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1. Highlights - Exchange of Views on Sexual Violence in Conflict - Committee on Women’s Rights and Gender Equality

   

   On Tuesday, 20 May 2025, the FEMM Committee held an exchange views with Pramila Patten, Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General on Sexual Violence in Conflict.

   
   

   Following the March 2025 mission to the 69th session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women in New York where members met Ms Patten, the FEMM committee invited her to continue the discussion in Brussels. Members of the Sub-Committee on Human Rights (DROI) have also been invited.

   
   

   
   Draft programme
   Photos of the meeting

   
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2. Latest news - Meeting of the DEVE Committee 20 May - Committee on Development

   The Committee on Development met on 20 May to discuss the following files:

   • EU political strategy on Latin America;
   • Interparliamentary committeemeeting on Global Gateway and the 4th Conference on Financing for Development;
   • Exchange of views with Natalia Kanem, UNFPA Executive Director, Bertrand Bainvel, UNICEFRepresentative to EU Institutions and Alessandra Aresu from the International Disability and Development Consortium on Impacts of cutsin development aid on health programmes;
   • Exchange of views with Jan Egeland, Secretary General of the Norwegian Refugee Council on How to make the case for continued needs-based humanitarian fundingin line with the humanitarian principles;
   • Exchange of views with Carsten Staur, OECD-DAC Chair on the future of International Development Cooperation - role of ODA

   Votes:

   • Adoption of the draft report on Financing for development - ahead of the fourth International Conference on Financing for Development in Seville: 13 in favour, 3 against, 9 abstentions

   
   Draft agenda
   Draft opinion on the EU political strategy on Latin America

   
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3. Highlights - Vote on opinion to ECON report on Draghi Report and the Capital Markets Union - 04.06 - Committee on Budgets

   

   Members will vote on the BUDG opinion to the ECON report on the Draghi Report and the Capital Markets Union. The draft opinion focuses on the role of the EU budget in helping to promote investment in the EU economy. In particular, it looked at the role of budgetary guarantees and financial instruments, bearing in mind the performance of the InvestEU Fund.

   
   

   The Draghi report was a key contribution to the debate on how to improve the productivity and competitiveness of the EU economy. It emphasised the need to deepen the single market, particularly with regard to the capital markets union, and to increase investments in areas of strategic importance for the EU, including clean tech, energy and transport infrastructure, defence and space.

   
   Procedure documents
   The future of European competitiveness - Draghi report

   
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4. Highlights - Presentation of the Commission's Draft Budget 2026 by Commissioner Serafin - 4.6.2025 - Committee on Budgets

   

   Piotr Serafin, Budget, Anti-Fraud and Public Administration, will present the Commission's Draft Budget for the year 2026 to the Members of the Committee on Budgets, thereby formally launching the annual budgetary procedure in line with Article 314 TFEU.

   
   

   The next stage is for the Council to adopt its position on the Draft Budget, to which Parliament will respond, before the opening of the conciliation period, which will take place in autumn with a view to finding a compromise and adopt the final budget by the end of the year.

   
   Parliament's guidelines for 2026 budget

   
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5. Highlights - Mission to Montenegro - 26-28.05.2025 - Committee on Budgets

   

   The Committee on Budgets (BUDG) is traveling to Montenegro to look into the implementation of the recently established Reform and Growth Facility for the Western Balkans, ongoing pre-accession support as well as the potential budgetary implications of Montenegro’s possible accession for the post-2027 Multi-Annual Financial Framework (MFF).

   
   

   The BUDG Members participating are Johan Van Overtveldt (Chair and Head of delegation, ECR), Karlo Ressler (EPP), Hélder Sousa Silva (EPP), Janusz Lewandowsk (EPP)i, Jean-Marc Germain (S&D), Carla Tavares (S&D), Angéline Furet (PfE), Tomasz Buczek (ECR), Michele Picaro (ECR), Kai Tegethoff (Greens/EFA) and Thomas Waitz (Greens/EFA).

   
   Mission page

   
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