Category: _EU Parliament News

A delegation of the European Parliament Committee on Foreign Affairs, led by its Chair David McAllister, concluded a three-day mission to China on Thursday. From 21 to 23 July, the delegation held meetings in Beijing and Shanghai – with the Minister of Foreign Affairs Wang Yi, and the leadership of the National People’s Congress including […]

Against a backdrop of growing geopolitical uncertainty and mounting economic and trade tensions, the eight-member delegation will engage with its Chinese counterparts on key issues of mutual interest. Discussions will focus on the evolving and multifaceted EU-China relationship, with particular attention on issues of strategic importance to the EU, including the geopolitical implications of growing […]

Ireland holds the presidency of the Council until the end of 2026. This text will be updated as the hearings take place. Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs Committee On 13 July, Minister of State for European Affairs Thomas Byrne said the priorities are strengthening EU competitiveness, protecting citizens and safeguarding EU values. He also […]

On Wednesday, MEPs and the Irish Presidency of the Council reached a provisional political agreement on the creation of a programme for agile and rapid defence innovation (AGILE), a new €115 million instrument designed to provide rapid, agile and targeted financial support to small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) – including start-ups and scale-ups – developing […]

On Tuesday, the Agriculture and Rural Development Committee adopted by 37 votes in favour, 4 against and 8 abstentions, its position on the proposed update of EU rules on the production, labelling, certification, and trade of organic products. Labelling requirements for products from non-EU countries According to the adopted text, the EU organic production logo […]

To protect minors from the impact of social media, MEPs want EU legislation better enforced and implemented. In a report adopted on Tuesday by the Committee on Culture and Education with 17 votes to three and four abstentions, they say that the online environment must be governed by the principles of privacy-by-design and safety-by-default, age-appropriate […]

With 416 votes in favour, 169 against and 22 abstentions for the creation of a digital euro, and by a show of hands approval for non-euro payment service providers, the European Parliament agreed to proceed to the next stage of the legislative process. The PfE, ECR and ESN political groups had challenged the 23 June […]

In today’s vote on a derogation from ePrivacy rules for the purpose of detecting child sexual abuse online, MEPs adopted amendments to the Council position. They want to exclude “communications to which end-to-end encryption is, has been or will be applied” from the scope of the law. At this stage in the process (EP second […]

MEPs adopted the resolution on the joint communication on humanitarian aid by a show of hands. The plenary resolution follows the publication by the European Commission and the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy on 27 May 2026 of a joint communication entitled ‘Defending values, driving reform, delivering impact: the […]

The threat of war crimes, the escalating violations of international humanitarian law and the human rights situation in El-Obeid, Sudan MEPs condemn in the strongest possible terms the war crimes and crimes against humanity committed in Sudan, in particular the atrocities taking place during the ongoing siege of the city of El-Obeid by the Rapid […]