Week of March 16-22: Parl

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

All the priorities of the week | Parliamentary committees | Plenary | All live streams | Interactio (remote connection for press conferences)

Parliamentary commissions

Committee on the Environment, Climate and Food Safety - ENVI

5:00-6:30 PM - ANTALL room 2Q2

• Structured dialogue with Teresa Ribera, Executive Vice President for a Clean, Just and Competitive Transition.

EU Tax Symposium 2026

Monday and Tuesday - Full program

• This year's event will focus on the theme: The Future of Taxation: Inequality and Growth in the Global Economy. Speakers include Nobel Prize-winning economists Joseph Stiglitz and Philippe Aghion.

Seventh EU-UK Parliamentary Partnership Assembly

Monday and Tuesday - Full program

• UK MEPs and MPs will discuss the latest developments in EU-UK relations and the state of play of the Partnership Council, the body that oversees the implementation, application and interpretation of the Trade and Cooperation Agreement.

Interinstitutional negotiations

16.00 Negotiators from the Parliament and the Council will seek to reach an agreement on extending a derogation from EU privacy rules that allows for the voluntary online detection of child sexual abuse material (CSAM Regulation).

President's agenda

09.30 Online meeting with CEOs and presidents of European banks.

11.30 Speech to the Executive Council of the Mouvement des Entreprises de France (MEDEF).

1.30pm Meeting with Nick Thomas-Symonds, British Minister for the Constitution and Relations with the European Union.

14.00\0 EPP Summit (online participation).

Berlin, Germany

7.00 pm Speech at the Directors' Conference of the Federation of German Industries.

Parliamentary commissions

Committee on Budgets - BUDG

09.00-12.00 - ANTALL room 2Q2

• Debate on the proposal for the Multiannual Financial Framework 2028-2034, with representatives of the EESC and the CoR.

• Debate on the 2027 revenue and expenditure budget.

Special Committee on the European Democracy Shield (EUDS)

09.00-16.30 - SPINELLI room 3G3

• Debate on the UN Global Digital Compact and AI Governance with Amandeep Singh Gill, UN Under-Secretary-General and Special Envoy for Digital and Emerging Technologies.

• Debate with Members of the Parliament of Moldova on democratic resilience, security and defence (with the SEDE Committee).

Committee on Foreign Affairs - AFET

9.15am-4.30pm - ANTALL room 4Q2

• Debates on the Commission's 2025 reports on Ukraine, Moldova, Serbia and Kosovo.

• Debate on the EU-Egypt strategic and comprehensive partnership.

• Structured dialogue with Kaja Kallas, High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy.

Development Commission - MUST

9:30-15:30 - SPAAK room 4B001

• Structured dialogue with Jozef Síkela, Commissioner for International Partnerships.

• Structured dialogue with Hadja Lahbib, Commissioner for Equality and Crisis Management.

• Debate on humanitarian priorities and challenges for 2026 with Tom Fletcher, UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs.

Committee on the Environment, Climate and Food Safety - ENVI

10.30-18.30 - ANTALL room 2Q2

• Vote on the regulation concerning the accounting of greenhouse gas emissions from transport services (with the TRAN Committee).

• Presentation of the Temporary Decarbonisation Fund, with Commission representatives.

• Debate with Inger Andersen, Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations and Executive Director of the United Nations Environment Programme.

Committee on Employment and Social Affairs - EMPL

11.00-16.00 - SPAAK room 1A002

• Debate on the European plan for affordable housing, with Dan Jørgensen, Commissioner for Energy and Housing.

Structured dialogue with Roxana Mînzatu, Executive Vice-President for Social Rights and Skills, Quality Jobs and Preparedness.

International Trade Commission - INTA

2:00 PM - Shadow rapporteurs hold closed-door meeting to discuss developments on the EU-US framework agreement (Turnberry Deal). A possible vote on the agreement will take place on Thursday at 10:00 AM.

Press conference

Anna Politkovskaya press room - SPAAK room 0A50
4.45-5.15pm EU Tax Symposium 2026: The future of taxation, inequality and growth in the global economy, with Pasquale Tridico (The Left, Italy), Chair of the Subcommittee on Taxation, and Wopke Hoekstra, Commissioner responsible for Taxation.

Outside the SPAAK 3C50 room
1.30pm Press briefing on the outcome of the seventh meeting of the EU-UK Parliamentary Partnership Assembly (PPA), with co-chairs Sandro Gozi and Marsha de Cordova.

President's agenda

Berlin, Germany

09.35 Speech at the Europa 2026 Conference.

10.35 Meeting with Stefanie Hubig, Federal Minister of Justice and Consumer Protection.

11.30 Meeting with Julia Klöckner, President of the German Bundestag.

1.30pm Meeting with Friedrich Merz, Federal Chancellor of Germany.

3.45pm Townhall Discussion with students.

Parliamentary commissions

Commission on Human Rights - DROI

09.00-13.00 - SPINELLI room 1E2

• Debate with Afghan female MPs in exile on the human rights situation in Afghanistan.

• Public hearing on third-country nationals forced to fight in Russia's war of aggression against Ukraine (with the D-UK and D-AU delegations). Full program.

• Debate on the EU response to human rights violations in the West Bank (with the DPAL delegation).

Commission for Culture and Education - CULT

10.15-12.30 - SPINELLI room 3G2

• Presentation of the Cypriot Presidency's priorities in the fields of education, youth, and sport.

Committee on Transport and Tourism - TRAN

11.00-16.30 - SPAAK room 1A002

• Vote on a resolution on destination management and tourism development.

• Public hearing on the sovereignty of EU transport infrastructure, assets, and technologies. Full program.

Committee on Security and Defence - HEADQUARTERS

1.00pm-6.00pm - ANTALL room 4Q2

• Debate on the need to understand and counter Russia's war economy and recruitment policies.

• Debate on strengthening the strategic readiness of European defence and the new EU defence instruments.

Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs - LIBE

1.00pm-6.00pm - ANTALL room 4Q2

• Vote on the Digital Omnibus on AI: Simplification and implementation of harmonized rules on artificial intelligence (with the IMCO Committee).

• Presentation of the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) Annual Report 2025, with Laura Kövesi, Chief Prosecutor (with the CONT Committee).

• Public hearing on "Democracy and elections in the age of artificial intelligence" (with the AFCO and EUDS committees). Full programme.

Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development - AGRI