European Parliament
Monday 27 January – Tuesday 28 January
Committee on Budgetary Control (CONT)
Votes: Establishing the Reform and Growth Facility for the Republic of Moldova.
Debates: Protection of the European Union’s financial interests – combating fraud – annual report 2023; 2023 discharge: General budget of the EU – Joint Undertakings; Discharge 2023: Other Institutions; 2023 discharge: General budget of the EU – European Council and Council; 2023 discharge: General budget of the EU – European Ombudsman; 2023 discharge: General budget of the EU – Court of Justice of the European Union; 2023 discharge: General budget of the EU – European Public Prosecutors Office (the ‘EPPO’); 2023 discharge: General budget of the EU – European External Action Service; 2023 discharge: General budget of the EU – European Data Protection Supervisor; 2023 discharge: General budget of the EU – Court of Auditors; 2023 discharge: General budget of the EU – European Economic and Social Committee; 2023 discharge: General budget of the EU – European Parliament.
Committee on Employment and Social Affairs (EMPL)
Votes: Social and employment aspects of restructuring processes: the need to protect jobs and workers’ rights; 2023 discharge: General budget of the EU – Commission; 2023 discharge: General budget of the EU – Agencies.
Debates: European Semester for economic policy coordination: employment and social priorities for 2025; Guidelines for the 2026 Budget – Section III; Establishing an EU talent pool; Exchange of views with Agnieszka Dziemianowicz-Bąk (Polish Minister of Family, Labour and Social Policy) and Marzena Okła-Drewnowicz (Polish Minister of Senior Policy).
Committee on Regional Development (REGI)
Votes: The European Social Fund Plus post-2027; 2023 discharge: General budget of the EU – Commission; Mechanism to resolve legal and administrative obstacles in a cross-border context.
Debates: A revamped long-term budget for the Union in a changing world; Study presentation on Climate adaptation using Cohesion Policy Funds, by Policy Department B; Mechanism to resolve legal and administrative obstacles in a cross-border context; Exchange of views with Executive Vice-President Raffaele Fitto on the future of cohesion policy; Exchange of views with Nadim Ahmad, OECD, on the main territorial impacts of the global challenges and available instruments for national authorities and regions to address them; Exchange of views with Sharon Dijksma, Mayor of Utrecht, on the Eurocities policy statement – A Strong Cohesion Policy Promoting Urban Transformation; Ninth report on economic and social cohesion; Study presentation on the future of EU cohesion: Scenarios and their impacts on regional inequalities, by EPRS (European Added Value Unit).
Subcommittee on Human Rights (DROI)
Debates: Exchange of views with Volker Türk, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights; Exchange of views on the human rights situation in Nicaragua; Exchange of views on Syria: Truth, justice and accountability; The EU response to the human rights and humanitarian crisis in Gaza; The situation of Ukrainian prisoners of war in Russia; Exchange of views on the human rights situation in Mozambique in the post-electoral context; Exchange of views on attacks on LGBTIQ+ people’s rights around the world and the EU response.
Committee on Security and Defence (SEDE)
Debates: Exchange of views on Polish priorities in the area of the EU security and defence with Paweł Zalewski, Secretary of State at the Ministry of National Defence of the Republic of Poland; Exchange of views with James Appathurai, NATO Deputy Assistant Secretary General for Innovation, Hybrid, and Cyber on the Baltic Sentry and hybrid threats; Exchange of views with Andrius Kubilius, Commissioner for Defence and Space; Exchange of views with Rear Admiral Louis Tillier, Director of the EU Satellite Centre, on SatCen support to CSDP and development priorities for 2025-2029; Exchange of views with Nadia Costantini, EEAS Special Envoy for Counterterrorism and co-Chair of the Global Counterterrorism Forum (GCTF): update on the situation in Iraq and Syria; Operation EUNAVFOR ASPIDES: state of play and key updates one year on.
Committee on Women’s Rights and Gender Equality (FEMM)
Debates: Combating the sexual abuse and sexual exploitation of children and child sexual abuse material and replacing Council Framework Decision 2004/68/JHA (recast); Exchange of views with Ana Peláez, Chairperson of the UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women; Public hearing on social media and the consequence on young girls’ mental health; Priorities of the Polish Presidency of the Council; Presentation of the work programme for 2025, by Director of European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE) Carlien Scheele.
Committee on the Environment, Climate and Food Safety (ENVI)
Debates: Public hearing on the Way to a European Water Resilience Strategy – an EU Blue Deal; Welfare of dogs and cats and their traceability; Climate policies that achieved major emission reductions: Global evidence from two decades; Exchange of views with and presentation of the work of the Commission’s Directorate for Health and Food Audits and Analysis; Final report of an audit carried out in Brazil 27 May to 14 June 2024 to evaluate controls on residues of pharmacologically active substances, pesticides and contaminants in animals and animal products; Final report of an audit carried out in Brazil from 15 April to 3 May 2024 in order to evaluate the animal health controls in place, in particular on avian influenza in relation to export of poultry, eggs and their products to the European Union.
Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (LIBE)
Votes: 2023 discharge: General budget of the EU – European Data Protection Supervisor; 2023 discharge: General budget of the EU – European Public Prosecutors Office (the ‘EPPO’); 2023 discharge: General budget of the EU – Commission; 2023 discharge: General budget of the EU – Agencies.
Debates: Statutes of limitation in the EU for crimes of child sexual abuse; The Finnish law ‘Temporary Measures to Combat Instrumentalised Migration’ and the instrumentalisation of migrants by Russia at the EU borders; Exchange of views on Hungary’s backsliding on democracy and the rule of law; Exchange of views on the need to establish the profession of police officers as a high risk profession; Agreement between Canada and the European Union on the transfer and processing of Passenger Name Record (PNR) data; Presentation of the 8/2024 Special Report on the EU Artificial Intelligence ambition by the European Court of Auditors.
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 the Internal Market and Consumer Protection (IMCO)
Votes: Amending Directive 2013/11/EU on alternative dispute resolution for consumer disputes, as well as Directives (EU) 2015/2302, (EU) 2019/2161 and (EU) 2020/1828.
Debates: Working group on the implementation of the Digital Markets Act (DMA); Working Group on the implementation and enforcement of the Artificial Intelligence Act; IMCO ad hoc delegation to Mumbai, Pune, and Bengaluru, India, 6-10 January 2025; The screening of foreign investments in the Union and repealing Regulation (EU) 2019/452 of the European Parliament and of the Council; Shaping the future Single Market Strategy; Proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on adapting non-contractual civil liability rules to artificial intelligence (AI Liability Directive); Social media compliance with Digital Services Act (DSA) in the context of recent developments: ECA special report 03/2025 – Unjustified geo-blocking in e-commerce; Amending Directive (EU) 2015/2302 to make the protection of travellers more effective and to simplify and clarify certain aspects of the Directive; Passenger rights in the context of multimodal journeys; Amending Regulations (EC) No 261/2004, (EC) No 1107/2006, (EU) No 1177/2010, (EU) No 181/2011 and (EU) 2021/782 as regards enforcement of passenger rights in the Union; Presentation of the Council Presidency’s programme – with Mr Krzysztof Paszyk, Minister of Economic Development and Technology, Dariusz Standerski, Secretary of State (Ministry of Digitalisation) and Małgorzata Krok, Undersecretary of State (Ministry of Finance), Polish Presidency.
Committee on Fisheries (PECH)
Votes: 2023 discharge: General budget of the EU – Agencies; Agreement between the European Union, Iceland, the Principality of Liechtenstein and the Kingdom of Norway on an EEA Financial Mechanism for the period May 2021 – April 2028, the Agreement between the Kingdom of Norway and the European Union on a Norwegian Financial Mechanism for the period May 2021 – April 2028, the Additional Protocol to the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Kingdom of Norway and the Additional Protocol to the Agreement between the European Economic Community and Iceland; Conclusion, on behalf of the Union, of the Protocol (2024-2029) implementing the Fisheries Partnership Agreement between the European Community and the Republic of Cabo Verde.
Debates: Implementing Protocol (2025-2030) to the Protocol implementing the Sustainable Fisheries Partnership Agreement between the European Union on the one hand, and the Government of Greenland and the Government of Denmark, on the other hand; Protection of animals during transport and related operations; Exchange of views with Charlina Vitcheva, Director-General, DG MARE; Exchange of views with Jacek Czerniak, Vice Minister in the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development; TACs & quotas 2025 and 2026; The socioeconomic impact of the Mediterranean multiannual plan; Public hearing on EU Fisheries Relations with Norway.
Tuesday 28 January
Committee on Women’s Rights and Gender Equality (FEMM) and Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (LIBE)
Debates: Presentation of the UNODC 2024 Global Report on Trafficking in Persons.
Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs (ECON) and Committee on Employment and Social Affairs (EMPL)
Debates: Joint ECON-EMPL Economic Dialogue on the European Semester 2025.
Committee on Development (DEVE)
Votes: Establishing an EU talent pool; Protocol on the Implementation of the Fisheries Partnership Agreement between the European Community and the Republic of Guinea-Bissau (2024-2029).
Debates: Exchange of views with Hadja Lahbib, Commissioner for Equality; Preparedness and Crisis Management, and Jozef Síkela, Commissioner for International Partnerships; Exchange of views with UNHCR, International Humanitarian Relief, Save the Children and DG ECHO on the humanitarian situation in Syria; Exchange of views with WHO on addressing public health emergencies in the Global South: the role of EU aid in enhancing the capacity of national health systems through rapid action to save lives in times of crisis.
Wednesday 29 January
Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs (ECON)
Votes: The screening of foreign investments in the Union and repealing Regulation (EU) 2019/452 of the European Parliament and of the Council.
Debates: Banking Union – annual report 2024; European Semester for economic policy coordination 2025.
Committee on International Trade (INTA) and Committee on Industry, Research and Energy (ITRE)
Debates: Adoption by the Union of the Agreement on the interpretation and application of the Energy Charter Treaty between the European Union, the European Atomic Energy Community and their Member States.
Committee on Transport and Tourism (TRAN)
Votes: Conclusion of an agreement between the European Union and the government of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh on certain aspects of air services; The screening of foreign investments in the Union and repealing Regulation (EU) 2019/452 of the European Parliament and of the Council; 2023 discharge: General budget of the EU – Commission; 2023 discharge: General budget of the EU – Agencies; 2023 discharge: General budget of the EU – Joint Undertakings.
Debates: Implementation of Regulation (EU) 2023/1804 on the deployment of alternative fuels infrastructure; Amending Directive 2005/44/EC on harmonised river information services (RIS) on inland waterways in the Community; Presentation of the priorities of the Polish Presidency; Presentation of a study on the Role of the Longevity Economy in the tourism sector; 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.
Committee on Transport and Tourism (TRAN) and Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development (AGRI)
Debates: Exchange of views with the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) and and the European Court of Auditors (ECA).
Committee on Constitutional Affairs (AFCO)
Votes: 2023 discharge: General budget of the EU – European Council and Council; 2023 discharge: General budget of the EU – European Parliament.
Debates: Stock-taking of the European elections 2024; Laying down detailed arrangements for the exercise of the right to vote and stand as a candidate in elections to the European Parliament for Union citizens residing in a Member State of which they are not nationals; MISSION REPORT of the AFCO mission to Washington DC (USA) – 19 to 22 November 2024.
Committee on Public Health (SANT)
Debates: Presentation of the European Court of Auditors special report on ‘Digitalisation of healthcare – EU support for member states effective overall, but difficulties in using EU funds’ by Joëlle Elvinger, Member of European Court of Auditors; Exchange of views with Gaetan Lafortune, OECD lead author on ‘Health at a Glance 2024’; Public hearing on ‘Overreliance on imports of Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients (APIs)’; Reporting back from the SANT mission to ECDC in Stockholm, 28 – 29 October 2024; Exchange of views between Members of SANT committee on Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF) of the EU.
Wednesday 29 January – Thursday 30 January
Committee on Budgets (BUDG)
Votes: Macro-financial assistance to the Arab Republic of Egypt; Macro-financial assistance to the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan; European Semester for economic policy coordination 2025; 2025 Budget: Section III – Commission; 2025 Budget: Other Sections; Building policy.
Debates: Exchange of views on European Parliament’s building policy in the presence of the Vice-Presidents of the European Parliament in charge of the building policy and the Secretary General; Guidelines for the 2026 Budget – Section III; Presentation of a study on “Adapting the EU budget to make it fit for the purpose of future enlargements”; Exchange of views with Piotr Serafin, Commissioner for Budget, Anti-Fraud and Public Administration.
Committee on Industry, Research and Energy (ITRE)
Votes: Renewal of the Agreement on cooperation in science and technology between the European Community and Ukraine.
Debates: Exchange of views with Krzysztof Paszyk, Minister of Economic Development and Technology (industry, SMEs, space); Exchange of views with the Commission on the level playing field in the European steel sector vis-a-vis global overcapacity, high energy prices, the transition to net-zero and uncompetitive practices from third countries; Adoption by the Union of the Agreement on the interpretation and application of the Energy Charter Treaty between the European Union, the European Atomic Energy Community and their Member States; Adoption by the European Atomic Energy Community of the Agreement on the interpretation and application of the Energy Charter Treaty between the European Union, the European Atomic Energy Community and their Member States; Exchange of views with Dariusz Standerski, Secretary of State, Ministry of Digital Affairs (ICT, digital, cybersecurity, innovation); Exchange of views with the Commission on the Union’s Secure Connectivity Programme (IRIS²); Presentation of the Annual Report 2024 of the Inter-institutional Cyber Security Board (IICB) by Lorenzo Mannelli, Chair of IICB and Director-General for Innovation and Technological Support (DG ITEC) and Saad Khadi, Head of CERT-EU and Director of Cybersecurity Service for the Union institutions, bodies, offices and agencies (DG DIGIT); Exchange of views with Marcin Kulasek, Minister of Science and Higher Education (research, innovation).
Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development (AGRI)
Votes: 2023 discharge: General budget of the EU – Commission.
Debates: Presentation of the study ‘The next reform of the CAP: The variables in the equation’, organised by the Policy Department; Welfare of dogs and cats and their traceability; Exchange of views with the Commission on the outbreak of Foot and Mouth Disease in Germany; Exchange of views with Czesław Siekierski, Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, on the priorities of the Polish Presidency of the Council of the European Union in the field of agriculture; Exchange of views with Commissioner Christophe Hansen on the future of the agriculture; Protection of animals during transport and related operations; Exchange of views with Commissioners Maroš Šefčovič and Christophe Hansen on the Mercosur agreement and its impact on the agri-food sector; Granting equivalence with EU requirements to Moldova and Ukraine as regards field inspections and production of seed.
Committee on International Trade (INTA)
Debates: Presentation by Krzysztof Paszyk, Minister of Economic Development and Technology, representing the President-in-Office of the Council, on the priorities of the Polish Presidency in the area of International Trade Policy; The screening of foreign investments in the Union and repealing Regulation (EU) 2019/452 of the European Parliament and of the Council; Presentation by the Commission of the first investigation under the International Procurement Instrument (IPI) on medical devices; Exchange of views with Maroš Šefčovič, Commissioner for Trade and Economic Security, Interinstitutional Relations and Transparency, on the state of play of EU international trade relations, including EU-US trade relations and the modernised EU-Mexico Global Agreement.
Committee on Legal Affairs (JURI)
Votes: Disputes involving Parliament (Rule 155); 2023 discharge: General budget of the EU – Court of Justice of the European Union.
Debates: Compulsory licensing for crisis management and amending Regulation (EC) 816/2006; Jurisdiction, applicable law, recognition and enforcement of measures and cooperation in matters relating to the protection of adults; Proposal for a Council Decision authorising Member States to become or remain parties, in the interest of the European Union, to the Convention of 13 January 2000 on the International Protection of Adults; 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; Hearing on harmonising certain aspects of insolvency law; Request for the waiver of the immunity of Jana Nagyová; Request for the waiver of the immunity of Petr Bystron; Request for the waiver of the immunity of Klára Dobrev; Exchange of views with Michael McGrath, Commissioner for Democracy, Justice, the Rule of Law and Consumer Protection; Request for the waiver of the immunity of Mariusz Kamiński; Verification of credentials; The Commission’s 2024 Rule of Law report; Presentation of the EPRS study on the ‘Proposal for a directive on adapting non-contractual civil liability rules to artificial intelligence: Complementary impact assessment’; Hearing on the proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on adapting non-contractual civil liability rules to artificial intelligence (AI Liability Directive).
Committee on Culture and Education (CULT)
Votes: Combating the sexual abuse and sexual exploitation of children and child sexual abuse material and replacing Council Framework Decision 2004/68/JHA (recast); 2023 discharge: General budget of the EU – Commission; 2023 discharge: General budget of the EU – Agencies.
Debates: Presentation of the priorities of the Polish Presidency; Improving and enforcing working conditions of trainees and combating regular employment relationships disguised as traineeships (‘Traineeships Directive’).
Thursday 30 January
Committee on Foreign Affairs (AFET)
Votes: Establishing the Reform and Growth Facility for the Republic of Moldova; Implementation of the common foreign and security policy – annual report 2024; Implementation of the common security and defence policy – annual report 2024; Human rights and democracy in the world and the European Union’s policy on the matter – 2023 discharge: General budget of the EU – Commission; 2023 discharge: General budget of the EU – European External Action Service annual report 2024.
Debates: Presentation of the study on “Parliaments in the EU enlargement process: Strengthening capacities of accession country parliaments under the evolving enlargement methodology”; Exchange of views with Angelina Eichhorst, newly appointed Head of Delegation to Egypt and to the League of Arab States; Exchange of views with Miroslav Lajčák, EU Special Representative for the Belgrade-Pristina Dialogue, in the presence of Gert Jan Koopman, Director-General for the Neighbourhood and Enlargement Negotiations.
Find an overview of the parliamentary agenda here.
