European Parliament
Monday 26 January
Committee on Budgetary Control (CONT)
Debates: Protection of the European Union’s financial interests – combating fraud – annual report 2024; Reporting back from the first meeting of the CONT Scrutiny Working Group; Workshop on ‘Towards a performance-based EU budget: what implications for parliamentary oversight, transparency, and the post-RRF framework?’.
Committee on Budgets (BUDG) and Committee on Budgetary Control (CONT)
Debates: Presentation of Special Report on Financial instruments in cohesion policy; Exchange of views on the scrutiny of the Rule of Law Conditionality Regulation and its interplay with other instruments with focus on Hungary’s frozen funds.
Committee on Women’s Rights and Gender Equality (FEMM)
Debates: Exchange of views with Costas Fitiris, Cypriot Minister of Justice and Public Order, Cyprus Presidency; The work programme of the European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE) for 2026.
Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (LIBE)
Debates: State of play of negotiations on Readmission Agreements and arrangements; LIBE Committee Mission to the European Union Agency for Law Enforcement Training (CEPOL) Hungary, Budapest 16-17 September 2025; Conclusion, on behalf of the European Union, of the Agreement between the European Union, of the one part, and the Republic of Ecuador, of the other part, on cooperation between the European Union Agency for Law Enforcement Cooperation (Europol) and the Ecuadorian authorities competent for combatting serious crime and terrorism; EPRS Study on the proposal for a horizontal equal treatment directive: complementary impact assessment; The Updated Rule of Law Checklist of the European Commission for Democracy through Law of the Council of Europe (Venice Commission); Digital Omnibus Simplification Package.
Committee on International Trade (INTA)
Debates: EU-US trade relations: EU response to latest US tariffs over Greenland; Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism: extension of its scope to downstream goods and anti-circumvention measures; Monitoring Groups activities;
Tuesday 27 January
Special Committee on the Housing Crisis in the European Union (HOUS)
Debates: Exchange of views with the OECD on the intersections between housing, employment and social policy; Presentation by the Commission (Eurostat) of the 2025 edition of the interactive publication “Housing in Europe”; Exchange of views with the Commission (JRC) on evidence to support EU housing policy: available data, analyses and critical gaps.
Committee on Budgetary Control (CONT)
Debates: Public Hearing on ‘Protection of the financial interests of the EU in Slovakia’.
Committee on Women’s Rights and Gender Equality (FEMM)
Votes: Recommendation to the Council on EU priorities for the 70th session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women; Discharge 2024: General budget of the EU – Agencies; Discharge 2024: General budget of the EU – European Parliament; Discharge 2024: General budget of the EU – Commission.
Debates: Gender inequalities in health, specifically as regards gender-specific conditions; Interim report on the proposal for the multiannual financial framework for 2028-2034; Generative AI tools, such as nudifiers and other tools able to reproduce synthetic child sexual abuse material or sexually explicit deepfakes of real individuals; EU priorities and the preparations for the 70th session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women; Guidelines for the 2027 Budget – Section III; Amending Directive 2012/29/EU establishing minimum standards on the rights, support and protection of victims of crime, and replacing Council Framework Decision 2001/220/JHA; Exchange of views Ms Birgit Van Hout, Director of the UNFPA Representation Office to the European Union on State of World Population Report titled “The Real Fertility Crisis: The Pursuit of Reproductive Agency in a Changing World”.
Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (LIBE)
Votes: Amending Regulation (EU) 2024/1348 as regards the application of the ‘safe third country’ concept; Amending Regulation (EU) 2024/1348 as regards the establishment of a list of safe countries of origin at Union level; Combating corruption, replacing Council Framework Decision 2003/568/JHA and the Convention on the fight against corruption involving officials of the European Communities or officials of Member States of the European Union and amending Directive (EU) 2017/1371 of the European Parliament and of the Council; Public access to documents – report covering the years 2022 – 2024; Implementation of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union in the EU legal framework; 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; The priorities of the Cypriot Presidency of the Council of the European Union, 2026; The 8th biennial Report of the European Judicial Network (EJN) on Activities and Management for the years 2023-2024; The measures to strengthen the protection of the EU’s external borders and border areas in view of the growing threats.
Debates: The EU Strategy for Civil Society; LIBE Delegation to Washington, D.C., 15-18 September 2025; Feedback from trilogue meetings; Laying down rules to prevent and combat child sexual abuse; Application for the electronic submission of travel data (“EU Digital Travel application”) and amending Regulations (EU) 2016/399 and (EU) 2018/1726 of the European Parliament and of the Council and Council Regulation (EC) No 2252/2004, as regards the use of digital travel credentials.
Committee on Transport and Tourism (TRAN)
Votes: Use of railway infrastructure capacity in the single European railway area, amending Directive 2012/34/EU and repealing Regulation (EU) No 913/2010; Discharge 2024: General budget of the EU – Commission; Discharge 2024: General budget of the EU – Agencies; Guidelines for the 2027 Budget – Section III.
Debates: Exchange of views with Mr Juras Taminskas, Lithuanian Minister of Transport and Communications, on Safety of the European civil aviation; Scrutiny session on the state of implementation of the 4th railway package; Presentation of the Cypriot presidency priorities; Exchange of views with Ms Maja Markovčić Kostelac, Executive Director of the European Maritime Safety Agency (EMSA); Interim report on the proposal for the multiannual financial framework for 2028-2034.
Committee on Public Health (SANT)
Votes: Discharge 2024: General budget of the EU – Commission; Discharge 2024: General budget of the EU – Agencies.
Debates: SANT ad-hoc mission to the WHO in the occasion of the COP11 FCTC WHO in Geneva; Exchange of views with Olivér Várhelyi, Commissioner for Health and Animal Welfare, on Public Health Policy Frameworks and Implementation; Union Civil Protection Mechanism and Union support for health emergency preparedness and response, and repealing Decision No 1313/2013/EU (Union Civil Protection Mechanism).
Committee on the Environment, Climate and Food Safety (ENVI) and Committee on Public Health (SANT)
Debates: Union Civil Protection Mechanism and Union support for health emergency preparedness and response, and repealing Decision No 1313/2013/EU (Union Civil Protection Mechanism).
Committee on International Trade (INTA), Committee on Security and Defense (SEDE) and the Committee on Budgets (BUDG)
Debates: Exchange of views on urgent financial support to Ukraine in 2026-2027 in response to Russia’s ongoing war of aggression.
Committee on International Trade (INTA)
Votes: Addressing the negative trade-related effects of global overcapacity on the Union steel market; Recommendation to the Council, the Commission and the Vice-President of the Commission / High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy concerning an enhanced EU-Canada cooperation in the light of the current geopolitical context, including the threats to Canada’s economic stability and sovereignty; Global Gateway -– past impacts and future orientation; Implementing the bilateral safeguard clause of the EU-Mercosur Partnership Agreement and the EU-Mercosur Interim Trade Agreement for agricultural products; Applying a generalized scheme of tariff preferences and repealing Regulation (EU) No 978/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council.
Debates: State of play of ongoing trilogue negotiations; Multilateral negotiations in view of the WTO’s 14th Ministerial Conference in Yaoundé, 26 to 29 March 2026; Approval of amendments to the International Cocoa Agreement; State of play of EU-India trade relations; Presentation by Michael Damianos, Minister of Energy, Commerce and Industry, representing the President-in-Office of the Council, on the priorities of the Cypriot Presidency in the area of International Trade Policy; Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the European Union and the People`s Republic of China pursuant to Article XXVIII of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) 1994 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 Budgets (BUDG) and Committee on Budgetary Control (CONT)
Debates: Establishing a budget expenditure tracking and performance framework and other horizontal rules for the Union programmes and activities – Exchange of views with Piotr Serafin, Commissioner responsible for Budget, Anti-Fraud and Public Administration.
Wednesday 28 January
Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection (IMCO)
Debates: Questions and answers session on the applications for the seat of the EU Customs Authority
Committee on Petitions (PETI)
Votes: Draft Report on Activities of the European Ombudsman – annual report 2024; Monitoring the application of European Union law in 2023, 2024 and 2025.
Debates: Petitions for discussion in committee on the basis of the Commission’s written reply or other documents received; Workshop on Recognising Age Across Borders: Exploring the Feasibility of a European Senior/Pensioner Card; Petitions for discussion in committee on the basis of the Commission’s written reply or other documents received.
Committee on Constitutional Affairs (AFCO)
Debates: Council Presidency: Presentationof the priorities of the Cypriot Council Presidency by the Deputy Minister for European Affairs of Cyprus, Ms Marilena Raouna; Framework Agreement on relations between the European Parliament and the European Commission; Amendments to Parliament’s Rules of Procedure concerning appointments to Union agencies and bodies (Rule 135); Interim report on the proposal for the multiannual financial framework for 2028-2034; Institutional aspects of Artificial Intelligence in the context of the European integration; AFCO Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina 5-7 November 2025; AFCO Mission to London, United Kingdom, 3-4 December 2025.
Committee on Employment and Social Affairs (EMPL) and Committee on Women’s Rights and Gender Equality (FEMM)
Votes: 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.
Committee on Employment and Social Affairs (EMPL)
Votes: Discharge 2024: General budget of the EU – Commission; Discharge 2024: General budget of the EU – Agencies; Guidelines for the 2027 Budget – Section III; Mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund for Displaced Workers following an application from Belgium – EGF/2025/006 BE/ Audi;
Debates: EPRS Study on the implementation of the reinforced Youth Guarantee: trends in EU Member States, impact, EU funding and governance;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; Public Hearing on Working conditions in Amazon warehouses
Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development (AGRI)
Debates: Exchange of views with Thanawat Tiensin, Assistant Director-General, Director of the Animal Production and Health Division at the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), on pathways towards lower emissions; Exchange of views with Dr Maria Panayiotou, Minister of Agriculture, Rural Development and Environment of the Republic of Cyprus, on the priorities of the Cyprus Presidency of the Council of the European Union in the field of agriculture; Establishing Horizon Europe, the Framework Programme for Research and Innovation, for the period 2028-2034 laying down its rules for participation and dissemination, and repealing Regulation (EU) 2021/695; Establishing the European Competitiveness Fund (‘ECF’), including the specific programme for defence research and innovation activities; Plants obtained by certain new genomic techniques and their food and feed, and amending Regulation (EU) 2017/625, 2023/0226(COD); Interim report on the proposal for the multiannual financial framework for 2028-2034; Exchange of views with the Commission on the report assessing the operation of the new delivery model and of the GAECs in the national strategic plans of the current Common Agricultural Policy.
Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs (ECON)
Debates: Appointment of the Vice-Chair of the Supervisory Board of the European Central Bank; European Semester for economic policy coordination 2026.
Committee on Foreign Affairs (AFET)
Votes: EU enlargement strategy; Guidelines for the 2027 Budget – Section III.
Debates: Exchange of views with Constantinos Kombos, Minister for Foreign Affairs and Marilena Raouna, Deputy Minister for European Affairs, on the priorities of the Cyprus Presidency of the Council of the European Union; Recommendation to the Council, the Commission and the Vice-President of the Commission / High Representative of the Union on Foreign Affairs and Security Policy on promoting transnational governance on water in the interests of conflict prevention and peace; Presentation of the study on ‘Perpetrators and methods of transnational repression and possible counter-strategies’.
Committee on Foreign Affairs (AFET) and Committee on Development (DEVE)
Debates: Establishing Global Europe: Exchange of views with Commissioners Dubravka Šuica, Marta Kos, Jozef Síkela and Hadja Lahbib on the proposal; Amending Regulation (EU) 2021/947 as regards increased efficiency of the External Action Guarantee; European investment bank (EIB) Global Strategic Orientation; Exchange of views with Andrew Puzder, Ambassador of the United States of America to the European Union; Exchange of views with Ararat Mirzoyan, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Armenia.
Committee on Industry, Research and Energy (ITRE)
Debates: Establishing Horizon Europe, the Framework Programme for Research and Innovation, for the period 2028-2034 laying down its rules for participation and dissemination, and repealing Regulation (EU) 2021/695; Presentation of the Annual Report on Interoperability by the European Commission (DG DIGIT); Presentation of the Council Presidency’s programme: Exchange of views with Vasilis Palmas, Minister of Defence (defence industry), Michael Damianos, Minister of Energy, Commerce and Industry (industry, SMEs, energy) and Nicodemos Damianou, Deputy Minister of Research, Innovation and Digital Policy (research and innovation, ICT, digital, cybersecurity, space); Establishing the Instrument for Nuclear Safety Cooperation and Decommissioning for the period 2028-2034 and repealing Regulations (Euratom) 2021/100 and (Euratom) 2021/948; Exchange of views with Dan Jørgensen, Commissioner for Energy and Housing, on the European Grids Package; Structured dialogue with Henna Virkkunen, Executive Vice-President for Tech Sovereignty, Security and Democracy.
Thursday 29 January
Committee on Petitions (PETI)
Debates:Petitions for discussion in committee on the basis of the Commission’s written reply or other documents received; Petitions which it is proposed to close in the light of the Commission’s written reply or other documents received.
Committee on Employment and Social Affairs (EMPL)
Debates: Exchange of views with Marinos Moushouttas (Cypriot Minister of Labour and Social Insurance), Clea Papaellina (Cypriot Deputy Minister of Social Welfare) and Konstantinos Ioannou (Cypriot Minister of Minister of Interior).
Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development (AGRI)
Debates: Exchange of views with the Commission on proposals on Common Agricultural Policy 2028–2034 and on amendments to the Common Market Organisation (CMO) Regulation; Establishing a budget expenditure tracking and performance framework and other horizontal rules for the Union programmes and activities;
Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs (ECON)
Votes: Appointment of the Vice-Chair of the Supervisory Board of the European Central Bank.
Debates: Financial literacy and the rise of finfluencers in the context of the savings and investments union; Single Currency Package; Exchange of views with Pieter Hasekamp, Chair of the European Fiscal Board (EFB).
Committee on Foreign Affairs (AFET)
Debates: 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; Recommendation for the Council, for the Commission and for 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.
Committee on Industry, Research and Energy (ITRE) and Committee on Security & Defense (SEDE)
Debates: Joint Public Hearing on Cyber-defence and Cybersecurity; Fusion energy: energy source of the future or unattainable vision?.
Find an overview of the parliamentary agenda here.
