Category: _EU Parliament News

The values enshrined in Article 2 of the EU treaty and the Charter of Fundamental Rights must be upheld in all EU policies and fully enforced by member states, Parliament says in a report adopted by 328 votes in favour, 199 against and with 98 abstentions. MEPs warn that fundamental rights violations, democratic backsliding, political […]

The text, adopted in plenary with 387 votes in favour, 191 against and 46 abstentions on Wednesday, examines the Commission’s 2025 Rule of Law Report taking stock of developments across member states and in the Union’s institutions. Parliament stresses that 93% of Commission recommendations are repeated from prior years. Judicial independence, anti-corruption frameworks, media freedom, […]

On Wednesday, plenary signed off the budgetary management by the European Commission, responsible for the majority of EU expenditure, with 389 votes to 255, with three abstentions. In a series of separate votes, Parliament also granted discharge to all EU bodies except the Council, because of its unwillingness to cooperate with MEPs. Call for rule […]

MEPs endorsed a Commission proposal to mobilise €2 million from the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund for Displaced Workers (EGF) to support 507 workers who lost their jobs following the bankruptcy of Liberty Steel Belgium, a manufacturer of basic metals, in April 2025. The report passed with 586 votes in favour, 48 against, and 16 abstentions. […]

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 […]