Category: _EU Parliament News

Protecting the EU’s eastern borders Wrapping up Tuesday’s debate, MEPS will vote at noon on a resolution on EU sovereignty and security. This comes in response to a growing number of security threats and drone incursions attributed to Russia and affecting various EU countries, including the Baltic States, Finland and Romania. Snjezana KOBESCAK SMODIS(+32) 470 […]

Albania In a report adopted by 483 votes in favour, 103 against and 70 abstentions, MEPs welcome Albania’s swift progress in recent years, calling on the authorities to ensure legislation adopted is implemented fully. Despite its progress, Parliament says that Albania still faces several challenges, such as overcoming internal political polarisation and improving the country’s […]

Georgia With serious continued democratic backsliding in Georgia, MEPs regret that the ruling Georgian Dream party has not taken any steps to reverse the negative trends. The report highlights that EU and member states’ engagement with the Georgian authorities should be strictly conditional on their taking tangible and verifiable steps to reverse the course of […]

The new rules seek to simplify and speed up procedures, with full respect for fundamental rights and international law, including the principle of non-refoulement and the prohibition of collective expulsions, while preventing abuses and unauthorised movements within the EU. The informal deal reached on 1 June with the Council was approved by plenary, with 418 […]

Parliament President Roberta Metsola conferred the 2025 Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought to Andrzej Poczobut, before the latter spoke to MEPs in a formal plenary sitting. The prize was originally awarded to him (and Georgian journalist Mzia Amaglobeli) in December 2025, when both journalists were still in prison in their respective countries. Welcoming Mr […]

The amended rules for new genomic techniques (NGTs) were provisionally agreed between Parliament and Council in December 2025. The new EU rules mark a shift towards regulating plants on the basis of what they finally look like genetically and not how they were made. NGT-altered plants are to be split into two categories with different […]

Final vote on migrant returns policy reform MEPs will vote at 12.30 on the provisional political agreement reached with the Council on EU returns policy. The reform introduces new obligations for non-EU nationals without the right to stay in the EU to cooperate with return authorities, allows detention for up to 24 months – and […]

On Tuesday night, Council and Parliament negotiators reached a political agreement on the Commission’s “omnibus VI” package to simplify provisions relating to cosmetics products, the classification, packaging, and labelling of chemicals (CLP), and fertilising products. Cosmetics The co-legislators agreed to phase out cosmetics containing prohibited CMR (carcinogenic, mutagenic and reprotoxic) substances faster than the Commission […]

Welcoming President Milatović, European Parliament President Roberta Metsola said: “This is Europe’s enlargement moment, and Montenegro is leading the way. Enlargement is not an act of charity – it is an investment in a stronger, safer and more prosperous Europe.” Addressing MEPs, President Milatović said that we are in a historic moment, not only for […]

The main proposal for a regulation, adopted by 440 votes to 151 with 50 abstentions, eliminates tariffs on all US industrial goods and provides preferential market access for a wide range of US seafood and agricultural goods. The second proposal for a regulation, endorsed by 444 votes to 152 with 54 abstentions, concerns the prolongation […]