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The EU will not be intimidated by Russia's campaign of destabilisation and is determined to defend its security, MEPs say in a resolution adopted on Thursday.
Committee on Foreign Affairs
Committee on Security and Defence

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On Thursday, Parliament condemned the systematic repression carried out by the Cuban regime and demanded profound economic and political change.
Committee on Foreign Affairs

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On Thursday, Parliament condemned the systematic repression carried out by the Cuban regime and demanded profound economic and political change.
Committee on Foreign Affairs

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On Thursday, Parliament condemned the systematic repression carried out by the Cuban regime and demanded profound economic and political change.
Committee on Foreign Affairs

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On Thursday, Parliament adopted three resolutions on the human rights situations in Nicaragua, Belarus and Burkina Faso.

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On Thursday, Parliament gave its final approval of new EU circularity rules covering a vehicle’s entire lifecycle, from design to end-of-life treatment.
Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety
Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection

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On 24 June, Committee on Foreign Affairs will host its Interparliamentary Committee Meeting on enlargement. More than 50 members of national parliaments from the EU Member States and enlargement countries will be present to exchange views with AFET members. There will be two sessions, focusing on seizing the momentum in the enlargement process and the role of parliaments in progressing EU accession.
Mathieu Bousquet (DG ENEST, European Commission) and Joachim Koops (Global Governance Institute and Leiden University) will deliver keynote speeches in the respective sessions.
Location : ANTALL (4Q2)
Draft programme
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Approximate timing, public sessions and press opportunities.

Council agrees on a mandate aiming for swift agreement with the European Parliament on emergency measures for the agricultural sector.

Following the 11th EU-Egypt Association Council, the EU and Egypt issued a joint press statement reaffirming the 2024 Strategic and Comprehensive Partnership and stressing the importance of strengthening bilateral cooperation on security, economy, migration and regional stability.

Member states’ representatives approved the Council’s negotiating position on the proposal to establish a framework to facilitate military transport across the European Union, better known as the regulation on Military Mobility.

The G7 Leaders met in Evian, France and agreed on different joint statements.

The President of the European Council, António Costa, together with the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, will represent the EU at the second EU-Moldova Summit taking place in Brussels on 22 June 2026. President Maia Sandu will represent the Republic of Moldova.

The Council and the European Parliament reached a provisional agreement on simplifying rules related to the classification, packaging, and labelling of chemicals (CLP), cosmetics products and fertilising products.

The EU Council adopted its partial negotiating position on the Global Europe external action instrument for 2028-2034 under the next MFF.

Council adopts its partial negotiating position on the European Competitiveness Fund in the framework of the next multi-annual budget (MFF) 2028-2034.

The Council today reached its partial general approach on an integral cornerstone of the next long-term EU budget – the ‘NRPP regulation’. 

The Council has agreed its position on a proposed directive that updates the rules on genetically modified micro-organisms (GMMs) and the processing of organs as part of the European Biotech Act I.

Council approves conclusions to strengthen cooperation with non-EU western European countries