Overview

• Lawmakers are debating two censure motions filed by hard-left and far-right groups that are widely expected to fail but test the pro-EU majority’s cohesion.
• EPP members are threatening to reject the Commission’s plan to pool agriculture and cohesion money into national pots, arguing it would reduce support for farmers and weaken local oversight.
• The Commission agreed to formal talks and set up working groups led by commissioners Piotr Serafin, Christophe Hansen and Raffaele Fitto with EPP MEPs Karlo Ressler, Herbert Dorfmann and Andrey Novakov.
• EPP divisions over the proposed 90 percent emissions cut for 2040 have stalled Parliament’s work, with internal deliberations paused until EU leaders meet on October 23 and committee votes likely delayed.
• EPP leader Manfred Weber faces mounting internal strains, including a negotiator’s unilateral push to work with the far right on easing green corporate rules, complicating coordination with centrist allies.