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🔴LIVE NOW: 🇦🇫 impact of USAID cuts on Afghanistan's earthquake recovery

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🗳️ ADOPTED - @deve.europarl.europa.eu MEPs adopt an opinion drafted by @charlesgoerens.bsky.social on the General budget of the European Union for the financial year 2026, by:

✔️ 9 votes in favour
✖️ 3 against
⭕ 12 abstentions

The Committee’s activities this morning move on to a discussion with @afet.europarl.europa.eu and @budg.europarl.europa.eu on the EFSD/ EFSD+ with Center for Global Development, Authors of 'Deep Dive' evaluation and European Court of Auditors

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⏰ STARTING NOW - exchange of views with @afet.europarl.europa.eu on the increased efficiency of the
External Action Guarantee.

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🆕 The political groups and MEPs presented 8 nominations for the 2025 #SakharovPrize for Freedom of Thought at a joint meeting on Tuesday.
The vote on the three finalists will take place in October.

➡️ Discover the list in our press release 👇 www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/pres...

FROM 14.30 TODAY - DEVE, @afet.europarl.europa.eu &
@droi.europarl.europa.eu MEPs meet to present the 2026 Sakharov Prize candidates

Location: SPAAK 3C050, Brussels

Livestream: multimedia.europarl.europa.eu/en/webstream...

Details: www.europarl.europa.eu/meetdocs/202...

🕊️ COMING UP TODAY - The European Parliament's Development, Human Rights and Foreign Affairs committees meet for a presentation of the 2025 Sakharov Prize candidates.

Full details below, meeting from 14.30

ICYMI - this week's agenda at the @deve.europarl.europa.eu Committee, with meetings on Tuesday and Wednesday.

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Wrapping up their mission to Namibia with a final day of site visits to EU-funded projects, DEVE Chair @barryandrewsmep.bsky.social said EU engagement is about supporting Namibia's sustainable development ambitions, on the principle that no one is left behind 🇪🇺 🇳🇦

NEXT WEEK at the @deve.europarl.europa.eu Committee

Meetings:
- Wednesday, 24 September, 17.15-18.30
⚕️Together w/@sant.europarl.europa.eu, a debate on the impact of USAID interventions & defunding on global pandemic preparedness & mortality

Live: multimedia.europarl.europa.eu/en/webstream...

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📆 NEXT WEEK at the @deve.europarl.europa.eu Committee

Meetings:
- Wednesday, 24 September, 10.00-17.15, on
💶 European Funds for Sustainable Development
🗺️ annual meeting with CONCORD
🇦🇫 impact of USAID cuts on Afghanistan's earthquake Recovery

Live: multimedia.europarl.europa.eu/en/webstream...

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📆 NEXT WEEK at the @deve.europarl.europa.eu Committee

Meetings:
- Tuesday 23 September, 14.30-15.30, with @afet.europarl.europa.eu & @droi.europarl.europa.eu to present the 2026 Sakharov Prize candidates

Location: SPAAK 3C050, Brussels
Livestream: multimedia.europarl.europa.eu/en/webstream...

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🗓️ 23.09 ⏲️ 14.30 - 15.30

Members @droi.europarl.europa.eu will meet with Members @afet.europarl.europa.eu and @deve.europarl.europa.eu to assess the nominations for the 2025 #SakharovPrize for Freedom of Thought.

📽️ Follow the meeting live: link.europa.eu/KrNbff

This Monday, the @europarl.europa.eu pays tribute to the 2023 #Sakharov Prize laureate: the Woman, Life, Freedom Movement from Iran. 💇‍♀️ 🕊️
— here with @hneumannmep.bsky.social

Details & registration: tinyurl.com/yc4shmzw
🗓️ 22 SEPT | 🕒 14:30-17:15 CET | 📍 EP Brussels

#WomanLifeFreedom

Speaking at the Cleanergy project inauguration, for @deve.europarl.europa.eu's Namibia mission, Hildegard Bentele MEP called it "a prime example of courageous investments, addressing the climate crisis, promoting human development & transforming production & consumption patterns in Namibia & Europe"

Hoffnung stiften, wo sie am nötigsten ist. 🇳🇦🤝🇪🇺

Zehntausende leben in den „informelle Siedlungen“ von Katatura und Tobias Hainyeko, Vorstädte von #Windhoek.

Das Engagement der Menschen bei Hope Initiative #Namibia ist unbeschreiblich. Hier macht jeder Euro unserer Unterstützung einen Unterschied.

Committee MEPs also met with the Speaker of Namibia's national assembly this morning, where Development MEPs expressed the hope that together the EU and Namibia can work on models to ensure that the development of sustainable energy benefits all Namibians.

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On a visit to the HISA Centre, @deve.europarl.europa.eu Committee Chair @barryandrewsmep.bsky.social said:

"The project has reached hundreds & hundreds of people with a small investment of the EU, and impressive impacts. Such stories also challenge us as donors, to continue the work that we do"

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Yesterday, as part of their mission to Namibia, @deve.europarl.europa.eu MEPs met their counterparts in the National Assembly, where they discussed EU-Namibia relations and EU support, notably in renewable energies, market access, and early childhood development.

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The European Parliament’s Committee on Development is now on Bluesky 🦋!

Follow us for regular Committee updates and activities - meetings, votes, missions, and more - and for more information visit our website at the link below!