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This document provides an overview of the European Parliament’s committee-level Economic Dialogues with other institutions of the European Union under the European Semester for economic policy coordination. It also lists the Recovery and Resilience Dialogues with the European Commission as undertaken by the competent committee(s) since the start of the current legislative term in June 2024, and includes an overview of the respective legal bases. During the 10th legislative term, the competent committees ...

The first-ever European defence industrial strategy (EDIS) was adopted on 5 March 2024. As an immediate and central step to deliver the strategy, the Commission put forward a proposal for a European defence industry programme (EDIP) regulation, also on 5 March 2024. The EDIP seeks to achieve defence industrial readiness by bridging the gap between short-term emergency measures and a more structural, long-term approach. On 16 October 2025, the Council Presidency and European Parliament negotiators ...

On 1 March 2023, as part of the road safety package, the European Commission published a legislative proposal to help ensure EU-wide application of driving disqualifications. The proposal calls for increased cooperation, harmonisation of legislation, simplification of information exchange, capacity-building, and improved public awareness efforts. In order to prevent impunity due to a lack of legislation, the proposal sets out rules to allow better EU-wide enforcement of driver disqualification decisions ...

European Union leaders met eight times in various formats of the European Council in 2024. None of the meetings was in response to a crisis or emergency, suggesting that the European Council is reverting to a 'normal' institution, albeit one that sits at the highest level of EU governance. Ukraine, the Middle East, and the economy were uppermost in 2024 as leaders sought to maximise support for Ukraine's defence against Russia's military aggression, respond to the deepening humanitarian crisis in ...

For the first time, the G20 leaders met on the African continent. Following Indonesia, India and Brazil, the South African G20 presidency was the fourth consecutive presidency held by a country from the Global South. G20 leaders present at the summit (22-23 November 2025) adopted a 122-paragraph-long declaration, sending a signal for multilateral cooperation. However, the US boycott of the summit and the absence of other leaders, such as those from Argentina, China, Indonesia and Mexico, raises questions ...

After 'constructive discussions' in Geneva on 23 November between representatives of the US, Ukraine, France, Germany and the UK to 'update and refine' the 28-point Russia–Ukraine peace plan proposed by US President Donald Trump, the President of the European Council, António Costa, called a special meeting of EU leaders to take stock of the latest developments. The aim was to draw on the 'new momentum for peace negotiations' by carrying out 'additional work' on major issues left unresolved. EU leaders ...

BUDG-ECON Committee meeting on 24 November 2025 Executive Vice-President Fitto and Commissioner Dombrovskis are invited to the 21st Recovery and Resilience Dialogue (RRD), scheduled for 24 November 2025. The RRD is the mechanism by which the European Parliament exercises democratic oversight over the implementation of the Recovery and Resilience Facility (RRF) according to the RRF Regulation. The previous RRD took place on 8 September 2025.

The WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) represents the first international treaty negotiated under the authority of the World Health Organization (WHO) and the first global public health treaty. It was adopted by the World Health Assembly on 21 May 2003 and entered into force on 27 February 2005. 183 Parties have signed this treaty, covering 90% of the world population. The Eleventh Session of the Conference of the Parties (COP11) to the WHO FCTC will be held in Geneva, Switzerland ...

During the November II part-session, Parliament is expected to vote on two reports by the Committee on Internal Market and Consumer Protection (IMCO) addressing legislative proposals on third-country interest representation, including a proposal for a directive establishing harmonised requirements on transparency.

The EU's temporary protection regime has provided predictability and legal certainty both to displaced people from Ukraine and to the EU Member States. The situation in Ukraine, as a result of Russia's ongoing war of aggression, still requires a common European response. The EU has therefore decided to extend temporary protection for a fifth year, until 4 March 2027, and adopted a coordinated approach to a smooth transition out of temporary protection, when the circumstances allow.