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Committee meetings, Brussels

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On Tuesday 14 July 2026 from 9.00 to 10.00, the Committee on Foreign Affairs will welcome Irish Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade Helen McEntee for a presentation of the Irish Presidency priorities in external policy. This exchange of views follows the presentation of the Presidency priorities in plenary by Taoiseach Micheál Martin.
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On Thursday, Parliament adopted three resolutions on the human rights situations in Sudan, Nigeria and Pakistan.
Subcommittee on Human Rights

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On Thursday, Parliament adopted three resolutions on the human rights situations in Sudan, Nigeria and Pakistan.
Subcommittee on Human Rights

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On Thursday, Parliament adopted amendments to a privacy exemption allowing electronic communication services to voluntarily detect child sexual abuse.
Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs

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On Thursday, Parliament adopted amendments to a privacy exemption allowing electronic communication services to voluntarily detect child sexual abuse.
Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs

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On Thursday, plenary backed talks with the Council on a digital euro proposal that would offer citizens a secure way to reduce reliance on non-EU providers.
Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs

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On Thursday, plenary backed talks with the Council on a digital euro proposal that would offer citizens a secure way to reduce reliance on non-EU providers.
Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs

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On Thursday, the European Parliament adopted a motion for a resolution on the recently-published joint communication on humanitarian aid.
Committee on Development

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On Thursday, the European Parliament adopted a motion for a resolution on the recently-published joint communication on humanitarian aid.
Committee on Development

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Main agenda items, approximate timing, public sessions and press opportunities.

Press briefing ahead of the upcoming Agriculture and Fisheries Council will take place on 10 July 2026 at 11:00.

Press briefing ahead of the Economic and Financial Affairs Council and General Affairs Council will take place on Thursday, 9 July at 11.00. 

President of the European Council, António Costa, will travel to Ankara (Türkiye) on 7 and 8 July. On Tuesday, he will attend a leaders’ dinner ahead of the NATO summit. On Wednesday, together with President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, he will meet President of Türkiye, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.

Press briefing ahead of the upcoming Eurogroup meeting of 9 July will take place on Tuesday 7 July 2026 at 15.30.

Kyriakos Pierrakakis, President of the Eurogroup, attended the Rencontres Économiques in Aix-en-Provences. He spoke at the plenary session 'One World, Clashing Visions: Who Sets the Standards?'.

Weekly schedule of President António Costa, 6-12 July 2026.

The Council imposed restrictive measures on six Russian individuals involved in the development of chemical weapons, notably epibatidine, which is highly likely the cause of Alexei Navalny’s death.

The EU welcomes the framework agreement signed by Lebanon and Israel in Washington, which calls for the disarmament of Hezbollah enabling the IDF to progressively redeploy out of the Lebanese territory.