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What is said in the sittings, update by update, the latest first. Each update opens the video at the second it was said.
European Commission 19 hr ago
The College read-out introduces the consumer package, detailing the Digital Fairness Act and the revised Consumer Protection Cooperation Regulation, their links to existing EU digital legislation, and the main objectives on dark patterns, subscriptions, influencer marketing and stronger cross-border enforcement.
European Commission 19 hr ago
He frames the climate agenda as integral to sustainable development, peace, security and human dignity, praises youth, Indigenous peoples, civil society and vulnerable states as the conscience of climate action, and, noting he will no longer be Secretary-General next year, pledges to continue publicly telling the truth and advocating alongside them for stronger climate action.
European Commission 19 hr ago
He presents the fourth pillar, warning against a fragmented world of trade barriers and technology monopolies, calling for targeted cooperation on global public goods, and insisting that the climate regime evolve from negotiation-centric processes to implementation results, with the UN convening work on grids, critical minerals, methane and early warning systems.
European Commission 19 hr ago
He details the third pillar on finance, urging developed countries to mobilize at least USD 300 billion annually by 2035, triple adaptation finance, reform and re-capitalize multilateral development banks, replenish key climate funds, and tax windfall profits of oil companies so that major polluters contribute directly to loss and damage funding for vulnerable countries.
European Commission 19 hr ago
He proposes a new Climate Justice Compact grounded in common but differentiated responsibilities, calling for developed countries to cut faster and support others, and outlines the first two pillars: a just, science-aligned phaseout of fossil fuels with no new unabated coal, oil or gas infrastructure, and transformational adaptation with universal early warning systems and effective loss and damage support.
European Commission 19 hr ago
He argues the economic and security case for fossil fuels is collapsing for import-dependent countries, denounces fossil fuel lobbying tactics that delay science-based policy, and warns that current national plans will not deliver the necessary annual emissions cuts, risking overshooting 1.5°C and triggering tipping points.
European Commission 19 hr ago
He introduces three lessons for the next decade, highlighting that exponential change is possible, citing rapid global growth of solar and electric vehicles and noting that clean energy is now the cheapest new power source even amid political resistance.
European Commission 19 hr ago
The UN Secretary-General thanks President Erdoğan and frames the session by stressing that the climate crisis is outrunning current efforts, with record emissions, unprecedented heat, and mounting climate disasters undermining global stability and development.
European Commission 19 hr ago
The speaker outlines Antalya’s evolution from historic trading hub to global tourism and diplomacy center, details COP31’s scale and participation, explains the joint Türkiye–Australia presidency with a Pacific focus, and presents the implementation‑oriented action agenda with 2030–2035 climate and education goals before inviting UN Secretary‑General António Guterres to the stage.
European Commission 19 hr ago
The co‑hosts present themselves, highlight Antalya as a leading Turkish city hosting COP31, and describe Anatolia’s historical role at the crossroads of continents, where diverse cultures coexist and express themselves through regional dances and traditions.
European Commission 19 hr ago
The master of ceremonies thanks the performers, introduces himself and extends an official welcome to dignitaries and participants at the COP31 Leaders Summit in Antalya.
European Commission 20 hr ago
An organiser instructs participants to look forward as the official family photo is taken with the President, giving brief cues to photographers and concluding the short photo opportunity.
European Commission 20 hr ago
Protocol introduction invites dignitaries to witness the Fire of Anatolia performance, using Anatolian dance to set a cultural and ceremonial opening to the COP31 Leaders Summit in Antalya.
European Commission 20 hr ago
Repeated logistical announcements invite distinguished guests to be seated in the main auditorium, indicating that the opening session will begin very shortly as participants continue arriving.
European Commission 20 hr ago
Master of ceremonies announces the imminent start of the COP31 Leaders’ Summit and the entry of heads of state and government, asking participants to take their seats.
Committee on Constitutional Affairs (AFCO)
The Chair and participating MEPs briefly present and endorse the report on the August AFCO mission to Greenland, highlighting its relevance for EU–Greenland relations and Arctic geopolitics, before formally closing the sitting and announcing the next meeting date.
Committee on Public Health (SANT)
Final interventions highlight responsibilities in an ageing society, the need to defend evidence‑based medicine and vaccine confidence against denialism, and consolidate priorities on capacity, workforce support, continuity of care and strengthened interparliamentary cooperation to build a more resilient European health union.
The Commissioner welcomes the launch of the UARM Hub in Brussels, arguing that it should evolve from a representation platform for Ukrainian drone companies into a broader centre of “battle-tested” industrial expertise, helping Europe learn Ukraine’s frontline drone ecosystem model and drive a more dynamic European drone defence ecosystem. He calls for the Hub to engage in pan-European defence projects of common interest (including Eastern Flank Watch, Drone Defence Initiative, Air and Missile Defence, and Ukrainian-led anti-ballistic projects like Freya and Blixem), to support implementation of the EU–Ukraine drone deal and the Pact on Strategic Defence Industrial Partnership, and to become the nucleus of a Ukrainian defence innovation centre in Brussels complementing the EU Defence Innovation Office in Kyiv.
Committee on Security and Defence (SEDE)
The chair opens the floor for last comments, a member thanks the delegation and secretariat, the chair announces upcoming SEDE meeting dates and formally ends the session, followed by brief informal off‑record style exchanges.
In this chapter
Committee on Constitutional Affairs (AFCO)
Chair, rapporteur Reuten, political groups, Council and Commission discuss relaunching the long‑stalled implementing regulation on Parliament’s right of inquiry, focusing on the simplified ‘Lisbonised’ text, remaining political issues on Articles 5 and 12, institutional guarantees including the EP–Commission Framework Agreement, thresholds for minority opinions, and the timetable and format for concluding the informal process and preparing a political agreement.
In this chapter
Committee on Security and Defence (SEDE)
The chair closes the EPF item and shifts to the SEDE mission to Japan, with the head of delegation presenting the mission’s programme, Japan’s defence transformation and threat assessment, and outlining prospects and gaps for EU–Japan defence industrial cooperation and required policy frameworks.
In this chapter
Committee on Constitutional Affairs (AFCO)
Rapporteur Vincze presents mathematical options and treaty constraints for a permanent, degressively proportional seat allocation, then he and shadow rapporteurs from S&D, PfE, ECR and Renew debate political limits, population data choices, enlargement reserves and the decision to keep the file as a non‑legislative working document.
In this chapter
Committee on Security and Defence (SEDE)
MEPs question the EPF’s profile, predictability, budgetary needs and member state engagement, while the EPF Head explains the legal constraints, assistance and operations pillars, contribution rules, handling of abstentions, implementing actors, overall financial ceiling and remaining envelope, and clarifies past and current member state blockages, including on Ukraine.
In this chapter
Committee on Constitutional Affairs (AFCO)
AFCO Chair opens the meeting, adopts agenda and minutes, reports coordinators’ decisions on future work and missions, and conducts the voting session on the proxy voting during pregnancy report, which is adopted after test and final votes.
In this chapter
Committee on Public Health (SANT)
Adam Jarubas and 4 others
The second session focuses on national resilience strategies, legal frameworks and EU support, then broadens to expert assessments of cross‑European resilience gaps and trust deficits, before examining long‑term impacts such as deferred care, chronic disease, long COVID, workforce constraints and the need to protect continuity of care and vaccine confidence.
In this chapter
Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs (ECON)
Chair Lalucq opens the voting session with a system test, then guides members through compromise and final votes on the IORP directive mandate and the VAT reverse‑charge report, allowing a short statement by rapporteur Pimpie, before announcing the next ECON meeting dates and closing the sitting.
In this chapter
Committee on Security and Defence (SEDE)
The chair opens the meeting, adopts the agenda and introduces the European Peace Facility, followed by a detailed institutional briefing on its mandate, pillars, geographic priorities, implementation focus in Ukraine, Moldova, Lebanon, Jordan, the Eastern neighbourhood and Africa, and its global reach, governance, safeguards and post‑2027 outlook.
In this chapter
Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs (ECON)
The committee turns to amendments to its annual ECB report, with rapporteur Aftias and group speakers outlining positions on ECB independence, social and distributional impacts, the digital euro, purchasing power, climate and energy transition, capital markets, unconventional tools and housing, before the rapporteur briefly reacts and points to next steps toward a 2027‑oriented text.
In this chapter
Committee on Development (DEVE)
After the break, the Chair opens agenda item 12 on how global funding cuts affect SRHR, especially for women’s organisations in fragile contexts, and introduces UNFPA and Commission speakers in the framework of Gender Equality Week and EU external instruments. UNFPA outlines the SRHR funding crisis, concrete service reductions and the importance of the Supplies Partnership, while the Commission presents the EU’s SRHR policy framework, data on persistent access gaps and the need to translate political commitments into sustained, country‑led financing under shrinking development budgets and anti‑SRHR pushback.
In this chapter
Committee on Development (DEVE)
The standing rapporteur concludes by urging cross‑party defence of education budgets for African children despite corruption concerns, thanking speakers and formally closing the hearing. Chair Biedroń then condemns proposed Global Europe and Sub‑Saharan Africa cuts, highlights missed human development targets, calls for committee unity to oppose reductions that would harm education, and announces a short break.
In this chapter
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 Economic and Monetary Affairs Ordinary meeting
SANT – ICM on Lessons Learnt from the COVID-19 Pandemic: Strengthening EU Health Resilience and Preparedness for Future Global Health Crises
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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