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The European Parliament's Committee on Women's Rights and Gender Equality (FEMM) invites Members of national Parliaments of the EU Member States, EFTA and EU Candidate Countries to attend this Interparliamentary Committee Meeting (ICM).

Organised in collaboration with the Directorate for Relations with National Parliaments (DG PART) on the occasion of International Women's Day 2025, the meeting will address the topical subject of "Strengthening the Women, Peace and Security Agenda - Upholding Women's Rights in Defence, Security and Peace Building".

The meeting took place on 19 February 2025 from 9.00 to 12.30 (CET) at the EP in Brussels (ANTALL, room 4Q2).

The EP's Committee on Foreign Affairs (AFET) in cooperation with the Legislative Dialogue Unit of the Directorate for Relations with national Parliaments (DG PART) organised this Interparliamentary Committee Meeting (ICM) on the current EU foreign and security policy challenges with two sessions on the topics: i) 'Transatlantic relations in challenging times' and ii) 'Towards a multipolar world - what role for the European Union?'.

The European Parliament together with the Sejm and Senate of the Republic of Poland, representing the parliamentary dimension of the Presidency of the Council of the EU, organise the European Parliamentary Week 2025 on 17 and 18 February 2025.

This high-level event gathers national Parliamentarians from the European Union, candidate and observers countries as well as Members of the European Parliament to discuss economic, budgetary and social matters. This event consists of the Interparliamentary Conference on Stability, Economic Coordination and Governance in the European Union and the European Semester Conference.

The COSAC Chairpersons' meeting marks the opening event of the parliamentary dimension of the Council of the EU by the Polish Sejm of the Republic.

On 26-27 January 2025, the Chairpersons of COSAC will convene at the Senate of the Republic of Poland in Warsaw for a key meeting. Hosted by the Polish Parliament, the event will bring together parliamentary representatives to outline the priorities of the Polish Presidency of the Council of the European Union and discuss pressing challenges facing the EU. The European Parliament delegation will be composed of Mr. Esteban González-Pons, Vice-President responsible for relations with national Parliaments and COSAC, and Mr. Sven Simon, Chair of the Committee on Constitutional Affairs (AFCO).

The event took place on Tuesday, 28 January 2025 from 15.00 to 18.30 in the European Parliament in Brussels (Room Antall 6Q2), in physical presence only.

The meeting was structured around two sessions. First panel discussed the enforcement of EU law benefitting EU citizens followed by an exchange of views with national parliaments and MEP's. The second session looked into how to contribute in ensuring a timely and correct enforcement of EU law, also followed by a debate with Members of national Parliaments and the European Parliament.

The Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (LIBE) with the support of the Directorate for relations with National Parliaments will organised an Interparliamentary Committee Meeting (ICM) on “The situation of the Rule of Law in the EU”.

This in-person meeting took place on Thursday, 12 December 2024, from 9:30 to 12:30, in the European Parliament premises in Brussels.

The interparliamentary committee meeting was dedicated to the assessment of the fifth Commission's Rule of Law Report with a specific emphasis on the 'Democracy, Rule of Law and Fundamental Rights' (DRF) mechanism and the role that civil society organisations can play in protecting the Rule of Law. The meeting served as a follow up on previous such interparliamentary meetings, including the one which took place in December 2023, as well as on the Parliament's resolution of 28 February 2024 on the Commission's 2023 Rule of Law Report.

The meeting took place on Wednesday, 4 December from 10:30 - 12:30 CET in the European Parliament in Brussels, room ANTALL 4Q1.

The European Parliament Committee on Legal Affairs (JURI), in cooperation with the Legislative Dialogue Unit of the Directorate for Relations with national Parliaments (DG PART), invited Members of national Parliaments of the EU Member States to attend an Interparliamentary Committee Meeting (ICM) on 'E-justice: lessons learned from national perspectives'. Together with the MEPs, they discussed the current state of play of the digitalisation of justice and the judiciary, specifically on civil and commercial matters.

The fifth Interparliamentary Committee Meeting on the "Evaluation of Eurojust's activities" took place on Monday, 2 December 2024, from 15:00 to 18:00, at the European Parliament in Brussels.

In accordance with Article 85(1) TFEU and Article 67(3) of Regulation (EU) 2018/1727 on the European Union Agency for Criminal Justice Cooperation (Eurojust), the President of Eurojust shall appear once a year for the joint evaluation of Eurojust's activities by the European Parliament and national Parliaments, within the framework of an interparliamentary committee meeting, to discuss the agency's current activities and to present its annual report or its other key documents.

The LXXII Plenary Meeting of COSAC, under the Hungarian Presidency, took place from 27 to 29 October 2024 in Budapest, Hungary. It was chaired by Mr. Zoltán Tessely, Chairman of the Committee on European Affairs of the Hungarian National Assembly and addressed topics concerning the future of the EU.

The European Parliament was represented by a six-Member Delegation led by Mr Esteban González Pons (EPP/ES), Vice-President responsible for relations with national Parliaments and COSAC, and Mr Sven Simon (EPP/DE), Chair of the AFCO Committee, and comprising Ms Romana Tomc (EPP/SL), Mr Loránt Vincze (EPP/RO), Mr Ernö Schaller-Baross (Patriots/HU), and Ms Elena Donazzan (ECR/IT).