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27-31 January: Plenary session and work in Parliamentary Committees
In the week of 27 January, a plenary session will be held in Brussels and a large part of Members' work this week will be in Parliamentary Committees.
Polish Ministers will participate in several committee meetings to present their priorities for the Presidency of the Council of the European Union. Some Commissioners will also exchange views with MEPs in various committees and the committee on Security and Defence (SEDE) will officially become a fully-fledged committee this week.
- Human Rights: Exchange of views with Volker Türk, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
- Human Rights: Exchange of view on Syria: Truth, justice and accountability
- Security and Defence: Constitution as full Committee and exchange of views with Polish Presidency and NATO
- Development: Exchange with Commissioners Lahbib and Síkela : integrated EU approach to fragility
- International Trade: Šefčovič on Mexico and US trade, Polish Presidency, FDI Screening, IPI
- Budgets: Exchange of views with Piotr Serafin, Commissioner for Budget
- Budgets: Debate on the political priorities for the 2026 Union budget
- Budgets: Presentation of a study on adapting the EU budget to make it fit for the purpose of future enlargements
- Budgetary Control: Presentation of ECA Special Report on the EU institutions' employment framework
- Budgetary Control: Presentation of ECA Special Report on Green transition and contribution from RRF
- Joint ECON-EMPL Economic Dialogue on the European Semester 2025
- Employment and Social Affairs: Exchange of Views with Polish Presidency
- Environment, Climate and Food Safety: Public hearing on a European Water Resilience Strategy and an EU Blue Deal
- Industry, Research and Energy: Structured dialogue with Henna Virkkunen, Executive Vice-President for Tech Sovereignty, Security and Democracy
- Internal Market and Consumer Protection: Presentation by the Polish Presidency of its priorities
- Regional Development: Debate with Raffaele Fitto, Commissioner for Cohesion and Reform
- Agriculture and Rural Development: Vote and exchanges on topical issues
- Women’s Rights and Gender Equality: Hearing on “Social media and the consequences on young girls’ mental health"
- Women’s Rights and Gender Equality: Presentation by the Polish presidency of its priorities
Parliament's committees will meet representatives of the Polish Presidency of the Council of the European Union to discuss its priorities in relation to the committees' respective areas of responsibility. These meetings will start taking place in the week of 27 January 2025. The Polish Presidency started in the beginning of January and will run until the end of June.
The European Parliament’s calendar for 2025 is available through the link below. Parliament decides its annual calendar of work on the basis of a proposal by the Conference of Presidents. It is divided into plenary sittings (part-sessions) and meetings.
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