Category: _EU Parliament News

After Parliament kickstarted the revision in November 2025, the Council agreed to amend the European electoral law in March 2026, adding provisions on transparency, accountability, traceability and vote integrity, as well as the need to define detailed modalities in Parliament’s Rules of Procedure. The reform, adopted in plenary today by 616 votes for and 24 […]

EU strategy on the Middle East crisis First on the agenda at 9.00 is this session’s key debate, with Marilena Raouna, Cyprus’s Deputy Minister for European Affairs, and Commission president Ursula von der Leyen, on the EU response to the crisis in the Middle East, high energy prices, and rising cost of fertilisers. In a […]

In a report adopted on Tuesday with 447 votes for, 160 against, and 43 abstentions, MEPs call on member states that still rely on force- or violence-based definitions of rape to align their laws with international standards (including the Istanbul Convention, ratified by the EU in 2023). They also demand adequate support and protection for […]

The text stresses that 2027’s budget must strengthen Europe’s social model, territorial cohesion and security and calls for a budget that boosts competitiveness and prosperity, creates and protects quality jobs, and enhances security and defence capabilities. In a context of geopolitical instability, security threats, economic pressures and growing societal challenges, MEPs argue that a predictable, […]

The updated rules, passed with 459 votes in favour, 127 against and 70 abstentions, allow vulnerable developing countries to export goods to the EU with low or no tariffs. Several international human rights and environmental conventions have been added to the list of international treaties that participating countries must ratify to benefit from trade preferences. […]

The 2028-2034 EU budget should be set at 1.27% of EU GNI, with debt servicing for the NextGenerationEU (NGEU) recovery fund (0.11% of GNI) kept outside the budget ceilings, according to Parliament’s interim report, adopted by 370 votes to 201, with 84 abstentions. MEPs propose an increase of around 10% compared to the Commission’s July […]

By 558 votes in favour, 35 against, and with 52 abstentions, MEPs gave their final green light to the first ever EU standards for the breeding, housing, traceability, import and handling of cats and dogs. The new regulation, already agreed with Council, introduces an obligation for all dogs and cats kept in the EU, including […]

2028-2034 EU budget Following a debate with Budget Commissioner Piotr Serafin from 9.00, Parliament will vote at noon on its position on the EU’s next long-term budget – the multi-annual financial framework (MFF), including a breakdown of the amounts MEPs want to allocate to each EU funding programme. Parliament will then be ready to start […]

40th anniversary of the Chornobyl nuclear disaster The president opened the session with some words to mark the 40th anniversary of the Chornobyl nuclear disaster, the worst nuclear accident in history. Remembering the millions who lost their health, their homes, and in many cases their lives, the president noted that the environmental, political and human […]

In a series of votes on Wednesday, MEPs will decide whether to approve the way the Commission and other EU institutions managed the EU budget in 2024. The Budgetary Control Committee recommends granting discharge to the European Commission − responsible for managing most EU expenditure − but demands stronger rule of law safeguards and more […]