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Press release 22-05-2026 DEVE    Development Committee MEPs to visit Mozambique     A delegation of MEPs led by committee chair Barry Andrews will be in Mozambique from 26-28 May to discuss the impact of Global Gateway projects and EU humanitarian support. The five-member delegation will be in Mozambique from 26-28 May to assess the implementation of projects linked to the Global Gateway, the EU’s flagship strategic investment initiative, with an emphasis on digitalisation, youth employment and renewable energy. MEPs will also focus on the EU’s humanitarian support to Mozambique, and in particular how to most effectively interlink humanitarian, development and peacebuilding interventions (the so-called "nexus") as the country continues to wrestle with a humanitarian and security crisis in the north. MEPs will also witness first-hand the impact of EU investment in Mozambique’s energy transition. Over the course of their visit, MEPs will meet with senior government ministers and officials, civil society organisations, the Youth Sounding Board, EU member state representatives and partners based in the country, and representatives of EU private sector interests active in Mozambique. In visits to the capital Maputo and northern Mozambique, MEPs will assess the impact on the ground of EU projects focused on employment, health and malnutrition, and climate resilience and mitigation. They will also be briefed on the security crises in northern Mozambique and how communities and aid actors are impacted and are responding. Speaking ahead of the delegation, chair Barry Andrews (Renew, IE) said: “Mozambique is an increasingly important partner for Europe. We need to work closely together on a range of issues such as development, trade, and energy. I am proud to lead this Development Committee mission, and with my colleagues, look forward to our discussions.” Members of the delegation: • Mr Barry ANDREWS, delegation char and chair of the Committee on Development (Renew, IE) • Ms Hilde VAUTMANS, chair of the Delegation to the Africa-EU Parliamentary Assembly (Renew, BE) • Ms Marit MAIJ (S&D, NL) • Mr György HÖLVÉNYI (PfE, HU) • Ms Małgorzata GOSIEWSKA (ECR, PO) Background The EU’s long-term partnership with Mozambique is one of the biggest in Sub-Saharan Africa, with the EU committing to invest more than €600 million in the course of the EU’s current 2021-2027 budget. Funding focuses primarily on the green transition, youth empowerment, and governance, peace and a just society. Across 2025 and 2026, and in response to devastating floods that affected over 800,000 people, the EU is expected to provide roughly €41.5 million in humanitarian aid. Northern Mozambique has been subjected to insecurity and violence perpetrated by Islamic State affiliated armed groups, which has displaced over 1.3 million people (mainly women and children) since 2017. Further information  Committee on Development Press release 22-05-2026 SEDE    Security and defence: European Parliament delegation to visit Canada       A Security and Defence Committee delegation will visit Ottawa from 26 to 28 May for talks with Canadian officials on the new EU-Canada Security and Defence Partnership. In the Canadian capital Ottawa, the delegation led by MEP Riho Terras (EPP, Estonia) will hold talks on ongoing efforts to strengthen cooperation between the EU and Canada on security and defence, in particular security and defence industrial cooperation and Canada's participation in the EU’s SAFE loan instrument, the latter was approved by the European Parliament on Wednesday 20 May 2026. Discussions will also centre on issues like Canada's support for Ukraine, preparations ahead of the NATO summit in Ankara, Arctic security, the establishment of the Defence, Security and Resilience Bank (DSRB) and ensuring supply and reducing vulnerabilities when it comes to the critical raw materials that power security and defence. MEPs will meet with the speaker of the Canadian House of Commons as well as with members of its standing committee on national defence. They will also hold talks with government representatives, including Deputy Minister of the Department of National Defence Christiane Fox, Rebecca Chartrand, Minister of Northern and Arctic Affairs and John Hannaford, special representative of Prime Minister Mark Carney for the European Union. They will also visit the Canadian armaments fair CANSEC. A joint press conference with Mr Terras, MEPs Luděk Niedermayer (Vice-Chair of the European Parliament’s Economic and Monetary Affairs Committee), and Javier Moreno Sánchez (Chair of the European Parliament’s delegation for relations with Canada) is scheduled to take place on Tuesday 26 May at 12.15 local time in the press gallery in the Parliament of Canada. In addition to Mr Terras, the Security and Defence Committee delegation will comprise MEPs Nicolás Pascual de la Parte (EPP, Spain), Loránt Vincze (EPP, Romania), Ana Catarina Mendes (S&D, Portugal) and Petras Auštrevičius (Renew Europe, Lithuania). Further information  EP Multimedia Centre: free photos, vídeo and audio material Διαθέσιμο στα       Δελτίο Τύπου 22-05-2026 CONT   Αντιπροσωπεία του Κοινοβουλίου στην Ελλάδα για τις αγροτικές επιδοτήσεις     Ευρωβουλευτές της Επιτροπής Ελέγχου του Προϋπολογισμού θα βρεθούν στην Ελλάδα στις 26 - 28 Μαΐου για διερεύνηση των καταγγελιών περί οργανωμένης απάτης και αξιολόγηση των διορθωτικών μέτρων. Στο πλαίσιο της επίσκεψής τους, οι ευρωβουλευτές της επιτροπής CONT θα συναντηθούν με τον υπουργό Αγροτικής Ανάπτυξης και Τροφίμων, καθώς και ανώτερους υπαλλήλους αρμόδιους για τις αγροτικές επιδοτήσεις, τα δημόσια έσοδα, τη διαφάνεια και ελέγχους. Θα συνομιλήσουν επίσης με εκπροσώπους του αγροτικού τομέα, δημοσιογράφους και άλλους εμπλεκόμενους φορείς. Η αντιπροσωπεία της CONT, με επικεφαλής τον Tomáš Zdechovský (ΕΛΚ, Τσεχία) περιλαμβάνει ακόμη την Monika Hohlmeier (ΕΛΚ, Γερμανία), την Lucia Annunziata (Σοσιαλιστές, Ιταλία) και τον Rasmus Nordqvist (Πράσινοι, Δανία). Την αντιπροσωπεία θα συνοδεύσουν επίσης οι Γιώργος Αυτιάς (ΕΛΚ, Ελλάδα), Γιάννης Μανιάτης (Σοσιαλιστές, Ελλάδα), Εμμανουήλ Φράγκος (Συντηρητικοί, Ελλάδα) και Κώστας Αρβανίτης (Η Αριστερά, Ελλάδα). Στο τέλος της επίσκεψης, στις 28 Μαΐου και ώρα 12:00 (ώρα Ελλάδας), η αντιπροσωπεία θα δώσει συνέντευξη Τύπου στο Γραφείο Συνδέσμου του ΕΚ στην Αθήνα (Λεωφόρος Αμαλίας 8). Δήλωση «Το Ευρωπαϊκό Κοινοβούλιο μεταβαίνει στην Ελλάδα για να συναντηθεί με εκπροσώπους της ελληνικής κυβέρνησης και να συζητήσει τη διερεύνηση για απάτη που αφορά αγροτικές επιδοτήσεις, καθώς και τα συγκεκριμένα μέτρα που σχεδιάζει να λάβει η Ελλάδα για να αποτρέψει παρόμοιες περιπτώσεις να επαναληφθούν στο μέλλον. Στόχος μας είναι να αξιολογήσουμε ανοιχτά και σοβαρά την τρέχουσα κατάσταση των ερευνών και να έχουμε μια σαφή συζήτηση σχετικά με την ευθύνη, τη διαφάνεια και την εμπιστοσύνη των πολιτών στην διαχείριση των ευρωπαϊκών κονδυλίων. Οι συνομιλίες θα επικεντρωθούν επίσης στην επικείμενη κατάρτιση του μακροπρόθεσμου προϋπολογισμού της ΕΕ και στον τρόπο καλύτερης προστασίας των ευρωπαϊκών χρημάτων από κατάχρηση», δήλωσε ο κ. Zdechovský ενόψει της αναχώρησης της αντιπροσωπείας. Σύνδεσμοι  Επιτροπή Ελέγχου του Προϋπολογισμού     Press release 22-05-2026 JURI   MEPs to visit Washington and Boston to discuss digital regulation and policy       Six MEPs representing the Committee on Legal Affairs will travel to the United States next week to engage in transatlantic digital diplomacy. On Tuesday 26 May, five members and the Chair of the Committee on Legal Affairs will travel to Washington and Boston for a three-day visit to meet their US counterparts and discuss digital policy and regulation, including in the area of copyright and generative artificial intelligence. The US is home to some of the world’s largest technology companies driving the development of generative AI. The EU and the US have taken different approaches to regulating this area, and MEPs want to continue a dialogue with their US counterparts to promote mutual understanding of these respective approaches. MEPs will meet representatives of the US Chamber of Commerce and of the Business Software Alliance before engaging in discussions on intellectual property protection with representatives of the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) and the U.S. Copyright Office. They will also meet senior staffers of the House Committee on the Judiciary, and its Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, Artificial Intelligence, and the Internet before discussing the use of AI determinations, governance processes and copyright issues with representatives of the Department of Justice. In Boston, MEPs will exchange views on business regulation and development with representatives of the Massachusetts Executive Office of Economic Development (EOED) and meet representatives of the Massachusetts Attorney General’s office. They will then investigate how AI is used in industrial design to create real world improvements in infrastructure, safety, and sustainability at Autodesk Technology Center, and they will conclude their visit by meeting academics from the Northeastern and Boston universities and from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Quote Before the visit, leader of the delegation and Chair of the Committee on Legal Affairs, Ilhan Kyuchyuk (Renew, BG) said: "Our visit is an important opportunity to deepen the transatlantic dialogue on artificial intelligence, digital regulation, intellectual property policy, and to understand each other’s positions and priorities better. We will discuss with our interlocutors the evolving global regulatory challenges linked to AI innovation, copyright protection, platform governance, and the future of intellectual property rights. We expect this visit to contribute to improved mutual understanding on the legislative efforts to support innovation, while safeguarding fundamental rights, rights of creators, consumers, and democratic values." Mr Kyuchyuk will be joined by five MEPs for this mission: Tobiasz Bocheński (ECR, PL) Laurence Farreng (Renew, FR) Sergey Lagodinsky (Greens/EFA, DE) Emil Radev (EPP, BG) Marcin Sypniewski (ESN, PL) Background In light of growing transatlantic tensions on digital policy, MEPs aim to engage in “digital diplomacy” to initiate a more informal dialogue with US counterparts regarding AI and EU digital sovereignty. Further information  Committee on Legal Affairs Available in       Agenda The Week Ahead 25 – 31 May 2026       Delegations EU-China interparliamentary meeting. MEPs from Parliament’s standing delegation for relations with China will travel to Beijing for the 43rd EU-China interparliamentary meeting with counterparts from the National People’s Congress. This is the first such gathering held in China following the lifting of Chinese sanctions against European lawmakers, political bodies, researchers and organisations (Wednesday to Friday). USA/energy and space. Industry, Research and Energy Committee MEPs will travel to Houston and Austin in Texas to discuss energy, space and technology cooperation. They will meet key industry leaders in liquefied natural gas (LNG) production and exports, and have discussions on space exploration and international collaboration. MEPs will also visit facilities involved in human spaceflight, satellite technology, and semiconductor manufacturing (Tuesday to Thursday). USA/EU digital legislation. A Legal Affairs Committee delegation will travel to Washington and Boston to assess the state of EU digital regulation and its impact on US technology firms. MEPs will discuss with US counterparts the protection of intellectual property and copyright, artificial intelligence, and support to business innovation (Tuesday to Thursday). Mexico/Euro-Latin American Parliamentary Assembly (Eurolat). Around 40 MEPs will meet with Latin American parliamentarians in Mexico’s capital to discuss reinforcing the bi-regional partnership in an unstable geopolitical landscape, as well as support multilateralism and free trade. The meeting will also mark the 20-year anniversary of Eurolat and will take place after an EU-Mexico summit and the signing of the EU-Mexico Modernised Global Agreement (Tuesday to Thursday). Canada/defence cooperation. A delegation of the Security and Defence Committee will travel to Canada to hold policy discussions with officials, political counterparts, and experts, on deepening EU-Canada defence cooperation, including the country’s participation in the SAFE programme. MEPs will also discuss Canada's participation in peacekeeping operations, NATO, support for Ukraine, Arctic security, and the supply of critical raw materials (Monday to Thursday). Poland/defence spending. MEPs from the Budgets Committee will go to Warsaw and Rzeszow to investigate the budgetary implications of enhancing EU preparedness and the increase of defence spending in reaction to recent geopolitical shifts. Their visit will focus on defence spending across various domains, including counteracting hybrid threats (Tuesday to Thursday). Ireland/housing crisis. MEPs from the Special Committee on the Housing Crisis will travel to Dublin to gather information on Ireland’s and Dublin’s housing accessibility crisis and policy responses at local and national levels. MEPs will also focus on how the housing crisis is preventing skilled and essential workers from living in urban centres (Tuesday to Thursday). President’s diary. EP President Roberta Metsola will be in California where she will deliver a keynote speech at Stanford University and meet META Chairman Mark Zuckerberg on Tuesday. On Wednesday, she will hold a roundtable discussion with EU companies based in the San Francisco Bay Area, and a townhall discussion with Europeans in the technology sector. On Thursday, President Metsola will meet Apple Inc. CEO Tim Cook and visit the Google campus. EP Press Service contacts Further information  The full agenda