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Committee on Human Rights (DROI)
The Chair, US delegation chair and Commission outline the gravity of the US strategy to undermine the ICC, expected sanctions and pressure tools, and possible EU countermeasures to protect the Court, EU jurisdiction and financial infrastructure.
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The committee opens work on its 2025 EU budget opinion as the rapporteur presents key demands on EMFAF levels, accessibility and post‑2028 architecture, followed by political groups setting their priorities on fleet support, conditionalities, competitiveness, import reciprocity, blue economy sustainability and simplification of funding and data collection.
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Committee on Development (DEVE)
The session opens with testimony from MSF, the European Commission and the Ukrainian Health Ministry on systematic attacks against healthcare and the EU/Ukraine health response, followed by MEPs’ questions and detailed replies from MSF, EEAS and Commission services on patterns of IHL violations, accountability, solidarity mechanisms and support to Ukraine’s health system under EU instruments.
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Committee on Legal Affairs (JURI)
An MEP questions whether EU Inc interferes with freedom of establishment, followed by the Commission detailing the proposal’s legal scope, digital and sector‑neutral design, and defending limits on regulating labour and tax while flagging concerns over employment‑based codetermination rules, steward‑owned variants and listing restrictions. The exchange focuses on legal certainty, compatibility with Treaty freedoms, and how far safeguards and guidance can go without undermining national procedures or market financing.
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The committee examines the EU’s mandatory CATCH system against IUU fishing, with the Commission outlining its legal basis, objectives, initial performance and planned upgrades, while MEPs highlight administrative burdens, technical gaps and third‑country difficulties, prompting the Commission to detail upcoming improvements and a final extension of transition flexibilities.
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Committee on Legal Affairs (JURI)
Renew, Greens, Left and EPP set out contrasting views on the EU Inc regime’s scope, worker participation, fraud and tax‑avoidance risks, sectoral exclusions and listing rules, balancing internal‑market benefits against fears of misuse and reduced attractiveness. The segment clarifies each group’s priorities on codetermination, labour and social protections, dispute‑resolution mechanisms and how broad and flexible the new company form should be.
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Committee on Constitutional Affairs (AFCO)
The Chair closes the exchange by thanking Byrne, stressing shared priorities on EU unity and institutional cooperation, and framing the Irish Presidency’s programme as a joint endeavour with Parliament.
Rapporteur, chair, agencies and Commission examine whether revised mandates and additional tasks are properly matched with resources, how to manage unfunded requests and reporting burdens, and options for flexible, future‑proof mandates and shared legal services within the next MFF framework.
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Committee on Security and Defence (SEDE)
MEPs question the Minister on Russian influence in Transnistria, linkages to a future Ukraine peace process, Russian citizenship policy, hybrid threat lessons, church influence, political continuity and defence cooperation, before turning to the benchmarks and merit-based pace of Moldova’s and Ukraine’s EU accession and the handling of sensitivities around diplomatic remarks as the session moves in camera.
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Committee on Legal Affairs (JURI)
EPP, Patriotes and ECR shadows react to the draft, debating the breadth of EU Inc’s scope, the choice of legal basis, the role of national law, and whether simplified or fast‑track insolvency and codetermination requirements should apply. They dispute limitations to innovative startups, sectoral and size restrictions, worker‑participation rules and the degree of regulatory simplification needed to boost competitiveness while preventing abuse.
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The Chair and Minister Heydon wrap up the item on the Irish Presidency, outlining priorities on the MFF, EMFAF, POSEI Fisheries, CFP simplification (including a possible omnibus), TACs and landing obligation derogations, state aid for MPAs, and safety and social aspects before formally closing the agenda point and suspending for a photo.
Committee on Human Rights (DROI)
Introduction of the post‑coup situation in Guinea‑Bissau, with local stakeholders detailing democratic erosion and civic‑space repression, the EEAS presenting the EU’s calibrated engagement and project support, and MEPs debating the adequacy of the EU response, potential sanctions, support to civil society and next parliamentary steps.
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Committee on Constitutional Affairs (AFCO)
In a one‑minute interventions round MEPs press the Presidency on finalising the regulation on Parliament’s right of inquiry, advancing a Biotech Act and Ukraine accession clusters, correcting geographical imbalances in EU staffing, embedding the connectivity principle in EU law, tackling misuse of vetoes and strengthening citizen engagement, with Byrne detailing planned work, political commitments and legal constraints across these files and defending Ireland’s compliance with EU free‑speech standards.
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Committee on Legal Affairs (JURI)
Rapporteur Repasi outlines the EU Inc proposal as a fully digital, low-cost EU company form for innovative startups, detailing safeguards on preventive controls, worker protection, employee ownership and steward-ownership models. He also argues for a tailored insolvency regime for high‑risk startups and clarifies his preferred Treaty legal basis, contrasting it with the Commission and Council approach.
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The Chair and standing rapporteur frame the annual exchange on EU agencies around MFF constraints, staffing, funding stability and shared services, followed by agencies’ leaders outlining efficiency measures, limits to further savings, and modernisation plans including digitalisation, shared services and revised governance under the new ECHA regulation.
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Committee on Development (DEVE)
The Acting WFP Executive Director reports on frontline operations and risks in Ukraine and the wider global food security crisis, then answers MEPs’ questions on aid efficiency, donor conditionality, climate and fertilizer shocks, and coordination with EU and UN reforms until the Chair suspends the meeting.
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Committee on Security and Defence (SEDE)
The Moldovan Foreign Minister outlines the country’s security situation, EU support instruments, defence and hybrid resilience efforts, and accession reforms, followed by initial questions from MEPs on Transnistria’s trade orientation, the presence of Russian troops, and the impact of the European Peace Facility on Moldova’s air defence and response to Russian hybrid operations.
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Committee on Constitutional Affairs (AFCO)
Greens and ESN MEPs question Byrne on operationalising the inter‑institutional ethics body, Council follow‑up to Parliament’s call to scrutinise the ESN party’s compliance with Article 2 TEU values, and on reforms to strengthen Commission political accountability and reversibility of EU decisions, with Byrne outlining Council’s stance, democratic safeguards and Parliament’s role in oversight.
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Committee on Legal Affairs (JURI)
The committee opens the first exchange of views on the 2026 own‑initiative report on monitoring the application of EU law, with rapporteur Žalimas outlining priorities on simplification, enforcement, AI‑based regulatory intelligence and scrutiny of Commission initiatives, followed by political and Commission reactions on uniform application and infringement policy, and a wrap‑up on JURI’s next steps and November timetable.
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MEPs from several groups press the Irish Presidency on securing a higher fisheries budget in the next MFF, protecting EMFAF/POSEI and related instruments, and delivering a clear path to reform and simplify the CFP while addressing regional pressures, landing obligation burdens and socio‑economic challenges for coastal communities.
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Committee on Legal Affairs (JURI)
The Chair conducts electronic and roll‑call votes on amending the Lisbon GIs Regulation and on legal basis opinions for the mental health own‑initiative report and the defence‑related directives, confirming clear majorities and authorising interinstitutional negotiations under Rule 72.
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Committee on Constitutional Affairs (AFCO)
PfE and Renew coordinators press Byrne on unanimity and vetoes in enlargement (notably Serbia), fiscal impacts for net contributors, links to the democracy shield and hate-speech law, and the follow-up to the Conference on the Future of Europe, while Byrne sets out the constraints of unanimity, broader benefits of enlargement and Council limits on electoral and governance reforms.
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Committee on Transport and Tourism (TRAN)
A second expert examines jet fuel price volatility, hedging patterns and cost pressures on European airlines, then assesses passenger rights and ReFuelEU enforcement, airlines’ post‑crisis capacity and network adjustments, and the declining market share of EU and ECAA carriers on key external routes.
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Committee on Security and Defence (SEDE)
The committee chair opens the meeting, adopts the agenda and minutes, then organises and completes the electronic vote on the report on hybrid warfare and protection of EU territory before introducing the structured exchange with the Moldovan Foreign Minister on security and EU accession.
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Committee on Human Rights (DROI)
Opening of the agenda item on AI and human rights, presentation of the report’s mandate and scope, followed by political groups, Commission and EEAS setting out priorities and the EU’s external AI governance approach, with the rapporteur reacting and inviting amendments and concrete cases.
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Committee on Constitutional Affairs (AFCO)
EPP and S&D coordinators question the Minister on sequencing enlargement with internal reforms, Council voting rules, Parliament’s composition, the electoral law file and EU accession to the ECHR, with Byrne detailing Ireland’s approach to reform using existing treaties and the state of play on the ECHR and electoral packages.
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Committee on Transport and Tourism (TRAN)
The Chair introduces the item on aviation competitiveness under the Middle East fuel crisis, followed by expert analysis of EU jet fuel demand, refining decline and import dependence, the impact of the Hormuz crisis on supply, prices and trade flows, and the costs, capacity outlook and regulatory complexity around sustainable aviation fuels and long‑term fuel security strategy.
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Committee on Development (DEVE)
Coordinators and MEPs question the Irish Presidency on protecting Global Europe and Heading 3 in the MFF, use of NDICI for migration and external action, conflict drivers, arms exports and aid conditionality, while the Minister sets out Ireland’s negotiating role, red lines and thematic priorities.
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Committee on Transport and Tourism (TRAN)
The Chair reports on the launch of trilogues on the roadworthiness package, formally adopts the agenda and previous minutes, then leads votes on amendments to the 2027 EU general budget and secures approval of TRAN’s opinion to the Budgets Committee by roll-call vote.
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Committee on Constitutional Affairs (AFCO)
The Chair opens the AFCO meeting, adjusts the agenda and procedural items, then Minister Byrne outlines the Irish Council Presidency’s priorities, including competitiveness, values, security, enlargement, institutional reform, ethics, EU elections and EU–UK relations.
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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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