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Committee on Security and Defence (SEDE)
Launch of work on the annual CSDP report, setting the strategic context and timetable while outlining priorities on support to Ukraine, strengthening CSDP missions and EU security architecture, and boosting defence investment, industrial capacity and use of private and frozen Russian assets in a NATO‑compatible framework.
Committee on Culture and Education (CULT)
A dedicated segment examines implementation of the 2019 action plan on educational support and inclusive education, with system‑level data, an external evaluation framework, and concrete school‑level measures on support, well‑being and anti‑bullying. MEPs probe cyberbullying, device policies, mental health, disinformation and assessment, and receive final replies from the Secretary‑General, school directors and the European Agency before the Chair closes the public session.
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Committee on Security and Defence (SEDE)
Closes the Ocean-I agenda item and opens the 2025 CSDP implementation report, with the Chair outlining procedure and timeline, followed by the rapporteur’s priorities on EU defence architecture, support to Ukraine, adaptation of CSDP missions to hybrid threats and alignment with NATO and the next MFF.
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Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development (AGRI)
In the final exchanges, the Chair raises fairness and compensation concerns for farmers in African Swine Fever restriction zones, then turns under AOB to Parliament’s internal handling of the new rural policy and financial architecture package, questioning AGRI’s institutional role versus other committees before adjourning the meeting.
MEPs assess lease extensions for Parliament buildings in Luxembourg in light of Jean Monnet 2 delays and governance failures, and examine a long‑term EEAS lease in Tripoli, weighing political justification, security needs, costs and future capacity. The sitting concludes with a block vote approving EGF mobilisations, budgetary transfers and key building and lease decisions, after which the Chair formally closes the meeting.
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Committee on Internal Market and Consumer Protection (IMCO)
Chair Doleschal closes the IMCO meeting and announces the date and place of the next session in Brussels on 15 October.
Committee on Public Health (SANT)
The Chair organises the voting block, with rapporteurs González Casares and Voiculescu presenting the European rare diseases action plan and the Europe’s Beating Cancer Plan implementation report, after which the committee votes on compromise amendments and adopts both texts by roll call before the Chair closes the meeting and announces the next session and a coordinators’ follow‑up.
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Committee on Internal Market and Consumer Protection (IMCO)
The rapporteur and shadows outline IMCO’s draft opinion on the Cybersecurity Act 2, focusing on certification schemes, ENISA’s role, cloud sovereignty and SME-friendly obligations, and then present targeted NIS2 amendments to streamline reporting and align with CSA2, which the Commission supports as harmonising implementation while keeping a high cybersecurity level.
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Committee on Security and Defence (SEDE)
Segment on the Ocean Eye initiative covering its integration of EU outermost regions and overseas territories, relations with global partners including China and the US and financing under Horizon Europe and the MFF, and its operational role against IUU fishing, narco‑boats and broader maritime security threats through drones, data‑sharing and EU agency coordination.
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Committee on Industry, Research and Energy (ITRE)
Greens, Left and Renew liberals debate predictability, LRF stringency, use of international credits and conditionality of free allowances and revenues, while sectoral concerns on biomass, ice-class shipping and outermost regions are raised before the rapporteur and Chair close the file with amendment and vote deadlines and committee calendar details.
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Series of petitions covering the rights and reparations claims of the Greek Orthodox minority in Istanbul in the context of EU–Turkey relations, the impact of offshore wind deployment on Canary Islands fisheries under EU environmental and maritime rules, carbon leakage risks for EU fire extinguisher producers under CBAM and ETS, and the instrumentalisation of migration in the Ceuta crisis, with Commission services outlining current EU frameworks and MEPs pressing for stronger conditionality, transparency, product coverage and structural responses while keeping the petitions open.
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Committee on Transport and Tourism (TRAN)
The Commission presents early implementation results of ReFuelEU Aviation, including SAF uptake, compliance patterns and support measures, and MEPs debate the planned 2027 revision, the role of ETS SAF allowances, support for e‑SAF production and tools to preserve ambition and investment certainty.
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Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development (AGRI)
DG SANTE presents the positive but incomplete 2026 evaluation of the Animal Health Law and 11 follow‑up areas, followed by MEP rounds on uneven implementation, farm biosecurity, pet passports, import reciprocity, vaccination and emerging disease risks, with the Commission explaining systemic implementation problems, use of audits, TRACES and CAP funds, and the complex trade and surveillance implications of broader vaccination, including for PPR and bluetongue.
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Committee on Industry, Research and Energy (ITRE)
Opinion rapporteur Ratas sets out proposals on the ETS trajectory, linear reduction factor and CBAM safeguards, followed by key groups outlining differing views on balancing decarbonisation, industrial competitiveness, LRF design, CBAM-linked free allocation and use of ETS revenues.
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Committee on Security and Defence (SEDE)
The Commission situates Ocean Eye within the Ocean Pact and forthcoming Ocean Act as a tool to strengthen maritime strategic autonomy and the dual‑use industrial base, followed by MEPs’ questions on undersea infrastructure protection, Mediterranean security, deterrence and concrete capabilities, with EEAS and Commission responses on operations, exercises and enforcement limits in international waters.
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Committee on Security and Defence (SEDE)
Sets the institutional context for EU maritime security and Ocean-I as a core tool for ocean observation, data governance and technological sovereignty, then covers MEPs’ questions on subsea infrastructure protection, Mediterranean security, outermost regions and seabed mining, and global partnerships and enforcement against IUU fishing and organised crime.
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Committee on Public Health (SANT)
Alba Gil outlines the cancer burden, key risk factors and EU single‑market levers for prevention, while Gianluigi Giannelli presents obesity data, the economic case for structured lifestyle programmes and the Mediterranean diet, followed by MEPs’ questions on EU‑wide prevention strategy, labelling, advertising, taxation and equity, and closing replies stressing healthier food and alcohol environments, early‑life interventions, support for low‑income groups and stronger tobacco and alcohol risk messaging.
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Rapporteurs and groups outline their priorities on the constrained 2027 EU general budget, including sectoral reinforcements, reactions to Council cuts and the macroeconomic context, while the Commission presents its draft and an upcoming amending letter. The committee then examines 2026 humanitarian aid and civil protection reinforcements via the Emergency Aid Reserve and IPA redeployments, along with internal institutional transfers, seeking assurance on allocation criteria, reserve exhaustion and cost control for Parliament infrastructure.
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Committee on Culture and Education (CULT)
The annual exchange on European Schools reviews system performance, overpopulation, teacher shortages, pay gaps, budget caps and IT risks, alongside Council Presidency priorities and detailed concerns from teachers, parents, students and accredited schools about resources, inclusion and governance. Parliament’s standing rapporteur and MEPs call for structural reforms, an ombudsperson, protection of small language sections and implementation of the 2023 resolution, while the Commission and Secretary‑General respond on funding constraints, cost‑sharing rules, language sections and follow‑up measures before closing the exchange and linking to a focused debate on inclusion.
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Committee on Internal Market and Consumer Protection (IMCO)
The Commission presents the Affordable Housing Act package on housing stress indicators and regulating short-term rentals and vacant properties, with MEPs challenging EU competence, impacts on local regulation, interaction with Green Deal and building rules, and proportionality tests, followed by the Commission’s clarification that it codifies existing case law, preserves national measures and links to a broader simplification review and funding flexibility.
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Committee on Security and Defence (SEDE)
The committee finalises the defence prototypes report through procedural steps (quorum, voting system check and adoption) before moving to the EU Ocean Eye agenda, with the EEAS setting out the updated Maritime Security Strategy, threat environment and the role of Ocean Eye in maritime domain awareness and critical infrastructure protection.
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Committee on Transport and Tourism (TRAN)
The committee launches the INI report on a regulatory framework for SAF uptake, with the rapporteur and political groups outlining options for an EU book‑and‑claim system, market design safeguards, traceability and competitiveness, followed by the Commission’s and rapporteur’s clarifications on architecture, support tools and interaction with existing legislation.
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Petitions on fair competition and consumer information, first seeking stricter origin labelling and import conditions for food to protect EU farmers, then addressing protection of vulnerable consumers and minors on online platforms in light of the DSA and related legislation, with Commission explanations of the existing toolbox and MEPs debating regulatory gaps, subsidiarity and follow‑up while keeping both files open for further Commission input.
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Committee on Industry, Research and Energy (ITRE)
The Left stresses resource and public-interest conditions while the Commission justifies the revised EUSPA regulation and its alignment with the Competitiveness Fund, followed by the rapporteur’s reaction and the Chair’s announcement of amendment deadlines, vote date and suspension of the meeting.
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Members debate the budgetary opinion on the ESMA market infrastructure reform, focusing on staffing, fee structures and EU–national supervision, before turning to the new EUSPA regulation with its costs, security role, governance issues and Commission veto powers. The EUSPA Executive Director details serious delays in the Prague headquarters project and the need for a revised hosting agreement to secure long‑term operational continuity.
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Committee on Culture and Education (CULT)
Following the political debate, the committee holds an expert briefing on AI in audiovisual, publishing and music streaming, examining opportunities, labour impacts, copyright and data use, discrimination risks, information integrity and the evolving EU regulatory framework. MEPs then question the expert on labelling of AI content, text‑and‑data‑mining rules, contracts and training needs, and the effects of AI on youth, creativity and skills.
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Committee on Industry, Research and Energy (ITRE)
Main political groups set out their positions on strengthening EUSPA’s operational capacity and governance, the agency’s name and Prague seat, market uptake role, resource needs and concerns about restructuring security accreditation and Commission influence.
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Presentation of the 2025 European Ombudsman annual report, highlighting transparency, access to documents, AI, Frontex oversight and better regulation, followed by MEP reactions on workload and resources, and then a focused intervention formally denouncing systemic Commission refusals of access to documents under Regulation 1049/2001 and lodging this as a complaint in PETI.
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Committee on Industry, Research and Energy (ITRE)
The Chair opens the EUSPA regulation item and rapporteur Grudler presents his draft report on EUSPA’s mandate, operational tasks, security accreditation framework, resources and Parliament’s role in governance.
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Committee on Internal Market and Consumer Protection (IMCO)
MEPs from several groups scrutinise the Public Procurement Act on EU preference, social and green criteria, subcontracting, thresholds, SME impacts and local authority burdens, while the Commission defends its horizontal approach, mandatory quality-based awards, GPA-linked thresholds, SME facilitation and anti-corruption benefits.
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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 Security and Defence 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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