European Parliament
Monday 2 October
Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety (ENVI)
Debates: Shipments of waste and amending Regulations (EU) No 1257/2013; Fees and charges payable to the European Medicines Agency; Establishing a framework for ensuring a secure and sustainable supply of critical raw materials; Hearing of Wopke Hoekstra, Commissioner designate for Climate Action.
Votes: Establishing the Strategic Technologies for Europe Platform (‘STEP’).
Committee on Budgets (BUDG)
Debates: General budget of the European Union for the financial year 2024; Recovery and Resilience Dialogue with Valdis Dombrovskis Executive Vice-President for An Economy that Works for People and Paolo Gentiloni, Commissioner for Economy.
Votes: General budget of the European Union for the financial year 2024; 2023 Budget: Section III – Commission; Building policy.
Committee on Employment and Social Affairs (EMPL)
Debates: Effective coordination of economic policies and multilateral budgetary surveillance and repealing Council Regulation (EC) No 1466/97.
Votes: Developing social economy framework conditions; Statistics on population and housing, amending Regulation (EC) No 862/2007; Establishing the Strategic Technologies for Europe Platform (‘STEP’).
Plenary session
Debates: Rising precariousness in Europe including the need for aid to the most deprived; Protection of workers from asbestos; Economic coercion by third countries.
Tuesday 3 October
Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety (ENVI)
Hearing of Maroš Šefčovič, Executive VP on the European Green Deal, Interinstitutional Relations and Foresight.
Plenary session
Debates: Interim report on the proposal for a mid-term revision of the Multiannual Financial Framework 2021-2027; European Media Freedom Act; Corrupt large-scale sale of Schengen visas; Medicine shortages and strategic healthcare autonomy in the EU; Situation in Nagorno-Karabakh after Azerbaijan’s attack; Recent developments in the Serbia-Kosovo dialogue, including the situation in the northern municipalities in Kosovo; Taking stock of Moldova’s path to the EU; EU-Switzerland relations; Uzbekistan.
Votes: Financial services contracts concluded at a distance; Intelligent Road Transport Systems; Appointment of the Chair of the Supervisory Board of the European Central Bank; Economic coercion by third countries; European Media Freedom Act.
Tuesday 3 – Wednesday 4 October
Committee on Industry, Research and Energy (ITRE)
Shadow rapporteurs and technical preparatory meeting to discuss the Net Zero Industry Act.
Wednesday 4 October
Plenary session
Debates: Address by Petr Pavel, President of the Czech Republic; European green bonds; Scheme of generalised tariff preferences; Human rights situation in Afghanistan; Need for a speedy adoption of the asylum and migration package; The proposed extension of glyphosate in the EU; Energy Charter Treaty: next steps; Need to complete new trade agreements for sustainable growth, competitiveness and the EU’s strategic autonomy.
Votes: Union Civil Protection Mechanism; Mobilisation of the European Union Solidarity Fund to provide assistance to Romania, Italy and Türkiye; Segregation and discrimination of Roma children in education; Harmonising the rights of autistic persons; Standardised dimensions for carry-on luggage.
Thursday 5 October
Committee on Budgetary Control (CONT)
Debates: European Court of Auditor’s Annual Report 2022; 2022 discharge: General budget of the EU – Commission.
Votes: Possibilities to increase the reliability of audits and controls by national authorities in shared management.
Joint meeting of the Committee on Foreign Affairs (AFET) and the Committee on Budgets (BUDG)
Votes: Establishing the Ukraine Facility.
Subcommittee on Human Rights (DROI)
Debates: Exchange of views with with the ASEAN Representatives following the 5th EU-ASEAN Policy Dialogue on Human Rights on 3 October 2023 in Brussels.
Joint meeting of the Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (LIBE) and the Committee on Women’s Rights and Gender Equality (FEMM)
Debates: Amending Directive 2011/36/EU on preventing and combating trafficking in human beings and protecting its victims.
Subcommittee on Public Health (SANT)
Debates: Implementation report on Regulation (EC) No 1924/2006 on nutrition and health claims made on foods.
Plenary session
Debates: Classification, labelling and packaging of substances and mixtures; Urban wastewater treatment; The new European strategy for a better internet for kids (BIK+); Urban wastewater treatment
Votes: Approval of the allocation of new responsibilities of Executive Vice-President of the Commission Maroš Šefčovič; Approval of the appointment of Wopke Hoekstra as member of the European Commission; European green bonds; Financial services contracts concluded at a distance.
Find an overview of the parliamentary agenda here.
