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The Council agreed its negotiating mandate to simplify the EU deforestation-free products regulation and postpone its application by one year to ensure effective implementation.

From 20 to 25 November 2025, the President of the European Council, António Costa, will travel to South Africa and Angola. He will attend the G20 summit in Johannesburg, on 22-23 November. He will then co-chair the 7th summit between the European Union and the African Union, in Luanda, on 24-25 November.

The Council backs the Commission proposal on EU-Mercosur safeguard clauses, ensuring swift action to protect EU farmers from harmful import surges.

Main agenda items, approximate timing, public sessions and press opportunities.

On 24 November, Members of the Committee on Security and Defence (SEDE) and the Committee on Transport and Tourism (TRAN) vote jointly on the adoption of the SEDE/TRAN draft report on military mobility (Rapporteurs: Petras Auštrevičius (Renew, LT) and Roberts Zile (ECR, LV) followed by a presentation on the Military Mobility Package by Commissioner for Defence and Space A. Kubilius and Commissioner for Sustainable Transport and Tourism A. Tzitzikostas, adopted on 19 November.
The proposal puts forward a comprehensive set of measures aiming at facilitating the transport of equipment, goods and personnel for military purposes, while minimising and mitigating the impact of such transport on civilian transport.
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Proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and the Council on establishing a framework of measures to facilitate the transport of military equipment, goods and personnel across the Union
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China war bereits von 2016 bis 2023 Deutschlands wichtigster Handelspartner.

Washington testet stillschweigend einen neuen US-russischen Entwurf zur Beendigung des Ukrainekriegs – und sorgt damit für Unruhe in Kyjiw und Europa.

Ein einst entschiedener Befürworter, scheint Frankreich sich nun aus seiner traditionellen Rolle in der globalen Entwicklungszusammenarbeit zurückzuziehen.

The following additional SEDE meetings will take place:

• Joint SEDE&TRAN Committees on Monday, 24 November 2025 from 20.00 - 21.30 in Strasbourg (room CHURCHILL 200);
• SEDE Committee on Thursday, 27 November 2025 from 9.00 - 10.00 in Strasbourg (CHURCHILL 200).

The next ordinary meeting of the Committee on Security and Defence (SEDE) is scheduled to take place on Wednesday, 3 December 2025 from 9.00 - 12.30 and 14.30 - 18.30 and Thursday, 4 December 2025 from 9.00 - 12.30 and 15.00 - 18.30 in Brussels (room ANTALL 4Q1).
Further information about the SEDE meetings can be found here.

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SEDE missions 2025:

• Djibouti - 27-29 October 2025
  
• Greenland - 15-19 September 2025
  
• Norway - 27-30 May 2025
• Moldova and Ukraine - 14-17 April 2025
  
• Bosnia and Herzegovina - 24-27 February 2025
• Israel and Palestine - 5-8 February 2025

SEDE missions 2024:

• United Kingdom - 28-30 October 2024
• Ukraine - 25-26 October 2024

SEDE Committee meetings' calendar 2025
SEDE Committee meetings' calendar 2026
EP calendar 2025
EP calendar 2026
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Die Abgeordneten werten den Schritt als Eingriff von oben durch Parlamentspräsidentin Metsola, eine zentrale Figur der konservativen EVP, deren Fraktion das Abkommen weitgehend unterstützt.

Das Digitalisierungspaket wird als Fahrplan für Europas KI-Wachstum verkauft, während die Kommission versucht, den politischen Gegenwind über Datenschutzlockerungen abzufedern.

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The UN Security Council has endorsed US President Trump's Gaza peace plan with a resolution that provides for the deployment of an international force to stabilise the ceasefire and evokes a 'pathway to Palestinian self-determination and statehood'. Commentators examine whether the resolution could bring peace to the region.

The Council has reached agreement on its negotiating position for a regulation establishing an EU digital travel application.

Statement by the High Representative on behalf of the European Union on the alignment of certain third countries with Council Decision (CFSP) 2025/2136 of 17 October 2025 amending Decision (CFSP) 2023/2287 concerning restrictive measures in view of the situation in Niger.

The Council has reached agreement on its negotiating position for a regulation establishing an EU digital travel application.

Statement by the High Representative on behalf of the European Union on the alignment of certain third countries with Council Decision (CFSP) 2025/2136 of 17 October 2025 amending Decision (CFSP) 2023/2287 concerning restrictive measures in view of the situation in Niger.