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1. Highlights - AFET hearing on illegal settlements in the West Bank - Committee on Foreign Affairs

   

   On Thursday, 11 December 2025, the Committee on Foreign Affairs (AFET) will organise a public hearing on "Illegal Settlements in the West Bank". This hearing will provide an opportunity to assess recent developments on the ground. The discussion will inform the next steps of the European Parliament in holding the EU institutions accountable for the effective implementation of its positions on settlements.

   
   

   Over 700,000 Israeli settlers live across the occupied West Bank, including East Jerusalem, covering an estimated 14% of the territory. These settlements are illegal under international law, especially the Fourth Geneva Convention, and stand in contradiction with UN Security Council Resolution 233 (1967). Settlement expansion is a major obstacle to the viability of a two-state solution, the only path to sustainable peace endorsed by the European Union and the international community.

   
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2. Highlights - Exchange of views with the 2025 Sakharov Prize laureates - Committee on Foreign Affairs

   

   On Monday, 15 December, the Committees on Foreign Affairs and on Development and the Subcommittee on Human Rights will hold a joint exchange of views with representatives of the 2025 Sakharov Prize laureates Andrzej Poczobut from Belarus and Mzia Amaglobeli from Georgia.

   
   

   Andrzej Poczobut is a journalist, essayist, blogger and activist from the Polish minority in Belarus. Known for his opposition to Alexander Lukashenko's regime, he has become a symbolic figure in the struggle for freedom and democracy in Belarus. Detained since 2021 and sentenced to eight years, he has endured solitary confinement. In a resolution adopted on 15 March 2023, the European Parliament called Andrzej Poczobut's immediate and unconditional release. Mzia Amaglobeli, a Georgian journalist and director of online media outlets Batumelebi and Netgazeti, is the first female political prisoner in Georgia since its independence, and a fighter for freedom of expression. Detained in 2025 and imprisoned for two years, Amaglobeli has become a prominent symbol of Georgia's pro-democracy protest movement. The European Parliament demanded on 19 June 2025 Mzia Amaglobeli's immediate and unconditional release and condemned the Georgian Dream authorities.

   
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3. Highlights - My Voice, My Choice: For Safe and Accessible Abortion - vote - Committee on Women’s Rights and Gender Equality

   

   On Monday, 8 December 2025, Members of the FEMM committee will vote on the draft motion for resolution pursuant to Rule 228.8 on the European Citizens' Initiative "My Voice, My Choice: For Safe and Accessible Abortion".

   
   

   After the public hearing and following the procedures laid down for citizens' initiatives, FEMM Members will vote on the European Citizens' Initiative "My Voice, My Choice: For Safe and Accessible Abortion". More than one million citizens have asked to listen and to act and FEMM members call to remove the inequalities and barriers that too many people across Europe still face when seeking safe and accessible reproductive healthcare.

   
   The European Citizens' Initiative "My Voice, My Choice"
   Public hearing event page "My Voice, My Choice: For Safe and Accessible Abortion"

   
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4. Latest news - ENVI Committee meetings - Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety

   The next committee meetings will take place on:

   • Thursday, 11 December 2025, from 8:30 to 11:00 and from 13:00 to 16:00
   • Monday, 15 December 2025 (CJ61 (SEDE-ENVI-ITRE) joint committee procedure (Rule 59))

   
   ENVI Work in progress (updated 10 November 2025)
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   Latest votes in ENVI
   ENVI Activity Report 2019-2024

   
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5. Highlights - ENVI Conference “From Promise to Action - 10 years of the Paris Agreement” - Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety

   

   To mark the tenth anniversary of the Paris Agreement, the ENVI Committee is organising a conference that will take place on Thursday 11 December, from 13:00 to 16:00, in Brussels. It will gather actors of the Paris Agreement, including Laurent Fabius, the Chair of COP21, and stakeholders representing different interests, such as the scientific community, business and civil society.

   
   

   The anniversary of the Paris Agreement provides an opportunity to take stock of progress and shortcomings, both globally and from EU's point of view, after the COP30 UNFCCC meeting. The conference "From Promise to Action - 10 years of the Paris Agreement" will therefore aim to assess what has been achieved, identify gaps and reaffirm the EU's global leadership in climate action. It will include keynote speeches from high-level speakers, followed by a roundtable where Members and the audience will be able to take the floor.
   

   The registration link is available here.

   
   Presentation of the Foodwatch report ‘First wings, then a racing heart - How Red Bull, Monster & Co market energy drinks to children’ by Dr Rebekka Siegmann, Foodwatch
   Energy Drinks: Do they give the Pediatric Cardiovascular system wings ? Results of the EDUCATE study - Presentation by Dr Felix Oberhoffer, paediatric resident/clinician scientist, University Hospital of LMU Munich
   Consequences of consuming energy drinks in minors: strong desires and weak brakes - Presentation by Dr Brita de Jong, Chair of the Advocacy Committee of the Dutch Association of Paeditricians
   Consommation de boissons énergisantes chez les mineurs - Presentation by Anthony Berthou, nutritionist specialised in systemic food issues

   
   Source : © European Union, 2025 - EP