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Committee on Regional Development (REGI)
Debate on the future architecture of the Just Transition Fund after the current MFF, including territorial continuity, ring‑fencing, EU added value versus national schemes, and operational constraints such as state aid and co‑financing.
Committee on Employment and Social Affairs (EMPL)
MEPs question the Presidency on timelines and content for the fair labour mobility package, stalled traineeships trilogues, union access and subcontracting transparency (including at data centres), activation policies, early childhood education guidance, the Roma strategic framework, algorithmic management and psychosocial risks, and the Equal Treatment Directive, while also linking the housing crisis to social cohesion and migration narratives; the Minister confirms fair mobility and a stronger ELA as central, stresses jobs and housing for breaking child and intergenerational poverty, highlights Roma and Traveller inclusion, and supports advancing the Equal Treatment Directive and addressing short‑term lets and housing pressures.
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Committee on Employment and Social Affairs (EMPL)
Second Q&A block where S&D and Left MEPs press the Presidency on timing and ambition for the Fair Mobility Package, reinforcing the ELA, relaunching traineeships trilogues, and tackling union‑busting and restricted trade union access at complex cross‑border worksites such as data centers.
The petitioner and EEAS describe persecution of Christians and other minorities in Syria and the EU’s restrictive engagement with the Assad regime, while MEPs discuss using EU conditionality, possible fact‑finding and targeted measures to protect minorities before the Chair decides to keep the petition open and request further input from the Commission.
Committee on European Democracy Shield (special committee) (EUDS)
Presentation by Professor Lucchi on how Google’s AI Overviews affect media revenues, competition and pluralism, with MEPs probing economic harm, impact on local outlets and possible DMA‑based remedies modelled on the UK CMA to safeguard publishers’ choice and funding.
Committee on Employment and Social Affairs (EMPL)
MEPs press the Presidency on safeguarding robust ESF+ funding, reinforcing the European Child Guarantee, skills and mutual recognition, minimum wage and pay transparency enforcement, an EU anti-poverty strategy and binding standards on heat and cold stress at work, as well as housing in Gaeltacht areas and the balance between competitiveness and social and environmental rights, prompting ministerial replies on budget negotiations, child poverty targets, upskilling, possible EU-level OSH approaches and housing supply measures.
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Committee on Employment and Social Affairs (EMPL)
Coordinators question the Presidency on concrete implementation of the European Pillar of Social Rights, the quality jobs roadmap, the future ELA mandate and workers’ rights in Ireland, including trade union and collective bargaining issues, alongside concerns over child homelessness and the housing crisis, to which the Minister responds by framing the Pillar as a policy compass, supporting a stronger ELA and acknowledging housing as a major structural challenge.
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Committee on Employment and Social Affairs (EMPL)
First exchange between MEPs and the Irish Presidency covering implementation of the European Pillar of Social Rights, the Quality Jobs Roadmap and ELA mandate, followed by questions on ESF+ in the next MFF, the Child Guarantee, anti‑poverty strategy, skills and enforcement of social directives, OSH rules on extreme temperatures, and housing challenges including in Gaeltacht regions, with the Minister detailing planned Council work, events and national measures.
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Committee on Regional Development (REGI)
Country experts from Germany and Ireland present how the Just Transition Fund supports coal and peat phase‑outs through place‑based projects, intermediating institutions and territorial ring‑fencing, highlighting administrative rigidity, capacity gaps and lessons for more flexible, integrated support at regional level.
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Committee on Employment and Social Affairs (EMPL)
The Chair opens the EMPL session and the Irish Minister for Social Protection presents the Irish Council Presidency’s employment and social affairs priorities, including competitiveness, quality jobs, skills, digitalisation, anti-poverty measures, equality, disability rights and housing-related initiatives within the Union of Equality agenda.
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Committee on Employment and Social Affairs (EMPL)
Transition from the housing agenda to the Council Presidency item, with the Chair formally introducing Irish Minister Dara Calleary to present the employment and social affairs priorities of the Irish Presidency, including recent EPSCO context.
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DG JUST presents the EU rule of law monitoring system and its assessment of Spain, followed by the petitioner and MEPs alleging corruption, political pressure on the judiciary and conflicts of interest, and debating PETI’s remit, subsidiarity and the risk of instrumentalising EU rule of law instruments in a national political dispute.
Committee on European Democracy Shield (special committee) (EUDS)
The Chair introduces the JRC’s ‘Fractured reality’ report on algorithm‑driven polarization in the context of DSA/DMA enforcement and a potential European Centre for Democratic Resilience, the JRC outlines how attention‑economy platforms fracture the information space and proposes EU‑level policy tools, and MEPs probe structural disinformation risks, transparency, data access and alternative governance models for platform power and democratic resilience.
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Committee on Regional Development (REGI)
MEPs question the long‑term future of JTF, its role within cohesion policy and local employment, while the Commission explains governance, partnership requirements and initial results, and regional actors from Poland and Ireland detail implementation challenges, miners’ expectations, reskilling, and risks linked to ending support after 2027/2028.
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Committee on Employment and Social Affairs (EMPL)
EPP, S&D, Renew, Greens and Left MEPs question the Commission on financing (MFF, ESF+, EIB), lack of binding force and benchmarks, eviction prevention, criminalisation of homelessness, Housing First, data gaps, the EPOCH platform, social housing and income adequacy, while the Commission defends its enabling role, shared competences and safeguards on evictions and monitoring.
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Committee on Regional Development (REGI)
Opening of the REGI hearing on the Just Transition Fund and its political framing, followed by Polish and Irish regional case studies that illustrate socio‑economic dependence on coal/peat, exclusion or access to JTF support, and early diversification strategies such as tourism and placemaking.
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Members examine petitions on Greek air traffic management under the Single European Sky framework and on Spanish rail safety under Directive 2016/798, with the Commission detailing legal competences, funding and infringement angles while MEPs and petitioners raise systemic safety, worker protection and accountability issues, leading to decisions to keep both files open with specific requests for DG MOVE follow‑up.
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Committee on Employment and Social Affairs (EMPL)
Chair Andersson opens the EMPL meeting, introduces the Council recommendation on combating housing exclusion, and the Housing Committee Vice-Chair and Commission set out the scale of the crisis, Parliament’s previous position, and the legal and policy framework of the proposed non-binding tool.
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Committee on European Democracy Shield (special committee) (EUDS)
The committee opens with an institutional framing of drones under the EU hybrid threats mandate, hears the JRC’s overview of counter‑drone work and planned Centre of Excellence, and then MEPs question the JRC on lethal autonomy, civil‑military links, intelligence gaps, testing regimes, EU versus national competences and dependencies on non‑EU technology within existing legal and budget limits.
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The Chair opens the PETI meeting, sets procedural decisions on agenda and future work, then hears Petition 1301/2024 on reopening Spain’s Vía de la Plata rail line, focusing on EU cohesion, TEN‑T rules, climate objectives and the committee’s follow‑up options towards Spanish authorities and the Commission.
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Committee on Employment and Social Affairs (EMPL)
ETUC delivers a final warning that the proposed EU Inc regulation, as a standalone instrument, weakens worker protections and creates risks around participation, ESOPs and insolvency, while the Commission briefly defends the chosen scope and architecture by referring to its impact assessment and the options it discarded.
Committee on Employment and Social Affairs (EMPL)
Second Q&A round and subsequent expert interventions focus on whether EU Inc should be limited to start‑ups and scale‑ups, the risks of abuse (tax, social fraud, co‑determination avoidance), and the implications of using Article 114 TFEU, with notaries, labour experts and BusinessEurope sharply disagreeing on added value, legal basis, worker participation safeguards and the breadth of the proposed company form.
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Committee on Employment and Social Affairs (EMPL)
Notaries, ETUI, BusinessEurope and ETUC respond on ex ante checks, the two‑day deadline, consultation results, the interaction of company law with social and tax law, how to link participation rights to place of employment, whether EU Inc should be stricter than national forms, and opposing views on fraud, money‑laundering and labour‑exploitation risks under a fast, low‑cost EU company form.
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Committee on Employment and Social Affairs (EMPL)
MEPs launch the first question round, probing experts on preventive controls, labour‑law and employee‑participation impacts, the need for 48‑hour registration, risks of letterbox companies and administrative dumping, the core objective of EU Inc, potential abuse for fraud and money laundering, and the relationship to existing co‑determination regimes and the original startup‑only petition.
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Committee on Employment and Social Affairs (EMPL)
Stakeholder organisations outline divergent positions on the scope, safeguards and objectives of the EU Inc legal form, followed by consecutive rounds of MEP questions on risks of abuse, labour and codetermination impacts, competitiveness, and legal basis, with expert Malberti assessing control mechanisms, interaction with existing company forms and potential for regulatory arbitrage.
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Committee on Employment and Social Affairs (EMPL)
BusinessEurope, ETUC and rapporteur Repasi set out competing views on EU Inc’s purpose, scope and safeguards, contrasting calls for a simple, broad, non‑discriminatory company‑law tool with demands for a narrow startup focus, strong worker‑rights and co‑determination protection, robust insolvency and anti‑fraud rules, and a design that prevents forum shopping while linking standards to the place of economic activity.
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Committee on Constitutional Affairs (AFCO)
MEPs question the experts on the CJEU’s future role, competence boundaries, subsidiarity and democratic control in two Q&A rounds, after which the experts conclude, the rapporteur outlines next steps on the report and the Chair closes the sitting.
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Committee on Employment and Social Affairs (EMPL)
The Chair hears ETUI’s Meyer‑Erdmann on the EU Inc proposal’s unlimited scope, risks of abuse and letterbox companies, and its treatment of labour and social security law, including concerns over employee participation rules, anti‑avoidance safeguards, ESOPs and the choice of Article 114 TFEU as legal basis.
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Committee on Human Rights (DROI)
After closing the Lebanon point, the Chair opens the item on transnational repression, with Parliament and civil society defining the phenomenon and EU policy priorities, while the Commission, EEAS, Council and Interpol detail existing tools, internal‑security and sanctions mechanisms, and debates on improving safeguards and accountability.
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Committee on Constitutional Affairs (AFCO)
Former judges Huber and Rossi set out contrasting assessments of the CJEU’s accountability, internal checks, language regime and treatment of Article 2 values, national identity and dissenting opinions, debating the balance between Court autonomy and rule‑of‑law constraints.
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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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