European Parliament

Monday 07 July

Plenary
Debates: Commemoration of the 30th anniversary of the Srebrenica genocide; Motion of censure on the Commission; Financial activities of the European Investment Bank – annual report 2024; Product safety and regulatory compliance in e-commerce and non-EU imports; From institution to inclusion: an EU action plan for deinstitutionalisation, family- and community-based care; Arbitrary sentencing of Franco-Algerian writer Boualem Sansal and journalist Christophe Gleizes
Commission statement.

Tuesday 08 July

Plenary
Votes: Bulgaria’s adoption of the euro on 1 January 2026; The role of gas storage for securing gas supplies ahead of the winter season; Temporary derogation from certain provisions of Regulations (EU) 2017/2226 and (EU) 2016/399; VAT: taxable persons, special scheme and special arrangements for declaration and payment, relating to distance sales of imported goods; EU-Greenland and Denmark Sustainable Fisheries Partnership Agreement: Implementing Protocol 2025-2030; EU-Greenland and Denmark Sustainable Fisheries Partnership Agreement: Implementing Protocol 2025-2030 (Resolution); EU-Kyrgyz Republic Enhanced Partnership and Cooperation Agreement; EU-Kyrgyz Republic Enhanced Partnership and Cooperation Agreement (Resolution); Security of energy supply in the EU.
Debates: Joint debate – EU-China relations; Presentation of the programme of activities of the Danish Presidency; State of play of implementation of the European Media Freedom Act in the Member States; Need for the EU to scale up clean technologies; Presentation of the Chemicals Package; Revision of the European Climate Law; Situation in the Middle East, in particular in Iran; 2023 and 2024 reports on Albania; 2023 and 2024 reports on Bosnia and Herzegovina; 2023 and 2024 reports on North Macedonia; 2023 and 2024 reports on Georgia.

Wednesday 09 July

Plenary
Votes: Amending Regulation (EU) No 1026/2012 on certain measures for the purpose of the conservation of fish stocks in relation to countries allowing non-sustainable fishing; Draft amending budget no 1/2025: entering the surplus of the financial year 2024; Mobilisation of the European Union Solidarity Fund: assistance to Austria, Poland, Czechia, Slovakia and Moldova relating to floods that occurred in September 2024 and Bosnia and Herzegovina relating to floods that occurred in October 2024; Mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund: Application EGF/2025/000 TA 2025 – Technical assistance at the initiative of the Commission; Product safety and regulatory compliance in e-commerce and non-EU imports; The human cost of Russia’s war against Ukraine and the urgent need to end Russian aggression: the situation of illegally detained civilians and prisoners of war, and the continued bombing of civilians.
Debates: Conclusions of the European Council meeting of 26 and 27 June 2025; The EU’s post-2027 long-term budget: Topical debate (Rule 169) – Lessons from Budapest Pride: the urgent need for an EU wide anti-discrimination law and defending fundamental rights against right wing attacks; EU-US trade negotiations; Presentation of the Stockpiling Strategies – strengthening response capacities for a changing risk and threat landscape; Democratic Republic of the Congo-Rwanda peace deal agreement; EU Preparedness Union in light of the upcoming wildfire season; 51 years after the Turkish invasion of the Republic of Cyprus: condemning the continued Turkish occupation and supporting the resumption of negotiations for a comprehensive solution in line with international law, the UNSC resolutions, EU principles and acquis; Debates on cases of breaches of human rights, democracy and the rule of law (Rule 150).

Thursday 10 July

Plenary
Votes: Motion of censure on the Commission; Case of Ryan Cornelius in Dubai; Arbitrary arrest and torture of Belgian-Portuguese researcher Joseph Figueira Martin in the Central African Republic; Urgent need to protect religious minorities in Syria following the recent terrorist attack on Mar Elias Church in Damascus; Amending Regulation (EU) 2023/1542 as regards obligations of economic operators concerning battery due diligence policies: Future of the EU biotechnology and biomanufacturing sector: leveraging research, boosting innovation and enhancing competitiveness; Tackling China’s critical raw materials export restrictions.
Debates: Post-2027 Common Agricultural Policy; European Citizens’ Initiative ‘Cohesion policy for the equality of the regions and sustainability of the regional cultures’; Endometriosis: Europe’s wake-up call on the gender health gap.

Find an overview of the parliamentary agenda here.

Council of Ministers 

Tuesday 08 July

Economic and Financial Affairs Council
The Council is expected to adopt the final legislative acts that pave the way for Bulgaria to become a member of the euro area and to begin using the euro as its official currency as of 1 January 2026. The Council will also be invited to activate the national escape clause under the Stability and Growth Pact (SGP) for requesting member states to help facilitate their transition to higher defence spending at national level while ensuring debt sustainability.

An overview of planned Council meetings can be found here.