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Press release 31-10-2025 AFET   Committee on Foreign Affairs       Next week’s highlights . Tuesday 4 November 2025, 9.00 – 11.00 and 13.00 – 14.00 and 17.00 – 18.30 Room: SPAAK (3C050) Brussels Interpretation will be available in DE, EN, FR, IT, NL, DA, EL, ES, PT, FI, SV, CS, ET, LV, LT, HU, PL, SK, BG, RO and HR. Homepage of the Committee on Foreign Affairs Meeting agendas and documents THE MEETINGS WILL BE WEBSTREAMED Votes 4 November 2025, 9.00 – 10.00 Jointly with the Committee on International Trade Implementation of the EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement Rapporteurs: Thijs Reuten (Netherlands, S&D), Nina Carberry (Ireland, EPP) 2024/2108(INI) Members of the Committees on Foreign Affairs and on International Trade will jointly vote on the own-initiative report on the implementation of the EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement (TCA). The adoption of this report will take place at a timely moment after the EU-UK Summit in May, which opened a new Chapter in EU-UK relations, and before the upcoming negotiations in many areas of EU-UK relations. The draft report covers a wide variety of areas of cooperation – such as the institutional framework for cooperation, trade in goods and services and digital trade, as well as cooperation in foreign and security policy – and takes stock of the main issues linked to the implementation of the TCA, highlighting both its satisfactory aspects as well as elements which require further work, monitoring and scrutiny. Relations between the EU and Saudi Arabia Rapporteur: Hana Jalloul Muro (Spain, S&D) 2025/2082(INI) Members of the Committee on Foreign Affairs will vote on the own-initiative draft report on Relations between the EU and Saudi Arabia. This is timely report in the context of Saudi Arabia's growing geopolitical role in the Middle East and converging views with the EU on key regional and global issues. The draft report covers also Saudi Arabia’s socio-economic transformation and opportunities for the EU as well as Human rights and social reforms. Recommendation for the Council, the Commission and the Vice-President of the Commission / High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy on the EU’s diplomatic strategy and geopolitical cooperation in the Arctic AFET/10/03076 Rapporteur: Urmas Paet (Estonia, Renew Europe) 2025/2116(INI) The Arctic is rapidly becoming a strategic theatre of geopolitical competition, military build up, energy transformation, and global environmental change. This recommendation by the European Parliament underscores the urgent need for a robust, security-oriented EU strategy that ensures the Arctic remains governed by the principles of international law, sustainable principles, and peace. Debates 4 November 2025, 10.00 – 11.00 Recommendation to the Council, the Commission and the Vice-President of the Commission / High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy concerning an enhanced EU-Canada cooperation in the light of the current geopolitical context, including the threats to Canada’s economic stability and sovereignty Rapporteur: Tobias Cremer (Germany, S&D) 2025/2168(INI) The first consideration of the draft recommendation comes at a moment in which both the European Union and Canada are facing vast geopolitical challenges, such as Russia's war of aggression against Ukraine, instability in the Middle East, China's growing assertiveness, the supply of critical raw materials, as well as growing and multidimensional threats and challenges facing the Arctic region. The draft report aims to provide recommendations on how to further strengthen the European Union's relationship with Canada, building on the EU-Canada Summit of 23 June 2025. Recommendation for the Council, the Commission and the Vice-President of the Commission / High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy on EU-China political relations Rapporteur: Hilde Vautmans (Belgium, Renew Europe) 2025/2117(INI) The report focuses on Europe’s need to have a clear, united and realistic line on China. Beijing today represents a unique combination of partner, competitor, and systemic rival. Its political influence and economic reach are global, and its growing assertiveness increasingly tests the European Union’s ability to defend its interests, values, and strategic autonomy. China is not only an economic powerhouse but also a geopolitical actor that seeks to shape the international order according to its own vision, often at odds with Europe’s open and rules-based model. 4 November 2025, 13.00 - 14.00 Presentation of the 2025 Enlargement Package by Marta Kos, Commissioner for Enlargement The Commissioner for Enlargement, Marta Kos, will present the 2025 enlargement package to the members of the Foreign Affairs Committee. The debate will focus on the progress made by candidate and potential candidate countries on their respective EU accession paths. Following the Commission's assessment of the EU-related reforms in the enlargement countries, AFET rapporteurs will draft resolutions, outlining Parliament's conclusions and recommendations for each country. 4 November 2025, 17.00 – 18.30 Jointly with the Committee on Security and Defence, the Committee on Development and the Subcommittee on Human Rights Exchange of views on "The UN at 80: Reflections, Challenges and Opportunities for the Future" To mark the 80th anniversary of the entry into force of the UN Charter, the Committee on Foreign Affairs, the Committee on Security and Defence, the Committee on Development, and the Subcommittee on Human Rights will hold a joint meeting to reflect on eight decades of multilateralism and to discuss challenges and expectations for the future. Speakers will include the UN Assistant Secretaries-General for Development Coordination and for Human Rights, the EU Ambassador to the UN, as well as an alumna of the European Parliament's Young Leaders Programme. FOLLOW US ON X and on Bluesky! Highlights, all press releases, important dates, new documents and much more are published on @EP_ForeignAff @afet.europarl.europa.eu Next meeting: 20 November 2025, 9.00 – 12.30 (Brussels) Further information  Committee on Foreign Affairs  Subscribe to news and press releases from AFET   Press service European Parliament       Press release 31-10-2025 JURI   Committee on Legal Affairs - highlights of the next meeting       Meeting on Tuesday 4 November, 11.00-18.30, Brussels, Room: Spinelli 1G-3. Agenda | Meeting documents | Webstreaming | Committee homepage HEARING: Hearing on European Cross-Border Association: Legal Foundations and Civil Society Impact. Tuesday at 11.30. Hearing on improving gender diversity in the intellectual property sector. Tuesday 14.30. DEBATES: Report on Better Law Making 2023-2024. Consideration of draft report. Rapporteur: Jörgen Warborn (EPP, SE). Tuesday at 15:45. Monitoring the application of European Union law in 2023 and 2024. Consideration of draft report. Rapporteur: Dainius Žalimas (Renew, LT). Tuesday at 16.00. IMMUNITIES: (in camera) Request for the waiver of the immunity of Grzegorz Braun. Consideration and possible adoption of draft report. Rapporteur: Dainius Žalimas (Renew, LT). Tuesday at 11.05. Request for the waiver of the immunity of Harald Vilimsky. Exchange of views. Rapporteur: David Cormand (Greens/ESA, FR). Tuesday at 16.15. Request for the waiver of the immunity of Grzegorz Braun. Exchange of views. Rapporteur: Mario Furore (The Left, IT). Tuesday at 16.40. Request for the waiver of the immunity of Patryk Jaki. Exchange of views. Rapporteur: Adrián Vázquez Lázara (EPP, ES). Tuesday at 17.05. Request for the waiver of the immunity of Daniel Obajtek. Exchange of views. Rapporteur: Pascale Piera (PfE, FR). Tuesday at 17.30. Request for the waiver of the immunity of Angelika Niebler. Exchange of views. Rapporteur: Marcin Sypniewski (ESN, PL). Tuesday at 17.55. Further information  Committee on Legal Affairs  Agenda  Meeting documents  Watch the meeting online  Catch-up via video  Subscribe to news from the Legal Affairs Committee  Follow the Legal Affairs Committee on X  Follow the Legal Affairs Committee on Bluesky   Press service European Parliament       Press release 31-10-2025 JURI   Committee on Legal Affairs - highlights of the next meeting       Meeting on Tuesday 4 November, 11.00-18.30, Brussels, Room: Spinelli 1G-3. Agenda | Meeting documents | Webstreaming | Committee homepage HEARING: Hearing on European Cross-Border Association: Legal Foundations and Civil Society Impact. Tuesday at 11.30. Hearing on improving gender diversity in the intellectual property sector. Tuesday 14.30. DEBATES: Report on Better Law Making 2023-2024. Consideration of draft report. Rapporteur: Jörgen Warborn (EPP, SE). Tuesday at 15:45. Monitoring the application of European Union law in 2023 and 2024. Consideration of draft report. Rapporteur: Dainius Žalimas (Renew, LT). Tuesday at 16.00. IMMUNITIES: (in camera) Request for the waiver of the immunity of Grzegorz Braun. Consideration and possible adoption of draft report. Rapporteur: Dainius Žalimas (Renew, LT). Tuesday at 11.05. Request for the waiver of the immunity of Harald Vilimsky. Exchange of views. Rapporteur: David Cormand (Greens/ESA, FR). Tuesday at 16.15. Request for the waiver of the immunity of Grzegorz Braun. Exchange of views. Rapporteur: Mario Furore (The Left, IT). Tuesday at 16.40. Request for the waiver of the immunity of Patryk Jaki. Exchange of views. Rapporteur: Adrián Vázquez Lázara (EPP, ES). Tuesday at 17.05. Request for the waiver of the immunity of Daniel Obajtek. Exchange of views. Rapporteur: Pascale Piera (PfE, FR). Tuesday at 17.30. Request for the waiver of the immunity of Angelika Niebler. Exchange of views. Rapporteur: Marcin Sypniewski (ESN, PL). Tuesday at 17.55. Further information  Committee on Legal Affairs  Agenda  Meeting documents  Watch the meeting online  Catch-up via video  Subscribe to news from the Legal Affairs Committee  Follow the Legal Affairs Committee on X  Follow the Legal Affairs Committee on Bluesky         Press alert 30-10-2025 Meeting of the Committee on the Environment, Climate and Food Safety (ENVI)       Tuesday 4 November 2025, 16.45 – 17.30, Brussels, Room ANTALL 4Q2 Tuesday 4 November 2025, 17.30 – 18.30, Brussels, Room ANTALL 4Q2 (joint meeting ENVI-AGRI) VOTES Critical Medicines Act; procedure file; rapporteur for the opinion Michele Picaro (ECR, IT) - Adoption of draft opinion *** Faster registration and uptake of biological control agents; procedure file; co-rapporteurs Alexander Bernhuber (EPP, AT) and Anna Strolenberg (Greens/EFA, NL) - Adoption of draft report *** Next meetings 10 November 2025 (Brussels) (to be confirmed) 11 November 2025 (Brussels) *** Follow us on Bluesky https://bsky.app/profile/envi.europarl.europa.eu or X (Twitter): https://x.com/ep_environment Further information  Agenda and meeting documents  Follow the meeting live  Committee on the Environment, Climate and Food Safety Press release 30-10-2025 AFET   Committee on Foreign Affairs concludes historic visit to Syria       In the first parliamentary visit to Syria since the fall of the Assad regime, MEPs focused on transitional justice, the situation of women and minorities and humanitarian issues. Four MEPs, led by Hana Jalloul Muro (S&D, Spain), travelled to Damascus on 28-29 October where they engaged with representatives of the Syrian government, civil society and international organisations to underline the European Parliament’s continued support for the people of Syria. In Damascus, the delegation met with Mazhar al-Wais (Minister of Justice), Musaab Nazzal al-Ali (Minister of Health), Hind Kabawat (Minister of Social Affairs and Labor), Mohammed Baraa Shukri (Director of the Europe Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates). The delegation visited an UNRWA refugee camp in Yarmouk and was briefed on mine action by UNMAS, in addition to meetings with the acting UN Resident Coordinator and UNHCR Representative of Syria, and the Head of the UN Independent Institution on Missing Persons in the Syrian Arab Republic. Members also met with civil society representatives working on human rights, transitional justice, missing persons, women empowerment, peace-building and media freedom, to gain a better understanding of the conditions under which they are working and how the EU can support them. MEPs expressed the EU's commitment to supporting a peaceful and Syrian-led political transition towards an inclusive, democratic governance model that ensures the representation, participation and equal rights of women, minorities and all members of Syrian society regardless of ethnicity or religion. Whilst noting the recent election of the People’s Assembly, they regretted that only 6 women and few minority representatives were elected to the Assembly. They stressed the importance of inclusive, transparent and credible elections being organised by the end of the transition period. The discussions highlighted the importance of sustained EU financial and political support to Syria, but also of the need to continue to push for a fair, just, inclusive and democratic transition. The Members highlighted the need to empower Syrian civil society to play a central role in all aspects of the transition process, with the aim of ensuring that the voices of marginalised groups are heard and considered in shaping Syria's future. MEPs stressed the importance of transitional justice and accountability for all perpetrators as fundamental building blocks for lasting peace in Syria. They welcomed the establishment of the National Authority for Transitional Justice and the National Authority for Missing Persons, and urged authorities to empower these Commissions to carry out their work and cooperate with international organisations on these matters. Acknowledging the dire humanitarian situation, with over 90% of Syrians living below the poverty line, the delegation called on the international community to step up humanitarian support to Syria. Members highlighted that Parliament has recently proposed to increase EU funding to Syria, to strengthen humanitarian and economic assistance, as well as to UNRWA, given its vital role in the region. The European Parliament Foreign Affairs Committee's visit to Syria marked a significant step in the EU's proactive engagement with Syria's political transition. This was the first official parliamentary visit to Syria since the fall of the Assad regime – the first, in fact, in 15 years. The delegation underlined the importance of transitional justice, ensuring a constitutional guarantee of inclusive governance and of adequate representation of religious and ethnic communities, as well as respect for international law as key elements of Syria’s political transition. The return to peace passes through a transition in Syria that fulfils the democratic aspirations of all its people and ensures the protection of all Syrians. Quote Head of the delegation, Hana Jalloul Muro, said: “This visit comes at an important moment to reaffirm our support for a Syrian-led human-rights based and inclusive political transition in Syria. The European Parliament has been a steadfast supporter of the Syrian people and I am proud to lead the first official parliamentary visit to the country since the fall of the former regime. We must continue to support the Syrian people to fulfil their democratic aspirations and rebuild their country.” Members of the delegation Hana JALLOUL MURO (S&D, Spain) Nathalie LOISEAU (Renew, France) Ingeborg TER LAAK (EPP, The Netherlands) Hannah NEUMANN (Greens/EFA, Germany) Further information  Committee on Foreign Affairs Press release 31-10-2025 Committee on Constitutional Affairs highlights - Tuesday 4 November       Tuesday 4 November 2025, 15.30 – 18.30 European Parliament in Brussels, Altiero SPINELLI building, room 3G2 Votes Amendment of the European Electoral act, allowing Members to vote in plenary by proxy voting during pregnancy and after giving birth.Adoption of draft report. Rapporteur: Juan Fernando Lopez Aguilar (S&D, Spain) Application of the Treaty provisions related to the principles of subsidiarity and proportionality and the role of national parliaments in the EU legislative process.Adoption of draft report. Rapporteur: Marieke Ehlers (PfE, the Netherlands) Debates Permanent system for the allocation of seats in the European Parliament. Presentation by Professor Szilárd-Károly András from the Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science of Babeș-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca, Romania. Rapporteur: Loránt Vincze (EPP, Romania) Implementation of the Charter on Fundamental Rights of the European Union in the EU legal framework.Consideration of draft report. Rapporteur: Alessandro Zan (S&D, Italy) Reform of the European Electoral Act – hurdles to ratification and implementation in the Member States.Consideration of amendments. Rapporteur: Borja Giménez Larraz (EPP, Spain) Further information  Committee on Constitutional Affairs  Full agenda and meeting documents  Watch the meeting live and on demand  Follow us on X  Follow us on Bluesky

Press release 31-10-2025 Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs highlights: 3 - 6 November 2025       Monday 3 November, 15:30 - 18:30, and Tuesday 4 November, 09:30 - 13:00 and 14:30 - 18:00 (Europol JPSG) European Parliament in Brussels, József Antall building, room 2Q2 Wednesday 5 November 2025, 12.00 – 13.30 European Parliament in Brussels, Paul-Henri Spaak building, room 5B1 Thursday 6 November 2025, 11.30 - 12.30 (with FEMM) European Parliament in Brussels, Altiero Spinelli building, room 3G3   Votes Wednesday 5 November Enhancing Europol’s role in preventing, detecting and investigating migrant-smuggling and human trafficking Vote on the provisional agreement from interinstitutional negotiations. Rapporteur: Jeroen Lenaers (EPP, NL). Proposal for a Council decision determining, pursuant to Article 7(1) of the Treaty on European Union, the existence of a clear risk of a serious breach by Hungary of the values on which the Union is founded. Adoption of draft interim report. Rapporteur: Tineke Strik (Greens/EFA, NL).   Debates Monday 3 - Tuesday 4 November Europol Joint Parliamentary Scrutiny Group annual meeting. MEPs, national parliamentarians and the agency’s leadership will discuss Europol’s activities in 2025 and its Draft Multiannual Programming Document 2026-2028. Read more here. Thursday 6 November - jointly with the Committee on Women’s Rights and Gender Equality. Baseline evaluation procedure of the EU’s implementation of the Istanbul Convention of the Council of Europe on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence. Presentation of Commission report.   Further information  Webstreaming  Full agenda and documents  Follow us on X  Follow us on Bluesky  Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home AffairsCommittee on Public Health     Press service European Parliament       Press alert 31-10-2025 SANT | 5 November | Critical medicines, cardiovascular strategy, cancer prevention, women’s health       Meeting of the Committee on Public Health Wednesday 5 November 2025, 9.00 – 11.30 Watch the meeting live Women’s Health - Presentation of the analysis of the results of the EP public consultation Dr. Wilma Nusselder and Dr. Jeanine Roeters van Lennep will present their findings following the analysis of the consultation on women's health. Almost 2.000 citizens responded to the consultation, launched by SANT in March this year to mark International Women's Day. *** Critical Medicines Act: strengthening availability and security of supply - procedure file, rapporteur Tomislav Sokol (EPP, HR) - Consideration of amendments *** Wednesday 5 November 2025, 15.00 - 19.00, Brussels, Room SPAAK 3C050 Watch the meeting live Pharmaceutical package - procedure file of regulation, rapporteur Tiemo Wölken (S&D, DE); procedure file of directive, rapporteur Dolors Montserrat (EPP, ES) - Reporting back to the committee on interinstitutional negotiations *** Mission to Dakar, Senegal - - mission report - Reporting back to the committee *** Europe’s Beating Cancer Plan: Implementation findings - Presentation of the European Parliamentary Research Service (EPRS) study The European Parliamentary Research Service will present the study conducted upon the request of the Committee on Public Health, to support the evidence base of the own-initiative implementation report on Europe’s Beating Cancer Plan. The presentation will be followed by a Q&A session between SANT members and the main authors of the study. *** Excellence in European Health: Gastric Cancer Prevention and Screening in the EU - Exchange of views with Jussi Hahtela SANT members will continue the exchange of views in the series "Excellence in health science". Mr Jussi Hahtela, CEO of the Finnish SME Biohit, will share insights into the burden of gastric cancer, its preventability, and non-invasive, cost-effective screening methods, which will be followed by the discussion with SANT Members. *** EU Cardiovascular Diseases Strategy - procedure file, rapporteur Romana Jerković (S&D, HR) - Exchange of views before the own-initiative report *** Next meeting 1-2 December 2025 (Brussels) 8 December 2025 (Brussels) *** Follow our X account and BlueSky account Further information  Committee on Public Health