On September 25, the European Parliament Committee on International Trade (INTA) held a first exchange of views on the European Commission’s proposal for an EU screening mechanism of foreign investment in strategic sectors. 

On August 31, the EP DEVE and INTA Committees organised jointly a hearing on the revision of the EU Strategy on Aid for Trade.

On March 16, the European Parliament Plenary Session endorsed the agreement reached with the Council on a draft regulation for a supply chain due diligence on minerals originating in conflict-affected areas.

On February 16, the European Parliament’s Plenary Session adopted the JURI report on civil rules on robotics.

The 2015 launch of the Energy Infrastructure Forum took place on 9 and 10 November in the Copenhagen, Denmark. Please find further details below.

Environment ministers meeting in Brussels on September 18 adopted the EU's negotiating position for global climate talks in Paris in December.

On September 11, the European Commission’s Director-General for Energy, Dominique Ristori, visited the European Parliament to highlight the Commission's immediate priorities in the field of energy.

A coalition of member states is urging the commission to consider allowing nuclear energy to be eligible for EU financing mechanisms. Sofia Kalogeraki reports.

Dods EU Monitoring's Sofia Kalogeraki looks at the state of play for gas in the European Union's future energy mix.
 

Sofia Kalogeraki outlines the parliament and stakeholder reaction to the commission's energy union package.

Energy Union set to be a key political priority of Team Juncker, reports Sofia Kalogeraki