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Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs (ECON)
Rapporteur Gerbrandy sets out a streamlined, disclosure‑only SFDR aimed at retail‑friendly transparency and reduced greenwashing, while political groups clash over data quality, the transition category, fossil exclusions, PAIs, sovereign debt treatment and competitiveness, with broad support for simplification but diverging views on the ambition of sustainable product standards.
Committee on Foreign Affairs (AFET)
Introductory framing of EU–UN cooperation on prevention and peacebuilding, its link to the MFF and multilateralism, and the strategic and financial case for moving prevention to the center of EU external action.
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Committee on Transport and Tourism (TRAN)
The committee hears a commissioned study on OPS pricing in ports and public EV charging, highlighting opaque and monopoly‑like price structures, consumer confusion and affordability risks, and discussing AFIR‑based policy options, enforcement, data and concession design, followed by coordinators’ questions on revision priorities and cost fairness.
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Committee on Foreign Affairs (AFET)
In a subsequent meeting, the Chair formally opens proceedings, validates the agenda and previous minutes, confirms the next AFET date, and extends the amendment deadline for the report on implementation of the Common Foreign and Security Policy.
Committee on Transport and Tourism (TRAN)
The TRAN committee opens a new agenda point on amending Directive 92/6/EC, with rapporteur Kyllönen and shadow rapporteurs backing a targeted exemption from speed limiters for certain N2 electric vehicles and the Commission clarifying the legal framework and safety conditions.
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Committee on Culture and Education (CULT)
Nela Riehl and 2 others
MEPs and national MPs debate the future Erasmus+/ESC programme, calling for higher funding, stronger inclusion, better support for VET and sport, reduced administrative burdens and safeguards against brain drain and inequality, while raising concerns about rule‑of‑law conditionality and mobility design. The rapporteurs explain the legislative calendar and association issues, the Commission sets out priorities on simplification and flexibility, and the Chair closes the meeting with a summary of broad support for ambitious budgets and continued interparliamentary cooperation.
Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs (ECON)
The Chair and rapporteurs introduce the MiSP master regulation and related proposals to deepen capital market integration, reduce liquidity fragmentation and reform supervision, with political groups and Commission/EESC representatives debating the strength of ESMA’s central role, proportionality and the ‘One Europe, One Market’ roadmap, before rapporteurs close on next steps and the end‑2026 deadline.
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Committee on Transport and Tourism (TRAN)
The ITRE rapporteur, Commission and co‑rapporteurs debate small EV and light commercial categories, social leasing, Euro 7 brake limits and timelines, plug‑in hybrid utility factors, and the need for extreme‑climate vehicle testing before the chairs close the omnibus item and announce amendment deadlines.
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Committee on Culture and Education (CULT)
The second panel opens with Zdrojewski setting out Parliament’s proposal to significantly increase the Erasmus+ budget, merge it with the ESC and organise it into three sectors with indicative shares. Rapporteur Šušković‑Glavaš and the Cypriot Council Presidency present the strategic role and funding needs of the ESC and the Council’s partial general approach, including anchoring in the European Education Area, inclusion, visibility for youth and sport, and third‑country association.
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Committee on Security and Defence (SEDE)
DG DEFIS outlines the 2030 defence-readiness framework and current instruments (EDIRPA, EDIP, Agile, drones coalition, private-capital tools such as an EIB fund of funds and FAST), while DG HOME emphasises the immediate-security nature of the drone and counter-drone action plan and reports broadly positive, security-driven engagement from member states.
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Committee on Security and Defence (SEDE)
MEPs Mikser, Petras and Søvndal question the Commission on the EU’s ability to counter large‑scale Russian-style drone attacks, member state uptake of EU drone and counter-drone instruments, prospects for training and civil‑protection uses, and whether EU guidance and investment, drawing on Ukrainian capacity, match the paradigm shift in modern warfare.
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Committee on Foreign Affairs (AFET)
The rapporteur and political groups define an EU approach to Syria based on conditional, reversible engagement and strict criteria on transition, refugees and regional actors, followed by EEAS/Commission implementation priorities and detailed funding tools, and an expert presentation with Q&A on future Syrian political scenarios, EU leverage and risks of reinforcing authoritarian structures.
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Committee on Security and Defence (SEDE)
Rapporteur Pozņaks and EPP shadow Zoido align Parliament’s report with the Commission’s drone action plan, stress that a 2030 readiness horizon is too slow given current Russian drone threats, and call for faster EU action to build a defence drone industry, cut environmental and testing red tape, and channel funding directly to innovative SMEs.
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Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs (ECON)
Piero Cipollone presents the ECB’s plans for the digital euro and cash protection, detailing legal‑tender proposals, standardisation strategy, pilot design and timeline, and responds to MEPs’ questions on wholesale versus retail use, interaction with stablecoins, legal basis, citizens’ awareness, cash access, and the practical user interface and payment rails by 2027–2029.
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Committee on Women’s Rights and Gender Equality (FEMM)
The Commission coordinator, Judge Díaz, GRETA and Europol respond on the July 15 transposition deadline, referral mechanisms, demand‑side offences, child and victim‑centred protection, the trafficking–asylum interface under the new Pact, and EU‑level investigative and coordination tools against organised trafficking networks.
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Committee on Security and Defence (SEDE)
The Chair opens the agenda item on follow‑up to Parliament’s drones resolution and invites the Commission to outline its defence and civilian drone and counter‑drone action plans, including objectives, work streams and implementation steps. DG DEFIS and DG HOME detail capability development, innovation, industrial support, and internal security measures such as preparedness, detection technologies, critical infrastructure protection and planned exercises.
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Committee on Security and Defence (SEDE)
S&D and Greens shadows set out amendment priorities on information warfare, cognitive security, critical infrastructure, NATO/partner cooperation and geographical scope (eastern flank, Arctic), while the rapporteur and Chair close the item, note broad consensus, and frame the report as the starting point for ongoing SEDE monitoring of hybrid threats and implementation.
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Committee on Foreign Affairs (AFET)
The Chair and rapporteur set out the political context, co‑ownership approach and MFF funding needs for the new Pact for the Mediterranean, political groups outline divergent priorities on migration, security and conditionality, and the Commission/EEAS detail the Pact’s pillars, action plan, and planned crisis‑management and peace‑and‑security initiatives before procedural deadlines are announced.
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Committee on Women’s Rights and Gender Equality (FEMM)
First‑round interventions from EPP, S&D/Renew, ID and ECR MEPs focus on implementing the revised Anti‑Trafficking Directive, reducing demand, links with asylum and irregular migration, use of EU agencies, and inclusion of surrogacy and criminal networks in the forthcoming EU strategy.
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Committee on Security and Defence (SEDE)
The Chair presents the procedural calendar for the hybrid warfare INI report, then the rapporteur outlines Russia-linked hybrid activities, the need for an EU-wide, cross-domain response, addresses strategic dependencies, information-space vulnerabilities and EU‑NATO cooperation, and calls for faster, coordinated implementation of existing security directives and support to partners such as Ukraine and Moldova.
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Committee on Culture and Education (CULT)
Nela Riehl and 2 others
Rapporteur Rafowicz answers MPs’ concerns on simplification, internal budget compartments, AI safeguards and access for small actors, while calling for strong Council support and use of tech‑regulation fines for culture. The Commission and Cypriot Council Presidency then outline evaluation lessons, planned AI strategies, the media strand and partial general approach, stressing culture and media as public goods and democratic pillars.
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Committee on Foreign Affairs (AFET)
Members consider and vote on a series of enlargement and neighbourhood files, Moldova, Serbia, Kosovo, Bosnia and Herzegovina and North Macedonia, balancing political sensitivities, secession concerns and fragile compromises, before swiftly adopting the joint AFET/DEVE recommendation on transnational water governance for peace.
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Committee on Foreign Affairs (AFET)
The committee addresses the Commission report on Ukraine, contrasting the rapporteur’s consensus line with minority objections, then proceeds through a full amendment voting sequence before adopting the Ukraine report by roll‑call.
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Committee on Women’s Rights and Gender Equality (FEMM)
Commission, judicial, Council of Europe and Europol representatives present trends, legal and operational gaps, and strategic priorities, including gender‑based and digital dimensions of trafficking, enforcement deficits, victim‑centred reforms, and cross‑border investigative needs.
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Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs (ECON)
ECON holds a structured dialogue with Executive Vice‑President Ribera on the Commission’s competition policy agenda, covering crisis state‑aid tools, merger guidelines, DMA and FSR enforcement, technological sovereignty, and the balance between European champions, innovation protection and single market discipline, with MEPs testing implications for small member states, energy and nuclear, and DG COMP resources.
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Committee on Foreign Affairs (AFET)
The chair opens item 5, the joint AFET–DEVE vote on an objection to the Commission implementing decision on financing the 2026 annual action plan for Tanzania; Vice‑Chair Biedroń outlines the fast‑tracked objection procedure and timing for plenary, after which a test vote and the roll‑call vote are held, resulting in adoption by 81 in favor, 1 against, and 4 abstentions.
Committee on Foreign Affairs (AFET)
McAllister continues with the agenda by formally welcoming visiting delegations from Split‑Dalmatia County (Croatia) and parliamentarians from Kiribati and the Solomon Islands, highlighting their presence at the committee votes and inviting applause.
Committee on Foreign Affairs (AFET)
McAllister confirms adoption of the agenda, announces webstreaming and interpretation, reports that AFET coordinators’ 5 May decisions are on the intranet, and proposes adoption of the March AFET meeting minutes without changes.
Committee on Foreign Affairs (AFET)
An MEP (Mr Brown) raises a point of order referring to a letter by Ukrainian brothers Kononovich and alleging the existence of labour concentration camps in several Ukrainian locations, before being cut off at the one‑minute limit and the chair returning to the agenda.
Committee on Women’s Rights and Gender Equality (FEMM)
Chairs from LIBE and FEMM open the joint hearing, adopt the agenda, set the gender‑sensitive focus on the Anti‑Trafficking Directive’s implementation and revision, and outline expectations for the new EU strategy and use of existing legal tools.
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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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