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What is said in the sittings, update by update, the latest first. Each update opens the video at the second it was said.
Committee on Budgetary Control (CONT)
Andreas Schwab and 7 others
MEPs question the Commission on Hungary’s reform timeline, frozen funds and market distortions, followed by detailed explanations of Hungary’s anti‑corruption and rule of law commitments and the legal framework of the conditionality mechanism and related EU instruments.
Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (LIBE)
MEPs question the Commission and Frontex on Member State readiness, institutional responsibilities, data protection, cybersecurity and phased implementation of the return IT architecture, and then scrutinise RECAMAS and broader digitalisation of returns in terms of fundamental‑rights safeguards, transparency, use of contractors and political acceptability, before the Chair closes agenda item 8. This block focuses on operational feasibility, governance and rights‑related conditions for rolling out the new EU returns IT systems.
Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development (AGRI)
MEP coordinators and other Members question how the Presidency will reconcile Member State flexibility with CAP’s common rules, budget uncertainty and simplification, while addressing social and environmental conditionality, generational renewal, capping, land concentration, retail power and farmer incomes.
Committee on Industry, Research and Energy (ITRE)
Chair opens the ITRE meeting with agenda, procedural explanations and votes on several opinions, then formally launches the exchange of views as Executive Vice-President Ribera presents the Clean Industrial Deal’s climate, competitiveness and financing priorities and announces upcoming legislative and implementation steps.
Committee on Foreign Affairs (AFET)
The Minister details Irish Presidency priorities on EU external action, China and Turkey, enlargement conditionality, Iran sanctions, Israel–Palestine follow‑up to the ICJ ruling, Sudan, competitiveness, sensitive trade files like Mercosur, and Ireland’s quantified support to Ukraine and transatlantic ties with the US.
Committee on Culture and Education (CULT)
MEPs adopt the report on implementing the EU Youth Strategy 2019–2027, approve CULT amendments and the negotiation mandate for the 2027 budget lines (Erasmus+, Creative Europe, ESC), and endorse the resolution on the European School Alliances pilot and the CULT opinion on the EMPL skills initiative and VET strategy.
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Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development (AGRI)
The Chair opens the item with Minister Heydon, who sets out the Irish Council Presidency’s context, mandate and priorities, including work on the next MFF, the post‑2027 CAP framework and key sectoral files such as CMO, organics, livestock and protein strategies.
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Committee on Women’s Rights and Gender Equality (FEMM)
Political groups set out their positions on VET as a tool for women’s financial independence, tackling gender segregation and dropout, dignifying essential and care professions, addressing care‑related barriers through flexible and family‑friendly training, and promoting inclusive, gender‑sensitive skills policies that balance subsidiarity, competitiveness and equality objectives.
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Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (LIBE)
Agenda item 8 covers the Commission’s 2026 legislative roadmap and preferred interoperable EU model for digitalised returns, together with Frontex’s RECAMAS reference architecture and layered EU‑wide return IT system, followed by initial reactions from members. This segment frames the institutional roles, objectives and technical foundations of the new return IT framework.
Committee on Women’s Rights and Gender Equality (FEMM)
The committee examines the FEMM opinion on boosting skills and vocational education and training, with political groups outlining differing views on gender mainstreaming, the status of VET versus academic paths, subsidiarity, support for mothers and carers, women in STEM, and VET as a public good for tackling labour market gender segregation and regional development.
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Committee on Women’s Rights and Gender Equality (FEMM)
The rapporteur closes the previous performance regulation file by confirming broad support and reaffirming gender equality as a horizontal Union principle, then the Chair opens the FEMM opinion on boosting skills and VET in times of transition, outlines her draft gender‑mainstreaming amendments and frames the next debate among political groups.
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Committee on Culture and Education (CULT)
The committee chair opens the CULT meeting, sets out procedural and voting arrangements, and leads the voting sequence on the Ruotolo report on the impact of social media and the online environment on young people, resulting in its adoption as amended.
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Committee on Budgetary Control (CONT)
Andreas Schwab and 4 others
Closure of the previous item, formal opening of the joint BUDG–CONT meeting, adoption of agenda and minutes, and introduction of the main debate on Hungary, EU funds, MFF and rule of law conditionality with initial Commission presentations.
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Committee on Women’s Rights and Gender Equality (FEMM)
Opening interventions focus on integrating gender equality and sexual and reproductive health and rights into the EU budget, contrasting feminist and conservative positions on abortion funding, gender budgeting, and programmes such as Daphne, before the rapporteur closes by highlighting a broad pro-EU majority for the gender-related budget opinion.
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Committee on Foreign Affairs (AFET)
MEPs question the Irish Presidency on enforcing EU values and sanctions in Ukraine, the Middle East, Iran and conflict regions, and press for clarity on competitiveness, enlargement, migration, security and burden‑sharing for Ukraine support, including unanimity rules and wider geopolitical risks.
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Committee on Women’s Rights and Gender Equality (FEMM)
EPP and S&D support reinforced funding for Daphne, EIGE and non-regressive equality measures, while Patriots and ENS criticize gender mainstreaming and abortion-focused spending, and the Greens defend strong SRHR and women’s rights funding against more family-focused alternatives.
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Committee on Women’s Rights and Gender Equality (FEMM)
The chair opens the agenda item on the 2027 general EU budget and the rapporteur presents FEMM’s proposed priorities and funding increases for gender equality, Daphne, EIGE and ESF+ linked initiatives.
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Committee on Women’s Rights and Gender Equality (FEMM)
Members proceed through compromise and individual amendments and then adopt the FEMM opinion on the regulation establishing an EU budget expenditure tracking and performance framework, using show of hands and electronic checks for close results.
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Committee on Foreign Affairs (AFET)
The Chair opens the AFET meeting, adopts the agenda and minutes, and gives the floor to the Irish Foreign Minister to outline the Irish Council Presidency’s priorities on competitiveness, EU values, security, enlargement and key external files, followed by coordinators’ initial questions on Parliament’s role, external financing instruments, EEAS–Commission relations and the enlargement framework.
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Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development (AGRI)
Opening of the AGRI meeting, presentation of the Vešligaj report and a full round of political and Commission reactions on how to reinforce EU farm competitiveness, resilience and fairness, covering CAP budget, Green Deal rules, trade reciprocity, mirror clauses, market power, young farmers and simplification tools. Positions of main groups and the rapporteur clarify areas of consensus and conflict on regulatory burden, climate ambition, trade policy and income support ahead of amendments.
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Committee on Women’s Rights and Gender Equality (FEMM)
The chair opens the FEMM committee meeting, adopts the agenda and minutes, confirms substitutions, and prepares the committee for the vote on the opinion on the budget expenditure tracking and performance framework.
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Committee on International Trade (INTA)
From the Commission’s initial assessment of EU–China trade imbalances and the new Trade and Investment Consultations to successive rounds of MEP scrutiny on leverage, human‑rights conditionality, critical dependencies and the deployment of trade defence and anti‑coercion tools, including how Parliament will be informed and involved.
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European Political Community - 2 - International Summit
European Political Community - 1 - International Summit
Plenary Session
European Commissioner Andrius KUBILIUS in Italy
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
European Commission President Ursula von der LEYEN in Antalya, Türkiye for the COP31
European Commissioner Dan JØRGENSEN in Antalya, Türkiye for the COP31
European flags at half-mast following the dramatic accident on the Trakia motorway in the area of Yambol, in Bulgaria
European Commissioner Andrius KUBILIUS at the UARM Hub Launch: From Frontline Innovation to European Defence Readiness
Committee on Constitutional Affairs Ordinary meeting
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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