EIGE introduces its study on whether the directive promotes equal sharing of parental leave, demonstrating that well‑paid, individual non‑transferable leave boosts fathers’ uptake, but that eligibility gaps, non‑standard work and childcare shortages still limit equal access and push mothers to longer labour‑market interruptions.
Šuica presents Pillar 2 economic instruments such as TEA-MED, the TEA-MED Investment Platform, the Medusa submarine cable, and initiatives for women’s employment and start-ups. She then turns to Pillar 3, highlighting the EU firefighting hub in Cyprus, progress on migration management with a whole-of-route approach and reduced irregular arrivals, and forthcoming internal security and Secure Borders initiatives involving agencies like Europol and Frontex.
Focusing on Pillar 1, Šuica details progress on the Mediterranean University, including the new secretariat and upcoming calls for university consortia and Med campuses, linked with research, innovation and a Mediterranean science diplomacy centre. She announces the Mediterranean Youth Skills and Jobs Initiative, Med skills tracker with partner countries, and pilot youth guarantee schemes in Morocco and Tunisia.
Commissioner Šuica thanks UfM, ARLEM and senior officials, recalls one year since the launch of the Pact for the Mediterranean, and stresses joint ownership by EU Member States and Mediterranean partners. She underlines the role of regional and local authorities, references the annual written update, and frames the meeting as part of turning the Pact from paper into tangible impact.
Eurofound presents survey data on trends in work‑life balance and gender gaps, showing how telework and working time autonomy can improve outcomes but also create risks such as longer hours, blurred boundaries, unpaid overtime and stress, with many workers still seeking shorter hours.
Eurofound and EIGE present evidence on work‑life balance trends, flexible work, long hours, mental health, and the gendered use of parental leave and childcare gaps, followed by ETUC and BusinessEurope setting out trade‑union and employer positions on pay levels, carers’ leave, SMEs and childcare targets. FEMM’s Chair then links these findings to broader gender norms, unpaid care, enforcement needs, EU funding and possible revision of the directive.
Co‑chairs reopen the JPSG sitting, set speaking rules and introduce the agenda item on the Europol Regulation recast, followed by the Commission’s structured outline of the reform objectives and Europol’s leadership assessment of needs on mandate, technology, cooperation with third countries and resources.
The Chair opens the hearing on advanced therapy medicinal products and the first expert and Lithuanian clinicians outline EU access gaps, fast‑track needs and the hospital exemption CAR‑T model for small Member States, including reimbursement disparities, cross‑border treatment, regulatory standards and sustainability requests to Parliament.
DG INLO outlines its mandate, fixed building‑related budget obligations, major projects in Brussels, Strasbourg and Luxembourg, sustainability and accessibility duties, then answers MEPs’ questions on accessibility, Spaak cost and reporting, Europa Experience viability, Strasbourg savings, lift problems, outsourcing vs insourcing and visitor experience, with political feedback from the rapporteur.
The committee opens with the Commission presenting the data-centre delegated act and its label under the Energy Efficiency Directive, followed by a first round of MEP questions and Commission replies on waste-heat use, technology neutrality, climate impacts, sovereignty concerns and enforcement, with subsequent follow-up Q&A on low-emission sources, greenwashing risks, benchmarks and the path towards binding EU-wide minimum performance standards and transparency rules.
The committee opens its sitting, adopts by simplified procedure its opinion on the EU–Indonesia Economic Partnership Agreement with a focus on fisheries safeguards, and then defines Parliament’s mandate on the fisheries and aquaculture statistics regulation before moving to EFCA’s control agenda.
The Chair and EP President frame the hearing within Gender Equality Week, recall persistent gender gaps, and set out the objective to assess the Work‑Life Balance Directive, its evaluation questions and the structure of the expert panels. This segment establishes the political and procedural context and hands over to the first expert provider, Eurofound.
The Chair launches the Work‑Life Balance Directive impact hearing under Gender Equality Week, presents the institutional and political context, clarifies the focus on leave and flexible work provisions, explains the two‑panel and Q&A structure, and introduces the first expert from Eurofound.
Members vote on amendments and final oral questions to the Commission and Council regarding the European Child Guarantee, using both show‑of‑hands and roll‑call votes with detailed tallies, and conclude the voting block with adoption of the committee’s opinion on the EU–UK Gibraltar agreement.
The chair launches the Horn of Africa joint debate, with the rapporteur outlining the regional context and proposed EU strategic priorities, followed by detailed assessments from the EU Special Representative and African Union on security, Sudan, Ethiopia and Somalia, and political group shadows and the DEVE rapporteur setting out amendments on human rights, youth, displacement, food security and geographical scope.
Launch of the CONT meeting and introduction of the 2025 discharge item for Parliament’s section, followed by DG PERS’s presentation of HR and budget priorities and a detailed Q&A on recruitment, controls, geobalance, anomalies and harassment, ending with clarification on trainee onboarding delays.
The EMPL Chair opens the meeting, confirms the agenda and replacements, and leads the full voting sequence on the European Social Fund regulation, including compromise and REGI amendments, rapporteurs’ political positioning and justification, and final adoption of the report and negotiation mandate.
The committee chair opens the sitting, introduces the report on EU–Australia strategic political relations, hears the rapporteur on priorities such as security, raw materials and Indo‑Pacific cooperation, and then proceeds through amendments and a roll‑call vote formally adopting the report.
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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Special Committee on the Housing Crisis in the European Union Ordinary meeting
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7th Inter-Parliamentary Committee Meeting On Evaluation Of The European Union Agency For Criminal Justice Cooperation (Eurojust) Activities
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