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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 ⬇️

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🔴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...

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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

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🔴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 🇹🇿

🗳️TOMORROW - MEPs will vote in #EPlenary on a resolution adopted 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 🇹🇿 Text here➡️ link.europa.eu/VnWdnF

🔴LIVE NOW - joint @afet.europarl.europa.eu and @deve.europarl.europa.eu debate on a draft report by Hildegard Bentele and @chloe-ridel.fr on the Global Gateway -– past impacts and future orientation READ: www.europarl.europa.eu/meetdocs/202... WATCH ⤵️ multimedia.europarl.europa.eu/en/webstream...

⚠️ MEPs in @afet.europarl.europa.eu and @deve.europarl.europa.eu just launched an objection to the @ec.europa.eu implementing act under the NDICI-Global Europe Regulation that would send substantial EU funds to Tanzania next year. Vote: 53/2/1. The vote follows democratic backsliding in 🇹🇿

2007 Sakharov laureate & Sudanese human rights lawyer Salih Mahmoud Osman spoke to @deve.europarl.europa.eu and @droi.europarl.europa.eu MEPs today on the ongoing conflict in his country

🔴LIVE NOW - @deve.europarl.europa.eu and @droi.europarl.europa.eu MEPs debate the catastrophic humanitarian and human rights situation in Sudan, and will hear from 2007 Sakharov laureate & Sudanese human rights lawyer Salih Mahmoud Osman WATCH below⤵️ multimedia.europarl.europa.eu/en/webstream...

⏰ COMING UP this morning - from 11am. 📺 You can watch the event LIVE at the link below ⬇️ multimedia.europarl.europa.eu/en/webstream...

MEPs to debate the catastrophic humanitarian and human rights situation in Sudan 2007 Sakharov laureate & Sudanese human rights lawyer Salih Mahmoud Osman will address @droi.europarl.europa.eu and @deve.europarl.europa.eu on Tuesday 11 November. Full details⤵️ www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/pres...

🗓️Next week @droi.europarl.europa.eu & @deve.europarl.europa.eu host a hearing on the human rights situation in Sudan. The hearing will bring together Sakharov Laureate Salih Mahmoud Osman and UN and civil society experts Time: Tuesday 11 November, 11.00-12.30 Details: link.europa.eu/kFpVTf

🗓️COMING UP today - a busy day at the @EP_Development, incl.: - EU-Africa Relations ahead of AU-EU summit - European Gender Equality Week - humanitarian situation and early reconstruction in Ukraine - development & irregular population movements WATCH: multimedia.europarl.europa.eu/en/webstream...

🗓️COMING UP - at 17h today, @deve.europarl.europa.eu, @sede.europarl.europa.eu, @droi.europarl.europa.eu& @afet.europarl.europa.eu MEPs host a debate on the UN at 80: Reflections, Challenges and Opportunities for the Future 📺WATCH: link.europa.eu/xkvYQG

This week - Tuesday and Wednesday - in the @deve.europarl.europa.eu Committee: - The UN at 80 - European Gender Equality Week - EU-Africa Relations - Ukraine - development and irregular population movements Agenda: link.europa.eu/VY6QwX Livestreams: link.europa.eu/D6TwFQ

European Parliament delegation concludes visit to the Democratic Republic of Congo Eight MEPs from the Committee on Development and Subcommittee on Human Rights were in the DRC to assess the impact of the EU’s Global Gateway initiative. Details ⤵️ www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/pres...

Development MEPs conclude fact-finding visit to Pakistan A group of five Committee on Development (DEVE) MEPs were in Pakistan to assess EU support for the country's resilience against climate related shocks and social and economic development. Details⤵️ www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/pres...

A group of five DEVE MEPs led by Lukas Mandl are in #Pakistan's Sindh province to find out how humanitarian assistance the European Commission help to prepare for and make local communities more resilient in the face of increasingly frequent floods #climatechange #disasterriskreduction

MEPs to visit Democratic Republic of the Congo A group of eight MEPs from the European Parliament’s Committee on Development and @droi.europarl.europa.eu Subcommittee begin a three-day mission to the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) today. Details ⤵️ www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/pres...

Andrzej Poczobut and Mzia Amaglobeli: laureates of the 2025 Sakharov Prize The two journalists, imprisoned in Belarus and Georgia, are the laureates of the Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought, to be awarded by Parliament on 16 December. More details ⤵️ www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/pres...

2025 Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought Laureates @president.europarl.europa.eu Roberta Metsola announces Andrzej Poczobut and Mzia Amaglobeli, two journalists imprisoned in Belarus and Georgia, as the 2025 laureates of the Sakharov Prize, to be awarded by Parliament on 16 December.

STARTING NOW - joint debate on the Global Gateway. WATCH - multimedia.europarl.europa.eu/en/webstream...

MEPs shortlist three finalists for the 2025 Sakharov Prize Members of the Foreign Affairs and Development Committees voted on Thursday morning for the three finalists of the 2025 Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought. Details ⬇️ www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/pres...