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Latest news - Next Committee Meeting: Wednesday 15 & Thursday 16 April 2026 - Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection
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Latest news - Next SEDE meeting - Committee on Security and Defence
The next meeting of the Committee on Security and Defence (SEDE)is scheduled to take place on Tuesday, 14 April 2026from 9.00 - 12.30and 14.30 - 18.30in Brussels(room ANTALL 4Q1).
Further information about the SEDE meetings can be found here.
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SEDE missions 2026:- Poland and Czechia - 16-18 February 2026
- Ukraine - 5-6 February 2026
- Djibouti - 27-29 October 2025
- Greenland - 15-19 September 2025
- Norway - 27-30 May 2025
- Moldova and Ukraine - 14-17 April 2025
- Bosnia and Herzegovina - 24-27 February 2025
- Israel and Palestine - 5-8 February 2025
- United Kingdom - 28-30 October 2024
- Ukraine - 25-26 October 2024
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Highlights - Lille selected as Headquarters of the New EU Customs Authority - Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection
On 25 March 2026, the European Parliament and the Council chose Lille, France, as the seat of the future EU Customs Authority. The decision followed a selection process, where both institutions shortlisted candidates from nine cities before agreeing on a final choice. The new authority, part of EU customs reform, will help improve coordination and oversight across Member States.The location decision is part of a broader reform of EU customs rules. After agreeing on selection criteria in October 2025, nine countries put forward bids to host the authority. The European Commission has since assessed these proposals, and IMCO Members of the European Parliament reviewed them during a dedicated session in January 2026.
During that session, representatives from the nine candidate countries presented their plans and answered questions. They outlined how they would provide the infrastructure and support needed for a central customs authority. The final choice will influence both where the authority is based and how customs cooperation works across the EU in practice.
The applicant European countries were the following;
Bucharest (Romania)
Liège (Belgium
Lille (France)
Málaga (Spain)
Porto (Portugal)
Rome (Italy)
The Hague (Netherlands)
Warsaw (Poland)
Zagreb (Croatia)
Press Release: Future EU Customs Authority to be headquartered in Lille, France - 25 March 2026
WATCH the Q&A session
Press Release: Parliament endorses the seat selection procedure for the EU Customs Authority - 24 February 2026
The European Commission's assessments of the nine applications - 21 January 2026
More on the negotiations between the European Parliament and the European Council
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Highlights - REGI Committee vote - Horizon Europe - 25.03.26 - Committee on Regional Development
The Committee on Regional Development will vote to adopt its draft opinion on Establishing Horizon Europe, the Framework Programme for Research and Innovation, for the period 2028-2034 laying down its rules for participation and dissemination, and repealing Regulation (EU) 2021/695 - 2025/0543(COD) - COM(2025)0543 - C10-0164/2025 - PA-PE782.392v01-00 - AM-PE785.299v01-00 - Rapporteur for the opinion: Şerban Dimitrie Sturdza(ECR) at its extraordinary meeting on 25 March 2026.
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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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