Hearings
A committee is permitted to organise a hearing with experts, where this is considered essential to its work on a particular subject. Hearings can also be held jointly by two or more committees. Most committees organise regular hearings, as they allow them to hear from experts and hold discussions on the key issues. On this page you will find all the available information relating to committee hearings, including programmes and contributions from speakers.
On 24 April 2025, from 9:30 to 11:00, the FISC Subcommittee will host a public hearing on “The role of tax in aligning the green transition and competitiveness”.
Russia’s hybrid threats and attacks in Europe, including best practices to counter them
The Committee on Constitutional Affairs will hold a hearing aiming to identify the constitutional hurdles Member States came across on the reforms of European electoral law and to find possible solutions.
The Committee on Regional Development held a public hearing on Depopulation Challenges in European Regions on Wednesday 9 April 2025.
On Wednesday, 9 April 2025, the FEMM Committee jointly with the Committee on Public Health held a hearing on “Hearing on Chemical Submission: non-consensual administration of psychoactive substances“.
On 8 April 2025, the Subcommittee on Human Rights (DROI) is organising a public hearing on the "Human rights situation in Cuba". In the programme of the hearing – two main topics: 1) Human rights situation and fundamental freedoms in Cuba; 2) EU response, state of play and future perspectives.
On April 8th, 2025, the Committee on Culture and Education will host a public hearing on “Enhancing media literacy in the digital age’’, exploring the impact of digital technologies and media literacy.
The Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs (ECON) held a hearing to assess whether the growing importance of markets in crypto-assets has the potential to affect financial stability, on 8 April 2025.
On 8 April 2025, the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the Committee on International Trade will hold a joint public hearing on the implementation of the EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement in force since 1 May 2021. The Commission will present its annual reports of 2024 and 2025 on the implementation and application of the Agreement and Members will have the possibility to discuss with a panel of four expert speakers the implementation of arrangements and prospects for future developments.
On 8 April 2025, the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the Committee on International Trade will hold a joint public hearing on the implementation of the EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement in force since 1 May 2021.
As part of the scrutiny exercised by the European Parliament on the implementation of the Rule of Law Conditionality Regulation, the Committees on Budgets (BUDG) and on Budgetary Control (CONT) will hold a public hearing on the lessons learnt from this mechanism and ways to make it more effective.
IMCO held a public hearing on the safe internet use for minors. Industry stakeholders, consumer associations, national enforcement authorities, experts on children’s rights, data protection authority and the European Commission have all participated.