The committee opens with an objection to the draft implementing act approving pydiflumetofen, with the co‑objector detailing health, environmental and legal risks, political groups setting out divergent positions on precaution vs. regulatory continuity, and DG SANTE defending the EFSA‑based approach while the co‑objector insists on stricter application of Court rulings on formulation assessment.
MEPs from S&D, Greens/EFA and The Left set out concerns on LIFE’s future, biodiversity targets, CAP coefficients and financing architecture, followed by consultants’ replies on safeguards for LIFE, integration of off‑budget funds, DNSH robustness, and tracking of both positive and harmful spending before the meeting’s closure.
Rapporteur introduces the external Trinomics study on whether the Commission’s 2028–2034 MFF proposal is fit for climate and environmental objectives, followed by consultants detailing key findings on climate/biodiversity targets, DNSH, LIFE, tracking and recommended reforms.
DG INTPA outlines EU humanitarian, development and diplomatic responses on global food security and previews the 19 May fertilizers action plan, after which Chair Waitz summarises key points, notes remaining technical questions and formally closes the AGRI agenda item and meeting.
Rapporteur Maran and political groups set out priorities on the proposed EU budget performance framework regulation (climate and biodiversity targets, DNSH, tracking methodology), followed by the Commission’s defence of its 35% target, coefficient‑based system and timeline for guidance.
Experts present trends and EU policy options on academic freedom, followed by MEP and Chair questions on monitoring, self‑censorship and polarization, expert replies on integrating academic freedom into democratic resilience tools, and the Chair’s closing remarks and announcement of next steps.
The Chair closes the Bulgaria FIMI agenda point and, linking foreign interference with democratic resilience, introduces the new item on restrictions to academic freedom in the EU and presents the Academic Freedom Monitor and invited experts.
Further MEPs press for immediate EU measures such as strategic reserves, protection for small farmers and action on fertilizer plants and CO₂ policy, with Lario replying on diversification away from Gulf dependence, African fiscal constraints, and the need for mixed fertilization, soil health and resilient value chains.
The rapporteur and political groups express strong support for authorising member states, in the EU’s interest, to accept Cabo Verde’s accession to the 1980 Hague Convention on international child abduction, highlighting legal alignment, child‑protection benefits and rejection of amendments, followed by the Commission’s endorsement of the draft report and confidence in Cabo Verde’s implementation before the chair closes the meeting.
Rapporteur, shadows and Commission set out the legal context, links with the 2024 EU environmental crime directive, and political arguments for Parliament to give consent to EU accession to the Council of Europe Convention, including scope of offences, cross‑border enforcement and concerns about cumulative sanctions and business impacts.
Presentation of the Global Report on Food Crises by IFAD President Lario, focusing on Strait of Hormuz risks, fertilizer price transmission and structural resilience, followed by coordinators’ initial questions on EU fertilizer sovereignty, African agriculture strategies and links to wider geopolitical choices.
MEPs question the panel on Kremlin and other foreign influence in the Bulgarian elections, institutional coordination against manipulation and vote‑buying, Meta’s conduct under the DSA and alleged police abuses, to which the Bulgarian speakers respond with details on Russian‑embedded networks, state capacities, confirmed intelligence links, Russian‑language hashtag ecosystems and asymmetric platform cooperation.
The committee turns to the European business wallet opinion, with the rapporteur and shadows outlining priorities on simplification, security, interoperability and SME‑friendliness, while MEPs and the Commission debate mandatory use by public authorities, security standards, business uptake conditions and alignment with wider digital single market tools.
Grozev and Nikolova/BFMI present evidence of domestically rooted, cross‑platform coordinated inauthentic behavior in the Bulgarian elections, explain concrete manipulation tactics and Russian‑linked content laundering networks, contrast TikTok’s cooperation with Meta’s limited action, and argue for stronger, standardized EU‑level DSA enforcement and use of the Rapid Response System.
The Chair opens the second session on foreign information manipulation and interference in Bulgaria, sets the electoral integrity focus and introduces the Bulgarian speakers, followed by Shalamanov’s description of the national horizontal FIMI coordination mechanism, links to EU tools and identified weaknesses in DSA implementation and regulatory coordination.
The Commission explains its proposal to harmonise hemp rules in the CMO and allow marketing of all plant parts under CAP‑compliant conditions, while coordinators and other MEPs discuss THC thresholds, industrial potential, processing support and health risks, and the Commission responds on agronomic benefits, regulatory scope, funding possibilities and advisory services.
The climate Commissioner presents AccelerateEU, ETS reform and the 2040 90% GHG‑reduction objective (including MSR changes, removals, CBAM and international credits), followed by several Q&A rounds with coordinators and other MEPs on ETS revenues, Social Climate Plans, AMOC monitoring, nuclear and coal, the use of article 6 credits, livestock and meat subsidies, industrial accelerators and ‘zero‑carbon’ steel, car CO₂ standards flexibilities, methane regulation implementation, CO₂ infrastructure de‑risking and the steering of ETS resources towards decarbonisation before the structured dialogue concludes.
Rapporteur and MEPs scrutinise EU Inc’s design, warning about forum shopping, labour and tax risks, codetermination gaps and fragmentation, while the Commission responds on safeguards, scope, insolvency, ESOPs and implementation, before the rapporteur closes by insisting on strong worker and creditor protection standards for an EU ‘quality label’.
Rapporteur Kubín presents his compromise ECON opinion on the tobacco excise directives (definitions, minimum rates, indexation, transition periods), political groups outline diverging positions between public health and competitiveness concerns, and closing remarks confirm the balance sought and the ECON vote date of 3 June before adjournment.
The chair opens the EU Inc (28th regime) agenda item and Commissioner McGrath presents the regulation’s objectives, core digitalisation features, investor and insolvency elements, and clarifies its legal limits within the broader 28th regime roadmap and timeline.
The Chair and shadows introduce the file on granting EPPO and OLAF access to EU‑level VAT data, converging on amendments that strengthen data‑protection safeguards, logging and proportionality of access while stressing the need for sufficient human and IT resources and confirming the 3 June ECON vote target.
The rapporteur and political groups present their positions on the Single Market and Customs Programme, focusing on simplification, monitoring, democratic control, comitology and the role of statistics, with broad support for the draft opinion and a vote scheduled for 3 June.
The study author presents data and policy options on young farmers, the Commission outlines its generational renewal strategy and proposed CAP ‘starter pack’, and rapporteur Walsh, shadows and other MEPs debate budget ring‑fencing, land access, income, pensions, succession, gender equality and organic farming, followed by a Q&A with detailed replies from the study author and DG AGRI and Walsh’s synthesis and timeline for the report.
De Guindos sets out the ECB’s stance on stablecoins, tokenised assets and the digital euro, responds to concerns about systemic geopolitical uncertainty, and details ECB priorities on AI‑enabled cyber‑risk, private credit growth and macroprudential oversight as emerging financial‑stability challenges.
Acting chair Waitz adopts the agenda and previous minutes, announces procedural items (interpretation, livestreaming, Rule 251 corrigendum, committee missions), and then frames the generational renewal item by explaining the scope of the young farmers study, its focus countries and its link to rapporteur Walsh’s forthcoming report and procedure.
MEPs question De Guindos on lessons from the recent inflation episode, perceived delays in tightening, the disconnect between buoyant markets and underlying risks, and the implications of persistent geopolitical shocks, to which he defends a cautious, data‑dependent meeting‑by‑meeting approach given current uncertainties and supply‑side pressures.
Chair Herranz García opens the ENVI meeting, adjusts the agenda (notably postponing the NGT vote), then holds a structured dialogue with Commissioner Várhelyi on the food and feed simplification package, digital labelling, border controls and audits, pesticides and the omnibus reapproval regime, NGTs and GMMs, Mercosur and Brazilian meat safety, livestock and animal‑welfare strategy, Safe Hearts and ultra‑processed foods, NGO funding, and the legal basis and safeguards for the Commission’s proposals, including follow‑up clarifications on legal vetting, traceability, and the timeline for animal‑welfare legislation.
The Chair opens the ECON meeting, adopts the agenda and introduces ECB Vice‑President De Guindos, who presents the ECB’s 2025 Annual Report focusing on the macro outlook, monetary policy stance, EMU deepening, digital euro and the ECB’s accountability to Parliament.
Commissioner Hansen and rapporteur Fidanza give closing replies on CAP tools, coupled support, generational renewal, fertilizer use and reciprocity in trade before the Chair announces the timing of the vote and closes the livestock item, after which Parliament moves to the next agenda point on women’s entrepreneurship in rural and island areas and the rapporteur presents key barriers and proposed solutions.
Commission, European Court of Auditors and final speakers set out safeguards on budget flexibility, editorial-independence checks, subsidiarity limits on EU-level support schemes, and priorities for future funding of investigative and local media before the Chair closes the LIBE DRFMG meeting.
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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