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2-6 September: Committees and Political Groups
In the week of 2 September, Members' work is split between meetings in Parliamentary Committees and political groups. Important votes and debates will take place. The highlight of the week being the votes and assessment of Council's reading on the 2025 EU Budget.
Exchange of views on gender equality, exchange of views on the international financial reporting standards, exchange of views with OLAF, discussions on the EU Solidarity Fund and also on pesticide residues in food; and the use of the agricultural reserve in emergency support to farmers in some Member States are other topics that will be discussed during Committee meetings.
Follow the links below for a selection of this week's highlights.
- Budgets: Members to assess Council's reading on the 2025 EU budget
- Budgets: EU Solidarity Fund to be mobilized to support five EU countries
- Budgetary Control: Exchanges of views with OLAF, Sup. Committee and Controller of procedural guarantees
- Economic and Monetary Affairs: Public Hearing with Claudia Buch, Chair of the Supervisory Board of the ECB
- Economic and Monetary Affairs: Exchange of views with the Chairs of the IFRS Foundation Trustees, the IASB and ISSB
- Employment and Social Affairs: General budget of the EU for the financial year 2025 - committee vote
- Agriculture and Rural Development: Votes and exchanges on topical issues
- Women’s Rights and Gender Equality: Exchange of views with EIGE
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