Category: _EU Parliament News

The press conference with Parliament’s co-rapporteurs Siegfried Mureşan (EPP, Romania) and Carla Tavares (S&D, Portugal) comes after the Cyprus presidency presented the Council’s negotiating box for the Commission’s proposal for the 2028-2034 EU long-term budget on 11 June and EU ministers are discussing it on Tuesday, 16 June at the General Affairs Council. When: Tuesday […]

On Tuesday, MEPs are expected to give their final approval to two pieces of legislation implementing EU tariff commitments under the August 2025 EU-US joint statement. The proposals, already agreed by Parliament and Council negotiators, would eliminate most tariffs on industrial and agricultural goods from the US. At the same time, negotiators agreed on several […]

Who: rapporteur Céline Imart (EPP, FR) When: Tuesday 16 June 2026 at 17:30 CEST Where: Daphne Caruana Galizia Press Conference Room, Strasbourg (room WEISS N -1/201) and via webstreaming. How: Accredited journalists are invited to attend the press conference in person. Interpretation will be provided in English, French, German, Italian, Spanish, Polish. Journalists can also […]

WHEN: Friday 12 June April at 11.00 WHERE: Anna Politkovskaya press room in Brussels and via Interactio Key topics next week include: Debate and final vote on EU-US trade deal Vote on updated rules on migrant returns Debate on MEP expectations for the 18-19 June European Council and on EU-China economic relations Debate on the […]

A delegation of MEPs joined the 19th session of the Conference of States Parties (COSP19) to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UN CRPD) from Tuesday 9 to Thursday 11 June. They were led by Li Andersson (The Left, FI), Chair of Parliament’s Employment and Social Affairs Committee. The delegation also included […]

The package of legislative proposals, forming part of the so-called “Omnibus V” EU simplification measures, is intended to accelerate the approval of permits for defence-related projects and the export of defence equipment between EU countries. It also seeks to simplify security and defence procurement procedures and EU cooperation on defence contracts, ensure that EU chemical […]

The briefing will be organised in two parts and feature the participation of the rapporteurs for the various files that comprise the EU’s Migration and Asylum Pact. Tomas Tobé (EPP, Sweden), Birgit Sippel (S&D, Germany), Jorge Buxadé Villalba (PfE, Spain) and Fabienne Keller (Renew, France, by remote connection) will speak from 9:15; Lena Düpont (EPP, […]

On Wednesday, the Foreign Affairs Committee adopted, by 54 votes in favour, 17 against, and with 5 abstentions, a report assessing the latest developments in Ukraine and its progress on reforms relating to its EU membership application process. In the text, MEPs reaffirm that nothing about Ukraine should be decided without Ukraine when it comes […]

The revised rules, based on the Commission proposal presented in March 2025, aim to simplify and speed up procedures, with full respect for fundamental rights and international law, while preventing abuses and unauthorised movements within the EU. Under the deal, a return decision issued to a non-EU national staying illegally in a member state by […]

The International Trade Committee (INTA) will hold an extraordinary meeting as well as a joint meeting with other committees. On 2 June, between 9:00 and 10:00 Members will exchange and vote on the provisional agreement resulting from interinstitutional negotiations on the so-called “Turnberry” legislative proposals – the two pieces of legislation implementing EU tariff commitments […]