European Parliament
Monday 2 December – Tuesday 3 December
Committee on Women’s Rights and Gender Equality (FEMM)
Votes: Recommendation to the Council on the EU priorities for the 69th session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women.
Debates: Addressing the challenges faced by women with disabilities in healthcare, employment, societal participation; Human rights and democracy in the world and the European Union’s policy on the matter – annual report 2024; 2023 discharge: General budget of the EU – Commission; 2023 discharge: General budget of the EU – Agencies; Exchange of views on the future of the MFF post 2027 and gender equality; Presentation by EIGE and FRA on the results of the survey on violence against women.
Committee on Employment and Social Affairs (EMPL)
Votes: Amending Directive 2009/38/EC as regards the establishment and functioning of European Works Councils and the effective enforcement of transnational information and consultation rights; Statistics on population and housing, amending Regulation (EC) No 862/2007 and repealing Regulations (EC) No 763/2008 and (EU) No 1260/2013.
Debates: Workshop on deinstitutionalisation and independent living of persons with disabilities; Exchange of views with Lieve Verboven (Director of the ILO Office for the European Union and the Benelux countries); e-Declaration for the posting of workers; The European Social Security Pass (ESSPASS) A Digital Enforcement Tool for Labour Rights?; Fostering employment for persons with disabilities.
Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development (AGRI)
Votes: Forest reproductive material of the ‘tested’ category, its labelling and the names of the authorities responsible for the approval and control of the production; Specific measures under the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD) to provide additional assistance to Member States affected by natural disasters.
Debates: Presentation of the study ‘The role of commodity traders in shaping agricultural markets’, organised by Policy Department B; ECA Special report 19/2024: Organic farming in the EU, Gaps and inconsistencies hamper the success of the policy; Exchange of views with the Commission on the latest developments concerning the spread of the Blue Tongue and animal diseases in general; Exchange of views with the Commission on the third-country Citrus imports to the EU; Exchange of views on the inclusion of people with disabilities in the agricultural sector; A revamped long-term budget for the Union in a changing world; Exchange of views with the Commission on Revision of the Administrative Agreement between DG AGRI and the EUIPO as regards their cooperation on agricultural geographical indications; Soil Monitoring and Resilience (Soil Monitoring Law); Granting equivalence with EU requirements to Moldova and Ukraine as regards field inspections and production of seed; Presentation by the Joint Research Center of the Rural toolkit; Assessment of the implementation of Horizon Europe in view of its interim evaluation and recommendations for the 10th Research Framework Programme.
Committee on Foreign Affairs (AFET)
Debates: Exchange of views with Sven Koopmans, European Union Special Representative for the Middle East Peace Process, on the Global Alliance for Implementation of the Two-State Solution; Exchange of views with Timcho Mucunski, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign trade of North Macedonia; Exchange of views with Jonas Jonsson, Deputy to the Director for Africa and Head of Division for East Africa, EEAS, on the decline of democracy in Africa; Exchange of views with Brian Glynn, Managing Director – Americas, EEAS on the outcome of US elections and their impact on EU-US cooperation; Exchange of views with Rosamaria Gili, EEAS Deputy Managing Director for the Middle East and North Africa, on EU-Egypt relations in light of the first macro-financial assistance package approved in March 2024; Macro-financial assistance to the Arab Republic of Egypt; Macro-financial assistance to the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan; Joint meeting with the Committee on foreign affairs and inter-parliamentary cooperation of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine on EU sanctions against Russia and its allies as well as on the use of Russian frozen assets.
Committee on Industry, Research and Energy (ITRE)
Debates: Exchange of views with Mr Tonko Obuljen, BEREC Chair 2024, Mr Robert Mourik, BEREC Chair 2025 and Dr Verena Weber, Director of the Agency for Support for BEREC (The Body of European Regulators for Electronic Communications); Exchange of views with Ms Renate Nikolay, Deputy Director-General, DG Connect, European Commission, on the effects of digitalisation and artificial intelligence on gender equality; Exchange of views with Mr Christian Zinglersen, Director of the Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators (ACER), on the 2024 Market Monitoring Reports and statement on the extension of his term of office; Exchange of views with Mr Juhan Lepassaar, Executive Director of the European Union Agency for Cybersecurity (ENISA), on the biennial report on the state of cybersecurity in the Union and statement on the extension of his term of office; Assessment of the implementation of Horizon Europe in view of its interim evaluation and recommendations for the 10th Research Framework Programme; Energy Community Parliamentary Plenum; Exchange of views with Mr Alejandro Moledo del Río, Deputy Director and Head of Policy, European Disability Forum, on digitalisation of public and essential services.
Committee on International Trade (INTA)
Votes: Conclusion, on behalf of the European Union, of the United Nations Convention on transparency in treaty-based investor-State arbitration; Accession of Tonga to the Interim Partnership Agreement between the European Community, and the Pacific States; Accession of Niue to the Interim Partnership Agreement between the European Community, of the one part, and the Pacific States, of the other part; EC-Pacific States Interim Partnership Agreement: accession of Tuvalu.
Debates: Joint debate on gender and disability rights in trade policies; Establishing the Reform and Growth Facility for the Republic of Moldova; Exchange of views on the Judgments of the Court of Justice of 4 October 2024 on the EU-Morocco Trade Agreements; Annual Report on the Implementation and Enforcement of EU Trade Policy; Monitoring Groups activities; Exchange of views on the trade pillar of the EU-Mercosur Agreement; Exchange of views on recent developments on the Gulf Cooperation Council; Adoption by the European Atomic Energy Community of the Agreement on the interpretation and application of the Energy Charter Treaty between the European Union, the European Atomic Energy Community and their Member States; Public Hearing “The Draghi report: competitiveness and economic security from a trade angle”; Trade related aspects of the strategic dialogue on the future of EU agriculture.
Committee on Petitions (PETI)
Debates: Annual Workshop on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities; Hearing of the candidates for the office of the European Ombudsman; Petitions which it is proposed to close in the light of the Commission’s written reply or other documents received.
Committee on Regional Development (REGI)
Debates: Exchange of views with Ioannis Vardakastanis, President of the Section for Economic and Monetary Union and Economic and Social Cohesion (ECOSOC) on cooperation in the field of cohesion policy; Exchange of views with Vasco Cordeiro, President of the European Committee of the Regions on the “EU Annual report 2024 – State of regions and cities”; Reporting back from Trilogue: Facilitating Cross-Border Solutions; 2023 discharge: General budget of the EU – Commission; The European Social Fund Plus post-2027; The role of ERDF in supporting persons with disabilities, presentation by the Commission.
Tuesday 3 December
Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection (IMCO)
Votes: Repealing Regulation (EU) No 524/2013 and amending Regulations (EU) 2017/2394 and (EU) 2018/1724 with regards to the discontinuation of the European ODR Platform; Establishing the Union Customs Code and the European Union Customs Authority, and repealing Regulation (EU) No 952/2013.
Debates: Safety of toys and repealing Directive 2009/48/EC; The screening of foreign investments in the Union and repealing Regulation (EU) 2019/452 of the European Parliament and of the Council; Artificial Intelligence and persons with disabilities: fighting algorithm discrimination and removing barriers; ECA Special report 8/2024: EU Artificial intelligence ambition; TikTok compliance with Digital Services Act (DSA) in the context of recent developments.
Committee on Foreign Affairs (AFET) and Committee on Budgets (BUDG)
Debates: Ukraine Facility Dialogue.
Subcommittee on Tax Matters (FISC)
Debates: Exchange of views with María José Garde, Chair of the Code of Conduct Group on Business Taxation; Public hearing on “National Tax Measures to Support People with Disabilities in the EU”; Presentation of the European Court of Auditors Special report 27/2024 on “Combatting harmful tax regimes and corporate tax avoidance” by the ECA reporting Member, Ms. Ildikó Gáll-Pelcz.
Committee on Culture and Education (CULT)
Debates: Presentation of the Hungarian Presidency; Presentations on the European Capitals of Culture 2024 (DG EAC, Bodø and Tartu); Exchange of views with DG EAC on accessibility in the Erasmus+ and European Solidarity Corps programmes, in the framework of the Disability Rights Week in the European Parliament; Gender Equality Week 2024 – Exchange of views on policy measures to prevent and address discrimination and gender-based violence in sports.
Wednesday 4 December
Committee on Transport and Tourism (TRAN)
Votes: Joint committee procedure (Rule 59).
Debates: Exchange of views on existing barriers in the field of transport for people with disabilities; 2023 discharge: General budget of the EU – Commission; The screening of foreign investments in the Union and repealing Regulation (EU) 2019/452 of the European Parliament and of the Council; Conclusion of an agreement between the European Union and the government of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh on certain aspects of air services; Presentation of the European Court of Auditors (ECA) report on Reaching on EU road safety objectives; Presentation of a study on Expected impacts of ‘Fit for 55’ legislation on connectivity and mobility in Europe; Feedback from the TRAN mission to Marseille, 28-30 October 2024; Exchange of views with Mr Andreas Boschen, Executive Director of the SESAR Joint Undertaking; Exchange of views on Transport poverty and gender equality.
Wednesday 4 December – Thursday 5 December
Subcommittee on Human Rights (DROI)
Debates: Debriefing of the DROI mission to The Hague on 29-30 October; Exchange of views with European Ombudsman Emily O’Reilly on human rights conditionality in the EU agreements with third countries; Follow-up to the EU-China Human Rights Dialogue of 16 June 2024 and to the urgency resolution of 10 October 2024 on the cases of unjustly imprisoned Uyghurs in China, notably Ilham Tohti and Gulshan Abbas; Presentation of the study ‘Artificial intelligence (AI) and human rights: Using AI as a weapon of repression and its impact on human rights’; Public hearing: Rights of the Child in the EU external policy: state of play on the occasion of the 35th anniversary of the Convention on the Rights of the Child; Mobilisation of the EU’s foreign policy toolbox to advance women’s rights and gender equality and to fight against sexual violence as a weapon of war; The need to develop and implement a Disability Action Plan in EU External Action; The crackdown on the civil society and independent media in Azerbaijan; Exchange of views with Olof Skoog, EU Special Representative for Human Rights; Exchange of views with Nick Koumjian, Head of the UN’s Independent Investigative Mechanism for Myanmar.
Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs (ECON)
Votes: Framework for Financial Data Access and amending Regulations (EU) No 1093/2010, (EU) No 1094/2010, (EU) No 1095/2010 and (EU) 2022/2554.
Debates: Report on ongoing interinstitutional negotiations; Public Hearing on Financial services for women, and by women; Monetary Dialogue with Christine Lagarde, President of the European Central Bank; Public Hearing with Christine Lagarde, Chair of the European Systemic Risk Board; Public Hearing with Dominique Laboureix, Chair of the Single Resolution Board (SRB); Banking Union – annual report 2024; European Central Bank – annual report 2024; Economic Dialogue and exchange of views on the medium-term fiscal-structural plans and the draft budgetary plans for the euro area.
Committee on Legal Affairs (JURI)
Votes: Disputes involving Parliament (Rule 155); Compulsory licensing for crisis management and amending Regulation (EC) 816/2006.
Debates: 2023 discharge: General budget of the EU – Court of Justice of the European Union; Draft Council of Europe Convention on the protection of the environment through criminal law – outcome of negotiations – presentation by the Commission; Policy Department C presentation of the study “One in, one out”; Interparliamentary committee meeting on eJustice; Disputes involving Parliament (Rule 155); Request for the waiver of the immunity of Anders Vistisen; Request for the waiver of the immunity of Jana Nagyová; Request for the waiver of the immunity of Petr Bystron (I); Request for the waiver of the immunity of Petr Bystron (II); Request for the waiver of the immunity of Adam Bielan; Policy Department C presentation of the study on Public benefits status and CMD systems for associations and non-profit organisations in the EU; Proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on adapting non-contractual civil liability rules to artificial intelligence (AI Liability Directive).
Subcommittee on Security and Defence (SEDE)
Debates: Jiří Šedivý, Chief Executive, European Defence Agency: update on the European Defence Agency Steering Board and on the Annual Coordinated Review of Defence (CARD) process; Exchange of views with Charles Fries, Deputy Secretary General for Peace, Security and Defence, European External Action Service on priorities following the Foreign Affairs Council-Defence on 19 November 2024; State of Play on the implementation of the European Defence Fund (EDF) and the European Defence Industry Reinforcement through common Procurement Act (EDIRPA); Exchange of views on Ukrainian women veterans; Exchange of views with Andrius Kubilius, Commissioner for Defence and Space; Security and Defence support to Moldova and state of play of EU Partnership Mission (EUPM) Moldova.
Committee on Fisheries (PECH)
Debates: European Fisheries Control Agency (EFCA); Illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing and non-cooperating countries; 2023 discharge: General budget of the EU – Agencies; Workshop on “The future of the EU fishing fleet − First assessment of Member States’ EMFAF programmes for 2021-27”, organised by Policy Department B.; Conclusion, on behalf of the European Union, of the Implementing Protocol (2024-2029) to the Fisheries Partnership Agreement between the European Community and the Republic of Guinea-Bissau; Conclusion, on behalf of the Union, of the Protocol (2024-2029) implementing the Fisheries Partnership Agreement between the European Community and the Republic of Cabo Verde; EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement.
Thursday 5 December
Committee on Budgetary Control (CONT)
Debates: ECA Special report 22/2024: Double funding from the EU budget.
Find an overview of the parliamentary agenda here.
