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The Week Ahead 10 – 16 November 2025 [4]
Plenary session and committee meetings, Brussels
Plenary/
Key debate/October European Council*. On Thursday morning/, MEPs will assess the outcome of the October European Council meeting, in a debate with Presidents Costa and von der Leyen. During their meeting, EU leaders focused on Ukraine, the Middle East, security and defence, competitiveness, housing and migration.
Sustainability simplification package*. Following the rejection of the committee position in plenary on 22 October, MEPs have an opportunity to amend the Commission’s original proposal for simplified sustainability reporting and due diligence requirements for companies, ahead of negotiations with EU ministers. The vote will take place on Thursday, /followed by a press conference with the rapporteur.
EU long-term budget*. On Wednesday afternoon/, MEPs and Commission and Council representatives will discuss the architecture and governance of the EU’s 2028-2034 long-term budget (multiannual financial framework – MFF). Lead MEPs have warned that setting the spending ceiling at 1.26% of the EU-27’s gross national income, as proposed by the Commission in July, will force cuts to flagship programmes. The proposal also falls short of Parliament’s expectations regarding democratic oversight and scrutiny, the EU’s agriculture and cohesion policy, and the need for more regional and local authority involvement.
Proxy voting rights. *A proposal to allow MEPs to confer their voting rights to trusted colleagues during pregnancy and in the months following birth will be put to a plenary vote on Thursday.
Gender equality strategy*. MEPs will debate on Wednesday/ and vote on Thursday/ on their demands for the EU’s 2026-2030 gender equality strategy. They are expected to stress that gender-based violence should be a crime under EU law, that EU equality legislation must be implemented in full, and that the gender employment, pay and pension gaps must be bridged.
Committees/
EU climate law – 2040 target*. The Environment, Climate and Food Safety Committee will adopt its position on a 2040 EU target for greenhouse gas emissions reduction. The target will be included in the EU climate law, which underpins the EU’s goal of becoming climate neutral by 2050 (Monday)./
2026 EU budget.* Negotiators from the Parliament and the Council’s Danish presidency will try to reach an agreement on the EU’s 2026 budget. Parliament’s position, adopted in October, restored the cuts made by the Council to the Commission’s draft budget and proposed top-ups to key programmes. If negotiators agree on a compromise and once the Council formally adopts it, a vote is expected at the November plenary session in Strasbourg (Friday)./
Press briefing*. The European Parliament Press Service will hold a last-minute press briefing ahead of the 12-13 November plenary session at 14:30 on Wednesday in the Anna Politkovskaya press room, in Brussels.
President’s diary.* On Monday, /President Roberta Metsola will participate in a meeting with the President of the European Commission and the Presidency of the Council of the EU, under Article 324 TFEU. On Wednesday, s/he will preside over the opening of the plenary session. On Thursday, /President Metsola will travel to Paris, where she will attend a ceremony to pay tribute to the victims of the November 2015 terrorist attacks, and the inauguration of the November 13th Garden. Also in Paris, on Friday, /she will meet the President of the French Republic, Emmanuel Macron.
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