Plenary
March I · Strasbourg · 9 to 12 March 2026
Plenary session in Strasbourg, 9 to 12 March 2026: 33 debates, 34 votes, 29 by roll call.
Monday, 9 March
17:03 to 22:09 · As held, from the minutes
- 17:03 (6 min)
Statements by the President - 17:11 (13 min) · Order of business (1 item)
- Tuesday’s agenda – Request by the PfE Group
no final vote · 87 for, 291 against, 22 abstentions
- Tuesday’s agenda – Request by the PfE Group
- 17:26 (51 min) · Report
Framework Agreement on relations between the European Parliament and the European Commission
A10-0031/2026 · C10-0021/2026 · 2025/2243(ACI) - 18:17 (36 min) · Report
European Union regulatory fitness and subsidiarity and proportionality – report on Better Law-Making covering 2023 and 2024
A10-0020/2026 · 2025/2015(INI) - 18:53 (40 min) · Oral questions
Upcoming European Research Area (ERA) Act
B10-0006/2026 · B10-0007/2026 · 2025/2951(RSP) - 19:33 (1 h 43 min) · Report
Gender pay and pension gap in the EU: state of play, challenges and the way forward, and developing guidelines for the better evaluation and fairer remuneration of work in female-dominated sectors
A10-0021/2026 · 2025/2038(INI) - 21:16 (13 min) · Short presentation
Harmonising certain aspects of insolvency law
A10-0126/2025 · C9-0410/2022 · 2022/0408(COD) - 21:29 (39 min) · Debate
One-minute speeches on matters of political importance - 22:09
Closure of the session
Tuesday, 10 March
09:01 to 22:46 · As held, from the minutes
- 09:01 (2 h 4 min) · Report
Housing crisis in the European Union with the aim of proposing solutions for decent, sustainable and affordable housing
A10-0025/2026 · 2025/2070(INI) - 11:05 (1 h 4 min) · Council and Commission statements
Single market: how to move from an incomplete single market to one market for one Europe
2026/2636(RSP) - 12:22 (35 min) · Debate
International Women’s Day Celebration - 13:00
Statement by the President – European Parliament annual session (Article 229 TFEU) - 13:07 (3 min)
Penalties - 13:11 (1 h 5 min) · Voting time (13 items)
- 13:11 · Vote
Calculation of emission credits for heavy-duty vehicles for the reporting periods of the years 2025 to 2029
C10-0351/2025 · 2025/0423(COD)
Adopted · 473 for, 81 against, 9 abstentions - 13:11 (1 min) · Vote
Harmonising certain aspects of insolvency law
A10-0126/2025 · C9-0410/2022 · 2022/0408(COD)
Adopted · 498 for, 90 against, 28 abstentions - 13:12 (2 min) · Vote
Establishing an EU talent pool
A10-0045/2025 · C9-0413/2023 · 2023/0404(COD)
Adopted · 414 for, 182 against, 21 abstentions - 13:14 (1 min) · Vote
Increased efficiency of the External Action Guarantee
A10-0221/2025 · C10-0107/2025 · 2025/0262(COD)
Adopted · 441 for, 105 against, 81 abstentions - 13:15 · Vote
Appointment of the Vice-President of the European Central Bank
A10-0038/2026 · C10-0018/2026 · 2026/0801(NLE)
not by roll call - 13:15 (1 min) · Vote
Appointment of the Chairperson of the European Banking Authority
A10-0032/2026 · C10-0020/2026 · 2026/0802(NLE)
not by roll call - 13:16 · Vote
Appointment of the European Chief Prosecutor
A10-0027/2026 · C10-0349/2025 · 2025/0803(NLE)
not by roll call - 13:16 · Vote
European Union regulatory fitness and subsidiarity and proportionality – report on Better Law-Making covering 2023 and 2024
A10-0020/2026 · 2025/2015(INI)
Adopted · 493 for, 92 against, 44 abstentions - 13:16 (48 min) · Vote
Housing crisis in the European Union with the aim of proposing solutions for decent, sustainable and affordable housing
A10-0025/2026 · 2025/2070(INI)
Adopted · 367 for, 166 against, 84 abstentions - 14:04 (3 min) · Vote
Public access to documents – 2022-2024 report
A10-0011/2026 · 2025/2137(INI)
Adopted · 602 for, 9 against, 8 abstentions - 14:07 (2 min) · Vote
Copyright and generative artificial intelligence – opportunities and challenges
A10-0019/2026 · 2025/2058(INI)
Adopted · 460 for, 71 against, 88 abstentions - 14:09 (4 min) · Vote
Fisheries management approaches for safeguarding sensitive species, tackling invasive species and benefiting local economies
A10-0018/2026 · 2025/2011(INI)
Adopted · 528 for, 21 against, 62 abstentions - 14:13 (3 min) · Vote
Upcoming European Research Area (ERA) Act
B10-0156/2026 · O-000007/2026 · 2025/2951(RSP)
Adopted · 399 for, 78 against, 69 abstentions
- 13:11 · Vote
- 14:20 (55 min) · Debate
European Semester (joint debate)
A10-0033/2026 · A10-0036/2026 - 15:15 (47 min) · Report
Guidelines for the 2027 budget – Section III
A10-0044/2026 · 2025/2246(BUI) - 16:02 (1 h 55 min) · Commission statement
Presentation of the Energy Package
2026/2621(RSP) - 17:58 (1 h 35 min) · Report
EU enlargement strategy
A10-0016/2026 · 2025/2110(INI) - 19:33 (46 min) · Report
Recommendation on enhanced EU-Canada cooperation in the current geopolitical context, including the threats to Canada’s economic stability and sovereignty
A10-0035/2026 · 2025/2168(INI) - 20:19 (56 min) · Council and Commission statements
Cutting red tape to enable a competitive and clean transition – the urgent need to shorten and simplify permitting
2026/2635(RSP) - 21:15 (1 h 31 min) · Debate
Defence (joint debate)
A10-0014/2026 · A10-0017/2026
Wednesday, 11 March
09:02 to 21:56 · As held, from the minutes
- 09:02 (3 h 6 min) · Debate
EUCO and situation in the Middle East (joint debate) - 12:13 (29 min)
Formal sitting – Address by Nikol Pashinyan, Prime Minister of Armenia - 12:42 (28 min) · Voting time (13 items)
- 12:42 (1 min) · Vote
Framework Agreement on relations between the European Parliament and the European Commission
A10-0031/2026 · C10-0021/2026 · 2025/2243(ACI)
Adopted · 446 for, 100 against, 72 abstentions - 12:43 (6 min) · Vote
Proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EU) 2021/1232 as regards the extension of its period of application
A10-0040/2026 · C10-0370/2025 · 2025/0429(COD)
Adopted · 458 for, 103 against, 63 abstentions - 12:49 · Vote
Council of Europe Framework Convention on Artificial Intelligence and Human Rights, Democracy and the Rule of Law
A10-0007/2026 · C10-0183/2025 · 2025/0136(NLE)
Adopted · 455 for, 101 against, 74 abstentions - 12:49 (3 min) · Vote
EU-Ecuador Agreement: cooperation between Europol and the Ecuadorian authorities competent for combating serious crime and terrorism
A10-0028/2026 · C10-0219/2025 · 2025/0120(NLE)
Adopted · 586 for, 21 against, 11 abstentions - 12:52 (1 min) · Vote
Guidelines for the 2027 budget – Section III
A10-0044/2026 · 2025/2246(BUI)
not by roll call - 12:53 (2 min) · Vote
Mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund for Displaced Workers: application EGF/2025/004 BE/Tupperware – Belgium
A10-0030/2026 · C10-0012/2026 · 2026/0004(BUD)
Adopted · 562 for, 53 against, 19 abstentions - 12:55 (2 min) · Vote
Gender pay and pension gap in the EU: state of play, challenges and the way forward, and developing guidelines for the better evaluation and fairer remuneration of work in female-dominated sectors
A10-0021/2026 · 2025/2038(INI)
Adopted · 458 for, 72 against, 98 abstentions - 12:57 (5 min) · Vote
European Semester for economic policy coordination 2026
A10-0036/2026 · 2025/2214(INI)
Adopted · 392 for, 219 against, 18 abstentions - 13:02 (4 min) · Vote
European Semester for economic policy coordination: employment and social priorities for 2026
A10-0033/2026 · 2025/2183(INI)
Adopted · 404 for, 208 against, 20 abstentions - 13:06 (1 min) · Vote
EU enlargement strategy
A10-0016/2026 · 2025/2110(INI)
Adopted · 385 for, 147 against, 98 abstentions - 13:07 (2 min) · Vote
Recommendation on enhanced EU-Canada cooperation in the current geopolitical context, including the threats to Canada’s economic stability and sovereignty
A10-0035/2026 · 2025/2168(INI)
Adopted · 482 for, 108 against, 42 abstentions - 13:09 · Vote
Tackling barriers to the single market for defence
A10-0017/2026 · 2025/2143(INI)
Adopted · 393 for, 169 against, 67 abstentions - 13:09 (1 min) · Vote
Flagship European defence projects of common interest
A10-0014/2026 · 2025/2144(INI)
Adopted · 448 for, 122 against, 38 abstentions
- 12:42 (1 min) · Vote
- 13:14 (1 h 13 min) · Topical debate requested by a political group (EPP)
Child sexual abuse online: protect children, not perpetrators (topical debate) - 14:28 (53 min) · Commission statement
Building Europe’s clean, independent and secure energy following the 2026 North Sea Summit
2026/2614(RSP) - 15:21 (1 h 3 min) · Council and Commission statements
Savings and Investments Union: time to accelerate the process to deepen market integration
2026/2646(RSP) - 16:24 (38 min) · Report
Package travel and linked travel arrangements: make the protection of travellers more effective and simplify and clarify certain aspects
A10-0140/2025 · C9-0436/2023 · 2023/0435(COD) - 17:02 (34 min) · Commission statement
Multilateral negotiations in view of the WTO’s 14th Ministerial Conference in Yaoundé, 26 to 29 March 2026
B10-0155/2026 · 2025/2875(RSP) - 18:12 (1 h 20 min) · Commission statement
Rise of political violence, notably by far-left organisations
2026/2638(RSP) - 19:32 (41 min) · Commission statement
Situation of the rule of law in Greece, following the Court decision on Predator spyware
2026/2648(RSP) - 20:13 (37 min) · Commission statement
AccessibleEU and the strategy for the rights of persons with disabilities: state of play and the future of EU accessibility policy
2026/2639(RSP) - 20:50 (1 h 6 min) · Debate on cases of breaches of human rights, democracy and the rule of law (3 items)
- 20:50 (29 min)
Human trafficking and grave human rights violations linked to the recruitment of non-Russian nationals, in particular from Africa, for Russia’s war of aggression in Ukraine
B10-0157/2026 · B10-0165/2026 · 2026/2641(RSP) - 21:19 (15 min)
The arbitrary detention of President Mohamed Bazoum by the junta in Niger
B10-0159/2026 · B10-0160/2026 · 2026/2642(RSP) - 21:34 (22 min)
Case of Elene Khoshtaria and political prisoners under the Georgian Dream regime
B10-0158/2026 · B10-0161/2026 · 2026/2643(RSP)
- 20:50 (29 min)
Thursday, 12 March
09:01 to 15:41 · As held, from the minutes
- 09:01 (1 h) · Report
Activities of the European Ombudsman – annual report 2024
A10-0015/2026 · 2025/2138(INI) - 10:01 (50 min) · Commission statement
Prevention and treatment of obesity
2026/2620(RSP) - 10:51 (1 h 1 min) · Commission statement
Rail transport safety in the EU – lessons learnt from the Adamuz accident and three years after the Tempi tragedy
2026/2647(RSP) - 12:02 (15 min) · Voting time (7 items)
- 12:02 (2 min) · Vote
Human trafficking and grave human rights violations linked to the recruitment of non-Russian nationals, in particular from Africa, for Russia’s war of aggression in Ukraine
RC-B10-0157/2026 · B10-0157/2026 · 2026/2641(RSP)
Adopted · 479 for, 17 against, 43 abstentions - 12:04 · Vote
The arbitrary detention of President Mohamed Bazoum by the junta in Niger
RC-B10-0159/2026 · B10-0159/2026 · 2026/2642(RSP)
Adopted · 524 for, 2 against, 29 abstentions - 12:04 (1 min) · Vote
Case of Elene Khoshtaria and political prisoners under the Georgian Dream regime
RC-B10-0158/2026 · B10-0158/2026 · 2026/2643(RSP)
Adopted · 438 for, 37 against, 81 abstentions - 12:05 (2 min) · Vote
Calculation of emission credits for heavy-duty vehicles for the reporting periods of the years 2025 to 2029
C10-0351/2025 · 2025/0423(COD)
not by roll call - 12:07 · Vote
Package travel and linked travel arrangements: make the protection of travellers more effective and simplify and clarify certain aspects
A10-0140/2025 · C9-0436/2023 · 2023/0435(COD)
Adopted · 537 for, 2 against, 24 abstentions - 12:07 (9 min) · Vote
Activities of the European Ombudsman – annual report 2024
A10-0015/2026 · 2025/2138(INI)
Rejected · 233 for, 250 against, 76 abstentions - 12:16 (1 min) · Vote
Multilateral negotiations in view of the WTO’s 14th Ministerial Conference in Yaoundé, 26 to 29 March 2026
B10-0155/2026 · 2025/2875(RSP)
no final vote · 133 for, 385 against, 25 abstentions
- 12:02 (2 min) · Vote
- 15:00 (35 min) · Commission statement
Ban on the sale of nitrous oxide to the general public
2026/2640(RSP) - 15:41
Dates of the next part-session
- All plenary sessions in the session calendar
- Previous agenda: 24 February 2026, Brussels
- Next agenda: 25 to 26 March 2026, Brussels
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