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Committee on Development (DEVE)
The chair opens the DEVE meeting, adopts the agenda and minutes, and introduces Rapporteur Strada’s opinion on international law, multilateralism, democracy and the EU, followed by her initial diagnosis of the crisis in the multilateral order and citizens’ loss of trust.
Committee on Budgetary Control (CONT)
From the formal opening and vote on the 2024 Council discharge to the Secretary-General’s budget execution report and detailed Q&A on ethics, transparency, AI, communication policy and attendance, this block covers Parliament’s internal governance, controls and planned reforms for the next discharge cycle.
Committee on Regional Development (REGI)
Dragoş Benea and 1 other
Executive Vice‑President Fitto presents the new EU strategies for islands and outermost regions and explains related regulatory adaptations, then reports on cohesion policy simplification, mid‑term review results and governance for a more flexible, place‑based approach.
In this chapter
Committee on Environment, Climate and Food Safety (ENVI)
After reopening ENVI separately, members adopt the agenda and coordinators’ recommendations, then vote on the biotechnology and medicinal products opinion followed by key compromise and group amendments to the resolution for the UN Climate Change Conference in Antalya, ending with its final adoption.
In this chapter
Committee on International Trade (INTA)
The Chair presents the EU–Korea Digital Trade Agreement and resolution, followed by shadows and the Commission addressing data flows, horizontal data exceptions, source code, AI, regulatory autonomy, SME implications and the planned monitoring via FTA bodies.
In this chapter
Committee on Employment and Social Affairs (EMPL)
Members proceed to vote on compromise amendments and related amendments to the guidelines for the employment policies of the Member States, including a narrowly rejected compromise by electronic vote, before adopting the final text via roll-call vote and closing the voting session.
Committee on Environment, Climate and Food Safety (ENVI)
The committee closes the previous file with votes on emergency assistance, the Biotech Act opinion mandate and the Antalya COP resolution, and then formally adopts its agenda and coordinators’ recommendations before moving to the ETS item.
Committee on Employment and Social Affairs (EMPL)
The committee confirms substitutions, then votes on a series of compromise amendments and amendments to the report on boosting skills and vocational education and training in times of transition, including electronic checks and roll-call votes, and finally adopts the report with a large majority.
Committee on Constitutional Affairs (AFCO)
The committee launches, conducts and completes the voting sequence on amendments to the institutional report on artificial intelligence, including multiple electronic checks, split and coordinated amendments with other committees, temporary voting system failures and use of show‑of‑hands, before adopting the amended AI report by roll‑call vote with broad support.
In this chapter
Committee on Employment and Social Affairs (EMPL)
The Chair and Lithuanian MEPs report on the EMPL mission to Vilnius, detailing meetings with government, Seimas committees, and social partners on preparations for Lithuania’s upcoming Council presidency, with emphasis on MFF, ESF+, the fair mobility package, the traineeship directive, and social priorities such as quality jobs, housing, child guarantee and mental health at work.
Committee on Environment, Climate and Food Safety (ENVI)
Chairs open the joint ENVI–SANT meeting, then rapporteurs present and see adopted the joint report on the Union Civil Protection Mechanism and EU health emergency preparedness, including compromise amendments and the final roll‑call vote.
In this chapter
Committee on Constitutional Affairs (AFCO)
Chair Simon opens the AFCO meeting, confirms agenda and interpretation, announces committee membership changes and the vacancy of the second Vice‑Chair, then conducts the election of Antonio López‑Istúriz White as second Vice‑Chair by acclamation and adopts the previous minutes.
In this chapter
Committee on Employment and Social Affairs (EMPL)
Delegation members present findings from their mission to the European Labour Authority in Bratislava and a joint Austrian–Slovak labour inspection in Vienna, highlighting ELA’s mandate, links to the forthcoming fair labour mobility package, and practical evidence of bogus self-employment and regulatory loopholes uncovered through inspections.
Committee on International Trade (INTA)
Chair Lange opens the INTA meeting, adopts the agenda and minutes, and debriefs the WTO Public Forum with MEPs highlighting prospects for WTO reform, parliamentarians’ role, ministerial frequency, plurilateral initiatives and concerns over civil society space and EU tactics.
In this chapter
Committee on Employment and Social Affairs (EMPL)
The Chair opens the EMPL meeting, adopts the agenda and minutes, explains interpretation and speech-to-text arrangements, announces a corrigendum to Directive 2025/2450 on European Works Councils under Rule 251(4), notes recent changes in EMPL committee membership, and appoints the rapporteur for the 2027 European Semester INI report.
Committee on Regional Development (REGI)
The Chair opens the REGI meeting, adopts the agenda and minutes, then leads voting on the cohesion policy report for cities followed by the report on eastern border regions, including a clarified incident on Amendment 201 and final roll‑call adoptions.
In this chapter
Committee on Culture and Education (CULT)
Commission representatives link the study to forthcoming EU initiatives including a teachers and trainers agenda and updated monitoring tools, emphasising long-term action on working conditions, and the Chair closes the meeting with practical announcements on future committee work.
Committee on Culture and Education (CULT)
MEPs from several groups question Sorensen on precarious employment, territorial and housing inequalities, contradictions in national data, teachers’ social status, migration and minority-language schooling, and he replies on the EU’s supporting role, indicator limitations, career models, mentoring, and targeted incentives for hard-to-staff areas.
In this chapter
Committee on Culture and Education (CULT)
The Chair introduces the requested study on teacher shortages, Professor Sorensen presents EU-wide mapping, drivers of teacher-job attractiveness and comparative case studies, and then details national and EU-level policy recommendations on salaries, working conditions, teacher education, governance and data, as well as use of EU instruments.
In this chapter
Committee on Culture and Education (CULT)
The Chair introduces the Erasmus+ 2028–2034 report as a flagship file, the rapporteur outlines the compromise package and budgetary stakes in coordination with BUDG and the Commission, and the committee votes to adopt the compromise amendments and overall report.
In this chapter
Committee on Culture and Education (CULT)
The Chair opens the CULT meeting, organises substitutions and voting arrangements, and the rapporteur presents the CULT opinion on the 2027 EU budget lines for Erasmus+, Creative Europe and the European Solidarity Corps before the committee votes on the amendments and final text.
In this chapter
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 Development Ordinary meeting HEARING
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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