European Parliament
Tuesday 14 April
Subcommittee on Human Rights (DROI)
Debates: Public hearing on Caste discrimination in South Asia; EU response to human rights violations in the West Bank; The human rights crisis behind the scam industry: how to confront modern slavery?; Exchange of views on the human rights situation in Tunisia.
Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs (ECON)
Votes: EU Economic Governance Simplification Package.
Debates: Public Hearing on the global role of the euro; Amending Directives (EU) 2016/2341 and 2016/97 as regards the strengthening of the framework for occupational retirement provision.
Committee on Regional Development (REGI)
Votes: Establishing the Connecting Europe Facility for the period 2028-2034, amending Regulation (EU) 2024/1679 and repealing Regulation (EU) 2021/1153.
Debates: Exchange of views on the future of cross-border cooperation within the post-2027 Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF) with Joris Bengevoord, President of the Association of European Border Regions (AEBR) and Chair of the Brabant Delta Water Board; Establishing a budget expenditure tracking and performance framework and other horizontal rules for the Union programmes and activities; Establishing the conditions for the implementation of the Union support to the Common Agriculture Policy for the period from 2028 to 2034; Presentation of the Study on “Flexibility and Simplification in Cohesion Policy under the 2028-2034 MFF Proposals” as part of the Accompanying Expertise for the legislative proposals on the ‘NRP Fund’ and the ‘ERDF, Interreg and Cohesion Fund’ by the Policy Department for Regional Development, Agriculture and Fisheries.
Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (LIBE)
Votes: Conclusion, on behalf of the European Union, of the United Nations Convention against Cybercrime; Strengthening International Cooperation for Combating Certain Crimes Committed by Means of Information and Communications Technology Systems and for the Sharing of Evidence in Electronic Form of Serious Crimes; The Commission’s 2025 Rule of Law report – annual report 2025.
Committee on Constitutional Affairs (AFCO)
Debates: Chair’s announcements concerning coordinators’ recommendations; Amending the Act concerning the election of the members of the European Parliament by direct universal suffrage, annexed to Council Decision 76/787/ECSC, EEC, Euratom of 20 September 1976; European political parties and foundations – 2026 report on the application of Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 2025/2445 and on the activities funded; Inter-Parliamentary Committee Meeting (ICM): “The institutional aspects of Artificial Intelligence in the context of European integration”; Institutional aspects of Artificial Intelligence in the context of the European integration; “The institutional aspects of Artificial Intelligence in the context of European integration”.
Committee on Public Health (SANT)
Debates: Europe’s Beating Cancer Plan; SANT mission to Nicosia and Larnaca – Cyprus : 16-18 February 2026; Amending Regulations (EU) 2017/745 and (EU) 2017/746 as regards simplifying and reducing the burden of the rules on medical devices and in vitro diagnostic medical devices, and amending Regulation (EU) 2022/123 as regards the support of the European Medicines Agency for the expert panels on medical devices and Regulation (EU) 2024/1689 as regards the list of Union harmonisation legislation referred to in its Annex I.
Committee on Women’s Rights and Gender Equality (FEMM)
Debates: FEMM Mission to NYC, USA – CSW 70; Exchange of views with Hadja Lahbib, Commissioner for Equality; Preparedness, and Crisis Management; EU-wide guidelines on gender-neutral job evaluation and classification in the context of Article 4 of the EU Pay Transparency Directive 2023/970; FEMM Mission to India 2026; Gender Mainstreaming Network.
Committee on Security and Defence (SEDE)
Votes: Establishing the European Competitiveness Fund (‘ECF’), including the specific programme for defence research and innovation activities; Establishing the Connecting Europe Facility for the period 2028-2034, amending Regulation (EU) 2024/1679 and repealing Regulation (EU) 2021/1153; Implementation of the 2026-2027 European Defence Industry Programme Work Programme: capability priority projects, with Francois Arbault, Director for Defence Industrial Programmes, DG for Defence Industry and Space, European Commission.
Debates: Defence Readiness 2030: overall implementation of the EDA’s Capability Priority Areas, with Lieutenant General Stefano Cont, Capability, Armament and Planning Director, European Defence Agency (EDA); Step change in strengthening European defence: outcome of the defence aspects of the March European Council, with Maciej Stadejek, Director for Security and Defence Policy, European External Action Service (EEAS); Countering FIMI: shifting gears from tracking the threat to actively disrupting the attack, with Matthew Reece, Director for Policy Planning and Strategic Communication, EEAS; Exchange of views with Robert de Groot, Vice-President of the European Investment Bank (EIB), on priorities for financing Defence in Europe; Update on EU Security and Defence Partnerships (SDPs): Iceland, Australia, Ghana and the outcome of the EU-UK Security and Defence Dialogue, with Cosmin Dobran, Director for Peace, Partnerships and Crisis Management, EEAS.
Wednesday 15 April
Committee on Employment and Social Affairs (EMPL)
Votes: Amending Directive 2004/37/EC as regards the addition of substances and setting limit values in its Annexes I, III and IIIa.
Debates: EMPL mission to Italy; EMPL fact-finding mission to Athens (Greece) on the Youth Guarantee; Interparliamentary Committee Meeting (ICM) on “Human Work in the Digital Age – Artificial Intelligence, new forms of working, and work-related stress”; Psychosocial risks, stress and mental health at work; Establishing a budget expenditure tracking and performance framework and other horizontal rules for the Union programmes and activities; Implementation of the Council Recommendation of 30 October 2020 on A Bridge to Jobs – Reinforcing the Youth Guarantee and replacing the Council Recommendation of 22 April 2013 on establishing a Youth Guarantee; The EU Youth Strategy 2019-2027.
Committee on Industry, Research and Energy (ITRE) and Committee on Transport and Tourism (TRAN)
Debates: Establishing the Connecting Europe Facility for the period 2028-2034, amending Regulation (EU) 2024/1679 and repealing Regulation (EU) 2021/1153.
Committee on Industry, Research and Energy (ITRE)
Debates: On the adoption of the Research Programme of the Research Fund for Coal and Steel, on the multiannual technical guidelines for this programme, on the multiannual financial guidelines for managing the assets of the Research Fund for Coal and Steel, and repealing Decisions 2003/77/EC and 2008/376/EC; Research and training programme of the European Atomic Energy Community for the period 2028-2032, complementing Horizon Europe, the Framework Programme for Research and Innovation, and providing for the Community’s contribution to the ITER project; Establishing the European Fund for economic, social and territorial cohesion, agriculture and rural, fisheries and maritime, prosperity and security for the period 2028-2034; Establishment of European Business Wallets; Advanced manufacturing as a strategic sector for the EU; Amending Regulation (EU) 2024/1252; Joint committee procedure (Rule 59) of ITRE and TRAN of Wednesday, 15 April 2026.
Committee on Petitions (PETI)
Debates: Petitions for discussion in committee on the basis of the Commission’s written reply or other documents received; Draft Mission Report following the Fact-Finding Visit to Extremadura and Castilla la Mancha (Spain) aiming to investigate the closure of a nuclear power plant in Almaraz based on Petition No 0445/2025 and the protection of the Cabañeros National Park based on Petitions Nos 0819/2024 and 1334/2024; Petitions for discussion in committee on the basis of the Commission’s written reply or other documents received.
Committee on Foreign Affairs (AFET) and Committee on International Trade (INTA)
Debates: Conclusion, on behalf of the European Union, of the Political, Economic and Cooperation Strategic Partnership Agreement between the European Union and its Member States, of the one part, and the United Mexican States, of the other part; Interim report in view of the consent procedure on the Political, Economic and Cooperation Strategic Partnership Agreement between the EU and Mexico.
Committee on International Trade (INTA)
Debates: Ad-hoc delegation to the Parliamentary Conference on the WTO and the 14th WTO Ministerial Conference, Yaoundé, Cameroon, 24-27 March 2026; Outcome of the 14th WTO Ministerial Conference, Yaoundé, Cameroon, 26-29 March 2026; Mission to Bern, Switzerland, 30 March – 1 April 2026; Conclusion of a broad package of agreements to consolidate, deepen and expand the bilateral relations with the Swiss Confederation; Public hearing: “Trade and investment relations with China: navigating risks and opportunities”; Amending Regulation (EU) 2023/956 as regards the extension of its scope to downstream goods and anti-circumvention measures; Role of trade in strengthening the EU’s economic security; State of play of ongoing trilogue negotiations; Agreement in the form of an exchange of letters between the Union and the Islamic Republic of Pakistan relating to the modification of concessions on all the tariff rate quotas included in the EU Schedule CLXXV as a consequence of the United Kingdom’s withdrawal from the European Union.
Committee on Legal Affairs (JURI)
Debates: Request for the waiver of the immunity of Ilhan Kyuchyuk; Request for the waiver of the immunity of Borys Budka; Request for the waiver of the immunity of Afroditi Latinopoulou; Request for the waiver of the immunity of Klára Dobrev; Request for the waiver of the immunity of András Tivadar Kulja; Request for the waiver of the immunity of Siegbert Frank Droese; Request for the waiver of the immunity of Harald Vilimsky; Request for the waiver of the immunity of Alvise Pérez; Request for the waiver of the immunity of Angelika Niebler; Request for the waiver of the immunity of Nikos Pappas; Legal basis (Rule 41) – Exchange of views with the Legal Service; Presentation of JURI Committee`s gender mainstreaming action plan; Establishment of European Business Wallets; JURI Mission to Madrid; JURI Mission to Germany (Stuttgart and Heidelberg).
Committee on Budgets (BUDG)
Votes: Interim report on the proposal for the multiannual financial framework for 2028-2034.
Debates: Interim report on the proposal for the multiannual financial framework for 2028-2034.
Committee on Foreign Affairs (AFET)
Votes: Recommendation to the Council, the Commission and the Vice-President of the Commission / High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy on the 81st session of the United Nations General Assembly; Enhanced Partnership and Cooperation Agreement between the European Union, of the one part, and the Republic of Uzbekistan, of the other part; Enhanced Partnership and Cooperation Agreement between the European Union, of the one part, and the Republic of Uzbekistan, of the other part; 2025 Commission report on Türkiye.
Debates: Conclusion, on behalf of the European Union, of the Political, Economic and Cooperation Strategic Partnership Agreement between the European Union and its Member States, of the one part, and the United Mexican States, of the other part; Interim report in view of the consent procedure on the Political, Economic and Cooperation Strategic Partnership Agreement between the EU and Mexico; Exchange of views with Magdalena Grono, European Union Special Representative for the South Caucasus and the crisis in Georgia; Exchange of views with H.E. Jasem Mohamed Albudaiwi, Secretary-General of the Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf (GCC); Exchange of views with people advocating for a free Iran Presentation of study on “Addressing the Nature and Impact of Organised Crime on the International Scene: Understanding and Legislating for the role of Organised Crime Groups as Geopolitical Actors”.
Committee on Security and Defence (SEDE)
Debates: Structured Dialogue with Andrius Kubilius, European Commissioner for Defence and Space.
Committee on Budgetary Control (CONT)
Votes: Establishing the European Competitiveness Fund (‘ECF’), including the specific programme for defence research and innovation activities.
Debates: Amending Regulation (EU) No 904/2010 as regards the access of the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) and the European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF) to value added tax information at Union level; ECA Special report 12/2026: The EU’s advisory bodies; Second report back of the CONT Scrutiny Working Group (postponed from 24th March 2026); Lessons learned of 10 years of Early-Detection and Exclusion System (EDES) and future challenges.
Committee on Culture and Education (CULT)
Debates: Structured dialogue with Executive Vice-President Roxana Mînzatu; Workshop “From script to screen: the European film financing landscape” organised by the Policy Department for Citizens, Equality and Culture (PolDep IUST-A); The state of play of the interinstitutional negotiations on the ‘Traineeships Directive’ – Improving and enforcing working conditions of trainees and combating regular employment relationships disguised as traineeships; Public hearing on Education as a driver for empowering youth, fostering inclusiveness and engagement in Europe.
Committee on the Environment, Climate and Food Safety (ENVI) and Committee on Fisheries (PECH)
Votes: Empowering France to accede to the Inter-American Convention for the Protection and Conservation of Sea Turtles.
Committee on the Environment, Climate and Food Safety (ENVI) and Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection (IMCO)
Votes: Amending Regulations (EC) No 1272/2008, (EC) No 1223/2009 and (EU) 2019/1009 as regards simplification of certain requirements and procedures for chemical products.
Committee on the Environment, Climate and Food Safety (ENVI)
Votes: European Chemicals Agency and amending Regulations (EC) No 1907/2006, (EU) No 528/2012, (EU) No 649/2012 and (EU) 2019/1021; Amending Decision (EU) 2015/1814 as regards the market stability reserve for the buildings, road transport and additional sector; Amending Regulation (EU) No 528/2012 as regards the extension of certain data protection periods; Objection pursuant to Rule 115(2) and (3) authorising the placing on the market of products containing, consisting of or produced from genetically modified soybean MON 94637 pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 1829/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council.
Debates: Extended Coordinators’ meeting with the newly appointed Members of the European Scientific Advisory Board on Climate Change; Establishing the European Fund for economic, social and territorial cohesion, agriculture and rural, fisheries and maritime, prosperity and security for the period 2028-2034; Joint committee procedure (Rule 59) of ENVI and IMCO of Wednesday, 15 April 2026 (See separate draft agenda); Exchange of views with Mr Nikolaus Kriz, Executive Director of the European Food Safety Authority; Exchange of views with the Commission ahead of the 84th session of the International Maritime Organization’s Marine Environment Protection Committee (IMO MEPC 84), 27 April – 1 May 2026; Exchange of views with the Dutch and Colombian authorities and the Commission ahead of the First International Conference on the Transitioning Away from Fossil Fuels, Santa Maria (Colombia), 24-29 April 2026; Joint committee procedure (Rule 59) of ENVI and PECH of Wednesday, 15 April 2026 (See separate draft agenda).
Thursday 16 April
Committee on Industry, Research and Energy (ITRE)
Debates: Presentation of the Annual Report 2025 of the Interinstitutional Cybersecurity Board (IICB); Energy Community Parliamentary Plenum.
Committee on Petitions (PETI)
Debates: Petitions for discussion in committee on the basis of the Commission’s written reply or other documents received.
Committee on International Trade (INTA)
Votes: Opportunities and challenges presented by a comprehensive artificial intelligence strategy for EU trade; Union Approval of the amendment to Article 36 of the 2015 International Agreement on Olive Oil and Table Olives.
Debates: Conclusion of the negotiations for a Trade Agreement between the EU and Australia; Monitoring Groups activities; State of play of EU-Malaysia trade relations; Impact of US tariff changes on EU exports of pharmaceutical products and steel and aluminium derivatives.
Committee on Legal Affairs (JURI)
Votes: Circularity requirements for vehicle design and on management of end-of-life vehicles, amending Regulations (EU) 2018/858 and 2019/1020 and repealing Directives 2000/53/EC and 2005/64/EC; Disputes involving Parliament (Rule 155); Verification of credentials (Rule 3); Term of office (Rule 4).
Debates: Exchange of views in the context of the structured dialogue with Henna Virkkunen, Executive Vice-President for Tech Sovereignty, Security and Democracy; Hearing on the Citizen’s initiative ‘Stop destroying videogames’.
Subcommittee on Tax Matters (FISC)
Debates: Study on “Feasibility of a 28th tax regime in supporting EU competitiveness”; Feasibility of a 28th tax regime and its potential to support EU competitiveness; Study on “Excise on Tobacco products”; A coherent tax framework for the EU’s financial sector.
Committee on Culture and Education (CULT)
Debates: Proposal for a Regulation establishing a budget expenditure tracking and performance framework and other horizontal rules for the Union programmes and activities – Presentation and exchange of views; Establishing the European Fund for economic, social and territorial cohesion, agriculture and rural, fisheries and maritime, prosperity and security for the period 2028-2034.
Committee on the Environment, Climate and Food Safety (ENVI) and Committee on Budgetary Control (CONT)
Debates: ECA Special report 11/2026: Innovation Fund – High potential, but slow progress and little impact on emissions reduction.
Committee on the Environment, Climate and Food Safety (ENVI)
Debates: Joint meeting of CONT and ENVI of Thursday, 16 April 2026 (See separate draft agenda); Amending Regulation (EU) 2024/1252; Exchange of views with the Commission on Climate, Gender and Health.
Find an overview of the parliamentary agenda here. Find an overview of committee agendas here.
