Selection of events of the week curated by the EP press service

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Plenary session

5.00pm-10.00pm - Debates

• Amendments to the regulations concerning market standards and sectoral support measures in the wine sector.

• European Central Bank Annual Report 2025, with President Christine Lagarde.

• World Cancer Day.

Parliamentary commissions

Special Committee on the Housing Crisis in the EU - HOUS

7:00-8:00 PM - WEISS Room N1.3

• Vote on the draft report on the housing crisis in the European Union, with the aim of proposing solutions for decent, sustainable and affordable housing.

Committee on the Environment, Climate and Food Safety - ENVI

7:30-8:00 PM - WEISS Room N1.4

• Election of the new president.

Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs - ECON

7.00pm-10.00pm - CHURCHILL 200 room

• Recovery and Resilience Dialogue with Raffaele Fitto, Executive Vice-President for Cohesion and Reforms, and Valdis Dombrovskis, Commissioner for Economy and Productivity. (Jointly with BUDG)

• Debate on the Commission's 2026 work programme on taxation with Wopke Hoekstra, Commissioner for Climate, Net-Zero Emissions and Clean Growth. (Jointly with FISC)

Press conference

Daphne Caruana Galizia Room – Strasbourg – Weiss room N-1/201

• 4:30-5:00 PM Last minute briefing - Link to live broadcast

President's agenda

Strasbourg

3.40pm Meeting with the President of the European Central Bank, Christina Lagarde.

4.00 pm Meeting with the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen.

18.00 Bureau of the European Parliament.

Plenary session

9.00-11.50 - Debates

• Extreme weather events in Southern Italy, Portugal and Malta: the European response to strengthen readiness, preparedness and solidarity mechanisms.

• Building a stronger European defence in an increasingly volatile international context.

12.00-12.30 - Solemn session

• Debate with Annalena Baerbock, President of the United Nations General Assembly.

12.30-13.30 - Voting

• Final vote on establishing a list of safe countries of origin at EU level.

• Final vote on the application of the concept of "safe third country".

• Final vote on the amendment of the regulations concerning market rules and sectoral support measures in the wine sector.

• Final vote on the bilateral safeguard mechanism for agricultural imports from Mercosur countries.

• Final vote on EU climate law: 90% emissions reduction by 2040.

• European Central Bank Annual Report 2025.

1.30pm (or after voting) - 9.00pm - Debates

• The situation in north-eastern Syria, the violence against civilians and the need to maintain a lasting ceasefire.

• The urgent need to address the humanitarian catastrophe in Sudan and achieve lasting peace.

• Presentation of the action plan against online bullying.

• Spain's large-scale regularization policy and its impact on the Schengen area and EU migration policy.

Press conferences

Daphne Caruana Galizia Room – Strasbourg – Weiss room N-1/201

• 08.30-09.00 PPE briefing with Manfred Weber, president.

• 10.00-10.20 S&D briefing with Iratxe García Pérez, president.

• 10.20-10.40 ECR Briefing with Nicola Procaccini and Patryk Jaki, co-chairs.

• 10.40-11.00 Renew briefing with Valérie Hayer, president.

• 11.00-11.20 Greens/EFA briefing with Bas Eickhout and Terry Reintke, co-chairs.

• 11.20-11.40 Briefing The Left with Manon Aubry and Martin Schirdewan, co-presidents.

• 2.00-2.30 pm The new EU rules on countries of origin and safe third countries, with speakers Alessandro Ciriani (ECR, IT) and Lena Düpont (EPP, DE).

• 2.30-3.00pm PfE briefing with President Jordan Bardella and Vice-President Kinga Gál.

Media Briefing

Strasbourg, room DE MADRIAGA S5 | 5.00pm-6.30pm

Media briefing on the report "The Housing Crisis in the European Union: Proposals for Decent, Sustainable, and Affordable Housing," with rapporteur Borja Giménez Larraz (EPP, IT) and HOUS Committee Chair Irene Tinagli (S&D, IT). For more information and to register, please visit:

President's agenda

Strasbourg

11.30 Meeting with the President of the United Nations General Assembly, Annalena Baerbock.

3.30 pm Meeting with the French Minister for Foreign Affairs and Europe, Jean-Noël Barrot.

Plenary session

9.00-11.50 - Debate

• Measures to strengthen competitiveness and reduce the cost of living (Draghi report), with Commission President Ursula von der Leyen.

12.30-13.30 - Voting

• Non-legislative resolution on EU strategic partnerships in defence and security.

1.30pm (or after voting) - 10.00pm - Debates

• State violence in Minneapolis and the rule of law in the United States (requested by S&D).

• International Education Day and the fight against inequalities in access to education.

• Developing a new EU anti-poverty strategy.

• Cases of violations of human rights, democracy and the rule of law in Uganda, Iran and Turkey.

President's agenda

Strasbourg

1.00pm Signing of legislative acts.

Plenary session

9.00-11.50 - Debates

• The EU's priorities for the 70th session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women.

• Cross-border cooperation to combat unfair trading practices in the agri-food supply chain.

12.00-14.00 - Voting

• Non-legislative resolutions on cases of violations of human rights, democracy and the rule of law in Uganda, Iran and Turkey.

• Final vote on the rules on cross-border cooperation to combat unfair trading practices in the agri-food supply chain.

• Non-legislative resolution on developing a new EU anti-poverty strategy.

• Non-legislative resolution on the EU priorities for the 70th session of the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women.

• Non-legislative resolution on recommendations to strengthen EU action in the fight against cancer.

• Non-legislative resolution on the situation in north-eastern Syria, the violence against civilians and the need to maintain a lasting ceasefire.

3.00-4.00 pm -