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Week Ahead 21– 25 September

ECR Youth Congress; External Parliamentary Activities; ECR MEPs to attend the 22nd EU-Albania Stabilisation and Association Parliamentary Committee (SAPC) meeting in Tirana; ECR MEP Geadis to attend EU-Jordan interparliamentary meeting

18 September 2026

ECR: Parliament recognises risks of mass regularisation and calls for stronger protection of Europe’

The European Parliament has endorsed several demands put forward by the ECR Group in response to the July crisis in Ceuta, including recognition of the risks created by mass regularisation policies, stronger protection of Europe’s external borders and a thorough examination of what went wrong.

17 September 2026

Razza: EU should support Member States that want help tackling healthcare shortages

Europe needs more doctors, nurses and other healthcare professionals.

17 September 2026

Magoni: Protect children online without taking decisions away from parents and Member States

Children need better protection from harmful content, addictive features and commercial exploitation online, but this should not become an excuse for Brussels to take decisions away from parents and Member States, ECR MEP Lara Magoni said today.

17 September 2026

Kamiński: The entire Cuban nation is suffering under a degenerate communist regime

The European Union can no longer maintain normal political relations with the Cuban regime while political opponents remain imprisoned and systematic repression continues, ECR MEP Mariusz Kamiński said during Wednesday’s debate in the European Parliament in Strasbourg.

16 September 2026

ECR: Packaging rules are tying up Europe’s Single Market in red tape

ECR MEPs have warned that implementing the EU’s new packaging rules creates fresh barriers within the Single Market, adding complexity and costs for businesses instead of providing the clear, harmonised framework they need.

16 September 2026

Trochu: European Parliament has lost sight of women in its own women’s health report

“The European Parliament has missed an opportunity to focus seriously on the real health inequalities faced by women”, ECR Shadow Rapporteur Laurence Trochu said after Wednesday’s vote on gender inequalities in health.

16 September 2026

ECR Group nominates Tundu Lissu for 2026 Sakharov Prize

The European Conservatives and Reformists Group has nominated Tanzanian opposition leader and human-rights defender Tundu Lissu for the European Parliament’s 2026 Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought.

16 September 2026

Terheș: European security requires closer EU-NATO cooperation

Terheș: European security requires close cooperation between Member States, with a strengthened ability to work with NATO

16 September 2026

Procaccini: Europe must get its priorities right

ECR Group Co-Chair Nicola Procaccini has called on the Commission to get its priorities right following Commission President Ursula von der Leyen’s State of the European Union address.

16 September 2026

Jaki to von der Leyen: Europe needs results, not more promises

ECR Group Co-Chairman Patryk Jaki has criticised European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen arguing that after six years in office, the Commission should be judged by results rather than another round of announcements.

16 September 2026

Serbia must confront its past before joining the EU

In the view of the ECR Group, Serbia’s path towards European Union membership must be based on a genuine reckoning with the past, respect for the victims of the armed conflicts of the 1990s.

15 September 2026