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Two landmark Italian court rulings have reignited the LGBTQ+ parenthood debate, clashing with Meloni’s hardline stance and restrictive laws.

Kushner's mission extends beyond diplomacy – and his past is nearly impossible to ignore.

Spain leans into its long-held mediator role in the Middle East as Sánchez turns to Erdoğan for support on Gaza at the UN.

Constitutional experts doubt that conditionality will be effective in the long term, especially if richer member states begin to violate EU values.

The next meeting of the Committee on Security and Defence (SEDE) is scheduled to take place on Tuesday, 3 June 2025 from 9:00 - 12:30 and 14:30 - 18:30 in Brussels (ANTALL 4Q2).

Further information about the meeting can be found here.

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SEDE missions 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
EP calendar 2025
SEDE meetings' calendar 2nd half of 2024 - 10th legislature
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Political leaders continue to pour public money and political capital into carbon capture and storage. But major doubts surround this much-touted climate-fix technology.

Deals under the EU's soon-to-launch 'SAFE' joint defence procurement deal could move at high speed for Brussels.

While the hotel CEO says they will not host events promoting “far-right ideas,” the organisers say they look forward to coming back.

A delegation of seven Members of the Committee on Foreign Affairs (AFET), led by Chair David McAllister, will travel to Uruguay and Argentina from 26 to 29 May. Members will engage in high-level discussions regarding the EU-Mercosur Partnership Agreement which was concluded last December in Montevideo, Uruguay. The findings from this visit will contribute to the preparatory work for the consent procedure on the political and cooperation aspects of the Agreement, for which AFET is responsible.
More broadly, this mission will allow to exchange views on bilateral, regional and multilateral cooperation, as well as geopolitical issues such as Russia's war of aggression against Ukraine, the situation in the Middle East, and China's expanding influence in Latin America.
Location : Uruguay and Argentina
Press announcement
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For Lithuania, the deployment offers reassurance. For Germany, it’s a litmus test for its military.

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Ukrainian MP Natalukha said that while the Commission promised last year to replace the ATMs with a long-term framework, no such structure has materialised.

A new pharma sector report reveals that Ireland initiated just 75 industry-sponsored trials over 2023 and 2024, compared to 229 in Denmark.

An Employment and Social Affairs Committee delegation is travelling to Germany’s Ruhr area to visit chemical and steel plants and educational facilities.
Committee on Employment and Social Affairs

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An Employment and Social Affairs Committee delegation is travelling to Germany’s Ruhr area to visit chemical and steel plants and educational facilities.
Committee on Employment and Social Affairs

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A delegation of seven Members of the Committee on Foreign Affairs (AFET), led by Chair David McAllister, will travel to Uruguay and Argentina from 26 to 29 May. Members will engage in high-level discussions regarding the EU-Mercosur Partnership Agreement which was concluded last December in Montevideo, Uruguay. The findings from this visit will contribute to the preparatory work for the consent procedure on the political and cooperation aspects of the Agreement, for which AFET is responsible.
More broadly, this mission will allow to exchange views on bilateral, regional and multilateral cooperation, as well as geopolitical issues such as Russia's war of aggression against Ukraine, the situation in the Middle East, and China's expanding influence in Latin America.
AFET Missions
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Sanctioned Russian “shadow fleet” ship caught lurking near the Poland-Sweden power cable, prompting swift Polish military intervention and renewed NATO warnings.

Parliament has endorsed a proposal to raise tariffs on Russian fertilisers, rejecting efforts to weaken the measure and clearing the way for final adoption by July.

Spanish minister defends Israeli arms deal scrapped in public but revived in practice, sparking tension within Sánchez’s coalition.

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