Category: _EU Parliament News

With 45 votes in favour, no votes against, and 10 abstentions, Employment and Social Affairs Committee MEPs approved the sixth revision of the carcinogens, mutagens and reprotoxic substances directive (CMRD), which includes new exposure limit values for certain dangerous chemicals, based on the latest scientific data. New exposure limit values MEPs backed new limit values […]

“The LUX Audience Award shines a light on films that open our eyes to experiences beyond our own. This year’s winner, Deaf, does exactly that – with courage, warmth, and rare authenticity. “Director Eva Libertad gives us an unforgettable window into the life of a deaf woman navigating motherhood in a world not built for […]

Journalists are invited to a press point with European Parliament vice-president Sabine Verheyen, a representative of the winning film, the European Film Academy chair Ada Solomon, and the honorary president of the LUX Audience Award selection panel Mike Downey. It will take place immediately after the award ceremony, which starts at 18.00 in Parliament’s hemicycle […]

The provisional deal introduces lower import quotas by limiting tariff-free import volumes to 18.3 million tonnes a year: a 47% reduction compared with 2024 steel quotas. It would also apply a 50% customs duty (instead of the current 25%) to imports above the quota and to steel goods not covered by it. The aim is […]

WHEN: Wednesday 15 April at 14.30 CET. WHERE: Room 3C50 in the European Parliament’s SPAAK building in Brussels. The debate is organised by the European Parliament’s Foreign Affairs Committee in association with the delegation for relations with Iran and will feature interventions from representatives from Iranian democratic parties as well as democracy advocates. Guests expected […]

The press conference with co-rapporteurs Siegfried Mureşan (EPP, Romania) and Carla Tavares (S&D, Portugal) comes ahead of Wednesday’s vote in the Budgets Committee of the draft interim report on the Commission’s proposal for the 2028-2034 EU long-term budget. When: Tuesday, 14 April 2026, 10.30 CET Where: European Parliament, Brussels, Anna Politkovskaya press conference room (SPAAK […]

On Wednesday, MEPs on the Transport and Tourism Committee (TRAN) adopted their position on the revision of the EU rules setting common requirements for vehicle registration documents, by 39 votes to one and with one abstention. Digital documents The Transport Committee MEPs voted in favour of a digital vehicle registration certificate, to become the main […]

MEPs from Parliament’s Employment and Social Affairs Committee were in Italy from 30 March to 1 April 2026. After the visit, head of the delegation and committee chair Li Andersson (The Left, FI), said: “The programme during this mission was versatile and wide-ranging and gave us insights into several projects financed through the ESF in […]

Speaking on behalf of the delegation at the end of the visit, Chair Irene Tinagli commented: “Our mission to Lisbon highlighted the growing gap between housing markets and people’s real lives. Across the city, talking with various stakeholders and looking at the numbers, we learned how limited public housing, the expansion of short-term tourist rentals, […]

According to the informal agreement, there will be a new handling fee for each item entering the EU from non-EU countries and sent directly to EU consumers, to cover the extra cost of handling an ever-increasing number of individual parcels. This will be paid by the same entity responsible for paying other customs charges for […]