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Hello Bluesky 👋 The European Parliamentary Research Service #EPRS is now live

🔎 Facts. Analysis. Insight. Foresight.
We are the in-house research service of the European Parliament

✅ Follow us for independent and objective briefings on EU issues, policy & law
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🗓️ Tomorrow: plenary debate on #Ukraine, with @consilium.europa.eu and @ec.europa.eu statements on the EU position on the proposed peace plan and the EU engagement towards a just and lasting peace for Ukraine

What's the state of play of the EU's support to Ukraine? 👇

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State of Play: EU support to Ukraine
In response to Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, the EU and its Member States have mobilised around €177.5 billion in financial, military and humanitarian assistance to support...
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November 25, 2025 at 1:16 PM
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#InvestEU helps boost EU competitiveness & innovation. Simplifying it could help generate €55bn in additional investment & save €350mn in costs

Plenary debate:25 Nov
Vote:26 Nov

Rapporteurs: @aurasalla.bsky.social, Irene Tinagli

Read ↓

#EPlenary @econ.europarl.europa.eu @budg.europarl.europa.eu
EPRS plenary note on 'InvestEU: New measures to unlock investment'
November 25, 2025 at 10:45 AM
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📱Protecting children online is high on the plenary agenda of the European Parliament this week.

🗓️ Plenary debate: 25 Nov / vote: 26 Nov
📑 Rapporteur: @cschaldemose.bsky.social

Read our #EPlenary note ↓
🔗 link.europa.eu/8nThqT

@imco.europarl.europa.eu @cult.europarl.europa.eu
EPRS plenary note on 'Online protection of minors'
November 25, 2025 at 10:42 AM
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Competition between global powers for influence in the #Arctic is contributing to a growing sense of instability

🗓️ Plenary debate: 25 Nov / vote: 26 Nov
📑 Rapporteur: Urmas Paet

Read our #EPlenary note ↓
🔗 link.europa.eu/CF6T9x

@afet.europarl.europa.eu
EPRS plenary note on 'EU strategy and cooperation in the Arctic'
November 25, 2025 at 8:43 AM
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China’s export controls on rare-earth elements highlight major vulnerabilities of the EU supply chains that remain hard to mitigate.

🗓️ Today: plenary debate on how to tackle China’s export restrictions

Read our note 👉 link.europa.eu/Rtfj7g

#EPlenary @inta.europarl.europa.eu
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November 25, 2025 at 8:32 AM
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⏰ Today in plenary: Commission statement on the Democracy Shield

The EU is tackling foreign information manipulation and interference, including through the new European Democracy Shield.

Follow the timeline on the EU’s response 👇

@euds.europarl.europa.eu @nathalieloiseau.bsky.social
November 25, 2025 at 8:22 AM
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🟧 Today is the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women

2 years after the ratification of the Istanbul Convention, Parliament aims to make gender-based violence an EU crime

👉 link.europa.eu/x9MBC4

#NoExcuse @femm.europarl.europa.eu @linagalvez.eu @irenemonterog.bsky.social
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November 25, 2025 at 8:11 AM
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The European Defence Industry Programme #EDIP should help boost the EU's defence industry.

🗓️ Plenary debate: 25 Nov
📑 Rapporteurs: @raphaelglucksmann.bsky.social, François-Xavier Bellamy

Read our #EPlenary note ↓
🔗 link.europa.eu/X8Cqcr

@sede.europarl.europa.eu @itre.europarl.europa.eu
EPRS plenary note on 'European defence industry programme (EDIP)'
November 24, 2025 at 4:49 PM
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🧸 A new toy safety regulation could require safety assessment of digitally connected toys to consider the risks to children's mental health

Vote in plenary is scheduled on 25 Nov

Read our #EPlenary note ↓
🔗 link.europa.eu/MQCd4h

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EPRS plenary note on 'Toy safety regulation'
November 24, 2025 at 12:40 PM
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📆This Thursday, 27 Nov at 9.30h

#STOAPanel at the @europarl.europa.eu featuring a
Committee on Industry, Research and Energy study on how the EU can accelerate the deployment of Direct Air Capture technologies to reach net-zero by 2050💨

Webstream → link.europa.eu/ytDJRV

#CleanTech #EUInnovation
November 24, 2025 at 8:51 AM
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The EU has started proposing ways to simplify EU laws governing the digital space.

Debate in plenary on the #DigitalOmnibus with the Commission on 25 November.

👉 wp.me/p2qdgs-iNQ

#EPlenary @libe.europarl.europa.eu @imco.europarl.europa.eu
Simplifying EU digital laws for competitiveness
Following Mario Draghi's report on the future of European competitiveness, the EU has started proposing ways to simplify EU laws governing the digital space.
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November 24, 2025 at 8:46 AM
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Migrant smugglers are responsible for 90% of irregular external EU border crossings

Could a stronger role for @europol.europa.eu help combat smuggling & trafficking in human beings?

Vote in plenary is scheduled on 25 Nov

#EPlenary @libe.europarl.europa.eu
EPRS plenary note: 'Stronger role for Europol to fight migrant smuggling and human trafficking'
November 24, 2025 at 8:09 AM
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Parliament's negotiators have succeeded in reaching an agreement on the 2026 #EUbudget that reinforces Parliament’s priorities

It sets commitment appropriations at €192.77bn & payments at €190.1bn

Vote in plenary is scheduled on 26 Nov

👉 link.europa.eu/tg7ffk

#EPlenary @budg.europarl.europa.eu
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November 24, 2025 at 8:01 AM
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Prepare for next week #EPlenary with our notes:

🔸Online protection of minors

🔹EDIP

🔸2026 budget

🔹Toy safety

🔸Disability rights

🔹Role of national parliaments in the EU

🔸Interest representation for third countries

🔹Europol

🔸InvestEU

🔹Arctic

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@press.europarl.europa.eu
European Parliament Plenary Session November II 2025
Members gather for the second plenary session of November, with an agenda that underlines the European Union's efforts to defend and protect our democracies, our trade and our borders.
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November 21, 2025 at 2:14 PM
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🌍 The EU-African Union Summit will take place on 24-25 November

Check our notes on the EU-Africa partnership (part 1):

🔹Economy & connectivity
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🔸Natural resources, health, research & education
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#AUEU25 @afet.europarl.europa.eu @deve.europarl.europa.eu
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November 21, 2025 at 10:21 AM
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African and European Heads of State/Government will meet 24-25 Nov for the 2025 EU-African Union Summit

Check out our briefing for the context that will set the scene for discussions

👉 link.europa.eu/9VgcVx

#AUEU25 @afet.europarl.europa.eu @deve.europarl.europa.eu
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November 21, 2025 at 8:00 AM
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Tax incentives that encourage sustainable investment aim to help achieve climate objectives while supporting economic growth and safeguarding tax revenue

Yet rising energy costs are making it hard to reach agreement

👉 link.europa.eu/rTfJ9h

@fisc.europarl.europa.eu
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November 20, 2025 at 1:20 PM
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🔬There is strong momentum for science in the #EUAgenda, yet misinformation & science denial remain challenges.

Watch how the STOA–@erc.europa.eu Pairing Scheme connects MEPs and EU scientists to strengthen evidence-based policy: youtu.be/ScHqGyJUcEk

Rewatch the event 👉 link.europa.eu/JFW9cd
Pairing Scheme: Bridging Science and Policy
YouTube video by MySTOA
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November 20, 2025 at 9:56 AM
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Products like e-cigarettes, heated tobacco and nicotine pouches aren't covered by the current Tobacco Taxation Directive

Updates aim at addressing this situation

👉 link.europa.eu/wh7DBw

@fisc.europarl.europa.eu
November 20, 2025 at 8:26 AM
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Today is #WorldChildrensDay

Check out our updated briefing on children’s rights in the EU

👉 link.europa.eu/d4tJfQ

@libe.europarl.europa.eu @imco.europarl.europa.eu
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November 20, 2025 at 8:14 AM
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Reimagining music in the age of #AI.🎶

🎧Watch the highlights from our #STOAevent on how the EU can ensure transparency in creative workflows while protecting artists & fostering innovation.

Watch the video👉 wp.me/panTdn-4qK
Rewatch the event👉 link.europa.eu/q7vkBB
Empowered by Music in the Age of Innovation - ESMH
Rapid technological advancements are transforming cultural and creative industries, affecting how music is created, shared and experienced. Digital tools
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November 19, 2025 at 2:19 PM
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Did you miss the #ESPAS Annual Conference? 

It is the biggest EU foresight event of the year, where high-level speakers explored how Europe can prepare for the world of 2040.

📺 Watch the webstreaming 
espas.eu/home.html

📚 Read the foresight papers espas.eu/home.html#pu...

#StrategicForesight
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November 19, 2025 at 11:10 AM
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🔎 How does the EU respond to information manipulation?

Over the past two legislatures, the EU has been tackling foreign information manipulation and interference, including through the new European Democracy Shield.

Watch 👇

@europarl.europa.eu @euds.europarl.europa.eu @epdiplomacy.bsky.social
November 18, 2025 at 8:09 AM
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What did MEPs decide last week during the plenary session in Brussels?

Check our #EPlenary round-up
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Plenary round-up – November I 2025
Highlights of the November I plenary session included debates on the architecture and governance of the new 2028-2034 multiannual financial framework, and on the conclusions of the European Council me...
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November 17, 2025 at 9:34 AM
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🏠 Housing affordability is a rising challenge in the EU

Housing systems vary widely between EU countries, but the need for solutions is universal

Watch 👇

Or read🔎 epthinktank.eu/2025/01/13/a...

@peti.europarl.europa.eu @empl.europarl.europa.eu
November 14, 2025 at 11:13 AM