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Committee on Transport and Tourism (TRAN)
The Chair adjusts the agenda, sets amendment deadlines for ETS-related opinions, and leads members through testing the voting system and adopting the own-initiative report on connecting Europe via high-speed rail.
Committee on Development (DEVE)
The Chair thanks shadow rapporteurs and the secretariat, then conducts a test of the electronic voting system using a light-hearted question on the re-election of the Spanish government, declaring a statistical tie and using his casting vote to ‘re-elect’ the Spanish government before proceeding to the substantive vote.
Committee on European Democracy Shield (special committee) (EUDS)
MEPs question Berset on Russian interference, platform power, transparency of NGOs and bots, and ECHR implications for migration, prompting replies on crisis‑driven erosion of trust, limits of European leverage over Big Tech, and reaffirmation of free expression, pluralism and the Convention system including in the Western Balkans.
Committee on Development (DEVE)
Chair Barry ANDREWS opens the extraordinary DEVE meeting, confirms adoption of the draft agenda without changes, and outlines that the sole purpose is to vote on the draft report amending Decision (EU) 2021/1764 on association of overseas countries and territories, including Greenland and the Kingdom of Denmark, noting the absence of interpretation and English-only proceedings.
Committee on Environment, Climate and Food Safety (ENVI)
An objection to the REACH restriction on lead in gunshot is presented with arguments on safety, costs and subsidiarity, political groups set out contrasting positions on public health, hunter practices and range impacts, and the Commission justifies the proportionality and scope of the restriction based on ECHA’s risk and socio‑economic assessments.
Committee on European Democracy Shield (special committee) (EUDS)
Chair Loiseau opens the meeting, adopts formal items and introduces Secretary General Alain Berset, who sets out the rationale, values and legal‑policy architecture of the Democratic Pact for Europe and its links with the EU’s Democracy Shield and forthcoming pan‑European FIMI instrument.
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Committee on Environment, Climate and Food Safety (ENVI)
MEPs debate an objection to the carbon removals delegated act, weighing legal compliance, greenwashing and ILUC concerns against farmers’ expectations for a workable carbon farming framework, followed by the Commission’s detailed defence of methodological choices, additionality rules and liability for reversals.
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After an electronic voting system check, the Committee votes on and adopts by show of hands (with one electronic roll-call on Heading 6 and the Ukraine support loan instrument) all compromise amendments on revenue and MFF headings 1–7, pilot projects and preparatory actions, and on all other institutional sections (EP, Council, CJEU, ECA, EESC, CoR, Ombudsman, EDPS/EDPB, EEAS); the Chair then closes the voting session, notes that the adopted amendments go to plenary, and announces a coordinators’ meeting to follow.
The Chair closes the presentations, announces the start of voting on Section 3, and, following a request from Karlo Ressler to wait for absent members, briefly suspends the meeting before resuming proceedings.
On behalf of the rapporteur for other sections, Isabel Benjumea Benjumea presents the compromise on budgetary amendments for the 2027 budget for Sections 1–10 (EP, Council, CJEU, ECA, EESC, CoR, Ombudsman, EDPS, EEAS), stressing budgetary discipline, targeted increases for staffing, IT and cybersecurity, AI Act-related tasks, and security needs, amounting to roughly €26.8 million mainly as restorations of Commission cuts.
General rapporteur Nils Ušakovs presents the provisional deal on the figures of the 2025 annual budget, detailing reinforcements by MFF heading (Horizon, CEF, Digital Europe, Erasmus+, UCPM, EU4Health, agriculture, LIFE, migration and borders, security and defence, external neighbourhoods) and agencies, totalling €1.17 billion above the draft budget, and thanks shadows ahead of the MFF debate.
Chair Johan Van Overtveldt opens the extraordinary Budgets Committee meeting, confirms adoption of the agenda, recalls interpretation arrangements, and outlines the objective to adopt amendments to the Council position on the 2025 draft budget, with a vote scheduled for 19:15.
Committee on Human Rights (DROI)
Opening of the extraordinary DROI meeting, presentation of the draft Annual Human Rights and Democracy report, political lines from rapporteur and shadows, and clarification of committee mandate, amendment deadline and subsequent AFET and plenary steps.
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MEPs first debate the humanitarian situation and civilian protection in Ukraine, then examine the rapporteur’s initiative on an EU framework for psychosocial risks at work with positions across groups and sectors, and finally hear a Commission statement on combating falsified medicines and illegal online sales under the pharma framework, DSA and criminal enforcement tools.
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The President opens the Strasbourg sitting, confirms procedural matters on minutes, membership changes, corrigenda and trilogue mandates, and oversees a contested agenda change request on French student riots, followed by points of order on deepfakes, the ICC, antisemitism, media freedom and rule-of-law concerns in several Member States.
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Committee on Development (DEVE)
Launch of the 2024 Sakharov Prize selection in a joint AFET–DEVE meeting, explaining rules and shortlist, followed by presentation of the first nominee, Dr Hussam Abu Safiya of Palestine, as a symbol of attacks on Gaza’s health system and broader humanitarian law violations.
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Committee on Development (DEVE)
Report‑back from the European Parliament delegation to the UN HLPF on SDGs, MEP reactions on corruption and Global Gateway, and Commission input on SDG‑related priorities such as water resilience, circular economy and future UN summits.
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Committee on Foreign Affairs (AFET)
UN Under-Secretary-General Moreira da Silva presents the proposed UN transit mechanism in the Strait of Hormuz to avert a fertilizer-driven food crisis, followed by MEP questions on engagement with Iran and the US, lessons from Gaza and Yemen, potential replication in other regions, and the broader implications for global food security and EU action before McAllister closes the meeting.
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Committee on Security and Defence (SEDE)
Members question how a European Defense Union will reinforce NATO, probe defense spending efficiency and readiness narratives, raise the US–Greenland agreement, and the Chair then closes the public session as the Commissioner departs for an in‑camera continuation.
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Committee on Development (DEVE)
MEP questions, Commission responses and experts’ final remarks on strengthening domestic revenue mobilisation, addressing illicit flows and profit shifting, assessing OECD BEPS and Pillar Two, and defining the EU’s stance towards the UN framework convention on international tax cooperation.
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Committee on Security and Defence (SEDE)
Debate focuses on protecting European preference under US pressure, overcoming market fragmentation and Article 346 practices, assessing SAFE and EDIP performance, and building a scalable drone defense ecosystem and surge‑ready production model informed by lessons from Ukraine.
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Committee on Foreign Affairs (AFET)
Members debate AFET’s draft opinion on GAP IV, focusing on feminist foreign policy, the Women, Peace and Security agenda, protection of women’s organisations and against anti-gender movements, criticism of gender quotas, the EEAS perspective on an ambitious joint plan, and the Rule 57 procedure including the amendments deadline.
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Committee on Security and Defence (SEDE)
MEPs press on Russia’s growing military effort, political fatigue and NATO’s evolution, while Kubilius argues for prioritised EU support, explains the State of the Union’s defense elements, and describes urgent efforts to secure PAC‑3 air defense for Ukraine via stockpile swaps.
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Committee on Security and Defence (SEDE)
Kubilius details EU financial instruments and gaps in support for Ukraine, presents EDIP and flagship industrial projects to close material readiness shortfalls, and outlines space‑for‑defense capabilities including IRIS², EO services, LEO PNT and launch capacity.
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Committee on Development (DEVE)
Opening of the joint DEVE–FISC hearing on taxation and SDGs, expert presentations on OECD/Global Forum work, African and civil-society perspectives, and a focus on the emerging UN tax convention and its implications for EU policy and development cooperation.
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Committee on Security and Defence (SEDE)
The Chair opens the extraordinary SEDE meeting, adopts agenda and minutes, and Kubilius sets out the institutional and strategic context for a new EU‑level defense architecture ahead of the forthcoming European security strategy.
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Committee on Foreign Affairs (AFET)
AFET examines the draft recommendation on EU–Norway relations, with the rapporteur, shadows, Commission and EEAS addressing security and defence cooperation, protection of critical and subsea infrastructure, Arctic and High North security, energy transition and raw materials, contentious fisheries issues, Norway’s EEA legal backlog, and the timetable for amendments and vote.
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Committee on Foreign Affairs (AFET)
Chair McAllister opens the AFET meeting, adopts the agenda and pending decisions, then introduces the CFSP 2026 implementation report, with the rapporteur and political groups debating EU foreign policy priorities, Ukraine, decision-making (unanimity vs QMV), accusations of double standards and warmongering, and closing with clarification of positions and a postponed amendments deadline.
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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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