Category: _EU Parliament News

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 […]

In a report adopted on Tuesday by 434 votes in favour,128 against, and with 104 abstentions, Parliament examines the serious and growing threat of transnational repression (TNR), namely deliberate acts or threats by states and authoritarian regimes, state-affiliated entities or their proxies to defend their interests across borders by threatening, silencing, coercing or harming individuals […]

The proposed measures were first announced by the Commission in its fertiliser action plan. They include a liquidity scheme and advanced direct payments for farmers to help them pay banks and suppliers. Member States would also be able to adjust their allocations for direct payments for 2027 to avoid farmers who have not yet purchased […]

With 560 in favour, 75 against and 25 abstentions, MEPs endorsed new rules to ensure that the final prices of food products better reflect the actual costs and have a direct impact on farmers’ incomes. Member states will be required to establish and publish online benchmarks for use in contractual arrangements. The regulation also strengthens […]

MEPs voted 602 in favour, 47 against and with 11 abstentions of the Commission’s proposal to unlock €2 million from the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund for Displaced Workers (EGF) to support 803 workers dismissed after the Belgian high-tech car glass manufacturer Soliver declared bankruptcy on 1 July 2025. The support measures include career counselling and […]