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The Commission representative defends the original budget proposal against further cuts, clarifies the nature of apparent programme reductions and announces an upcoming amending letter updating interest, salary and EURI‑related figures based on latest data.
Committee on Human Rights (DROI)
MEPs raise further questions on conditionality, Islamophobia, EU secularism, specific cases like Pakistan and Turkey, and possible treaty changes, prompting detailed responses from Levrat and Foret on corruption, EU double standards and multidimensional discrimination, before McGuinness and the Chair close with reflections on Parliament’s role, available EU instruments, and planned follow-up on FORB and religious-minority persecution.
The Left, ESN and Victor Negrescu present additional perspectives on social versus defence spending, administrative savings, border control financing and targeted reinforcements for security, resilience and anti‑fraud capacities through specific amendment proposals.
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Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development (AGRI)
The Chair transitions to the livestock strategy and DG AGRI outlines its five priority axes, covering risk management, competitiveness and value chain, targeted sustainability and welfare reforms, territorial balance and recognition of EU quality schemes.
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Committee on International Trade (INTA)
INTA hears brief reports from the South Korea and China FTA monitoring groups, then proceeds under simplified procedure to adopt temporary autonomous trade liberalisation measures for Armenian products.
Committee on Human Rights (DROI)
UN Special Rapporteur Levrat outlines his mandate, structural discrimination through state religions, conversion and blasphemy laws, and EU credibility challenges, while academic expert Foret analyses EU FORB guidelines, geopolitical context, soft power, the limits of persecution rankings and the complex intersection of religion with other forms of discrimination.
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EPP, PfE, ECR, Renew and Greens set out contrasting lines on the 2027 budget, ranging from rejecting Council cuts to competitiveness, security and resilience programmes to backing overall restraint and reprioritisation towards agriculture, internal security and border management.
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The rapporteur presents the 2027 general budget file, criticising Council’s horizontal cuts, limited use of flexibilities and approach to Ukraine loan costs, and details the impact on flagship programmes and external action while outlining Parliament’s intended amendments.
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The Chair opens the Budgets Committee meeting, adopts the agenda and minutes, and conducts the test and roll‑call vote approving Draft Amending Budget No 2/2024, resolving minor technical issues with the electronic system.
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Committee on International Trade (INTA)
MEPs question the robustness of safeguards, migration-related conditionality and the gap between convention ratification and real rights outcomes, while the Commission and EEAS explain how new acts will operationalise GSP+ conditionality and safeguards and address specific cases such as Pakistan, Bangladesh, African LDC graduations and Indonesia.
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Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development (AGRI)
Group coordinators and other MEPs assess the ambition, financing and trade aspects of the protein plan, debate GMOs, Ukraine’s role and dietary shifts, and question past failures, with the Commission defending the 35% benchmark, funding sources and the combined supply–demand–innovation approach.
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Committee on Human Rights (DROI)
The Chair defines speaking-time rules and McGuinness’s role in the debate, followed by coordinators’ and Members’ questions on persecuted Christians, conditionality and metrics for aid, country-specific concerns such as India, Nigeria, Belarus and Turkey, and McGuinness’s replies on mandate limits, country focus, engagement tools and equal protection of all beliefs and non-belief.
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Committee on International Trade (INTA)
The Chair and Commission set out the overall GSP/EBA framework, present the joint monitoring report, data on trade flows and tariff savings, and explain the transition to the new GSP regulation, including re‑applications, delegated and implementing acts, and the EEAS use of GSP/GSP+ as a foreign policy tool on rights and governance.
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Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development (AGRI)
The Chair opens the AGRI meeting and DG AGRI presents the new EU protein action plan, detailing its pillars, the 2035 EU-sourced feed benchmark, and links to CAP post‑2027 and wider strategic autonomy goals.
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Committee on Human Rights (DROI)
The Chair opens the DROI hearing on persecution of religious minorities, sets the objectives and format, and the EU Special Envoy McGuinness presents her mandate, global diagnosis of FORB deterioration, root causes, human-rights-based approach and planned working methods with local and institutional partners.
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Committee on International Trade (INTA)
Chairs close the IAA hearing, outline next steps on the draft report, and the INTA committee then proceeds to a study on economic coercion against the EU and the new anti‑coercion instrument, with researchers presenting their case mapping and analytical framework.
Committee on International Trade (INTA)
Co‑rapporteurs and shadows probe how to define and enforce low‑carbon criteria, align IAA with ETS/CBAM and give credible investment signals, while industry experts and the Commission explain conditions to keep investments in Europe, limits on delegated acts, and the balance between ambition, enforceability and partnership with third countries.
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Committee on Constitutional Affairs (AFCO)
Interventions by S&D, PfE, ECR and Renew set out group lines on human-centred AI in EU institutions, limits on Treaty change, concerns about an AI observatory, protection of rights and electoral integrity, and promotion of a distinct European AI model and global governance framework, including at UN level.
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Committee on Public Health (SANT)
IMEC presents its TechBio and AI‑enabled drug discovery vision, highlighting data and infrastructure needs, followed by MEP questions on patents, the European Health Data Space, data governance, bias and safety, before the Chair closes the meeting.
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Committee on Public Health (SANT)
The Chair summarizes remaining gaps in pediatric cancer policy and funding, then formally closes that agenda item and opens a new ‘Excellence in Health Science’ exchange on TechBio and AI in drug discovery, introducing the next speaker and format.
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Committee on Constitutional Affairs (AFCO)
Introduction of the agenda item on AI’s institutional aspects, with the rapporteur presenting the compromise package and outlining priorities on EU technological sovereignty, the investment gap with the US, global AI governance, protection of democracy and elections, and the proposed parliamentary AI observatory.
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Committee on International Trade (INTA)
The chair shifts the focus from industrial capacity to demand creation, introducing Panel 2 on lead markets where battery, steel, chemicals and hydrogen representatives outline their decarbonisation projects, required investments and requests for stronger low‑carbon demand targets, origin rules and workable timelines.
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Committee on Constitutional Affairs (AFCO)
Opening of the AFCO meeting with adoption of agenda and minutes, followed by communication of coordinators’ decisions on the governance symposium, legislative files, appointments, and 2027 committee missions including destinations, sizes and d’Hondt allocation.
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Committee on Employment and Social Affairs (EMPL)
Presentation of a new own‑initiative proposal under Rule 47 and Article 225 TFEU on protecting minors in work placements, outlining the case for an EU legislative act to end mandatory non‑vocational placements, improve health and safety, and tackle unequal access linked to social background.
Committee on Public Health (SANT)
Scientific and NGO experts outline failures of current orphan and pharma frameworks, argue for specific SPC extensions and new EU‑level funding and procurement tools, and debate with MEPs on rare disease law, EMA and HTA procedures, reimbursement delays and the design of a non‑profit academia–industry vehicle.
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Committee on Employment and Social Affairs (EMPL)
Introduction and detailed votes on compromise and individual amendments to the 2028–2034 cohesion fund package, including tight electronic and roll‑call votes on key provisions, culminating in final approval of the cohesion fund proposal with recorded majorities and abstentions.
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Committee on Employment and Social Affairs (EMPL)
Sequential voting on EMPL amendments and draft opinion for the 2027 EU general budget, including tie and split votes, followed by final compromise votes and roll‑call adoption of the Pan‑European Personal Pension Product opinion despite notable divisions.
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Committee on Public Health (SANT)
MEPs react to the testimonies by calling for an EU pediatric cancer pathway, stronger funding and health competences, and raise detailed questions on data, pharma obligations and existing EU instruments before the Chair closes the first segment and moves to the expert panel.
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Committee on International Trade (INTA)
Co‑rapporteurs, shadows and MEPs question experts on preventing circumvention, defining EU origin and trusted partners, fleet and component thresholds, social standards and FDI conditions, followed by expert replies on China-focused risks, unified methodologies, treatment of R&D and corporate fleets, and generalized social conditionalities.
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Committee on Employment and Social Affairs (EMPL)
Reopening of the EMPL committee sitting with agenda and rapporteur announcements, followed by initial voting blocks on the CMRD 6 provisional agreement, psychosocial risks and mental health at work, and the budget performance framework amendments and final text adoption.
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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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