European Parliament (News)

Tuesday 28 April

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Roberta Metsola opened the session by marking the 40th anniversary of the Chornobyl nuclear disaster and remembering Iranian prisoners Narges Mohammadi and Nasrin Sotoudeh.

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MEP Daniel Freund will hold a press conference on Wednesday at 10.00, on Parliament’s assessment of the European Commission’s management of the EU budget in 2024.
Committee on Budgetary Control

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Monday 27 April

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The press conference scheduled for Wednesday at 11.00 has been cancelled.
Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection
Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs

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Journalists are invited to a press conference with rapporteur Nils Ušakovs following the vote on Parliament's guidelines for the 2027 EU budget.
Committee on Budgets

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Parliament’s president and the co-rapporteurs on the multiannual financial framework (MFF) will brief journalists after the plenary vote on Parliament’s negotiating position.
Committee on Budgets

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Parliament rapporteur Konstantinos Arvanitis (The Left, EL) will present Parliament’s assessment of the Commission’s 2025 Rule of Law Report and recent developments.
Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs

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The agreed text seeks to clarify social security rules for EU workers who have moved to a different EU country, while fairly distributing obligations among member states.
Committee on Employment and Social Affairs

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On Wednesday MEPs endorsed their negotiating position on the 2028-2034 EU budget, including a breakdown of the amounts they want to allocate to each EU funding programme.
Committee on Budgets

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On Wednesday, the Employment and Social Affairs committee adopted its position on new provisions improving EU standards to protect workers from exposure to dangerous substances.
Committee on Employment and Social Affairs

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Chosen jointly by EU citizens and MEPs, Spanish director Eva Libertad’s film “Deaf” has won the 2026 LUX Audience Award.
Committee on Culture and Education

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EP vice-president Verheyen, a representative of the winner, the European Film Academy chair, and the honorary president of the selection panel will speak to the press on Tuesday at 19.15.
Committee on Culture and Education

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On Monday evening, Parliament and Council negotiators reached a political agreement on new measures to counter the negative effects of the global steel surplus.
Committee on International Trade

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On Wednesday at 14.30, MEPs and advocates for a free Iran will discuss the events unfolding in the country.
Committee on Foreign Affairs

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Parliament’s co-rapporteurs on the Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF) will brief journalists ahead of a committee vote on Parliament’s negotiating position.
Committee on Budgets

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The Transport Committee has backed digital vehicle registration certificates and compulsory sharing of mileage data and inspection results, to cut red tape and combat fraud.
Committee on Transport and Tourism

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The Internal Market and Consumer Protection committee delegation was in Beijing and Shanghai from 31 March to 2 April.
Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection

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An Employment and Social Affairs Committee delegation went to San Patrignano, Foggia and Caserta to look into the working and living conditions of various groups.
Committee on Employment and Social Affairs

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From 30 March to 1 April, a Housing Committee delegation visited Lisbon in Portugal to review measures tackling the housing crisis with national authorities and stakeholders.
Special Committee on the Housing Crisis in the European Union

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