Parliament plenary minutes: 13 November 2025, Brussels
Decision
The minutes record that Parliament adopted texts and held votes during the plenary of 13 November 2025; the agenda and voting items include proxy voting in plenary for Members during pregnancy and after giving birth, addressing transnational repression of human rights defenders, obligations for operators and traders under the Deforestation Regulation, matters relating to the European Maritime Safety Agency, statistics on population and housing, the framework for achieving climate neutrality, conservation and sustainable use of marine biological diversity beyond national jurisdiction, corporate sustainability reporting and due diligence, the Digital Trade Agreement with Singapore, BEFIT, several amending protocols on the automatic exchange of financial account information, mobilisation of the EU Solidarity Fund for Spain and France, appointments to the Article 255 panel and partial renewals of Court of Auditors members, and the Gender Equality Strategy 2025.
What Changes
The minutes show formal approvals, votes and the forwarding of adopted texts, and include annexed amendments to reports and specific annexes recording appointments and partial renewals.
Who Is Affected
The decisions affect EU institutions and Members, Member States including Spain and France, partner countries named in the automatic exchange agreements and Singapore as trade partner, and operators and traders referenced under the Deforestation Regulation.
Sources
Official Documents
- Thursday, 13 November 2025 - Brussels Parliament adopted consent to the EU-Singapore Digital Trade Agreement and related texts.
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