breaches and the impact of the new customs rules, before Temu and the Commission outline enforcement commitments and possible stronger powers for consumer authorities.
The rapporteur frames the Critical Raw Materials Act revision around reducing strategic dependencies on China and avoiding past mistakes like Nord Stream, while the EPP outlines support for a lean, targeted revision with specific, material-based recycling targets and limited new burdens for companies under ENVI’s remit.
The meeting shifts to the ENVI draft opinion on the targeted revision of the CRMA, with the rapporteur and political groups outlining diverging views on strategic autonomy, recycling targets, administrative burden, circularity, labour and environmental safeguards, China‑related dependencies and coking coal, followed by DG GROW’s justification of the amendments, the rapporteur’s final warnings and the Chair’s announcement of the timetable and formal closure.
The committee conducts voting on the AI report and an olive oil agreement, then hears briefings from monitoring groups on Indonesia, Australia, Chile and the Philippines covering FTA implementation, TSD follow‑up, GIs, procurement and investment protection and expected ratification schedules.
The IMCO chair opens the meeting, steers adoption of the Union Customs Code and EU Customs Authority reform, and then launches a new recurring scrutiny mandate on major e‑commerce platforms with an initial focus on Temu, based on Commission assessments of product safety, DSA enforcement and consumer protection risks.
Chair announces the next committee meeting for the following Thursday at 9:00 and reminds members of the 11:00 joint hearing with IMCO and PETI on the European Citizens’ Initiative ‘Stop destroying video games’, before closing the sitting.
Chair closes the vote, announces 22 votes cast (3 in favour, 19 against, no abstentions), and confirms that the existing legal basis from the negotiations remains unchanged.
Chair opens the sitting, announces a vote on the legal basis of a proposal referred by MV and IMCO under Rule 41, notes the rapporteur’s absence, and proceeds directly to the electronic vote.
The Chair, rapporteur and shadows present CULT’s priorities for the proposed NRP fund, ensuring education, youth, culture, sport and media are integrated into national and regional plans with strong multilevel governance, social targets and cultural mainstreaming, followed by the Commission outlining the fund’s volume, architecture, conditionalities and cohesion role before the meeting is closed.
The Executive Vice-President outlines shortcomings in tackling online piracy of live events, links the copyright review with the Audiovisual Media Services Directive review for the creative sector, and calls for swift agreement on key digital files before the Chair closes the structured dialogue.
The committee moves from the study to the draft INI report on the 28th tax regime, with the rapporteur outlining objectives and structure, political groups expressing differing positions on ambition, scope and instruments, and the Chair setting deadlines and next procedural steps.
The Executive Vice-President details DSA enforcement on minors, democracy and scams, explains EU age-verification tools and child-safety guidance, and presents AI Act security obligations together with forthcoming tech sovereignty and defence-related technology initiatives.
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