Minutes — Wednesday, 8 October 2025 - Strasbourg
Decision
The Parliament met in Strasbourg on 8 October 2025 and adopted texts and held votes as recorded in the minutes. The items put to vote included amendments to certain CAP regulations; strengthening the position of farmers in the food supply chain; the EC‑Côte d’Ivoire Fisheries Partnership Agreement protocol for 2025–2029; withdrawal of the European Union from the International Rubber Study Group; guidelines for Member States' employment policies; draft amending budget No 2/2025; mobilisations of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund for Germany (Goodyear) and Belgium (BelGaN); an EU political strategy on Latin America; and an objection pursuant to Rule 115(2) and (3) on genetically modified maize DP51291.
What Changes
The recorded decisions concern amendments to existing EU regulatory and budgetary instruments across agriculture, fisheries, trade and employment policy, and procedural steps such as an objection on a GMO authorisation. They also include mobilisations of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund and a protocol implementing a fisheries partnership for 2025–2029.
Who Is Affected
Directly affected parties named in the minutes include EU farmers and food‑supply‑chain actors, fisheries relations with Côte d’Ivoire, the International Rubber Study Group, applicants for EGF support in Germany and Belgium and stakeholders in GMO authorisation, budgetary and employment policy.
Sources
Official Documents
- Wednesday, 8 October 2025 - Strasbourg Parliament adopted several texts: CAP regulation amendments, a protocol under the EC-Côte d’Ivoire Fisheries Partnership Agreement (2025–2029), plus budget and governance measures.
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