Category: _EU Parliament News

Representing the European Parliament at the informal summit, President Roberta Metsola will address heads of state or government on 24 April. At their meeting, the heads of state or government are expected to focus on the next EU long-term budget 2028-2034 (Multiannual Financial Framework). Leaders are also set to address the situation in the Middle […]

WHEN: Friday 24 April at 11.00 WHERE: Anna Politkovskaya press room in Brussels and via Interactio Key topics next week include: Debate and vote on MEPs’ position on the 2028-2034 EU budget (multiannual financial framework – MFF) Debate on the ongoing Middle East crisis and its implications for energy prices and fertiliser availability Debate and […]

A provisional agreement on modernised rules to coordinate national social security systems was reached between negotiators from the European Parliament and the Council on Wednesday. The new rules focus on facilitating labour mobility within the EU, while safeguarding workers’ social rights in cross-border situations. If confirmed, the provisional agreement would update EU rules for unemployment […]

The 2028-2034 EU budget (the multiannual financial framework – MFF) should be set at 1.27% of EU GNI, with debt servicing for the NextGenerationEU recovery fund (0.11% of GNI) outside the budget ceilings, according to the interim report adopted by the Budgets Committee with 26 votes, 9 against and 5 abstentions. This represents a 10% […]

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 […]