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The need for stronger support systems to make political representation more inclusive across Europe was highlighted by MEPs and experts in a public hearing on Wednesday.
Committee on Women’s Rights and Gender Equality

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The Women’s Rights and Gender Equality Committee has adopted a report supporting the Citizens’ Initiative “My Voice, My Choice: for safe and accessible abortion”.
Committee on Women’s Rights and Gender Equality

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Warning of persistent threats to the rule of law in Hungary and the continuing deterioration of common values, Civil Liberties MEPs have reiterated their calls for EU action.
Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs

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The Committee on Constitutional Affairs has put forward a proposal to allow MEPs to vote in plenary by proxy during pregnancy and in the months following childbirth.
Committee on Constitutional Affairs

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The gathering will bring together members of the EU and South Africa parliaments to discuss multilateralism, energy transformation and a Clean Trade and Investment Partnership.

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From 3 to 7 November 2025, EP committees will be discussing how to harness women’s talent through education, training and employment, to drive economic growth and progress.
Committee on Women’s Rights and Gender Equality

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A group of eight MEPs from the European Parliament’s Committee on Development and Subcommittee on Human Rights begin a three-day mission to the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) today.
Committee on Development

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Three members of the Legal Affairs Committee will travel to Ljubljana next week to examine Slovenia’s successful approach to general waste management.
Committee on Legal Affairs

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Addressing EU leaders at today's European Council, European Parliament President Roberta Metsola said that Parliament will deliver, making things better, simpler and easier.

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Parliament adopted its priorities for the UN Climate Change Conference in Belém, Brazil, urging the COP30 to recommit to limiting global warming to 1.5°C.
Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety

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In this press kit, you will find a selection of the European Parliament’s press releases reflecting MEPs’ priorities for the topics on the summit agenda.

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Thursday 23 October

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In a formal sitting on Wednesday, the two prominent Belarusian opposition leaders called on the EU to keep supporting the Belarusian people’s struggle for freedom and democracy.

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Condemning polarisation and state repression in Serbia, MEPs demand an open investigation of the Novi Sad tragedy and a EU fact-finding mission to assess the situation.
Committee on Foreign Affairs

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MEPs urge sustained EU engagement with Belarus, denouncing human rights abuses and highlighting the threat posed by Russia’s influence.
Committee on Foreign Affairs

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MEPs want a 2026 budget that reinforces the EU’s key priorities in uncertain times and boosts research, competitiveness, and defence.
Committee on Budgets

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Parliament will decide its position on simpler sustainability requirements ahead of talks with EU governments at the next plenary session in Brussels on 13 November.
Committee on Legal Affairs

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The two journalists, imprisoned in Belarus and Georgia, are the laureates of the 2025 Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought, to be awarded by Parliament on 16 December.
Committee on Foreign Affairs
Committee on Development

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The draft legislation seeks to protect the Union’s interests from the weaponisation of energy supplies by the Russian Federation.
Committee on Industry, Research and Energy

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Wednesday 22 October

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