The Chair and invited officials frame the state of play on implementing the Migration and Asylum Pact, followed by rounds of MEP questions on preparedness, solidarity, enforcement, rights safeguards, frontline pressures and evaluation plans, with the Commission and Presidency defending the Pact’s added value while acknowledging uneven readiness and the need for close monitoring.
The plenary debate on EU–Azerbaijan relations is opened, setting out the institutional and geopolitical stakes around Parliament’s human-rights stance and cooperation with Baku, followed by explanations of vote on several legislative files, procedural follow-up announcements and the formal closure of the sitting.
Continuous voting session on urgency resolutions concerning Iran, Afghanistan and Indonesia, followed by detailed amendment votes and final adoption of the Employment and Social Affairs Committee resolution on reducing work-related deaths.
Chair opens the sitting, addresses points of order on Gaza activists and the Capaci massacre, then moves to ECON and TRAN mandates on the securitisation and roadworthiness packages ahead of trilogue negotiations.
The Chair and Commissioner set out the AccelerateEU energy package, ILUC criteria and the delegated act on high‑risk biofuel feedstocks, followed by a debate on biofuels versus electrification, sector‑specific uses, investment certainty and the Commission’s commitment to focus electrification while supporting sustainable fuels for hard‑to‑abate sectors.
Commissioner Schinas and MEPs assess the Hondius outbreak response, EU–national competence boundaries and lessons from COVID, before turning to the strengthening of ECDC, lab networks, EU4Health and links with HERA and the WHO pandemic treaty for longer‑term health security.
Chairs, MEPs and Commissioner Schinas examine the European Citizens’ Initiative on video‑game preservation, addressing ownership models, shutdown practices, preservation duties and possible links to future EU consumer and copyright rules, with the Commission signalling a forthcoming formal response.
The chair, ECR author and Commission introduce the ETS topical debate and revision context, then the combined debate develops the main political fault lines around ETS fundamentals, its impact on energy prices, industrial competitiveness and revenue use within Fit for 55.
From the opening of the voting session to the end of roll‑call votes, the President guides consent procedures on international, security and fisheries agreements, then turns to foreign‑policy and rule‑of‑law resolutions (UN General Assembly, Slovakia), addressing politically sensitive points of order and disputed amendments on EU leaders and third countries.
From the opening of the sitting to the closing reply by the Commission, Members and the Commission set out the roadmap for single market reform, address regulatory fragmentation, SME burdens and external competition, and confront the social implications of the current integration model, including deindustrialisation, labour standards and fair competition. The block clarifies institutional priorities such as a possible 28th regime, simplification tools, investment needs and key files like capital markets union, energy and telecoms, while exposing political cleavages on social safeguards and over‑regulation.
The Commission presents a Fertilizer Action Plan to tackle price spikes and dependencies, and MEPs debate short‑term CAP and state‑aid relief versus long‑term transition, contesting CBAM/ETS and sanctions impacts while pushing for fertilizer strategic autonomy, circular and organic inputs, Nitrates Directive reform and alignment with food security and Green Deal politics.
Italian MEPs react to the Modena attack with competing interpretations of its causes, contrasting calls for depoliticised focus on mental health and public‑space protection with demands for tougher migration, citizenship and radicalisation policies.
After votes on immunities and key legislative files, the plenary turns to an AFCO oral question on EU capacity to act, where Council and Commission present tools for reform (passerelles, enhanced cooperation, MFF changes) and MEPs polarise over veto powers, federalism, treaty change, Council’s role and the balance between strategic autonomy and democratic legitimacy.
President Metsola and laureates use the new Order of Merit to honour contributors to integration, enlargement, democracy and Ukraine, with former leaders and Angela Merkel delivering politically charged reflections on defence, federalism, AI and the EU’s core promises of peace, prosperity and democracy before the formal close of the ceremony.
From the opening of the sitting to the closing statements, Council, Commission and political groups set out the EU’s legislative toolbox (AI Act, NIS2, CRA, cyber reserve), debate tech sovereignty and energy needs for AI, and clash over foreign dependencies, fundamental rights, democratic risks, defence integration and institutional design for EU cyber and security policy.
From the Commission’s presentation of the Critical Medicines Act and broader health package through to MEPs’ plenary interventions on social inequalities, digital regulation, civil liberties and media freedom, this block traces key policy objectives, political divides and procedural next steps ahead of the vote.
The Chair postpones an inter‑institutional negotiations item due to the rapporteur’s absence, addresses visiting guests, and formally closes the morning meeting of the Budgets Committee.
Rapporteur, shadows, the Chair and the Commission review the EGF case for dismissed Solvay workers, link it to wider industrial pressures and Chinese competition, and reflect on the future design of EU labour‑market instruments and monitoring of outcomes.
The Commission presents the 2025 surplus and its drivers, while rapporteur and shadows contest the legal obligation to return surpluses to Member States, question customs and interest‑cost forecasting, and debate implications for new own resources under geopolitical uncertainty.
Rapporteur and Members discuss extending CBAM to downstream goods as a new EU own resource, addressing fairness in carbon pricing, additional revenue potential, competitiveness concerns, and administrative impacts on SMEs.
Members and the Commission examine the proposed Temporary Decarbonisation Fund, focusing on its link to CBAM revenues, complementarity with existing instruments, treatment of unused resources, and the effort to keep it strictly temporary and administratively light.
The Chair opens the Budgets Committee sitting, introduces the Agora EU programme file, and frames the budgetary and procedural context before giving the floor to the rapporteur and other political groups.
MEPs and MPs express broad political support for a special tribunal on Russian aggression, link it to other accountability gaps, and call for stronger EU use of universal jurisdiction, sanctions instruments and strategic autonomy. The panel closes with emphasis on avoiding fragmentation, implementing Kampala amendments and mobilising parliaments, followed by the chair’s final conclusions on forthcoming subcommittee work, next steps and continued inter‑parliamentary cooperation.
The chair launches the second panel on universal jurisdiction and cooperation, with experts outlining best practices for domestic prosecution of international crimes and tools like the Ljubljana–The Hague Convention. Ukraine’s MFA details the legal design, timeline and institutional set‑up for a special tribunal for the crime of aggression and urges EU states to become founding members and complete domestic procedures rapidly.
National MPs, MEPs, Ukrainian representatives and civil society urge activation of the EU blocking statute, clearer national guidance and practical safeguards to ensure ICC officials and partners can operate despite sanctions. The wrap‑up recentres on victims, clarifies institutional competences for triggering the blocking statute, criticizes Commission inaction and calls for coordinated inter‑parliamentary pressure and national‑level countermeasures.
Greens shadow outlines the group’s stance on the fund’s remit, its links to other EU defence financing and the upcoming MFF, before the chair closes the public item and announces the transition to an in camera session with practical instructions for members. These interventions mark the conclusion of the public debate and the procedural shift to a confidential committee discussion.
ICC Judge Guillaume, the EEAS legal service and civil society detail the scope and impact of US sanctions on ICC officials and partners, highlighting over‑compliance by European financial and digital operators. They outline the legal basis of ICC jurisdiction, criticize the US executive order, and present the EU blocking statute and other resilience tools as potential countermeasures.
Rapporteur and shadow rapporteurs present priorities for using the large Pillar 1 fund for security and defence, covering coordination with EU instruments, defence industrial capacity, military mobility, budget ring‑fencing, third‑country access and governance conditions.
The chair opens the inter‑parliamentary meeting, explains speaking and procedural rules, and frames the first panel around the ICC under pressure and the EU’s role in defending multilateral justice. The JURI Chair then recalls prior work on immunities and sets today’s mandate: identifying how EU law can protect ICC and UN accountability officials from coercive measures.
Co‑rapporteurs underline broad cross‑group support, detailing Parliament’s intended first‑reading mandate on NATO interoperability, partner cooperation, corridor extremities, fuel and energy infrastructure, resilience and a European digital dimension. S&D speakers reiterate priorities on rapid EU reaction, workers’ rights, liability allocation and dual‑use bottlenecks, link the regulation to Polish SAFE‑programme investments, and the chair announces the joint SEDE–TRAN vote date and objective to launch trilogues before the summer break.
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
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
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Special Committee on the European Democracy Shield Ordinary meeting
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Special Committee on the Housing Crisis in the European Union Ordinary meeting
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Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (LIBE)
7th Inter-Parliamentary Committee Meeting On Evaluation Of The European Union Agency For Criminal Justice Cooperation (Eurojust) Activities
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Committee on European Democracy Shield (special committee) (EUDS)
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