MEPs question the Commission on the absence of earmarked news‑media funding in Agora EU, criteria for ensuring editorial independence, impacts of AI‑generated news summaries on media pluralism and DSA systemic‑risk assessments, and how simplification can proceed without diluting programme‑specific objectives, with the Court of Auditors stressing the need for clear safeguards and transparency on reallocations.
The Chair shifts to media financing under the next MFF, DG CONNECT outlines economic pressures on journalism and the design of the proposed €3.2bn Agora EU/Media+, the European Court of Auditors assesses its governance, EU added value, performance framework and audit rights, and IPI advocates large‑scale, long‑term and firewall‑based public funding for independent, local and investigative media.
Debate turns to expectations for the upcoming EU livestock strategy, its links to climate and health objectives, food sovereignty and strategic autonomy, with MEPs divided over herd size, intensive versus extensive systems, role of NGOs and novel foods, while also raising issues such as wool valorisation, Mercosur and other trade deals, national predator and disease crises, vaccination strategies and the long‑term viability of rural livestock farming.
MEPs highlight concrete crises affecting livestock farmers, including mass culling and disease outbreaks in Greece and elsewhere, slow compensation, shortages of veterinarians, manure and fertilizer challenges, and pressures from energy transition and large carnivores, arguing over vaccination versus culling, over‑regulation, trade rules and the need for immediate EU financial support and realistic environmental and animal‑health standards.
MEPs and the Chair question speakers on Agora EU priorities, media’s role in counter‑disinformation, defining and regulating disinformation and platform power, EMFA and anti‑SLAPP implementation (including in Italy and Hungary), spyware and journalist safety, chatbot and LLM risks, and ‘foreign agent’ laws, with Commission, Council of Europe, EDMO, CPJ and EBU providing detailed replies on EU competences, DSA enforcement and safeguards.
Main political groups set out their positions on the future of EU livestock, with centre‑right and centre‑left stressing food security, farmer incomes, CAP stability and trade reciprocity, while Patriots/ID, ECR, Renew, Greens and Left clash over free trade agreements, industrial versus extensive models, animal welfare, NGO influence, local processing capacity and the role of livestock in biodiversity and the circular economy.
The President opens the sitting, announces Council first‑reading positions on several legislative files and the deadline for Parliament’s response, then introduces the debate on the livestock farming report with presentations by rapporteur Fidanza and Commissioner Hansen outlining the political context and forthcoming EU livestock strategy.
The Council of Europe links EMFA to ECHR standards and five dimensions of media freedom, EDMO details disinformation dynamics and Democracy Shield funding gaps, CPJ focuses on political will, EMFA and anti‑SLAPP enforcement, and EBU highlights the role, funding erosion and regulatory needs of public service media in a platform‑dominated ecosystem.
The Chair opens the LIBE DRFMG meeting, sets World Press Freedom Day and EMFA/anti‑SLAPP as the context, then DG CONNECT presents the broader Democracy Shield, EMFA implementation and enforcement tools, AVMSD evaluation and revision priorities, and plans to update the EU journalist‑safety recommendation.
Block of final roll‑call discharge votes covering the 9th–11th European Development Funds, the 2024 EU general budget for Parliament, and subsequent discharge and resolution votes for the European Council, Council, Court of Justice and Court of Auditors, including rejection of remaining amendments and adoption of the Tridico report resolution.
Start of sitting with presentation of the Council decision amending the European Electoral Act to introduce proxy voting for pregnant and post‑childbirth MEPs, followed by political group statements and the Parliament’s roll‑call consent vote.
MEPs debate Green Deal targets, energy and fertiliser costs, and the impact of the Middle East conflict on EU energy sovereignty and food security, before Council and Commission set out EU positions on ceasefire, navigation security, Ukraine financing and sanctions, and the European Council’s energy and interconnection roadmap for industry and farmers.
Initial institutional framing links Ukraine, the Middle East and energy security to budget and own resources, followed by group clashes over alliances, the Green Deal and responsibility for regional instability, and then a detailed assessment of EU responses to the energy price shock, including ETS/CBAM, windfall taxes and the Union’s exposure to oil geopolitics.
Consolidated voting block closing first readings on multiple legislative files, including amendments on EIB financial control and roll‑call votes on the consent‑based rape law (Schrodingvilgos report), with key amendment outcomes and final results recorded for the parliamentary record.
Voting block on urgent procedures, immunity waivers, the 2028–2034 multiannual financial framework, 2024 budget guidelines and the reform of the generalized scheme of tariff preferences.
Marks World Day for Safety and Health at Work with a structured debate on occupational safety, psychosocial risks and enforcement, followed by institutional business including EP–Commission framework agreement, reception of a Cambodian delegation and extension of the European Democracy Shield special committee.
From the opening definition of Parliament’s negotiating mandate for the 2028–2034 MFF, the debate covers sectoral envelopes (CAP, cohesion, ESF+, health, research, culture), own resources and NGEU debt, strategic autonomy and security spending, solidarity tools including a proposed WWII reparations fund, and the linkage of MFF allocations to rule‑of‑law conditionality and Article 7.
Members use one‑minute interventions to address national political developments, rule of law, CAP and MFF, trade defence and Mercosur, workplace safety, migration, digital regulation, fact‑checking funding, online sexual violence, PFAS, minority and religious rights, LGBTIQ‑related CJEU rulings and a biotech‑focused ‘One Europe, One Market’ roadmap before the Chair adjourns the sitting.
Parliament assesses the ocean diplomacy report in the context of the Ocean Pact and CFP review, debating IUU enforcement, RFMO negotiations, third‑country competition, seabed mining moratoria and support for small‑scale coastal communities, with differing views on balancing global ocean governance and EU fleet interests.
The chair opens a session with Montenegro’s parliament on accession chapter 27; MEPs question Montenegro on climate alignment, Natura/Emerald sites, wastewater, rivers and tourism, and Dejan Đurović details legislative progress, enforcement steps, energy transition plans, Natura 2000 preparation, biodiversity protection and spatial planning for sustainable tourism.
In the final exchange, MEPs question EU responses to energy supply risks, business concerns about administrative burdens from pay transparency, and gaps in disability rights, deinstitutionalisation and EU‑funded accessibility, with the Commissioner clarifying existing energy measures, reaffirming the non‑reopening of the Pay Transparency Directive, condemning forced sterilisation, and detailing how equality, non‑discrimination and disability inclusion are embedded in EU funding and the MFF, before both sides close with commitments on gender and disability mainstreaming and continued parliamentary scrutiny.
After adjournment, a speaker repeatedly announces "Channel two, English" as an audio/interpretation reminder, with no further budgetary or political content.
MEPs highlight national refusals and lobbying against the Pay Transparency Directive, lack of accessibility and continued institutionalisation for persons with disabilities, and fears that rising defence spending crowds out social and care budgets, while the Commissioner defends pay transparency, outlines tools to enforce accessibility (including Accessible EU and infringement procedures), and frames crisis preparedness and humanitarian action within an all‑hazards, conflict‑prevention approach.
In a final consolidated round, MEPs probe the scope of Parliament’s right of inquiry, governance of a new ethics body, the legal basis and institutional balance in the EU–UK Gibraltar arrangement, and concrete enlargement scenarios, before the Chair closes the structured dialogue and AFCO meeting after Commissioner Šefčovič’s responses on ongoing trilateral talks, ethics architecture, Gibraltar’s EU-only agreement framework and the need for Council follow‑up on reform and enlargement files.
The Chair conducts roll-call and show-of-hands votes on compromises 1–8, amendments 79 and 80, and the final text on Parliament’s 2027 estimates, announcing adoption of the estimates and accompanying resolution and closing the budget voting session, followed by a final roll-call vote on Budget 2026 other sections (C1).
A second Q&A round and catch‑the‑eye interventions address competitiveness, timelines and financing for water resilience, PFAS and battery rules, WFD stress tests, nitrates and nature law implementation, with Commissioner Roswall closing by clarifying PFAS and REACH plans, defending WFD and nature ambitions while using guidance and stress tests, and framing green investment and nature credits as part of Europe’s competitiveness strategy.
The chair announces the need for the committee to confirm Parliament’s 2027 estimates following the Bureau’s endorsement and gives the floor to rapporteur Michalis Hadjipantela, who summarizes the conciliation with the Bureau and Secretary-General, a net saving of €9 million versus the initial proposal, limited increases for political foundations and former members’ activities, and eight cross-party compromises in the accompanying resolution.
Rapporteur Matjaž Nemec endorses the transfer as a positive signal for trainees and necessary for SPAAK-related moves, while Angéline Furet denounces what she calls budgetary abuse, highlighting large percentage increases in catering, costs linked to the SPAAK building, and criticizing additional comforts for MEPs.
The chair introduces Item 4 on the 2026 budget (other sections) and gives the floor to the DG of DG INLO, who presents a €1.54 million transfer request to reinforce catering lines (trainee meals, Spinelli restaurant, seminars in Bazos) and staff moves linked to the SPAAK building renovation.
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