The European Parliament rejected the plan to extend the Chat Control 1.0 rule, telling the Commission to drop it and informing the Council and national parliaments, so platforms can no longer voluntarily scan private messages for child abuse content.

This EU law, adopted in March 2026, sets tougher rules to fight corruption by punishing bribery, theft and influence‑trading, requiring countries to create anti‑corruption plans, protect whistleblowers, and work together to investigate and prosecute offenders.

The European Parliament passed a resolution on 26 March 2026 to waive the parliamentary immunity of Greek MEP Nikos Pappas, letting Greek authorities prosecute him for alleged defamation and insult that happened before he became an MEP.

The European Parliament on 26 March 2026 decided to lift the parliamentary immunity of Polish MEP Grzegorz Braun so he can be prosecuted in Poland for denying the Auschwitz genocide in two public interviews.

The European Parliament passed a resolution to waive MEP Grzegorz Braun’s parliamentary immunity, allowing Polish prosecutors to investigate and charge him with alleged crimes.

The European Parliament’s resolution says a coup in Niger has taken away democracy, imprisoned the former president and his wife, and urges the junta to release them, restore elections, keep aid flowing, and for the world to pressure the regime to respect human rights.

The European Parliament resolution says Russia is tricking people from Africa, Cuba and South‑Central Asia into fighting in Ukraine, condemns it as a human‑rights violation, and calls for investigations, victim help, social‑media crackdowns, sanctions, and for Russia to stop the practice and return the victims.

The European Parliament resolution says the EU must raise defence spending, coordinate joint projects, and launch four flagship programmes—drone, eastern flank, air and space defence—to strengthen security against Russia, cyber attacks and new weapons, while ensuring funding, export controls and transparency.

The European Parliament resolution says the EU should create one big defence market to cut spending, grow its own industry, and make Europe safer and less dependent on outside suppliers.

This resolution says the EU and Canada should step up their partnership to tackle big problems like trade, security, climate and democracy, by boosting trade deals, joint defense work, digital rules, Arctic cooperation, and cultural and student exchanges.

The European Parliament Resolution on EU Enlargement (March 2026) says the EU should keep inviting new members, fast‑track talks with countries that meet rule‑of‑law and democracy standards, give them money and support, and keep the process fair and transparent to boost security, peace and prosperity.

The European Parliament approved a resolution that lets Europol work with Ecuador to fight serious crime and terrorism, and asks the President to share this decision with the Council, Commission, EU governments, and Ecuador.

The European Parliament approved a resolution to sign a new AI and human‑rights treaty, telling EU leaders and member states to agree and forward it to the Council of Europe.

The European Parliament passed a resolution that tightens how online services can scan for child‑sexual‑abuse material, limiting the scan to known content and only the data needed, allowing focus on suspected users, using privacy‑friendly tools that don’t read content, and setting the rule to expire on August 3 2027.

This is a decision approving Andrés Ritter as the new head of the EPPO, the EU body that investigates financial crimes against the EU, where he will serve a 7-year term starting November 2026.

The European Parliament adopted a resolution on 24 Feb 2026 that calls out Russia’s war in Ukraine as a crime, demands Russia stop fighting, pull out its troops, free prisoners and children, and urges the EU to tighten sanctions, boost support for Ukraine, and help it join the EU.