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Highlights - Exchange of views with Executive Vice-President Roxana Mînzatu - Committee on Employment and Social Affairs
On 17 March, the EMPL Committee held an exchange of views with Roxana Mînzatu, Executive Vice-President for Social Rights and Skills, Quality Jobs and Preparedness, in the framework of the structured dialogue. The exchange touched on upcoming challenges in the area of social policy, such as quality jobs, digitalisation, funding, labour shortages and skills. The Executive Vice-President presented, on this occasion, the Quality Jobs Roadmap, published last December.
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Highlights - Exchange of views with Commissioner Jørgensen - Committee on Employment and Social Affairs
On 17 March, the EMPL Committee discussed with Dan Jørgensen, Commissioner for Energy and Housing the social dimension of the Commission’s Affordable Housing Plan, presented in the HOUS Committee in December 2025.Against the backdrop of rising housing prices (+60% between 2013 and 2024) and declining building permits (-22% since 2021), the discussion focused on the growing social impact of the housing crisis, including market distortions such as short-term rentals and speculation, and support for vulnerable groups.
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Highlights - Exchange of views with the Executive Directors of the Agencies under EMPL’s remit - Committee on Employment and Social Affairs
On 16 March, the EMPL Committee held an exchange of views with the Executive Directors of the EU Agencies under its remit: the European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training (Cedefop), the European Labour Authority (ELA), the European Agency for Safety and Health at Work (EU-OSHA), the European Training Foundation (ETF) and the European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions (Eurofound).Jürgen Siebel (Cedefop), Cosmin Boiangiu (ELA), William Cockburn (EU-OSHA), Pilvi Torsti (ETF) and Ivailo Kalfin (Eurofound) presented the key priorities and activities of their agencies' annual work programmes and responded to questions from Coordinators and Members. As in previous years, the exchange provided an opportunity to further strengthen cooperation between the Committee and the specialised EU agencies under its remit.
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Latest news - Next Extraordinary Meeting - 25 March 2026 - Committee on Regional Development
The Committee on Regional Development will have an extraordinary meeting in Brussels on Wednesday 25 March 2026 from 19.00-22.00.
REGI Meetings_Calendar 2026
LIST Coordinators REGI - 10th term_12.12.2025
REGI Newsletter
Research studies for REGI Committee
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Latest news - Meeting of the DEVE Committee 17 March and joint DEVE/ENVI meeting - Committee on Development
The Committee on Development met on 17 March to discuss the following files:
- Exchange of views with Tom Fletcher from OCHA on the 2026 Humanitarian Priorities and Challenges;
- Exchange of views with Commissioners Jozef Síkela and Hadja Lahbib on the Commission Work Programme;
- Jointly with ENVI Committee :Presentation of the draft report on the SDGsin view of the 2026 High-Level Political Forum;
- Public Hearing on Water in EU Development Cooperation: Enhancing EU Action, Sustainable Investments and Policy Coherence;
- Presentation of a study by the lead author Lukas Schlögl: The Foundations of EU Development and Cooperation Policies;
- Votes on :
- Opinion on EU strategy to face the new theories against democracy;
- Opinion on the protocol to the EU fisheries partnership agreement with the Cook Islands (2025-2032);
- Budget 2027: Pilot Projects and Preparatory Actions (PP-PAs) for pre-assessment by the Commission.
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