Ukrainian parliamentarians and oversight bodies, together with Commission and Europol representatives, detail the anti-corruption framework, sectoral enforcement priorities, accession-related ‘fundamentals’ reforms, and specific mechanisms to audit, control and protect EU-funded programmes, followed by MEP feedback and Ukrainian closing remarks on legislative follow-up needs.
The chair opens the CONT meeting, adopts agenda and minutes, then faces a formal contestation of a coordinators’ decision on a ‘Patriots for Europe’ financial-report letter, leading to procedural clarifications and scheduling of a later vote on the contested item.
Chairs frame the joint LIBE–ITRE meeting and Digital Omnibus mandate, then political shadows and IMCO/JURI rapporteurs set out their positions on data, AI, cybersecurity, consumer protection, SMEs and legal safeguards.
A second round of MEPs links competitiveness and climate costs to health financing, raises digital health, AI, clinical trials, gender bias and the cancer ‘right to be forgotten’, followed by the Minister detailing Ireland’s stance on the EHDS, innovation, pricing, manufacturing, HTA and reducing inequalities.
The Chair introduces the Irish Council Presidency’s health mandate, then MEPs open with questions on safeguarding the EU health budget, shaping the Biotech Act and pharma reform around affordability and access, and addressing AMR, One Health, workforce gaps and health inequalities.
MEPs raise detailed questions on disability rights, accessibility standards, cooperative and social housing priorities and financing, followed by expert replies from several Member States outlining national approaches to CRPD implementation, permitting reforms, social rental attractiveness and scaling cooperative housing with public-interest finance. This block is key for understanding the political concerns voiced in Parliament and the concrete national policy instruments and constraints described by local practitioners.
Europol presents the 2024 Terrorism Situation and Trend Report, detailing key statistics and threat evolutions, followed by MEP questioning on foreign fighters, youth radicalisation, online content and data tools, mandate gaps, treatment of jihadism and state actors, terrorist financing, lawful data access and preventive resilience measures.
The Chair opens the agenda item on youth mental health and healthy behaviours, the Triple P expert presents parenting‑focused prevention and related policy implications, followed by MEPs’ questions and remarks on scaling parenting support, regulating digital risks and embedding youth mental health in EU frameworks.
The rapporteur and MEPs review the state of trilogue negotiations on the long-term CSAM regulation, spelling out red lines on encryption, scope of detection orders, audio services and age verification, and clarifying how the interim regime will transition under successive Council presidencies.
The Chair opens the MFA item and the Commission details ongoing and planned MFA operations, especially for Ukraine, Egypt, Jordan and North Macedonia, then answers MEPs’ questions on debt risks, geopolitical alignment and human‑rights conditionality, with a particular focus on benchmarks and leverage in Egypt before the meeting is closed.
Sequential expert inputs from Spain, Poland, Romania and Hamburg present cooperative use‑right housing, social rental agencies, a broader affordability framework and regulatory reform, and a cost‑reduction construction standard, highlighting concrete public-support tools, regulatory needs and potential for EU‑level uptake.
Presentation of the EPRS ‘cost of non-Europe’ study on youth mental health in the digital era, detailing methodology, prevalence, inequalities, digital risk factors and economic burden, followed by MEPs’ questions and experts’ replies on drivers of ill‑health, COVID and digital harms, EU competences, best practices and priority EU-level policy interventions.
LIBE examines the work of the Democracy, Rule of Law and Fundamental Rights Monitoring Group, with its chair and political groups assessing recent country missions, horizontal rule-of-law themes, focus on Hungary, Slovakia, Greece and Spain, and debating working methods, transparency and risks of politicisation.
The Committee turns to outbound investment under the EU Economic Security Strategy, with the Commission presenting its recommendation and initial monitoring, followed by MEPs’ questions on possible future legislation, links to FDI screening and third‑country regimes, and Commission replies on options, constraints and international comparisons.
Report on the SANT delegation’s mission to the 79th World Health Assembly focusing on WHO reform, financing after US withdrawal, the Pandemic Agreement and PABS, and the EU’s political and financial stance, followed by debate on WHO independence, private funding and alleged foundation influence before closing the mission report.
Extended Q&A where MEP Chaibi and others challenge the ambition and design of the EU Affordable Housing Plan, probe the role of speculation and institutional investors, and obtain expert and Commission reactions on EU-level financing tools, anti-gouging measures, and planned follow‑up by 2026–2027.
Opening of the SANT meeting, adoption of the agenda and explanation of the committee’s mission to Washington and Pittsburgh, followed by detailed feedback on US health stakeholders, ‘America First’ health policy, global health implications, and risks for EU health systems and access to medicines.
S&D and Greens MEPs question experts on distinguishing investors from speculators, transparency, taxation, non‑profit housing and EU‑level regulation, prompting expert assessments of speculation drivers, major funds, bubble risks, limits of rent caps and the role of EU tax and support rules in shaping speculative models.
Opening of the LIBE sitting with the Irish Council Presidency outlining its rule of law–centred programme, followed by a broad MEP Q&A on the rule of law toolbox, Article 7 (Hungary), links to the internal market, migration and return policy, digital platforms, EPPO and equality legislation.
The Chair opens the INTA meeting, adopts the agenda and formalities, then introduces the study on EU textile trade, followed by the author’s presentation of key findings and recommendations and an exchange with MEPs and the Commission before closing the textile item.
The Chair opens the special committee meeting, explains the extended mandate and introduces the commissioned study, followed by experts presenting definitions, data on housing financialisation, speculative practices, institutional entry into housing, and EU‑level policy gaps and recommendations.
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
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Committee on European Democracy Shield (special committee) (EUDS)
Special Committee on the European Democracy Shield Ordinary meeting
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Committee on Housing Crisis (special committee) (HOUS)
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)
Issues raised by bot farming and social media anonymity in elections
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