✅ The #EPlenary approved the updates to the Package Travel Directive with overwhelming majority.
⬆️537 / ⬇️ 2 /↔️ 24
Press release 👇
www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/pres...
🔴 Last debate on the update of the🧳Package Travel Directive ✈️ will start soon at the #EPlenary.
Vote on the provisional agreement, negotiated by Alex Agius Saliba, is scheduled for tomorrow.
Follow the debate 👇
www.europarl.europa.eu/plenary/en/h...
#EPlenary backs EU signature of Framework Convention on Artificial Intelligence 📝✅
MEPs approved the @coe.int Framework Convention on AI, tackling risks AI poses to fundamental democratic values at international level
@imco.europarl.europa.eu 🗳️ @libe.europarl.europa.eu ⤵️
link.europa.eu/HghYDr
EPRS plenary at-a-glance on 'Package travel: Improved protection for travellers' (March 2026)
🧳 MEPs will debate & vote to improve protection for #travellers, in particular assistance & compensation rights for holidaymakers using #travel packages.
Package organisers will have to establish a complaint-handling mechanism 👇
#EPlenary @imco.europarl.europa.eu
@klangensiepenmep.bsky.social
🔴Plenary debate on moving from an incomplete Single Market to one market for Europe will start in +/- 20 minutes.
Watch 👇
www.europarl.europa.eu/plenary/en/h...
📢 @imco.europarl.europa.eu topics on #EPlenary next week
🗣️ Moving from an incomplete Single Market to one market for Europe (debate on Tue)
🗳️ @coe.int Convention on AI (w/ @libe.europarl.europa.eu, vote on Wed)
🧳 Package Travel Directive (debate on Wed, final vote on Thu)
📺 link.europa.eu/V6Rt74
Adopted ✅ IMCO opinion to CULT report on Impact of social media and the online environment on young people
➕33➖4⭕6
Rapporteur for opinion @lauballarin.bsky.social
Also, @imco.europarl.europa.eu will consider 2 studies
🛃Funding gaps in market surveillance and customs enforcement
💻 Digital Omnibus: identifying interlinks and overlaps between legal acts to streamline tech rules
️🎬Watch online 👇
multimedia.europarl.europa.eu/en/webstream...
🔴 At 9.30 in @imco.europarl.europa.eu
📜Work continues on several opinions
🔸Impact of social media & online environment on young people (vote)
🔸European Competitiveness Fund (debate on the draft)
🔸Interim report regarding deepening relations w/ Switzerland (debate on the draft)
✅ @envi.europarl.europa.eu & @imco.europarl.europa.eu endorsed this afternoon the trilogue deal on circularity requirements for vehicle design & management of end-of-life vehicles
⬆️96 ⬇️20 ↔️4
Provisional agreement: www.europarl.europa.eu/meetdocs/202...
#EPlenary vote expected: April
The @imco.europarl.europa.eu & @envi.europarl.europa.eu committees have on their joint agenda now:
🚗Vote on end-of-life vehicles #trilogue deal
🧪Work on Chemical Omnibus
🎬Watch 👇
multimedia.europarl.europa.eu/en/webstream...
🔴At 15.00 in @imco.europarl.europa.eu
💎Single Market & Competitiveness Report 2026
💎Recent US travel bans against Thierry Breton & other European figures and EU digital sovereignty
🎬Watch 👇
multimedia.europarl.europa.eu/en/webstream...
🔴 This morning at 9.00 in @imco.europarl.europa.eu
🗣️ Update from Working Groups on AI Act, DMA & DSA
📢 Public hearing on the revision of Consumer Protection Cooperation Regulation
🎬Watch online here 👇
link.europa.eu/Jm4Cxh
Today, @imco.europarl.europa.eu negotiators led by rapporteur @dirkgotink.bsky.social endorsed the draft procedure for choosing the seat of the future EU Customs Authority that will be established in the framework of a major Customs Code reform 🛃.
Read more👇
www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/pres...
This Wednesday in @imco.europarl.europa.eu at 16.00 🔴
U.S. visa sanctions against Thierry Breton and other European figures
Remote statement by Thierry Breton followed by discussion w/ Anna-Lena von Hodenberg, Josephine Ballon and Clare Melford.
Details 👇
link.europa.eu/NFrB9g
Informal EU leaders' retreat on 12 February 2026
What did EU leaders discuss at the #EuropeanCouncil retreat on #competitiveness on 12 Feb?
The outcome will feed into the conclusions of the March #EUCO meeting.
Read 👉 link.europa.eu/VpkTY9
@imco.europarl.europa.eu @annacavazzini.bsky.social
💻 Studies on market surveillance & digital omnibus
💎 Update from working groups on AI Act, DMA & DSA
🚗 Vote on vehicle circularity requirements deal, w/ @EP_Environment
📜Work continues on Chemical Omnibus, w/ @EP_Environment
Agenda & docs 👇
link.europa.eu/g4MtVB
Next week in @imco.europarl.europa.eu (25-26 Feb)
️📢 Public hearing on the revision of the Consumer Protection Cooperation Regulation
🗣️ Exchange of views w/ Thierry Breton on recent US travel bans & EU digital sovereignty
👥 Debate on 2026 Single Market and Competitiveness Report
EPRS illustration showing a group of young people reading on mobile phones, laptops, and tablets. The text reads: 'Nearly 8 in 10 young people reported exposure to disinformation or fake news over the past week. Source: Eurostat youth survey (2024)'
Rising generative AI fuels harder-to-spot fake content online.
Nearly 8 in 10 young people report exposure to #disinformation in the past week, yet many overestimate their ability to spot it.
Read 👉 link.europa.eu/7drHG6
@imco.europarl.europa.eu @syoncourtin.bsky.social @leilachaibi.bsky.social
EPRS briefing summary on 'Digital Omnibus on AI' (February 2026)
The Digital Omnibus on AI aims to simplify EU rules and ease the #AIAct's regulatory burden
🔎 What are the key proposals?
Find out 👉 link.europa.eu/HKNrH9
@imco.europarl.europa.eu @libe.europarl.europa.eu @mcnamaramep.bsky.social @svenjahahn.bsky.social @marketkag.bsky.social
🔴 On 25 February, former Commissioner
@thierrybreton.bsky.social will be in IMCO to discuss recent US visa sanctions
Anna-Lena von Hodenberg, Josephine Ballon and Clare Melford will also take part. The discussion will touch upon the broader implications for EU's digital rules & sovereignty.
✅ European Parliament gave a green light to the provisional agreement on Measuring Instruments Directive, negotiated by @imco.europarl.europa.eu rapporteur Zala Tomašič.
⬆️594/⬇️25/↔️23
Read more from the trilogue deal press release👇 link.europa.eu/g684tk
EPRS visual reading 'Half of young people reported encountering hostile and degrading online messages.' Source: Eurostat survey (2024).
📱 Young people raise alarm over the violent content they encounter on social media. These platforms also provide a space for #cyberbullying
Read 👉 link.europa.eu/7drHG6
#EPlenary @imco.europarl.europa.eu @cschaldemose.bsky.social @syoncourtin.bsky.social @leilachaibi.bsky.social
🔴 Soon, the final #EPlenary debate will start on the update of Measuring Instruments Directive, ahead of the final vote tomorrow.
@imco.europarl.europa.eu rapporteur was Zala Tomašič.
Trilogue deal press release👇
link.europa.eu/g684tk
Watch the debate 👇
www.europarl.europa.eu/plenary/en/h...
Blue background with white text reading “Your data. Your feed. Your control.” A white line appears underneath the text, with the European Commission logo in the bottom right corner.
Online platforms have always held all the cards.
The Digital Services Act is changing that. One clear set of rules to protect people across the EU.
An internet that works for people.
More: link.europa.eu/gbRf9h
📢 Next week, the #EPlenary has a couple of @imco.europarl.europa.eu topics on the agenda.
🔸EU competitiveness & Draghi report (key debate on Wed)
🔸Measuring Instruments Directive (debate on Mon, final vote on Tue)
Follow here 👇
www.europarl.europa.eu/plenary/en/h...
Illustration showing two young people using a laptop and a mobile phone. The text reads: 'Social media is young people's main news source. Source: Flash Eurobarometer survey (2025)'. Visual produced by the European Parliament Research Service
📱 Social media are young people's top news source.
Young people can be especially vulnerable to online #disinformation, due to limited media literacy & heavy reliance on social media for news.
Read 👉 link.europa.eu/7drHG6
@imco.europarl.europa.eu
@syoncourtin.bsky.social @leilachaibi.bsky.social
📸 This morning, @imco.europarl.europa.eu had a lively and thorough Q&A session with cities competing to host the new European Customs Authority. @annacavazzini.bsky.social @dirkgotink.bsky.social
Recording is available here⤵️
multimedia.europarl.europa.eu/en/webstream...
🚨 Starting from 9.00 today, @imco.europarl.europa.eu will quiz all nine candidates for the seat of the new European Customs Authority.
Programme 👉 link.europa.eu/k7ydJD
Press alert 👉 link.europa.eu/vvPWrD
Streaming link 👉 link.europa.eu/vvPWrD
