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Committee on Tax Matters (FISC)
The Commission outlines the legal and technical elements of the DAC recast, then responds to MEP questions on evidence of fiscal benefits, data use and complexity compared to compliance costs, alongside expert input on deterrence and evaluation needs.
Committee on Environment, Climate and Food Safety (ENVI)
Comprehensive Q&A between MEPs and Minister Heydon on the future CAP and CMO, budget and MFF link, simplification and environmental acquis, protein crops, livestock and animal welfare, climate and water resilience, nature and nitrates, pesticides and the food/feed omnibus, CBAM, biomethane and the definition of ‘active farmer’.
Committee on Women’s Rights and Gender Equality (FEMM)
The Chair opens the item and invites Minister Foley to set out the Irish Council Presidency’s overarching, values-based approach, its link to EU equality strategies and Treaty obligations, and its concrete gender and equality priorities, including the Equal Treatment Directive, Council conclusions, high-level conferences and wider inclusion initiatives on LGBTQI+ rights, disability, Roma/Travellers, and equality data.
In this chapter
Committee on Industry, Research and Energy (ITRE)
The first block of MEP interventions presses the Commission on the realism of 2030 hydrogen and wind targets, constraints on low‑carbon hydrogen, enforcement and supply‑risk issues in the methane regulation, causes of high energy prices and deindustrialisation, ETS oversight, and the balance between fossil phase‑out, Russian oil dependence, storage and electrification, with DG Gauer detailing planned delegated acts, guidance, flexibility on methane timelines and the limits of price guarantees.
In this chapter
Committee on Environment, Climate and Food Safety (ENVI)
Procedural opening with the REGI opinion vote on ERDF and the Cohesion Fund 2028–2034, followed by Minister Heydon’s presentation of the Irish Council Presidency mandate, geopolitical context and overarching agricultural priorities.
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Committee on Security and Defence (SEDE)
Subsequent exchanges scrutinise Ireland’s military neutrality, use of EU defence funds, concrete support to Ukraine including frozen Russian assets and sanctions on alumina supplies, and responses to disinformation and online harms, with the Minister defending neutrality while backing stronger EU security, sanctions and coordinated resilience against hybrid threats.
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Committee on Tax Matters (FISC)
Chair opens the FISC hearing on the DAC recast, followed by OECD and academic analysis of DAC’s evolution and effectiveness and a civil society critique focusing on the proposed DAC6 carve‑out for Pillar Two groups.
In this chapter
Committee on Industry, Research and Energy (ITRE)
The Chair opens the ITRE meeting, sets out the format of the exchange with the Commission and gives the floor to DG Gauer, who presents the post‑crisis energy policy priorities, upcoming grids and security‑of‑supply packages, the post‑2030 framework, and links to EU financing and the next MFF.
Committee on Security and Defence (SEDE)
First round of MEP questions tests the Presidency’s approach to hybrid threats, Article 42.7 mutual assistance, support for Ukraine, EU–NATO balance and the defence internal market, with the Minister outlining threat‑assessment work, sanctions and enlargement policy, and positions on strategic autonomy and coordinated defence spending.
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Committee on Security and Defence (SEDE)
Chair opens the SEDE meeting, adopts the agenda and gives the floor to the Irish Council Presidency, which sets out its security and defence work plan centred on sustained support to Ukraine, a new European Security Strategy and implementation of key EU defence instruments.
In this chapter
Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (LIBE)
Linked debates on LGBTIQ rights backsliding, EU enforcement tools and conversion therapy bans are followed by scrutiny of digital travel credentials and the 2027 Justice and Home Affairs budget, where MEPs connect fundamental rights, migration management and agency funding to the Union’s strategic priorities.
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Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (LIBE)
The Chair and Commission introduce the agenda item on LGBTIQ rights, frame the CJEU ruling against Hungary under Article 2 TEU and the Charter, and map existing EU legal instruments and evidence, before MEPs and the Commission deepen the discussion on hate speech, stalled Council files and possible infringement action, including on Bulgaria’s ‘propaganda’ law.
In this chapter
Committee on Budgetary Control (CONT)
Committee scrutinises the Austrian candidate Loacker on his audit experience, political independence, priorities for performance and impact auditing, cooperation with Parliament, and planned internal reforms of the ECA in the next MFF period.
Committee on Industry, Research and Energy (ITRE)
The Commissioner responds to critical and supportive MEP interventions by defending the economics of green energy, explaining Green and Clean Industrial Deal tools, ETS benchmarks, state‑aid frameworks, methane rules and data‑centre efficiency measures, before the chair formally closes the agenda item and suspends the ITRE meeting.
Committee on Public Health (SANT)
Combined Q&A rounds where MEPs question EMA on the Critical Medicines Act, shortages tools, transparency and pricing context, environmental and wastewater rules, support for ATMPs and academic developers, and the Agency’s evolving MDR/IVDR mandate, with Cooke detailing current instruments, legal limits and planned pilots. This segment concentrates the main political, regulatory and implementation issues around medicine availability, innovation pathways and the EMA’s future responsibilities.
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Committee on Public Health (SANT)
Emer Cooke’s closing‑mandate intervention outlines EMA’s key outputs for 2025, explains how the revised pharmaceutical, health data and medical device frameworks will operate in practice, and draws regulatory and governance lessons from COVID‑19 and other recent health crises.
Committee on Budgetary Control (CONT)
Debate on how cohesion policy has functioned in past enlargements and what institutional, rule‑of‑law and administrative benchmarks should guide access to EU funds for future member states, including issues of digitalisation, simplification, subsidiarity and anti‑corruption safeguards.
Committee on Industry, Research and Energy (ITRE)
Catch‑the‑eye Q&A where MEPs press the Commission on revising ETS benchmarks, using ETS revenues for industrial decarbonisation, regional airport and industrial state aid rules, methane regulation and import obligations, electrification and geothermal support, and prioritisation of the Electrification Action Plan, grids and industrial tools under tight EU budget constraints.
In this chapter
Committee on Culture and Education (CULT)
The rapporteur outlines convergence on limited flexibility, minimum sectoral allocations and a focused indicator set, before the Chair closes the Erasmus+ point and indicates how the study will guide CULT’s upcoming work and calendar.
Committee on Public Health (SANT)
Closing exchanges on MDR/IVDR safety, inspections and the Commission’s risk‑based approach lead into the formal conclusion of this legislative item and the Chair’s opening of the next agenda point on EMA’s 2023 annual report, including clarification of speaking order and amendment deadlines.
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Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (LIBE)
MEPs press the Commission and UNHCR on whether multipurpose centres and evacuation mechanisms amount to externalisation of asylum processing, and on readmission conditionality via funding, EIB projects, trade and visas, with the Commission detailing its readmission toolbox and denying any plan to process asylum outside EU territory. They further probe the legal basis, operational design and rights risks of external return and multipurpose hubs, including Frontex’s role, detention, safe third country concepts, funding conditions and monitoring, with the Commission and UNHCR outlining safeguards, challenges and the need for transparency and legal scrutiny.
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Committee on Culture and Education (CULT)
The study author, MEPs and Commission debate how to redesign grants and organisational support for inclusion, the status of the European Solidarity Corps, concrete educational and mobility indicators, and the merits and risks of the Commission’s simplified, more integrated budgetary architecture.
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Committee on Industry, Research and Energy (ITRE)
MEPs from different political groups question the Commission on permitting bottlenecks, electricity prices and alleged market abuse, CO2 and ETS/CBAM impacts on energy‑intensive industry, asymmetries from national state aid capacities, and the design of the Clean Industrial State Aid Framework, while also pressing for green‑transition conditionality, misuse safeguards and a socially just industrial transformation; the Commissioner details existing horizontal tools, treaty‑based limits, ETS revenue use and the balance between rapid support and single market integrity.
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Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (LIBE)
Agenda item 9 opens with the Commission and UNHCR presenting the external dimension of EU asylum and migration policy, including responsibility sharing, support to partner countries and the design and protection role of multipurpose hubs along migration routes. This sets the policy and legal context for using external centres linked to legal pathways and solutions.
Committee on Public Health (SANT)
The chair and rapporteur introduce the MDR/IVDR revision mandate and six‑pillar reform approach, followed by political group reactions on safety, innovation, AI and industrial policy, and the presentation of IMCO and BUDG opinions on AI scope, oversight, financing and resources, before individual MEPs highlight practical concerns on implementation and alignment with related EU rules.
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Committee on Budgetary Control (CONT)
Tamás Deutsch and 17 others
MEPs criticise Hungary’s rule of law situation, Erasmus+ exclusion and possible double standards while probing the design and application of super milestones and RRF conditionality, including judicial independence, stakeholder consultation, EPPO and safeguards against reform backsliding in Hungary and Spain.
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Committee on Culture and Education (CULT)
The Chair opens the Erasmus+ post‑2027 item, introduces the commissioned study and speaking order, followed by the rapporteur and shadows setting out their positions on the programme’s future architecture, budget level, earmarking, and parliamentary oversight demands.
In this chapter
Committee on Culture and Education (CULT)
The chair and rapporteurs report back on the CULT mission to Tromsø as European Youth Capital, outlining exchanges with youth, local and Sámi stakeholders and drawing lessons for EU youth policy, democratic resilience and Arctic-related challenges.
Committee on Public Health (SANT)
The rapporteur outlines priorities for the 2027 EU health budget opinion, followed by political group reactions opposing EU4Health cuts and a broader debate on overall funding levels, spending efficiency and the amendment timetable.
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Committee on Public Health (SANT)
Committee confirms the inter‑institutional agreement on the Critical Medicines Act, with the rapporteur detailing key provisions on security of supply and strategic autonomy before the formal vote approving the deal.
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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