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LIBE, Commission, Council and MEPs examine the forthcoming EU anti‑corruption strategy and directive, focusing on prevention, enforcement, independence of judiciary and prosecutors, coordination among EU bodies and the need to strengthen transparency and ethics rules within EU institutions and member states.
In this chapter
Greens, Council, Commission and political groups clash over an EU‑wide windfall tax on fossil and other polluting industries, weighing purchasing‑power relief and climate funding against concerns about tax competence, investment and subsidiarity, while keeping options open for national and possible future EU instruments.
In this chapter
Council, Commission and MEPs debate EU and national responsibilities for the cost‑of‑living and housing crisis, contrasting calls for stronger social and tax action with criticism of Green Deal measures, ETS2 and EU‑level regulation, and discussing short‑term relief versus structural reforms to lower energy and housing costs.
In this chapter
Sabine Verheyen and 40 others
The Vice‑President opens the plenary, sets procedural parameters for trilogues and introduces the central item: Council and Commission statements to kick off negotiations on the 2028‑2034 Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF).
In this chapter
Committee on Foreign Affairs (AFET)
MEPs raise detailed concerns on Western Balkans, Georgia, Ukraine, Turkey and other candidates, questioning credibility, consistency and political assumptions of the methodology, while the Commission provides final clarifications on Bosnia, bilateral disputes, differentiated safeguards, timelines for Montenegro and Serbia, and the security rationale for Ukraine’s accession path before the Chair closes the meeting.
In this chapter
Committee on Foreign Affairs (AFET)
Political group coordinators question the Commission on qualified majority voting, costs and sectoral impacts, safeguards and CFSP alignment, to which Kos responds with clarifications on legal bases for QMV, budget implications for frontrunners, and the merit-based nature of accession and new safeguard tools.
In this chapter
Committee on Foreign Affairs (AFET)
Commissioner Kos outlines the governance reforms for a wider Union, the model of gradual integration for candidates, rule-of-law safeguards including a post-accession mechanism, and specific policy impacts such as Ukraine’s agriculture and frontrunner roadmaps, together with planned follow-up steps.
In this chapter
Committee on Foreign Affairs (AFET)
The Chair opens the extraordinary AFET meeting, adopts the agenda, and introduces Commissioner Kos to present the new enlargement communication and its institutional context.
In this chapter
Roberta Metsola and 243 others
MEPs debate the illegitimacy of Russia’s 2026 Duma elections, including voting in occupied Ukrainian territories, and discuss the EU’s policy response on sanctions, security, support to Ukraine and Russian democrats, and risks of double standards.
High Representative and MEPs assess economic dependencies, security and human-rights concerns, Taiwan, and links with Russia’s war, debating how far the EU should toughen its China policy while preserving cooperation in key areas.
Henna Virkkunen and 51 others
Introduction of the EU Kids Act debate, outlining its legal basis, links to existing digital legislation and proposed safety-by-design and age-verification obligations to protect minors’ rights online.
Following the agenda move to housing, the plenary debates the proposed EU Affordable Housing Act and concludes the file, then opens the European education framework item before formally launching Question Time with the Commission on the Methane Regulation. This macro chapter groups key social and environmental policy blocks where competences, funding tools and implementation questions are tested in interaction between Parliament and Commission.
In this chapter
The plenary first addresses European Council preparation and EU budgetary priorities, then moves to a procedural incident over flags, a consolidated voting block on multiple files, and a formal agenda shift towards housing policy. This macro chapter helps track how MEPs link long‑term budget, solidarity and rule‑of‑law debates with concrete votes and subsequent agenda sequencing.
In this chapter
Committee on Environment, Climate and Food Safety (ENVI)
Commissioner Sinkevičius updates ENVI on implementation gaps and upcoming measures under the Circular Economy Action Plan, while group coordinators question him on SME impacts, import level playing field, resource‑efficiency targets and incentives for innovation in key value chains.
Committee on Environment, Climate and Food Safety (ENVI)
The committee holds electronic votes on the four objections and subsequent legislative files, with narrow and split outcomes, then proceeds through extensive amendment and compromise votes on the Androuët ‘Made in Europe’ report amid political criticism, before adopting the report and approving an authorisation for a GM soybean.
In this chapter
Committee on European Democracy Shield (special committee) (EUDS)
MEPs press Byrne on concrete Council follow‑up to the Shield report, Hungary’s rule‑of‑law record, the role and legal basis of the Resilience Center, Article 42(7) solidarity, its links to a possible EU Security Council, and enforcement of online political advertising rules, to which he responds on evolving Council conclusions, peer review, mutual assistance obligations and the need for effective regulation of platforms before Loiseau ends the public session.
In this chapter
Committee on Transport and Tourism (TRAN)
DG CLIMA sets out the Commission’s justification for targeted inclusion of smaller and offshore vessels and alignment with FuelEU while safeguarding a level playing field, after which Le Callennec identifies areas of convergence and disagreement and the Chair closes the public TRAN session and announces the next meeting and coordinators’ segment.
In this chapter
Committee on European Democracy Shield (special committee) (EUDS)
Minister Byrne outlines the Presidency’s endorsement of the Democracy Shield report, describes the early functioning and membership of the European Center for Democratic Resilience, and presents draft Council conclusions on inclusive participation, political safety, the Center’s legal status, funding constraints in the MFF and limits regarding QMV for sanctions.
In this chapter
Committee on Human Rights (DROI)
Analysis of Russian independent media in exile and Europe’s past choices, followed by MEPs’ political reactions on accountability, support for Ukraine and Russian civil society, and closing remarks from guests and the Chair on concrete follow-up and Parliament’s continued work on journalists’ protection.
In this chapter
Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development (AGRI)
The rapporteur introduces the report on the EU agri‑food promotion policy and the committee conducts the full sequence of votes on compromises, individual amendments, recitals and final roll‑call, using electronic checks where needed, ultimately adopting the report and closing the meeting with announcements on next steps.
In this chapter
Committee on Transport and Tourism (TRAN)
Rapporteur Le Callennec presents her draft opinion on simplifying MRV, scope for smaller and offshore vessels, and reinvestment of maritime ETS revenues, with S&D, Renew, Greens, Conservatives and the Left highlighting divergent views on phased inclusion of ships, offshore timelines, SMEs, private yachts, transparency and specific cases like icebreakers.
In this chapter
Committee on Environment, Climate and Food Safety (ENVI)
Objections challenge the proportionality and legal certainty of Commission measures on hydroxyanthracene‑containing botanicals and monacolins from red yeast rice, invoking pending CJEU cases, traditional use and intermediate options, while supportive MEPs and DG SANTE emphasise EFSA findings, Article 8 obligations and the availability of safer alternatives for consumers.
In this chapter
Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development (AGRI)
The Chair opens the extraordinary AGRI committee meeting in Strasbourg, adopts the agenda, announces interpretation arrangements, and informs Members of the cancellation of the planned mission to Spain due to national elections and the eight‑week restriction on missions before a vote.
In this chapter
Committee on European Democracy Shield (special committee) (EUDS)
A second round of questions probes overlap between the Pact and the Shield, fact‑checking and NGO moderation practices, Western Balkans cases, FIMI funding and speech safeguards, after which Loiseau closes the exchange and introduces Irish European Affairs Minister Thomas Byrne to present the Council Presidency’s work on the Democracy Shield and democratic resilience agenda.
In this chapter
Committee on Human Rights (DROI)
Personal and institutional testimonies on Politkovskaya’s work in Chechnya, systemic impunity and the escalation of repression inside Russia, including calls for EU humanitarian visas, data from the UN Special Rapporteur’s mandate, a stronger EU response to transnational repression and the announcement of the 2026 Anna Politkovskaya Award.
In this chapter
Committee on Transport and Tourism (TRAN)
Shadows from EPP, Renew and Greens, followed by other MEPs, set out differing positions on revenue use, scope of ETS for aviation and maritime, interaction with CORSIA and IMO, and carbon leakage risks, while DG CLIMA presents the Commission’s stance on preserving CORSIA tests and environmental integrity before Ricci closes on next steps for amendments and compromises.
In this chapter
Committee on Human Rights (DROI)
Formal opening of the joint homage with the Russia delegation, institutional framing of Politkovskaya’s legacy and today’s Russian context, and presentation of invited speakers representing her family, the UN and independent Russian media.
In this chapter
Committee on Transport and Tourism (TRAN)
The Chair introduces the draft TRAN opinion to ENVI on the ETS and Market Stability Reserve in the context of the 2040 climate target, and Rapporteur Ricci outlines his priorities on carbon pricing, use of auction revenues, international aviation and maritime rules, and protection of vulnerable regions.
In this chapter
Committee on Development (DEVE)
The Chair confirms there is no other business, thanks members for the smooth conduct of the meeting, and announces the next meeting will be on 19 October in Strasbourg with joint votes with the AFET committee.
Committee on Development (DEVE)
The Chair conducts a series of show-of-hands votes on compromise amendments 1–10 (all carried), followed by amendment 56 (verified by electronic vote and rejected), and then holds a roll-call final vote on the amended report, which is adopted with 17 votes in favour, 2 against and 2 abstentions.
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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