The committee moves to item 6 on amending CO2 standards and vehicle labelling; rapporteur Tonin frames the file as delivering on removing the post‑2035 combustion engine ban, ECR/PfE request and obtain a secret ballot on a key compromise amendment, and members then reject the rejection amendment, adopt compromise amendment 1 by secret vote, and adopt the final report by roll-call vote.
Rapporteur Penkova updates members on the second trilogue on revising the TEN-E Regulation, highlighting areas of emerging consensus and outstanding issues on implementation, with Parliament insisting on transparent planning, stakeholder involvement, and infrastructure that supports energy security, decarbonisation and affordability by the end-of-year deadline.
MEPs first defend the AI Act’s risk‑based tools, liability needs and data‑protection safeguards, then opposing voices warn about over‑regulation, energy costs and loss of competitiveness versus the US and China, before centre‑left groups insist on strong AI Act implementation, an empowered AI Office and reinforced liability and whistle‑blower rules.
Rapporteur Heinälouma reports on the first trilogue on the European Business Wallet, outlining Parliament’s priorities on EU-wide interoperability, support for smaller municipalities, SME usability, and a tight timetable to conclude negotiations by year-end.
Chair Budka opens the extraordinary ITRE meeting, confirms webstreaming and interpretation, adopts the agenda and previous minutes, and introduces the upcoming reports from trilogue negotiations before the voting session.
The Vice‑President opens the plenary, adopts the agenda and gives Commissioner Síkela the floor to present the EU’s external AI strategy, including the role of the AI Act and planned cooperation in G7, G20, UN and other fora on safety, model evaluation and research partnerships.
Ahead of COP31 in Antalya MEPs, Council and Commission shape the EU’s climate negotiation mandate on fossil fuels, electrification and climate finance, then turn to deepening EU–Canada relations beyond CETA through an ‘alliance for the future’, critical raw materials, defence and digital cooperation, and the politically sensitive idea of associate membership.
The House debates rule of law and media freedom in Malta nine years after Daphne Caruana Galizia’s assassination, defines Parliament’s stance for the 2028–2034 Erasmus+ regulation and budget, and previews the forthcoming Circular Economy Act on extended producer responsibility, secondary raw materials and single-market harmonisation.
MEPs adopt Parliament’s position on the 2027 EU general budget and trigger MFF conciliation, then hold a topical debate on cutting regulatory and reporting burdens for SMEs, before examining the European Court of Auditors’ 2025 annual report on EU accounts, error rates and control systems in cohesion, CAP and the RRF.
The sitting opens with a point of order on the Libya–Turkey maritime memorandum before the European Council and Commission Presidents set out leaders’ conclusions on competitiveness, the MFF, Ukraine and migration, followed by political group leaders and later nationalist speakers clashing over Ukraine aid, energy prices, ETS2, the Green Deal and migration policy.
Parliament finishes with explanations and votes on the ‘Omnibus 8’ temporary suspension of some extended producer‑responsibility rules, amid criticism of over‑regulation, after which the President confirms the next agenda, approves the minutes and closes the sitting.
Rapporteur, Commission and MEPs debate the proposed ‘Pact for the Mediterranean’ around youth, education, energy, trade, migration management and member‑state sovereignty, then address raising vocational education’s status via EU mobility, diploma recognition and skills portability in response to labour shortages, wages and job‑quality concerns.
Council, HR/VP Kallas and MEPs reaffirm support for the ICC against US sanctions and discuss EU blocking statute tools, then examine Houthi attacks and Operation Aspides’ escort mandate in the Red Sea, before debating President Trump’s waiver of US sanctions on Russian diesel, its impact on EU sanctions policy, frozen assets use and calls for greater EU strategic autonomy.
MEPs vote on urgent procedures for methane, critical raw materials and single‑use plastics rules before turning to opposing Council‑Commission‑Parliament stances on the 2027 EU budget, then Question Time with EVP Ribera on merger control, killer acquisitions, DMA enforcement, state aid for high energy prices and balancing industrial policy with consumer welfare and rule of law.
The sitting opens with HR/VP Kallas and political groups assessing Russian attacks on Black Sea shipping, food security risks, proposed EU maritime security instruments and sanctions, followed by Council, Commission and MEPs setting lines for the upcoming EU‑UK summit on Windsor Framework implementation, sectoral cooperation, single‑market safeguards, migration and sovereignty issues.
Additional MEPs raise concerns on Spain, Bulgaria, Poland, Hungary, civil society support, asylum and Charter compliance, and the structure of the rule of law cycle; Commissioner McGrath addresses country‑specific points, funding suspensions and future cycle integration, and the Chair concludes by stressing Parliament’s expectations for structural improvements and announcing the next LIBE meeting.
Rapporteur and main group speakers (EPP, S&D, PfE, ECR, Renew, Greens, Left) question the Commission on grading seriousness of breaches, implementation gaps, media freedom, civic space, Hungary and Poland, Albania, spyware, and the link to EU funding, while the Commissioner defends the methodology and signals readiness to adjust timing, recommendations and enforcement, including conditionality and infringements.
Commissioner McGrath details the expanded methodology and outreach of the 2026 Rule of Law Report, its four‑pillar structure and links to competitiveness and enlargement, and summarises key findings plus the intended use of dialogue, infringements and budgetary tools within an annual rule of law cycle.
The Chair opens the extraordinary LIBE meeting, adopts the agenda and previous minutes, explains interpretation, announces rapporteur changes, and introduces Commissioner McGrath and the forthcoming debate on improving timing, clarity and follow‑up of the 2026 Rule of Law Report.
Hans Neuhoff outlines the ESN group’s rejection of Global Europe, criticising the external action budget, support to Ukraine and enlargement policies, and Commission discretion, and insisting humanitarian aid remain national, after which DEVE Chair Andrews welcomes the agreement, explains that the report and mandate will go to the November part-session and that negotiations start only once the Council has full mandates, before moving to an in-camera item on the Sakharov Prize.
António Tânger Corrêa presents the Patriots for Europe group’s minority position, rejecting the Global Europe instrument over its size, perceived expansion of EU competences, and geopolitical ambitions, calling for strict conditionality, suspension of funds in cases of corruption or non-cooperation on migration and readmission, and elimination of funding for ideological projects and NGOs.
Members hold a roll-call vote on the draft Global Europe report as amended, adopting it, then vote on and approve the decision to enter into inter-institutional negotiations under Rule 72, after which the Chair keeps members seated to hear minority positions from groups requesting to speak.
AFET Chair McAllister and DEVE Chair Andrews open the joint item on the Commission proposal for a regulation establishing Global Europe, outline the need for an absolute majority to open inter-institutional negotiations, co-rapporteurs Gahler and Biedroń make short statements on compromises achieved, and members perform a test vote before adopting multiple compromise amendments and individual amendments to the joint draft report.
The committee proceeds to votes on Mounir Satouri’s draft report on an EU strategy to protect and strengthen the international justice system, systematically adopting vote blocks and compromise amendments, and concludes with a roll-call final vote approving the report.
Members vote electronically on two objections: one to a Commission implementing decision on hydrofluorocarbon quota allocation under the F-gas Regulation (rejected 19–58–1) and another to an implementing regulation revising ETS benchmark values for free allocation (rejected 20–57–1), after which the chair closes the meeting and announces the next session dates in Brussels.
The committee votes on the EU Emissions Trading System heat and fuel benchmark file with rapporteur Jarubas; an initial roll-call vote is rejected, compromise 1 is adopted by show of hands, and the final roll-call vote passes (64–11–2).
The Chair opens the extraordinary AFET meeting, adopts the agenda, outlines interpretation and webstreaming arrangements, and introduces the first electronic vote on the EU–Syria political relations report by rapporteur Nathalie Loiseau, including a test vote of voting machines.
Chair Maran opens the extraordinary ENVI meeting, adopts the agenda without objection, announces interpretation and e-meeting arrangements, lists voting substitutions and conducts an electronic test vote.
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
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