European Parliament
Monday 13 October
Committee on Women’s Rights and Gender Equality (FEMM)
Votes: Gender Equality Strategy 2025; Developing a new EU anti-poverty strategy; Humanitarian aid in a time of polycrisis – reaffirming our principles for a more effective and ambitious response to humanitarian crises.
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; Women’s entrepreneurship in rural and island areas and outermost regions; Citizens’ Initiative “My voice, my choice: for safe and accessible abortion”.
Subcommittee on Human Rights (DROI)
Debates: Exchange of views on the occasion of the International Day to End Impunity for Crimes against Journalists; Exchange of views on the Right to Food on the occasion of the World Food Day.
Special committee on the European Democracy Shield (EUDS)
Debates: Exchange of views on online advertising, FIMI and media resilience with “What to fix”; Exchange of views – Lessons learned from the Moldovan elections; Exchange of views with the OECD on its Reinforcing Democracy Initiative.
Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (LIBE)
Votes: Laying down minimum rules to prevent and counter the facilitation of unauthorised entry, transit and stay in the Union, and replacing Council Directive 2002/90/EC and Council Framework Decision 2002/946 JHA.
Debates: Amending Regulation (EU) 2024/1348 as regards the establishment of a list of safe countries of origin at Union level; Impact of social media and the online environment on young people; Judicial independence and Rule of Law Developments in Spain; Situation of fundamental rights in the European Union in 2024 and 2025; Democracy, Rule of Law and Fundamental Rights Monitoring Group.
Committee on the Environment, Climate and Food Safety (ENVI)
Debates: State of the Environment Report 2025 (SOER): Europe’s Environment 2025; Joint ENVI/ENVE meeting on “Regions taking action on climate resilience and adaptation”.
Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs (ECON)
Debates: Public Hearing with Claudia Buch, Chair of the Supervisory Board of the ECB; Public Hearing on the Review of the Securitisation Framework; Amending Protocol to the Agreement between the European Union and the Principality of Andorra on the automatic exchange of financial account information to improve international tax compliance; Amending Protocol to the Agreement between the European Union and the Swiss Confederation on the automatic exchange of financial account information to improve international tax compliance; Amending Protocol to the Agreement between the European Union and the Principality of Liechtenstein on the automatic exchange of financial account information to improve international tax compliance; Amending Protocol to the Agreement between the European Union and the Principality of Monaco on the exchange of financial account information to improve international tax compliance in accordance with the Standard for Automatic Exchange of Financial Account Information in Tax Matters developed by the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD); Amending Protocol to the Agreement between the European Union and the Republic of San Marino on the automatic exchange of financial account information to improve international tax compliance.
Committee on Transport and Tourism (TRAN) and Committee on the Environment, Climate and Food Safety (ENVI)
Debates: Presentation of the European Court of Auditors’ (ECA) Special report 06/2025: EU actions tackling sea pollution by ships.
Committee on Transport and Tourism (TRAN)
Votes: Amendment of Regulation (EC) No 261/2004 establishing common rules on compensation and assistance to passengers in the event of denied boarding and of cancellation or long delay of flights and amendment of Regulation (EC) No 2027/97 on air carrier liability in respect of the carriage of passengers and their baggage by air; Driving licences, amending Directive (EU) 2022/2561 of the European Parliament and of the Council, Regulation (EU) 2018/1724 of the European Parliament and of the Council and repealing Directive 2006/126/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council and Commission Regulation (EU) No 383/2012; Execution of driving disqualifications with a Union-wide effect; Amending Regulation (EU) 2021/1119 establishing the framework for achieving climate neutrality.
Debates: TRAN Mission to Ireland (week 30, 2025); Amendment of Regulation (EC) No 261/2004 establishing common rules on compensation and assistance to passengers in the event of denied boarding and of cancellation or long delay of flights and amendment of Regulation (EC) No 2027/97 on air carrier liability in respect of the carriage of passengers and their baggage by air.
Committee on Regional Development (REGI)
Votes: Commission Delegated Regulation amending Annex I to Regulation (EU) 2021/1060 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the nomenclature for the dimensions and codes for the types of intervention for the ERDF, the ESF+, the Cohesion Fund and the JTF.
Debates: Modification of the Brexit Adjustment Reserve (BAR) Regulation, presentation by the Commission; Presentation of the evaluation package, by the Commission.
Committee on Security and Defence (SEDE)
Debates: Implementation of the common security and defence policy – annual report 2025; Drones and new systems of warfare – the EU‘s need to adapt to be fit for today‘s security challenges; European Defence Industry Programme and a framework of measures to ensure the timely availability and supply of defence products (‘EDIP’).
Committee on Security and Defence (SEDE) and Committee on Transport and Tourism (TRAN)
Debates: Military mobility.
Committee on Legal Affairs (JURI)
Votes: Amending Directives 2006/43/EC, 2013/34/EU, (EU) 2022/2464 and (EU) 2024/1760 as regards certain corporate sustainability reporting and due diligence requirements; Disputes involving Parliament (Rule 155); Verification of credentials (Rule 3); Term of office (Rule 4).
Debates: JURI Mission to Munich, Germany; Copyright and generative artificial intelligence – opportunities and challenges; The 28th Regime: a new legal framework for innovative companies; Request for the waiver of the immunity of Grzegorz Braun; Request for the waiver of the immunity of Daniel Attard; Request for the waiver of the immunity of Salvatore De Meo; Request for the waiver of the immunity of Nikola Minchev.
Committee on Budgets (BUDG)
Votes: General budget of the European Union for the financial year 2026 – all sections; 2025 Budget: Section III – Commission; 2025 Budget: Other Sections; Building policy.
Debates: General budget of the European Union for the financial year 2026 – all sections; Draft amending budget no 3 to the general budget 2025 – Adjustment in payment appropriations, update of revenues and other technical updates; Exchange of views with Prof. Leptin, President of the European Research Council (ERC); Exchange of views with OLAF on lessons learnt on the Performance-based model; Mobilisation of the European Union Solidarity Fund to provide assistance to Spain regarding the floods in the Valencia Region of Spain in October 2024 and France following the damages caused by cyclone Chido in Mayotte in December 2024 and cyclone Garance in Réunion in February 2025; European Defence Readiness 2030: assessment of needs.
Thursday 16 October
Committee on Foreign Affairs (AFET)
Votes: Addressing transnational repression of human rights defenders; Information security in the institutions, bodies, offices and agencies of the Union.
Debates: Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought 2025: Vote on a shortlist of 3 candidates; Public hearing on Global Gateway: Past impacts and future orientation; Exchange of views with Peter Sørensen, EU Special Representative for the Belgrade-Pristina Dialogue.
Committee on Development (DEVE)
Debates: Public hearing on Global Gateway: Past impacts and future orientation; The role of EU development cooperation in addressing irregular migration in Africa – Presentation of a study by author Ms Cathrine Talleraas; Presentation of the UNDP 2025 Human Development Report for Latin America and the Caribbean ahead of the EU-CELAC Summit.
Committee on Industry, Research and Energy (ITRE)
Votes: Amending Regulation (EU) 2021/1119 establishing the framework for achieving climate neutrality; Commission Delegated Regulation supplementing Directive (EU) 2024/1788 of the European Parliament and of the Council by specifying a methodology for assessing greenhouse gas emissions savings from low-carbon fuels.
Debates: Mission to Sweden (Luleå, Gällivare, Kiruna), 16-19 September 2025; Mission to Canada (Ontario), 15-19 September 2025; Presentation of the Commission proposal for Horizon Europe 2028-2034 by Ekaterina Zaharieva, Commissioner for Startups, Research and Innovation.
Committee on Fisheries (PECH)
Votes: Conservation and sustainable use of marine biological diversity of areas beyond national jurisdiction; Restructuring the Union framework for the taxation of energy products and electricity (recast); Commission Delegated Regulation amending Regulation (EU) 2019/1241 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the derogation from the minimum conservation reference size of Venus shells (Venus spp.) in certain Italian territorial waters.
Debates: The role of ocean diplomacy for the competitiveness of EU fisheries and aquaculture; Fishing opportunities for the Baltic Sea 2026; General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean (GFCM) – update on preparations for the Annual meeting; Mission of the Committee on Fisheries to Greenland, 15-19 September 2025.
Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection (IMCO)
Votes: Protection of minors online; Establishing harmonised requirements in the internal market on transparency of interest representation carried out on behalf of third countries and amending Directive (EU) 2019/1937; Amending Regulations (EU) No 1024/2012 and (EU) 2018/1724 as regards certain requirements laid down by Directive (EU) XXXX/XXXX.
Debates: Amending Directive (EU) 2015/2302 to make the protection of travellers more effective and to simplify and clarify certain aspects of the Directive; Public interface connected to the Internal Market Information System for the declaration of posting of workers and amending Regulation (EU) No 1024/2012; Public interface connected to the Internal Market Information System for the declaration of posting of workers and amending Regulation (EU) No 1024/2012; Establishing the Union Customs Code and the European Union Customs Authority, and repealing Regulation (EU) No 952/2013; Working group on the implementation of the Digital Markets Act (DMA); IMCO mission to Copenhagen, Denmark and Gothenburg, Sweden, 15-17 September 2025; 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; Addressing subcontracting chains and the role of intermediaries in order to protect workers’ rights; Impact of social media and the online environment on young people; Political Advertising Regulation: compliance with the new rules; Market surveillance and compliance of products Regulation: controls on products entering the EU market; Directive on empowering consumers for the green transition: Implementing Regulation on EU label on product durability.
Committee on International Trade (INTA) and Committee on Industry, Research and Energy (ITRE)
Debates: Phasing out Russian natural gas imports, improving monitoring of potential energy dependencies and amending Regulation (EU) 2017/1938.
Find an overview of the parliamentary agenda here.
