Hearings
A committee is permitted to organise a hearing with experts, where this is considered essential to its work on a particular subject. Hearings can also be held jointly by two or more committees. Most committees organise regular hearings, as they allow them to hear from experts and hold discussions on the key issues. On this page you will find all the available information relating to committee hearings, including programmes and contributions from speakers.
On Thursday 1 June 2023, ING2 Members will vote on committee's report on "recommendations for reform of European Parliament’s rules on transparency, integrity, accountability and anti-corruption".
On Tuesday 30 May 2023, ING2 Members will jointly with AFCO Members dive deeper into the different rules of democratic institutions on transparency, integrity, accountability and anti-corruption, in order to formulate recommendations to strengthen Parliament's own rules on these aspects.
On 15 February 2023, the revelations concerning the "Jorge Team Files" were put out by the network of investigative journalists, Forbidden Stories. Their investigation describe the activities of private firms in orchestrating disinformation campaigns at large scale, including manipulations operations ahead to elections.
On Thursday 4 May 2023, 9.00-11.00, Members of ING2 will discuss the amendments to the draft report "Recommendations for reform of the European Parliament's rules on transparency, integrity, accountability and anti-corruption" of Vladimír Bilčík (EPP, Slovakia) and Nathalie Loiseau (Renew Europe, France). The draft report, presented on 30 March, contains recommendations to improve the transparency and integrity of Parliament’s work. 425 amendments have been submitted to the draft report.
On Wednesday 26 April 2023, ING2 Members will vote on committee's report on "foreign interference in all democratic processes in the European Union, including disinformation". In addition, ING2 Members will exchange views with EU DisinfoLab on its investigation into Russian influence operations. This will be followed by a presentation of the in-depth analysis “Enhancing the capabilities of CSDP missions and operations to identify and respond to disinformation attacks".
On Thursday 30 March 2023, ING2 Members will exchange views on the draft report "Recommendations for reform of the European Parliament’s rules on transparency, integrity, accountability and anti-corruption" by ING2 Co-Rapporteurs Mr Vladimír BILČĺK (EPP) and Ms Nathalie LOISEAU (Renew).
On Tuesday 28 February 2023, after the exchange of views on "Setting Global Standards to Protect the Integrity of Information", the ING2 special committee will continue the meeting with the hearing on “Climate change disinformation - International disinformation impact on the EU’s climate goals”.
On Tuesday 28 February 2023 from 14.30 to 16.30, ING2 Members will hold an exchange of views on "Setting Global Standards to Protect the Integrity of Information" together with representatives from the United Nations (UN) and civil society.
On 26 January a joint hearing on "Recent Cases of Foreign Interference in the European Parliament - Allegations of Corruption" will take place from 14.00 to 17.00. It will be organised by the Special Committee on Foreign Interference (ING2), jointly with the Committee on Foreign Affairs (AFET) and the Subcommittee on Security and Defence (SEDE).
On Thursday 12 January 2023 starting at 9.00, Members will exchange views on the draft report by ING2 Rapporteur Ms Sandra Kalniete, which follows up on the implementation of the previous report and aims to close legislative loopholes that could be exploited by foreign interference. In the second part of the meeting, Members will hear about the main findings of the study entitled “Legal Loopholes and the Risk of Foreign Interference”.
On 8 December from 14.30 to 15.45, ING2 Members will welcome Vice-President of the European Commission/High Representative of the Union of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Mr Josep Borrell, to the special committee. As a follow-up to the recommendations from the INGE-report, ING2 Members will discuss, together with Members from AFET and SEDE, what steps have been taken since the adoption of the INGE report in March 2022.
On 8 December from 13.30 to 14.30, Ms Laura Harth, representing the non-profit organisation Safeguard Defenders, will present the main findings of the organisation's latest report entitled "110 Overseas - Chinese Transnational Policing Gone Wild" in the meeting of the ING2 special committee. This report reveals the existence of a far-reaching network of overseas Chinese police stations targeting Chinese expatriates established within the Member States of the European Union, and beyond.