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Latest news - Meeting of the DEVE Committee 14 April - Committee on Development
The Committee on Development will meet on 14 April to discuss the following issues:
· Outlook for humanitarian work under pressure with VOICE;
· Lancet report on the impact of ODA funding on mortality and the consequences of defunding
· on the Humanitarian situation in Lebanon;
· Protection of aid workers with implementing partners and beneficiaries:
· Union Civil Protection Mechanism;
· Workshop on 'Tied aid and strategic procurement' - details in the agenda below.
· Votes on opinions:
1. Recommendation on promoting transnational governance on water in the interests of conflict prevention and peace;
2. Amending Regulation (EU) 2024/1252 framework for supply of critical raw materials ;
3. Termination of the VPA between the EU and the Republic of Liberia on Forest Law Enforcement Governance and Trade in timber products.
The next Committee meeting will take place on 5 May 2026, 9.30-12.30 and 14.30-18.30.
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Highlights - Structured dialogue with the European Commission and votes - Committee on Legal Affairs
On 15-16 April 2026, the Members of the JURI Committee will meet in Brussels to hear the presentation of the JURI Committee`s gender mainstreaming action plan. At the same meeting, Members will consider the draft opinion to ITRE's dossier on the Establishment of European Business Wallets (2025/0358(COD)), followed by the reporting back on JURI's Missions to Madrid and Germany (Stuttgart and Heidelberg), that took place in February and March respectively.The Committee on Legal Affairs will also hold an exchange of views with Henna Virkkunen, Executive Vice-President for Tech Sovereignty, Security and Democracy, in the context of the structured dialogue. The Committee will also vote on an opinion on the lagal basis of the dossier on Circularity requirements for vehicle design and on management of end-of-life vehicles, amending Regulations (EU) 2018/858 and 2019/1020 and repealing Directives 2000/53/EC and 2005/64/EC (2023/0284(COD)). Finally, JURI will hold jointly with IMCO, and with the association of PETI, a public hearing on the Citizen's initiative 'Stop destroying videogames'.
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Highlights - ODA cuts could cause millions of deaths by 2030, Lancet study warns - Committee on Development
An exchange of views in DEVE will examine new findings showing that development assistance has significantly reduced mortality over two decades. However, current defunding trends could lead to between 9.4 and 22.6 million additional deaths by 2030, including millions of children, highlighting urgent policy implications for EU development and global health action.DEVE will host an exchange of views on the impact of two decades of humanitarian and development assistance and the projected mortality consequences of current defunding trends, based on a recent Lancet study. The discussion will bring together DEVE and SANT Members, the study's authors, WHO and the European Commission. The study finds that official development assistance (ODA) contributed to a 23% reduction in overall mortality and a 39% reduction in under-five mortality across 93 low- and middle-income countries between 2002 and 2021, including major declines in deaths from HIV/AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis. However, current funding cuts risk reversing these gains. Projections suggest that continued defunding could result in 9.4 to 22.6 million additional deaths by 2030, including up to 5.4 million children. The exchange will explore implications for EU development policy, global health partnerships and progress towards the SDGs.
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Highlights - Humanitarian situation in Lebanon - Committee on Development
On 14 April DEVE Members will hold an exchange of views on the humanitarian situation in Lebanon. A discussion with guest speakers from the World Food Programme, the Lebanon Humanitarian and Development Forum and the Commission (DG ECHO) will aim to provide a comprehensive overview of the humanitarian situation and challenges on the ground and to identify concrete recommendations to inform the work of the European Parliament.Despite the scale and urgency of the humanitarian crisis in Lebanon, the response remains critically underfunded, with the 2026 Lebanon flash appeal facing a significant financing gap. Simultaneously, the crisis shows clear signs of becoming protracted, unfolding against a backdrop of repeated shocks from which the population has yet to recover. With global resources increasingly diverted to other crises, Lebanon risks becoming an overlooked emergency, further exacerbating vulnerabilities and deepening humanitarian needs over time.
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Highlights - AFCO - ICM 14.04.26. - NEW - Committee on Constitutional Affairs
Interparliamentary Committee Meeting on the institutional aspects of Artificial Intelligence in the context of European integration - 14.04.26The Committee on Constitutional Affairs will hold an Interparliamentary Committee Meeting on 14 April. Members of the EU Member States national parliaments and candidate countries will hold an exchange of views on international cooperation and a possible International Convention on Artificial Intelligence, horizontal parliamentary cooperation and reflecting the AI impact on elections. The rapporteur Emmanouil Kefalogiannis (PPE) will present the draft report of the same title that underlines that parliamentary involvement is indispensable in order to ensure democratic legitimacy, transparency and public accountability in such a global process.
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