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

Press briefing ahead of the upcoming Competitiveness Council will take place on Tuesday, 22 September 2026 at 15.00.

Die EU hat eine Erklärung zu den vom 18. bis zum 20. September 2026 abgehaltenen Wahlen zur russischen Staatsduma und ihrer Ungültigkeit im Hoheitsgebiet der Ukraine abgegeben.

Die EU hat eine Erklärung zu den sogenannten Präsidentschaftswahlen in der besetzten abtrünnigen Region Südossetien abgegeben, deren Ergebnis sie als null und nichtig betrachtet; zudem hat sie darin ihre unerschütterliche Unterstützung für die Souveränität und territoriale Unversehrtheit Georgiens innerhalb seiner international anerkannten Grenzen bekräftigt.

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General budget of the European Union for the financial year 2027 - all sections
Ausschuss für auswärtige Angelegenheiten
Matjaž Nemec

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RECOMMENDATION on the draft Council decision on the conclusion of a broad package of agreements between the European Union, of the one part, and the Swiss Confederation, of the other part, to consolidate, deepen and expand the bilateral relations, and amending Decisions 2011/51/EU and 2011/738/EU
Committee on Foreign Affairs
Christophe Grudler

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REPORT on a European Parliament recommendation to the Council, the Commission and the Vice-President of the Commission / High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy concerning EU-China political relations
Committee on Foreign Affairs
Hilde Vautmans

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INTERIM REPORT on the proposal for a Council decision on the conclusion of a broad package of agreements to consolidate, deepen and expand the bilateral relations with the Swiss Confederation
Committee on Foreign Affairs
Christophe Grudler

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AMENDMENTS 1 - 290 - Draft report Strategic political relations with Australia – potential for deeper ties in the face of a volatile international order
Committee on Foreign Affairs
Željana Zovko

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The fall of Bashar al-Assad's regime in December 2024, after more than five decades of Ba'athist rule, has reconfigured Syria's political order and foreign relations. By the end of summer 2026, the transitional government under Ahmed al-Sharaa had secured rapid international rehabilitation – including the lifting of United Nations sanctions and partial removal from European and American sanctions regimes. Yet, domestic consolidation remains incomplete, with structural economic issues, sectarian violence, controversies over minority protection and limited accountability exposing the new order's fragility and authoritarian tendencies. Drawing on interviews, fieldwork and policy analysis, this paper examines Syria's emerging political, security and economic dynamics, the repositioning of regional and international actors, as well as the leverage available to the European Union. It identifies three pathways for Syrian development over the next 12 to 24 months: state consolidation, authoritarian stabilisation or fragmentation. Which of these prevails will depend on the combination of external pressure and al-Sharaa's capacity to deliver inclusive domestic governance and manage the economic challenges. For the European Parliament, its central challenge is to translate the European Union's financial support into political leverage at a time when other actors have already moved decisively to occupy the economic and diplomatic spa.
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DRAFT OPINION on EU Gender Action Plan IV – priorities for gender equality and women’s rights in external action
Committee on Foreign Affairs
Hannah Neumann

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Stellungnahme des SEDE-Ausschusses zu dem Entwurf des Gesamthaushaltsplans der Europäischen Union für das Haushaltsjahr 2027
Ausschuss für Sicherheit und Verteidigung
Mārtiņš Staķis

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DRAFT REPORT on the implementation of the common foreign and security policy – annual report 2026
Committee on Foreign Affairs
David McAllister

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ENTWURF EINES BERICHTS über institutionelle Aspekte der Gemeinsamen Europäischen Verteidigungsunion
Ausschuss für konstitutionelle Fragen
Ausschuss für Sicherheit und Verteidigung
Niclas Herbst, Salvatore De Meo

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„Unsere Antwort auf die gegenwärtigen geopolitischen Umbrüche muss eine neue Dimension bekommen“, sagte Kanadas Premierminister Mark Carney am Donnerstag vor dem Europäischen Parlament.

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MEPs condemn the mass irregular crossings into Ceuta and call for increased EU support, cooperation with Morocco and the return of persons with no right to stay.
Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs

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