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13 April – 16 April: Work in Parliamentary Committees
In the week of 13 April, a large part of Members' work will be in Parliamentary Committees. This week's topics and events include EU response to human rights violations in the West Bank; the projected mortality consequences of current ODA defunding trends; Humanitarian situation in Lebanon; Interparliamentary Committee Meeting on Human Work in the Digital Age; Energy Community Parliamentary Plenum; scrutiny of major online marketplaces over the sale of unsafe or illegal products in the EU; and Structured Dialogue with Commissioner Lahbib. A number of public hearings will be held: on Caste discrimination in South Asia, on Global role of the euro, on the European Citizens' Initiative "Stop Destroying Videogames", as well as a workshop on Territorial Supply Constraints. Follow the links below to discover this week's highlights.
- Human Rights: Exchange of views on EU response to human rights
- Human Rights: Public hearing on Caste discrimination in South Asia
- Development: ODA cuts could cause millions of deaths by 2030
- Development: Humanitarian situation in Lebanon
- Economic and Monetary Affairs: Public hearing on the “Global role of the euro”
- Employment and Social Affairs: ICM on "Human Work in the Digital Age"
- Industry, Research and Energy: Energy Community Parliamentary Plenum
- Internal Market and Consumer Protection: Temu faces EU scrutiny for systemic sale of unsafe and illegal goods
- IMCO-JURI-PETI: Stop destroying video games
- Internal Market and Consumer Protection: Territorial Supply Constraints
- Women’s Rights and Gender Equality: Structured Dialogue with Commissioner Lahbib
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