🗳️ ADOPTED Global Gateway: MEPs deplore lack of transparency & democratic accountability EP adopts 1st report on EU’s flagship strategic investment initiative, demanding an investigation into alleged involvement of Chinese companies in projects Details➡️ www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/pres...

🔴 LIVE now - #EPlenary debate on the Global Gateway: past impacts and future orientation 📺 WATCH here ➡️ link.europa.eu/V6Rt74

🔴 LIVE in a couple of minutes

‼️ COMING UP today at 15.30 in Brussels. Details below ⬇️

✉️ ONLINE NOW - the #EPlenary briefing newsletter ahead of this week's session in Brussels, featuring: - March #EUCO - Vote on the EU US trade deal - Artificial intelligence: Parliament to vote on nudification ban - EU energy security and independence More details ➡️ link.europa.eu/tnbHbc

🎙️Global Gateway: press conference on inaugural European Parliament report Co-rapporteurs Chloé Ridel and Hildegard Bentele will brief journalists ahead of a plenary vote on their report on the EU’s flagship strategic investment initiative. Details ⤵️ www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/pres...

🔴 LIVE NOW - Structured dialogue on the Commission Work Programme with @hadjalahbib.bsky.social, Commissioner for Equality; Preparedness and Crisis Management WATCH ⬇️ multimedia.europarl.europa.eu/en/webstream...

🔴 LIVE NOW - structured dialogue on the Commission work programme with Jozef Síkela, Commissioner for International Partnerships WATCH ⬇️ multimedia.europarl.europa.eu/en/webstream...

🗳️ ADOPTED - Budget 2027: Pilot Projects and Preparatory Actions (PP-PAs) for pre-assessment by the Commission ✔️ 14 in favour ✖️ 4 against ⭕ 0 abstentions

🗳️ ADOPTED - Marco Tarquinio's draft opinion on the EU strategy to face the new theories against democracy ✔️ 14 in favour ✖️ 4 against ⭕ 0 abstentions

Today’s @deve.europarl.europa.eu Committee meeting starting from 9am this morning. Details and streaming links below ⬇️

🗓️NEXT WEEK at @deve.europarl.europa.eu: - debates with Commissioner Síkela & @hadjalahbib.bsky.social - discussion w/@tomfletcherun.bsky.social - hearing on Water in EU Development Cooperation: Enhancing EU Action, Sustainable Investments & Policy Coherence Details: link.europa.eu/pqw8P3 1/

🗳️ADOPTED - MEPs at the #EPlenary session in Strasbourg just adopted the agreement reached by @afet.europarl.europa.eu & @deve.europarl.europa.eu MEPs on unlocking more money to fund EU external action & reducing bureaucracy The agreement facilitates an update of the EU's External Action Guarantee

🗳️This morning, Committee MEPs voted in favour of the provisional agreement, sending it to a forthcoming plenary session for a final vote, by: ✔️ 63 votes in favour ✖️ 17 against ⭕ 8 abstentions

🗳️ADOPTED! @deve.europarl.europa.eu & @afet.europarl.europa.eu MEPs have adopted the report on the "Global Gateway - past impacts and future orientation" by Chloe Ridel & Hildegard Bentele by ➕60 votes in favour ➖23 against ⭕️5 abstentions The report now goes to a forthcoming plenary session

🔴LIVE NOW - a joint @afet.europarl.europa.eu/ @deve.europarl.europa.eu Committee voting session on: - Report: Global Gateway-past impacts and future orientation - Agreement on increased efficiency of the External Action Guarantee WATCH ⤵️ link.europa.eu/rW9MBD

🗳️ VOTES on these reports coming up from 9am this morning. Details and streaming links in the posts below ⬇️

🗓️COMING UP this morning from 8.30 Stream: link.europa.eu/R4jFPf

THIS WEEK at the @deve.europarl.europa.eu Committee - Votes on: - Report: Global Gateway - past impacts and future orientation, by Chloé Ridel & Hildegard Bentele - Provisional agreement on increased efficiency of the External Action Guarantee (by David McAllister & Charles Goerens 1/

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📆 COMING UP this morning (11.30-12.30)

TOMORROW, 11.30- @deve.europarl.europa.eu, @afet.europarl.europa.eu & @budg.europarl.europa.eu MEPs meet the Commission on its proposal for mobilising NDICI-Global Europe flexibility cushion for Greenland, India, Syria, and the Global Fund to fight AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria LIVE ⬇️

⏰STARTING in a few minutes - EU Commissioners Jozef Síkela, Marta Kos, Dubravka Šuica and Hadja Lahbib to present the Commission’s external action funding plan for 2028-2034 to development and foreign affairs MEPs Details in the post below, and livestreaming at the link ⬇️

‼️ Live now Watch here: multimedia.europarl.europa.eu/en/webstream...

🔴LIVE NOW - today's @deve.europarl.europa.eu Committee meeting starts in Brussels, with a full agenda. Details in the post below, and livestream in the tweet ⬇️

‼️ COMING UP at 9am this morning

"Global Europe" - Commission to present the next funding instrument for EU external action EU Commissioners Jozef Síkela, Marta Kos, Dubravka Šuica and Hadja Lahbib will discuss the Commission’s external action funding plan for 2028-2034 with development and foreign affairs MEPs Details ⬇️

Deeply moved and honoured to welcome Holocaust survivor Tatiana Bucci to @europarl.europa.eu on International Holocaust Remembrance Day. Having survived the horrors of Auschwitz alongside her sister Andra, Tatiana is a living testament to strength, resilience and courage.

Commissioner Síkela to brief MEPs on Greenland and other EU associated territories Commissioner Jozef Síkela will brief Development Committee MEPs on a proposed update of EU support for Greenland and other Overseas Countries and Territories (OCTs), on Wednesday 28 January. Details ⬇️

🤝DEAL!   MEPs from the @afet.europarl.europa.eu and @deve.europarl.europa.eu l committees reach a deal with @cy2026eu.bsky.social negotiators to unlock more money to fund EU external action and reduce bureaucracy. The agreement facilitates an update of the EU's External Action Guarantee.

📆 NEXT WEEK in the Development Committee (Wednesday 28/1) - An joint debate with @afet.europarl.europa.eu & Commissioners Dubravka Šuica, @martakos.ec.europa.eu, Jozef Síkela & @hadjalahbib.bsky.social on the European Commission's Global Europe proposal 1/ www.europarl.europa.eu/committees/e...

🗳️ Humanitarian aid: Parliament alarmed at the erosion of international humanitarian law On Tuesday, MEPs endorsed a report demanding a more effective and ambitious EU crisis response in a time of multiple and overlapping humanitarian crises in the world. More details ⬇️

‼️ADOPTED @leirepajin.bsky.social's report on "Humanitarian aid in a time of polycrisis – reaffirming our principles for a more effective and ambitious response to humanitarian crises" has been adopted by MEPs in Strasbourg, by: ✔️444 for ✖️153 against ⭕55 abstentions

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⏰REMINDER - tonight the #EPlenary will host a debate on @leirepajin.bsky.social's report on humanitarian aid in a time of polycrisis. The debate will be live from 21h CET approx., at the link ⬇️ link.europa.eu/nVYNbp

📆NEXT WEEK - MEPs will debate @leirepajin.bsky.social's report on humanitarian aid in a time of polycrisis at the #EPlenary session in Strasbourg. Debate: Monday, 19 January, 21h approx. Vote: Tuesday, 20 January, 12h approx. Draft report: link.europa.eu/g8NNMN More details: link.europa.eu/j6jYW3

🕊️ 2025 Sakharov Prize: Parliament honours Andrzej Poczobut and Mzia Amaglobeli President Metsola awarded the 2025 Prize to representatives of two journalists, who are imprisoned in Belarus and Georgia, at a ceremony on Tuesday in Strasbourg. Details ⤵️ www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/pres...

‼️COMING UP in 15 minutes

🔴LIVE NOW 📺Watch here ⤵️ multimedia.europarl.europa.eu/en/webstream...

Debate with representatives of the 2025 Sakharov Prize laureates at 19h today The Foreign Affairs & Development committees and the Human rights subcommittee will hold an exchange of views with the representatives of the 2025 Sakharov Prize laureates Details ⬇️ www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/pres...

🎙️ Sakharov Prize 2025: press conference on Tuesday at 11.30 @president.europarl.europa.eu Metsola will hold a press conference with the representatives of the 2025 Sakharov Prize laureates on Tuesday 16 December at 11.30 CET in Strasbourg. Details ⬇️ www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/pres...

‼️COMING UP this evening at 19.00

NEXT WEEK in the @EP_Development Committee: Together with @EP_ForeignAff and @EP_HumanRights MEPs, the EP will host a meeting of the representatives of this year's Sakharov Prize laureates. Time: 19.00-20.30 Location: WEISS (S1.4), Strasbourg Details: link.europa.eu/c4d7rG

🔴LIVE NOW - watch at the link below multimedia.europarl.europa.eu/en/webstream...

🔴LIVE now - @deve.europarl.europa.eu moves on to discuss "Global Partnerships for inclusive employment and ending segregation of persons with disabilities" in the context of the 2025 European Disability Rights Week. 📺WATCH below ⬇️ multimedia.europarl.europa.eu/en/webstream...

🔴LIVE NOW - @deve.europarl.europa.eu Committee session, starting with a vote on on a draft report by @leirepajin.bsky.social on humanitarian aid in a time of polycrisis – reaffirming our principles for a more effective & ambitious response to humanitarian crises 📺WATCH HERE: link.europa.eu/yDTdN7

‼️COMING UP this morning in Brussels - a full day's Committee activities, starting off with a short voting session at 9am. WATCH here: multimedia.europarl.europa.eu/en/webstream...

📆TOMORROW - Commissioner @hadjalahbib.bsky.social to discuss humanitarian aid policy with development MEPs The Committee on Development will host European Commissioner for Humanitarian Aid and Crisis Management Hadja Lahbib, on Tuesday, 2 December Details ⬇️ www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/pres...

NEXT WEEK - @deve.europarl.europa.eu meets Tuesday, 2 December, with a busy Committee agenda, including: - Vote: on a draft report by @leirepajin.bsky.social on humanitarian aid in a time of polycrisis – reaffirming our principles for a more effective & ambitious response to humanitarian crises 1/

🗳ADOPTED The #EPlenary is Strasbourg has just adopted by a show of hands the resolution by @deve.europarl.europa.eu & @afet.europarl.europa.eu objecting to an @ec.europa.eu implementing act under the NDICI-Global Europe Regulation that would send substantial EU funds to Tanzania 🇹🇿