603rd Plenary Session - 18-19 February 2026

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Event type
Plenary Session

Location

Brussels
Belgium

603rd Plenary session with the follwoing debates:

  • The lasting scars of Russia’s war against Ukraine: its devastating toll on children and youth, with Olena Zelenska, First Lady of Ukraine (video message); Kaja Kallas, EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy (tbc); Maryna Domushkina, Senior Advisor at GLOBSEC Kyiv Office; Munir Mammadzade, UNICEF Representative to Ukraine (remotely) (tbc); Danielle Bell, Head of the UN Human Rights Monitoring Mission in Ukraine (remotely); Rachel Watkins, Child Protection and Deinstitutionalisation Technical Advisor at ‘Save the Children’ (remotely); Mariia Sulianina, head of the Centre of civil education ‘Almenda’ (remotely); and Kateryna Rashevska, legal expert at the Regional Centre for Human Rights (remotely), at 15:00 on Wednesday 18 February 2026.
  • From ambition to action: a European Affordable Housing Plan delivering for the people, with Dan Jørgensen, European Commissioner for Energy and Housing (video message); Matthew Baldwin, Deputy Director-General of the European Commission’s Directorate-General for Energy (DG ENER) and leader of the European Commission’s Housing Task Force; Michaela Kauer, Director of the Brussels office of the City of Vienna and Coordinator of the EU Urban Agenda Housing Partnership; Marie Linder, President of the International Union of Tenants (IUT) and President of the Swedish Tenants’ Union; Chiara Martinelli, Director of Climate Action Network Europe; and Thomas Kattnig, rapporteur for opinion TEN/866 on Tackling housing scarcity through affordable, sustainable and family-oriented housing policies to be adopted in March, at 10:00 on Thursday 19 February 2026.
  • The potential of sodium batteries for the EU, with Marc Lemaître, Director-General of the European Commission’s Directorate-General for Research and Innovation (DG RTD); Fabrice Stassin, Secretary-General of the Batteries European Partnership Association (BEPA), and Alain Coheur, President of the EESC’s Consultative Commission on Industrial Change (CCMI); linked to the adoption of opinion CCMI/250 on Enhancing EU strategic autonomy and developing a greener and bluer economy: the potential of the sodium battery manufacturing sector, at 12:00 on Thursday 19 February 2026.

You will be able to follow the debates by web streaming. Web streaming