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Committee on Public Health (SANT)
The Chair reports on the Poland mission and launches the agenda point with the ECDC Director, followed by MEPs’ questions and ECDC replies on surveillance (including AI), One Health, epidemic risks, governance and resources before formal closure of the item.
Launch of the public hearing on fisheries‑related crimes and protection of EU fishers, then expert presentations from NGOs, investigative media, INTERPOL and the Portuguese Navy on IUU fishing, forced labour, opaque ownership, flags of convenience, piracy and the limits of current EU and international enforcement tools, with concrete cases and recommended regulatory responses.
Committee on Legal Affairs (JURI)
The Chair, on behalf of the rapporteur, reports the successful trilogue conclusion on the protection of adults regulation, outlining the main legal elements, focus on autonomy and UN CRPD compliance, acknowledging the Council Presidency and groups, and announcing the upcoming JURI vote and in‑camera session.
Committee on Public Health (SANT)
The chair and ECDC Director frame the agency’s mandate and current health security threats, present operational responses to Ebola, Hantavirus and communicable disease trends, and discuss the 2025 work programme alongside MEP questions on AI, One Health, zoonoses and remaining gaps in EU preparedness and funding.
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Committee on Culture and Education (CULT)
The committee adopts three opinions linked to the 2028–2034 funding framework: on ESF+ with a strong culture and inclusion focus, on implementation of the reinforced Youth Guarantee, and on the NRP cohesion and related funds regulation, including a push for a culture earmark and extensive amendment votes.
Procedural opening of the Fisheries Committee sitting, adoption of the agenda and minutes, announcement of an extra July session, followed by two roll‑call votes on the GFCM Mediterranean regulation amendment and the delegated act on Baltic porpoise by‑catches, with brief political justification by the rapporteur.
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Committee on Development (DEVE)
The Chair opens the DEVE meeting, adopts the agenda and minutes, then moves to the Erasmus+ 2028–2034 draft opinion with the rapporteur’s presentation and proceeds through compromise and individual amendments, concluding with the final roll‑call adoption and two roll‑call votes on oral questions on humanitarian aid and global health to plenary.
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Rapporteur Radza and shadows set out contrasting views on the proposed fisheries instrument under the National and Regional Partnership Fund, challenging the adequacy of the €2 billion envelope and the loss of a visible, ring-fenced fisheries budget line, while calling for stronger governance and oversight. The PECH rapporteur and Commission defend the minimum-envelope approach, separate budget line and national top-ups, with Radza closing by announcing amendment and BUDG vote deadlines.
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Committee on Public Health (SANT)
The committee reviews the trilogue outcome on the Critical Medicines Act, detailing Parliament’s gains on security of supply, EU manufacturing, procurement and solidarity mechanisms, and then debriefs the SANT delegation’s mission to Poland on the pharmaceutical package, biotech, access to medicines and workforce challenges.
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Committee on Industry, Research and Energy (ITRE)
Co‑rapporteurs address remaining concerns on speed, reporting, lump sums, inducement caps, SME focus versus larger firms and Member State involvement, outline expected compromises, and present the next procedural steps towards Parliament’s mandate and early trilogue, before the chairs close the joint item.
Committee on Culture and Education (CULT)
The CULT chair opens the meeting, confirms procedural decisions and reporting on the culture declaration, then introduces and steers the vote on the own‑initiative report on a new strategy for media literacy and digital learning, including its preventive focus against disinformation and online manipulation.
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Committee on Legal Affairs (JURI)
The committee and Commission present the proposed Biotech Act, detailing objectives, SPC incentives, AI and data use, and biosecurity safeguards, followed by political input from Axel Voss on competitiveness, over‑regulation and financing, and a Commission response on business models, standards and funding instruments across the biotech value chain.
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Committee on Public Health (SANT)
Co‑chairs launch hybrid joint EMPL–ENVI meetings on asbestos protection and the Social Climate Fund, then address a procedural challenge on petition 2287/2025 about alleged mRNA vaccine injury, culminating in a roll‑call confirming coordinators’ refusal to act.
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Committee on Legal Affairs (JURI)
The Chair opens the JURI meeting with condolences, confirms the agenda and practical arrangements, then reports coordinators’ decisions on new rapporteurships, own‑initiative work, budgetary mandates, Venice Commission exchanges, and subsidiarity opinions under Rule 43.
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Committee on Public Health (SANT)
Procedural business, block votes and confirmation of petition 2287/2025 handling lead into the presentation of the Critical Medicines Act trilogue outcome on strategic autonomy, access and shortage prevention tools.
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Committee on Industry, Research and Energy (ITRE)
The Commission details Agile’s €115 million pilot scope, SME‑oriented and mission‑driven calls, links with Member States and primes, and association of Ukraine, then answers questions on do‑no‑significant‑harm, strategic autonomy, industrialisation and strict conditions for third‑country participation to avoid backdoor access to EU defence funding.
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The committee runs three consecutive voting sessions, first adopting the report on EIB financial activities and measures linked to the ECSC research fund, then approving an amended mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund for Belgium, and finally validating nuclear safety and decommissioning instruments plus the OCT/Greenland association decision. The block ends with roll-call approvals of DEC 7/2021, the EESC budget transfer and the Mechelen warehouse decision.
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Committee on Industry, Research and Energy (ITRE)
Further shadows and MEPs focus on Agile as a pilot for a future competitiveness fund, call for cybersecurity and evaluation requirements, insist on operational relevance and complementarity with EU/NATO tools, stress support for unmanned systems and parliamentary oversight, and debate lump sums, third‑country association and the necessity of main contractors for SME uptake.
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Members review long-term real estate decisions, starting with the Mechelen external warehouse lease shared with the Commission and followed by Commission early warnings on three Brussels usufruct buildings, before examining delays to the Jean Monnet 2 project in Luxembourg and related BECH/Helios lease extensions and penalties. The debate focuses on cost, governance, contractual liabilities and negotiating leverage vis-à-vis member states and private landlords.
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The Chair opens the BUDG meeting, confirms the agenda, coordinators’ decisions and absence of section 3 transfers, then examines and recommends approval of the EESC request to shift €42,000 from childcare to a PMO pension-management SLA. This sets the institutional and budgetary context before turning to larger building and real estate items.
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Committee on Industry, Research and Energy (ITRE)
SEDE and ITRE co-rapporteurs and an ITRE shadow set out Agile’s role alongside EDF, its SME‑centred and fast‑track design, use of lump sums, security‑of‑supply and eligibility safeguards, links to Member States’ capability needs and to EU instruments like EDIP and the Ukraine Support Facility, and the involvement of primes for deployment.
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Committee on Public Health (SANT)
Chairs open several joint EMPL meetings, set agendas and practical voting arrangements, then introduce the EU health workforce crisis report, define its mandate and political context, and proceed through the full voting sequence to adopt the committee position.
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Committee on Industry, Research and Energy (ITRE)
Chairs open the joint SEDE–ITRE meeting, confirm the agenda and procedures, and outline the legislative context, compressed timetable and objectives of the Agile and Rapid Defence Innovation programme before giving the floor to rapporteurs.
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Committee on Environment, Climate and Food Safety (ENVI)
The ENVI Committee holds a structured dialogue with Commissioner Lahbib on the EU Preparedness Union, covering mandate, instruments, funding, health threats, stockpiling and civil protection cooperation, including with the UK.
Committee on Tax Matters (FISC)
In a subsequent meeting, the agenda is adopted and a new public hearing is opened on tax incentives for the European Green Deal, with an expert outlining how coordinated tax measures can support renewables, energy efficiency and sustainable transport without fragmenting the internal market.
Committee on Environment, Climate and Food Safety (ENVI)
MEPs question Commission and agencies on adaptation ambition, governance, financing and social equity, followed by expert inputs on climate risks, nature-based solutions and development of the 2026 EU climate resilience framework.
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Committee on Environment, Climate and Food Safety (ENVI)
Opening of Item 14 on climate adaptation with EEA data on citizen and household vulnerability, EUCRA1 results and EUCRA2 plans, and presentation of the Scientific Advisory Board’s mandate, risk context and recommendations toward an EU‑wide adaptation framework to 2050.
Committee on Tax Matters (FISC)
The rapporteur presents a draft report on EU corporate tax in the context of the OECD pillars and global competition, shadows set out their priorities on anti‑avoidance, minimum taxation and digital taxes, and the chair announces deadlines and upcoming votes before closing the public session.
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Committee on Tax Matters (FISC)
Rapporteur and shadows outline the proposed optional 28th tax regime focused on scale‑ups, debating simplification, scope, social and anti‑abuse safeguards, tax‑base design and risks of harmful competition, while acknowledging both areas of agreement and persistent political differences.
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Committee on Tax Matters (FISC)
Members raise concerns about the complexity of EU anti‑fraud instruments, their impact on compliant SMEs and the balance of competences, and the chair closes the VAT hearing by highlighting Italian e‑invoicing and other tools before transitioning to the next agenda item on the 28th tax regime.
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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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