European Parliament
Monday 10 November
Committee on Security and Defence (SEDE) and Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection (IMCO)
Debates: Acceleration of permit-granting for defence readiness projects; Amending Directives 2009/43/EC and 2009/81/EC, as regards the simplification of intra-EU transfers of defence-related products and the simplification of security and defence procurement.
Committee on Employment and Social Affairs (EMPL) and Committee on Women’s Rights and Gender Equality (FEMM)
Debates: Gender pay and pension gap in the EU: state of play, challenges and the way forward, and developing guidelines for the better evaluation and fairer remuneration of work in female-dominated sectors.
Monday 10 November – Tuesday 11 November
Committee on Regional Development (REGI)
Debates: Exchange of views on EESC priorities in next MFF with Séamus Boland, President of the European Economic and Social Committee; Exchange of views on “The Right to Stay: Young Women in Remote Areas” – Presentation for Gender Equality Week, by the Commission; REGI mission to Poland, 27-29 October 2025; MFF related opinion on Connecting Europe Facility, presentation by the Commission; Hearing on Shaping the Future of Cohesion Policy: Insights on the MFF Post-2027; MFF related opinion on European Competitiveness Fund (‘ECF’), presentation by the Commission; MFF related opinion on Horizon Europe, presentation by the Commission.
Committee on Employment and Social Affairs (EMPL)
Votes: Digitalisation, artificial intelligence and algorithmic management in the workplace – shaping the future of work; Mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund (EGF)- Sweden (Northvolt).
Debates: EMPL mission to Cyprus; Second World Summit for Social Development, 4 – 6 November 2025 in Doha, Qatar; Amending Directive 2004/37/EC as regards the addition of substances and setting limit values in its Annexes I, III and IIIa; EPRS study on the Digitalisation, artificial intelligence and algorithmic management in the workplace, Cost of non-Europe study; Gender Equality Week: Work-life balance, including implementation of the work-life balance directive; Exchange of views with Glenn Micallef (Commissioner of Intergenerational Fairness, Youth, Culture and Sport).
Subcommittee on Human Rights (DROI)
Debates: Exchange of views on Gender Equality: Global trends from a human rights perspective; Public hearing on the human rights situation in Sudan and the EU strategy; Exchange of views with new EU Special Representative for Human Rights, Kajsa Ollongren; Exchange of views on the occasion of the World’s Children Day on the situation of Ukrainian children forcibly transferred and deported by Russia.
Committee on the Environment, Climate and Food Safety (ENVI)
Votes: Amending Regulation (EU) 2021/1119 establishing the framework for achieving climate neutrality.
Debates: Accounting of greenhouse gas emissions of transport services; Exchange of views with Professor Jim Skea, Chair of the Intergovernmental Panel for Climate Change (IPCC) in view of the UNFCCC COP 30 meeting; Exchange of views with the Commission on the outcome of the 2nd extraordinary session of the International Maritime Organization’s Marine Environment Protection Committee (IMO MEPC/ES.2), 14-17 October 2025; Presentation of the report “Trends and Projections in Europe 2025”; Presentation by Jessika Roswall, Commissioner for Environment, Water Resilience and a Competitive Circular Economy of the Commission proposal on the Amending Regulation (EU) 2023/1115 as regards certain obligations of operators and traders; Exchange of views with Jessika Roswall, Commissioner for Environment, Water Resilience and a Competitive Circular Economy and Wopke Hoekstra , Commissioner for Climate, Net Zero and Clean Growth, on the financing for climate and environment under the proposed Multiannual Financial Framework 2028-2034.
Committee on Constitutional Affairs (AFCO) and Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (LIBE)
Debates: SYMPOSIUM – on the Quest for the Rule of Law – Towards a common understanding 10 and 11 of November.
Tuesday 11 November
Committee on the Environment, Climate and Food Safety (ENVI) and Committee on Public Health (SANT)
Debates: Exchange of views with Hadja Lahbib, Commissioner for Equality, Preparedness and Crisis Management, on civil protection and health emergency preparedness under the proposed Multiannual Financial Framework 2028-2034, in particular through the Union Civil Protection Mechanism.
Committee on Industry, Research and Energy (ITRE)
Votes: Laying a framework for strengthening the availability and security of supply of critical medicinal products as well as the availability of, and accessibility of, medicinal products of common interest, and amending Regulation (EU) 2024/795; Amending and supplementing the Agreement for scientific and technological cooperation between the European Union and the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, setting out the terms and conditions for the participation of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan in the Partnership for Research and Innovation in the Mediterranean Area (PRIMA).
Debates: Exchange of views with the Commission (DG GROW) on the role of women in European industry and industrial transition; Amending Regulations (EU) 2021/694, (EU) 2021/695, (EU) 2021/697, (EU) 2021/1153, (EU) 2023/1525 and 2024/795, as regards incentivising defence-related investments in the EU budget to implement the ReArm Europe Plan; Phasing out Russian natural gas imports, improving monitoring of potential energy dependencies and amending Regulation (EU) 2017/1938; Topical debate on the future of the European automotive industry; Carbon Capture and Storage and Carbon Capture and Utilisation: pillars of industrial decarbonisation; Presentation by the Commission of the Strategic Technologies for Europe Platform (STEP) implementation report; Presentation of the study “The Next Steps for European Economic Security – Lessons learned from Chinese Economic Coercion” by the Policy Department; Exchange of views with European Union Agency for Cybersecurity (ENISA).
Wednesday 12 November
Plenary
Debates: The first European Annual Asylum and Migration report and the setting up of the Annual Solidarity Pool; The new 2028-2034 Multiannual Financial Framework: architecture and governance; Gender Equality Strategy 2025; Conservation and sustainable use of marine biological diversity of areas beyond national jurisdiction; Condemning the illegal unilateral declaration of the secessionist entity created by Türkiye in Cyprus and the continued Turkish military occupation; Addressing transnational repression of human rights defenders; European Maritime Safety Agency; Business in Europe: Framework for Income Taxation (BEFIT).
Thursday 13 November
Plenary
Votes: Proxy voting in plenary for Members during pregnancy and after giving birth; Certain corporate sustainability reporting and due diligence requirements; Statistics on population and housing; Conservation and sustainable use of marine biological diversity of areas beyond national jurisdiction; Addressing transnational repression of human rights defenders; European Maritime Safety Agency; Business in Europe: Framework for Income Taxation (BEFIT); Mobilisation of the European Union Solidarity Fund: assistance to Spain and France in relation to natural disasters in 2024 and 2025; Digital Trade Agreement between the European Union and the Republic of Singapore; Digital Trade Agreement between the European Union and the Republic of Singapore (Resolution); Partial renewal of Members of the Court of Auditors – EL nominee; Partial renewal of Members of the Court of Auditors – FR nominee; EU-Andorra agreement on the automatic exchange of financial account information: Amending Protocol; EU-Monaco agreement on the automatic exchange of financial account information: Amending Protocol; EU-San Marino agreement on the automatic exchange of financial account information: Amending Protocol; EU-Liechtenstein agreement on the automatic exchange of financial account information: Amending Protocol; EU-Switzerland agreement on the automatic exchange of financial account information: Amending Protocol; Exceptional trade measures for countries and territories participating in or linked to the Stabilisation and Association Process.
Debates: Conclusions of the European Council meeting of 23 October 2025.
Find an overview of the parliamentary agenda here.
