Workshops
Workshops are organised by the policy departments and enable members to put questions to and exchange views with experts on subjects associated with parliamentary business or subjects of current interest. They are not necessarily held in public but may be held during a committee meeting.
On Thursday, 16 April 2026, the Policy Department for Economy and Growth will host a workshop with FISC Members to present a study on “Excises on Tobacco products in the EU. Impact on the internal market of the minimum rates of excise duty and the wide availability of alternative tobacco products currently not covered by Council Directive 2011/64/EU on the structure and rates of excise duty applied to manufactured tobacco.”
On Thursday, 16 April 2026, the Policy Department for Economy and Growth will host a workshop with FISC Members to present a study on “Feasibility of a 28th tax regime in supporting EU competitiveness.”
On 15 April 2026, a workshop on Territorial Supply Constraints (TSCs) will take place from 10h00 to 11h30 during the IMCO committee meeting. In its 2025 Single Market Strategy, the EC identified unjustified TSCs in retail and wholesale among the "Terrible Ten" most harmful remaining barriers to the internal market. During the workshop, experts will discuss the most prevalent TSCs with Members of the European Parliament and provide forward looking perspectives on how to tackle them.
On 9 April 2026, the workshop will address key elements of the proposals for the 2028-2034 EU budget and the related sectoral legislative initiatives pertaining to the post-2027 Common Agricultural Policy (CAP). The budgetary implications, including allocation mechanisms and financial architecture, as well as the proposed CAP governance model will notably be discussed.
The Policy Department of the European Parliament organised for the Committee for Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs, a Workshop on ‘What Europeans Think about Immigration and Why It Matters’. The event focused on scientific evidence regarding public perceptions of immigration’s effects, given that even when based on factual data, people’s perceptions can vary markedly.
On 18 March 2026, in the context of the SANT legislative own-initiative report on the EU Rare Disease Action Plan, a workshop on rare diseases took place, where experts presented key insights on the situation of rare diseases in the European Union, the main challenges faced by patients, and recommendations for EU action, which was followed by a discussion with Members of the SANT Committee.
DROI workshop, assessing the human rights and democracy aspects of the Commission proposal for an EU's Global Europe Instrument in the next Multiannual Financial Framework (2028-2034).
The European Commission published its proposal for the new Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF) 2028-2034 on 16 July 2025. Part of this proposal was a dedicated heading for the European Competitiveness Fund (ECF).
