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    • Monday 1 and Tuesday 2 December 2025 (Brussels);
    • Wednesday 3 December 2025 (extraordinary meeting, Brussels);
    • Monday 8 December 2025 (Brussels);
    • Monday 15 December 2025 (joint BUDG-CONT, Strasbourg);
    • Thursday 15 January 2026 (Brussels).

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  1. The Committee on Development will met on 02 December to discuss the following files:

    • Debriefing on the DEVE and DROI mission to the Democratic Republic of the Congo, 27-29 October 2025;
    • Debriefing on the DEVE mission to Pakistan, 26-29 October 2025;
    • Annual exchange of views with CONCORD, European Confederation of NGOs working on sustainable development and international cooperation;
    • Exchange of views on Partnership for Education;
    • Exchange of views on "From research and innovation to multilateral action: how EU leadership can help end AIDS";
    • Exchange of views in the framework of the 2025 European Disability Rights Week;
    • Exchange of views with Commissioner Lahbibon the forthcoming Communication on Humanitarian Aid;
    • Votes:
    • Humanitarian aid in a time of polycrisis - reaffirming our principles for a more effective and ambitious response to humanitarian crises :
    The next Committee meeting will take place on 28 January 2026, 9.00 - 12.30 and 14.30 - 18.30 (Brussels)

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  2. Entrance of the Barleymont building in Brussels - European Commission
    On 17 and 20 November 2025, the Committee on Budgetary Control held hearings for the 2024 Commission discharge related to the implementation of the EU Budget, with two Commissioners invited.

    The hearings concerned the following topics and Commissioners:
    • 17 November: Migration and border management (MFF Heading 4), with Magnus Brunner, Commissioner for Internal Affairs and Migration, in the presence of ECA reporting Member, Marek Opioła.
    • 20 November: Natural resources and environment (MFF Heading 3), with Christophe Hansen, Commissioner for Agriculture and Food, in the presence of ECA reporting member Klaus- Heiner Lehne.
    These hearings are an important step in the discharge procedure for the financial year 2024, where the Commission's budget implementation, policies and activities in 2024 are evaluated, culminating in the political decision whether to grant discharge to the Commission for the financial year 2024 or not. The European Court of Auditors gave a presentation of their audit findings in each hearing, after which the Commissioner gave an opening statement, followed by a Q&A session with the Members of the Committee.

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  3. Index finger on blue key with the words ECA, European Court of Auditors, on white keyboard keyboard
    On 20 November 2025, the Budgetary Control Committee held a hearing and voted on the nomination of Mr Daniel Caspary as the German Member of the European Court of Auditors (ECA).

    Following the nomination made by the Government of Germany, the Budgetary Control Committee extended an invitation to the nominee to attend a hearing. During the hearing, CONT Members posed questions and evaluated his credentials in his capacity as nominee to the ECA, in particular in view of the requirements laid down in Article 286(1) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union. CONT will give an opinion for the appointment of the candidate in the form of a recommendation to the Plenary. Appointment of the Members of the European Court of Auditors is defined in the Rules of Procedures of the European Parliament under Rule 129.

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