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The chair closes the previous study point and formally opens the debate on fisheries local action groups (FLAGS) in the next MFF, inviting the Commission to present and framing the institutional context for subsequent questions on funding and governance.
The chair opens the forward‑looking panel as the Commission outlines the upcoming EU strategy for sustainable tourism, destination toolbox and data tools, followed by the Italian tourism ministry detailing its national strategy to rebalance tourist flows geographically and seasonally using policy incentives and AI‑based management.
Committee on Security and Defence (SEDE)
Renew MEPs call for Union‑wide protocols, modernization and protection of critical infrastructure, strong political control over activation, removal of burdensome impact assessments in crises, strategic autonomy in supplies and reliable solidarity‑pool sourcing. Greens and Left members defend a robust emergency mechanism, eligibility of key 1,520 mm rail investments, and integrated civil–military planning for resilient dual‑use infrastructure, followed by a catch‑the‑eye intervention on 360‑degree coverage and simplification and a Commission endorsement of a high‑ambition, single‑rulebook approach with light but effective governance.
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Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (LIBE)
MEPs question the Commission and DPAs on timelines, cybersecurity, data storage, DSA Article 28 guidance, facial recognition reliability, ‘double anonymity’ schemes, parental responsibility and VPN circumvention, eliciting clarifications on enforcement, governance, and technical safeguards before the chair closes the first panel.
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The Commission defends the new MFF architecture as flexible and CFP‑aligned, pointing to ring‑fenced and additional envelopes and other EU instruments, while the experts clarify key structural changes from EMFAF, possible legalisation of DNSH guidance, and the limited impact of higher ring‑fencing for data and control on operators.
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Committee on Industry, Research and Energy (ITRE)
Opinion committees, budget and control bodies set conditions on defence financing, EU4Health integration, transparency, ring‑fencing and geographical balance, followed by Commission and co‑rapporteurs detailing the Horizon–ECF pipeline, governance model, defence pillar, EU‑DARPA concept and limits on Commission flexibility.
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Committee on Security and Defence (SEDE)
EPP and S&D speakers set priorities on fast permits, an operational emergency mechanism, resilient and digital infrastructure, a robust solidarity pool with EU‑made equipment, exclusion of high‑risk suppliers and strong social safeguards, including full coverage for injured workers and protection of labour law. The ECR group supports high ambition and the emerging compromises while flagging sensitive elements such as the EMS and solidarity pool as needing pragmatic solutions.
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MEPs question experts, the EIB and the Commission on scale, conditionality, corruption controls, leverage and debt sustainability, with replies clarifying oversight, wartime rebuilding, private‑sector involvement and links between the Ukraine Facility, Global Europe and the MFF, leading to the chair’s conclusions and closure of the item.
Structured questions from MEPs on the causal relationship between tourism and housing prices, demographic and regional drivers, tourist taxation and fair distribution of benefits, followed by expert replies stressing structural housing shortages, territorial specificities and the need for coordinated EU and local instruments. Debate centres on lessons from Barcelona and other Spanish regions for EU fair housing initiatives, data‑driven regulation of tense areas and protection of residents’ quality of life.
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Committee on Security and Defence (SEDE)
Chairs open the joint SEDE–TRAN meeting, confirm the agenda and frame the debate around the Commission’s Military Mobility Regulation proposal and the large number of amendments, then outline the speaking procedure. Co‑rapporteurs present the main compromise directions and remaining issues on permits, corridor coordination, last‑mile infrastructure, NATO interoperability, customs, resilience, digital systems, the solidarity pool, private operators, funding links and EU–NATO synergies.
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Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (LIBE)
Chair Zarzalejos opens the LIBE hearing on age verification for protection of minors online and the first panel, where the Commission (DG CONNECT) and the French and Spanish DPAs set out the EU blueprint and data‑protection authorities’ criteria for privacy‑preserving, GDPR‑compliant age assurance solutions.
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Committee on Industry, Research and Energy (ITRE)
Political groups outline their strategic priorities for the ECF, covering SME support, governance balance with the Commission, defence and security‑related funding, social and green conditionality, gender and skills dimensions, and the role of digital, semiconductors and regional innovation ecosystems.
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Political group coordinators and MEPs challenge the reduced and less visible fisheries envelope, risks of dilution within NRPs, legal design flaws and DNSH uncertainty, social and food-sovereignty gaps, and unequal treatment compared with agriculture, while advocating a stronger or dedicated fisheries fund and clearer integration of the Ocean Pact/Act and decarbonisation needs.
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Chair frames the hearing on Ukraine’s reconstruction within Global Europe and the next MFF before the first expert panel details security scenarios, financing mix, and sectoral and procurement needs for a viable reconstruction pipeline.
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Opening of the hearing and first expert panel examining links between short‑term rentals, overtourism and housing affordability in Spain, with a focus on Catalonia, the Balearic Islands and Extremadura. Speakers present data on tourism intensity, housing markets and urban planning tools, and propose regulatory, fiscal and zoning measures to manage tourist rentals while protecting residential housing and local services.
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Committee on Industry, Research and Energy (ITRE)
Chair Budka conducts a test vote followed by the formal roll-call vote on the agreement for Canada to join SAFE, after which the report is declared adopted with 78 votes in favour, 11 against and 5 abstentions, and Canada is thanked.
The chair opens the meeting and the experts present their study on the Commission’s 2028–2034 MFF proposal, detailing implications for the CFP across the European Ocean Pact, the European Competitiveness Fund, the NRP fund, the EU facility, performance and conditions regulations, and the application of the DNSH principle.
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Committee on Industry, Research and Energy (ITRE)
Chair Budka opens the joint ITRE–SEDE meeting, adopts the agenda and passes the floor to Chair Strack-Zimmermann, who announces webstreaming, interpretation, presents Canada’s decision to join and financially contribute to SAFE, and mentions the upcoming delegation to Canada on security, defence and SAFE.
Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (LIBE)
The committee holds an electronic voting session to adopt consent on the Eurojust cooperation agreement with Lebanon and to approve LIBE’s interim opinion on the EU–Switzerland package before adjourning the meeting.
Committee on Security and Defence (SEDE)
MEPs question the Commission on implementation of the Ukraine loan facility, focusing on ammunition delivery timelines, derogations for third‑country components, industrial eligibility across guarantor and non‑guarantor states, and possibilities for front‑loading 2026–27 disbursements; the Commission details ramp‑up of EU 155mm production, swift derogations for Ukrainian drone components, non‑discriminatory access for the full EU‑27 (plus Norway and Ukraine) industrial base, and envisaged front‑loading while maintaining formal equal annual allocation principles.
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Committee on Human Rights (DROI)
The final intervention underlines equal protection for journalists and press cartoonists, the need to safeguard EU funding for independent media in the next MFF and to use media freedom as a core benchmark in EU external relations, before the chair formally closes the item and announces the afternoon closed session.
Committee on Security and Defence (SEDE)
The Chair introduces the €90bn Ukraine support loan focusing on the €60bn defence pillar, followed by the Commission’s detailed presentation on structure, schedules, procurement cascade and disbursement, then an initial Q&A on coordination with G7/NATO, enforcement of EU preference, possible SAFE II and the separate debate on Russian assets.
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Committee on Employment and Social Affairs (EMPL)
Experts and the Commission assess remaining wage gaps, specific national cases such as Greece and Germany, and situate the directive in the broader social pillar and human capital agenda; ETUC and BusinessEurope conclude on structural obstacles and preferred bargaining frameworks, Romania and Ireland link wages to housing and in‑work poverty, and the Chair closes with next steps for EMPL monitoring and continued cooperation.
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Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (LIBE)
Rapporteurs update on trilogues for the Return Regulation, focusing on mandatory mutual recognition of return decisions and the external dimension, and on the SME/SMC ‘Mid‑Caps Omnibus’ package, which seeks targeted GDPR relief and reduced administrative burdens while keeping high‑risk data processing fully regulated.
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Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (LIBE)
The Chair and rapporteurs brief on interinstitutional negotiations on the CSA Regulation and recast CSA Directive, highlighting remaining divergences on detection orders, privacy safeguards, penalties, limitation periods, consent, grooming and travel‑for‑abuse offences while noting areas of provisional agreement.
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The committee turns to its opinion on the horizontal performance regulation for the next MFF, with rapporteur, shadows, the Commission and co‑rapporteur debating the application of DNSH, climate and gender criteria to fisheries, concerns over competitiveness and administrative burden, and the role of delegated acts, before the rapporteur closes the discussion and adjourns the sitting.
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Committee on Employment and Social Affairs (EMPL)
Li Andersson and 4 others
National MPs report on their transposition approaches, tensions between higher minimum wages and SME competitiveness, and low private‑sector coverage, while the debate broadens to wage convergence, productivity, protection of high-coverage bargaining models, and fears that statutory minimum wages could become de facto standards.
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Matjaž Nemec and 4 others
The committee reviews the Committee of the Regions’ transfer and establishment plan, the ETF’s forced relocation in Turin, and the EEAS lease for new premises in Ghana, examining costs, security and planning, before testing the voting system and approving the CoR transfer and the EEAS Accra lease ahead of suspending the sitting.
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Committee on Human Rights (DROI)
The chair opens the agenda item on global press freedom with presentations by RSF, Cartoonists’ Rights and the EEAS on deteriorating media conditions, conflict‑related risks, legal harassment, online threats and EU/multilateral protection tools, followed by MEP questions on EU internal obligations, emblematic journalist cases, Belarus, Gaza and funding gaps and expert calls for stricter enforcement of EU media and digital laws, improved protection for exiled and cartoonist journalists, stronger EU country positions and targeted support for independent media in exile.
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Stakeholder panellists answer MEPs by stressing urgent, practical fixes using existing tools, more structured dialogue and recognition of competitiveness gaps with third countries, while DG MARE outlines its multi‑year simplification agenda, stress‑tests and guidance on aquaculture administration, prompting criticism from MEPs about slow timelines and insufficient concrete legal changes.
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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
College read-out / Press conference (with international sign language) by European Commission Executive Vice-President Henna VIRKKUNEN and Commissioner Michael McGRATH on the Digital Fairness Act and a Consumer enforcement initiative
College read-out / Press conference by European Commission Executive Vice-President Henna VIRKKUNEN and Commissioner Michael McGRATH on the Digital Fairness Act and a Consumer enforcement initiative
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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