Category: _EU Parliament News

When: Tuesday 7 July 2026, 14.00 CET. Where: European Parliament in Strasbourg, Daphne Caruana Galizia press conference room (WEISS N -1/201). Who: Parliament’s rapporteur Andrey Novakov (EPP, BG) and Transport and Tourism Committee vice-chair Virginijus Sinkevičius (Greens, LT). How: Accredited media representatives are invited to physically attend the press conference. In addition, journalists can join […]

WHEN: Friday 3 July at 11.00 WHERE: Anna Politkovskaya press room in Brussels and via Interactio Key topics next week include: Debate and vote on improving air passenger rights Debate on Irish Council presidency priorities with Taoiseach Micheál Martin Debate on the outcome of the 18-19 June European Council meeting Debate on protecting people against […]

MEPs on the Industry, Research and Energy Committee have backed a proposal to speed up the granting of permits for renewable energy projects, electricity grids, storage facilities, and recharging stations across the European Union, as part of the broader European grids package. The draft legislation introduces shorter deadlines, a single national digital portal for all […]

On Tuesday 30 June, the European Parliament, the Council of the EU and the European Commission won the category award ‘excellence in open administration’ from the 2026 Ombudsman Award for Good Administration for the EU Law Tracker. The Award celebrates projects by EU institutions, bodies or agencies that uphold and promote a culture of good […]

The results of the European Parliament’s latest Eurobarometer survey, published on Wednesday, underline Europeans’ perception of the EU as a safe haven in the midst of geopolitical uncertainty. 75% of Europeans think that the EU is a place of stability in a troubled world – up 8 percentage points since October-November 2025, amounting to the […]

On Thursday, the Committee on Industry, Research and Energy and the Committee on Security and Defence adopted their position on creation of the Programme for Agile and Rapid Defence Innovation (AGILE). The new proposal aims to accelerate innovation cycles, and support the uptake of new technologies by member state armed forces and European defence contractors, […]

WHEN: Tuesday 30 June 2026 at 10:00 WHERE: Anna Politkovskaya press conference room, at the European Parliament in Brussels (SPAAK building, room 0A50) and via Interactio. On 30 June, Delphine Colard, the European Parliament’s spokesperson, will present the main findings of the new Eurobarometer survey to the media. All information in the briefing will be […]

The report, which reacts to the “Safe Hearts Plan”, calls for acoordinated approach to preventing cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) and their interconnected risk factors and comorbidities, including all major non-communicable diseases including diabetes, hypertension, cancer, chronic kidney disease, obesity and many others. Tackling key risk factors MEPs in the Public Health Committee want strong regulatory measures […]

The sixth revision of the carcinogens, mutagens and reprotoxic substances directive (CMRD) includes new exposure limit values for certain dangerous chemicals, based on the most up-to-date scientific data. The co-legislators backed new limit values for cobalt and its inorganic compounds (used for battery production), polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (used in steel), iron and aluminium production, and […]

The Conference of Presidents – political group leaders as well as the President of the European Parliament Roberta Metsola – were in Dublin on 23 June to discuss priorities ahead of the Irish presidency of the Council of the European Union. The EP leadership also held meetings with Ireland’s President Catherine Connolly and had the […]