How to watch the European Parliament plenary session

Global health security and bioeconomy strategy: EU instruments and policy choices

Antonella Sberna and 64 others

The Commission and MEPs examine the EU’s response to the Ebola outbreak in DRC and Uganda, focusing on surveillance, vaccines, therapeutics, humanitarian air bridges and health‑system strengthening, and link global health resilience to EU financing. A subsequent debate on the renewed EU bioeconomy strategy addresses industrial competitiveness, strategic autonomy, regulatory barriers, forestry, biobased materials and alignment with biodiversity and food security goals.

In this chapter

1. Debate: Ebola outbreak in DRC and Uganda and EU global health responseAntonella Sberna
2. Debate: EU bioeconomy strategy and strategic autonomyTomislav Sokol

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External action: Gaza reconstruction and human‑rights crises in Sudan and Nigeria

Martin Hojsík and 83 others

MEPs debate the EU’s role in Gaza early recovery, Israel’s and Hamas’s responsibilities and possible EU measures, including on UNRWA support and the EU–Israel Association Agreement. In urgent human‑rights debates they then address the siege of El Obeid in Sudan and attacks on Christians in Nigeria, calling for ceasefires, accountability, sanctions and stronger EU diplomatic and humanitarian engagement.

In this chapter

1. Thematic debate: EU role in Gaza reconstruction and Israel’s responsibilitiesMartin Hojsík
2. Urgent human‑rights debate: Sudan: El Obeid siege and war crimes riskEsteban González Pons
3. Urgent debate: persecution of Christians in Nigeria (Kavel village massacre)Miriam Lexmann

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Voting session: delegated acts, association agreements, enlargement reports and GMO objections

Victor Negrescu and 8 others

The Vice‑President launches an extensive voting block on objections to delegated acts (biofuels ILUC, lead in tackle, GMOs), EU–Mexico agreements and sectoral criminal law, followed by resolutions on the 2025 Commission reports for Ukraine, Moldova and Serbia and on gender‑based violence linked to the Turkish invasion of Cyprus. Parliament then adopts objections to several GMO authorisations and concludes the remaining amendment and resolution votes before moving to later thematic debates.

In this chapter

1. Start of voting session: delegated acts, objections and EU–Mexico agreementsVictor Negrescu
2. Ukraine and Moldova 2025 Commission reports: amendments and resolutionsVictor Negrescu
3. Serbia 2025 Commission report and Cyprus gender‑based violence resolutionVictor Negrescu
4. Objections on GMOs and lengthy voting wrap‑upVictor Negrescu

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Key debates: EU response to heatwaves, wildfires and climate adaptation

Javi López and 68 others

Council and Commission outline EU civil protection, rescEU capacities and upcoming climate‑resilience frameworks in response to deadly heatwaves and wildfires. Political groups and further speakers clash over Green Deal ambition versus deregulation, climate justice, worker and rural protection, and funding for adaptation, with the Commission stressing UCPM upgrades, guidelines and MFF links.

In this chapter

1. New key debate: EU response to heatwaves and wildfires (Council, then Commission)Javi López
2. Groups on heatwaves: climate policy, adaptation and civil protectionCarmen Crespo Díaz
3. Second round on heatwaves: workers, rural areas, civil protection fundingAna Miguel Pedro
4. Debate: heatwaves, climate justice and EU climate policy (second key debate)Dubravka Šuica

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Opening and European Council conclusions: Ukraine, MFF, climate

Roberta Metsola and 27 others

The sitting is opened with agenda changes and confirmation of negotiation mandates, followed by the Commission’s presentation of June 2026 European Council conclusions on Ukraine, the Middle East, China and the next MFF. Political groups and catch‑the‑eye speakers then react on migration, defence, climate and rule of law, before the Commission replies on Ukraine support, MFF priorities and climate‑resilience follow‑up.

In this chapter

1. Opening of sitting: agenda changes and digital euro filesRoberta Metsola
2. Commission: June 2026 European Council conclusions (Ukraine, Middle East, China, MFF)Maroš Šefčovič
3. Political groups: migration, defence, climate and MFF reactions to CouncilFrançois-Xavier Bellamy

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Moldova and Serbia: enlargement conditionality

Pina Picierno and 35 others

Debate on Moldova’s accession negotiations and the Commission’s 2022 Serbia report, highlighting required reforms, rule‑of‑law benchmarks, security concerns and CFSP alignment as conditions for progress in both enlargement files.

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Ukraine accession report and political positions

Nicolae Ștefănuță and 64 others

Presentation of the 2023 enlargement report on Ukraine, followed by political group stances on fast‑track membership, sanctions on Russia, war-related impacts, historical disputes, and detailed rule‑of‑law and institutional conditions for accession, concluding with rapporteur and Chair wrap‑up and indication of the vote timeline.

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Commission AI and cybersecurity package scrutiny

Roberts Zīle and 55 others

MEPs examine the Commission’s integrated AI and cybersecurity package (NIS2, DORA, Cyber Resilience Act and cyber defence tools), focusing on regulatory scope, funding needs, ENISA’s role, SME burden, external dependencies, and protection of critical infrastructure and children.

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External relations: EU–Mexico agreement and Cyprus 1974 violence

Esteban González Pons and 51 others

Part of the sitting focused on external relations, scrutinising the consent mandate for the modernised EU–Mexico Global Agreement and debating conflict-related sexual violence during the 1974 Turkish invasion of Cyprus and its implications for EU–Turkey relations.

In this chapter

1. EU–Mexico agreement: consent mandate scrutinyEsteban González Pons
2. Cyprus 1974 conflict-related sexual violenceEleonora Meleti

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Plenary sitting: automotive transition, Council Presidency, voting

Sabine Verheyen and 94 others

Plenary segment covering the automotive sector’s 2035 phase‑out debate, the Irish Council Presidency’s legislative programme and reactions, and a consolidated voting block on multiple legislative and policy files.

In this chapter

1. Automotive sector transition and 2035 phase-outSabine Verheyen
2. Irish Council Presidency: programme, reactions and Q&ARoberta Metsola
3. Plenary voting block: multiple legislative filesRoberta Metsola

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Urgent debate: Italy/Denmark attacks, migration and remigration

Javi López and 6 others

Plenary holds an urgent debate on the recent attacks in Italy and Denmark, with groups setting out contrasting positions on links between migration, security, organised crime and remigration, ending with a racism point of order and closure of the item.

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Regulation 883 reform: mandate and political positions

Javi López and 12 others

Presentation of the reform of EU social security coordination rules (Regulation 883), including legal scope, policy objectives and safeguards, followed by political group positions ahead of the vote.

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EIB 2025 mandate and mandate extension

Ewa Kopacz and 16 others

Parliament, the Commission and the EIB outline the 2025 mandate and proposed extension, discussing financing volumes, climate, energy, defence, SMEs, cohesion and Treaty limits, followed by group positions on risk profile, regional balance and militarisation and a detailed reply from the EIB Vice‑President.

In this chapter

1. EIB 2025 mandate: institutional framework and prioritiesEwa Kopacz
2. EIB mandate extension: political groups and Vice-PresidentKarlo Ressler

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Air passenger rights reform: presentation and debate

Ewa Kopacz and 30 others

Rapporteur, Commission and groups present the inter‑institutional agreement on air passenger rights and then debate core consumer protection elements, including delay thresholds, baggage and seating fees, transparency duties, enforcement mechanisms and impacts on airlines.

In this chapter

1. Air passenger rights file: presentation and main political gainsEwa Kopacz
2. Air passenger rights reform: consumer protectionsArash Saeidi

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Opening of sitting and procedural points

Roberta Metsola and 11 others

The President opens the sitting, announces agenda, mandates and disciplinary decisions, then handles political points of order on EU policy, ECB accountability, urgent procedures and commemorative requests such as Cyprus 1974.

In this chapter

1. Opening, commemorations and legislative agendaRoberta Metsola
2. Points of order on EU policy and procedureJorge Buxadé Villalba

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Morning voting block: human rights, environment and foreign policy

Sabine Verheyen and 3 others

The President manages procedural points and introduces a sequence of votes on human rights resolutions (Nicaragua, Belarus, Burkina Faso), environmental and waste legislation (mixed municipal waste exports, end-of-life vehicles, urban waste water treatment), followed by foreign policy decisions on Russia’s drone incursions and EU funding for Tanzania, including oral amendments and roll-call votes.

In this chapter

1. Morning voting block: human rights and environmentSabine Verheyen
2. Foreign policy resolutions: Russia drones and Tanzania fundingSabine Verheyen

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Plenary debate: EU cultural policy scope and priorities

Carolina Morace and 34 others

MEPs examine the EU’s role in culture and sport, contrasting concerns over competence overreach and ideological use of culture with arguments for a stronger strategic cultural agenda on democracy, cohesion, minority rights, artists’ conditions and EU soft power, including funding and regulatory implications.

In this chapter

1. EU cultural competences and strategic roleCarolina Morace
2. EU cultural agenda: strategic visions and minority rightsMarc Jongen
3. Plenary debate: culture, values and EU policyJuan Carlos Girauta Vidal

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Opening: culture declaration mandate and political positioning

Martin Hojsík and 6 others

The Chair and Commissioner present the joint culture declaration, its democratic and interinstitutional stakes, followed by main political groups outlining their support and concerns regarding funding, platforms’ power, and AI’s impact on creators’ rights and working conditions.

In this chapter

1. Chair and Commission: mandate of culture declarationMartin Hojsík
2. Political groups: support, identity and AI in culture policyHélder Sousa Silva

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ELV regulation: recycled plastics, exports and social impact

Milan Mazurek and 20 others

MEPs debate mandatory recycled plastic quotas, component passports, export restrictions and ownership rights, contrasting fears about costs, competitiveness, administrative burden and effects on historic or hobby vehicles with arguments on circularity, eco‑design, social affordability and retaining critical raw materials in the EU.

In this chapter

1. Cuotas de plástico reciclado, costes y competitividad industrialMilan Mazurek
2. End-of-life vehicles regulation: ownership, exports, social impactAnne-Sophie Frigout

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ELV regulation: introduction and legislative context

Christel Schaldemose and 15 others

The Chair and rapporteurs introduce the proposal on design and end‑of‑life vehicles, outlining its objectives, legal instruments, expected environmental and economic impacts, and the first political reactions from main groups, including concerns on lobbying, bureaucracy and scope of obligations.

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Nicaragua: EU response and sanctions

Elena Nevado del Campo and 15 others

Urgent debate under Rule 150 on the EU’s reaction to the Ortega‑Murillo regime, focusing on targeted sanctions, use of the democratic clause in the EU–Central America Agreement, and possible suspension of EU support to Nicaraguan authorities before the vote.

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Strategic resilience: cybersecurity, electrification and transport

Victor Negrescu and 81 others

The plenary examines the Lithuanian Register Centre cyber breach as a hybrid threat, then moves to the Electrification Action Plan and the Green Deal framework for EU transport, addressing security, decarbonisation, competitiveness, social impacts and regulatory instruments across these files.

In this chapter

1. Hybrid threat case: Lithuanian Register Centre breachVictor Negrescu
2. Electrification Action Plan: political debateMichael McGrath
3. Green Deal framework for EU transportMarilena Raouna

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Internal policies and external values: child protection, Belarus and key votes

Christel Schaldemose and 40 others

Debates on the EU framework for child protection online and the 2025 Sakharov Prize on Belarus are followed by a consolidated voting block on NGT plants, returns and trade measures, tax and anti‑fraud instruments, and enlargement reports on Turkey and the Western Balkans.

In this chapter

1. Thematic debates: child protection online and BelarusChristel Schaldemose
2. Plenary voting block: NGT plants, taxation and enlargementJessica Polfjärd

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European Council: June agenda and priorities

Martin Hojsík and 60 others

Preparation of the June European Council focuses on Ukraine, the Middle East, defence and EU–China relations, alongside enlargement, the MFF review, competitiveness and migration, with Council, Commission and MEPs setting out contrasting institutional lines.

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