Monday, 7 April 2025
European Commission
- President von der Leyen joins video calls with steel and automotive industry reps, and meets the Norwegian PM and BusinessEurope CEO.
- Ms Henna Virkkunen holds meetings with Danish and Dutch ministers, French regional and data protection leaders, and reps from Kongsberg and Stripe.
- Ms Kaja Kallas visits Montenegro to meet top officials, civil society, and attends an EU equipment handover to the Armed Forces.
- Ms Roxana Mînzatu is in Rome meeting Italian ministers, social partners, and visiting key labour and social institutions.
- Mr Wopke Hoekstra is in Brazil meeting the Minister for Indigenous People and joining a cultural event on the Amazon.
- Mr Andrius Kubilius is in Sweden meeting the Defence Minister and visiting defence industry sites.
- Mr Costas Kadis visits the Netherlands to speak at a youth parliament session, attend trilateral talks, and visit fisheries facilities.
- Maria Luís Albuquerque meets the Dutch Legal Protection Minister, speaks with German Fintechs, and receives leaders from JEF Europe and Make.org.
- Ms Hadja Lahbib meets with the Secretary General of the European Women’s Lobby.
- Ms Jessika Roswall meets with AER leadership and gives a speech on circular energy at the EU Energy Summit.
- Mr Piotr Serafin receives members of the European Court of Auditors’ Chamber II.
- Mr Dan Jørgensen meets with Moeve’s CEO, climate experts, UN Habitat, Dutch parliament reps, and hosts a nuclear industry dialogue.
- Ms Ekaterina Zaharieva speaks on cleantech at the EU Energy Summit and meets the Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur President.
- Mr Michael McGrath visits Bulgaria to meet ministers, civil society, and parliament members to discuss the Rule of Law Report.
- Mr Christophe Hansen is in Verona meeting agriculture leaders, attending Vinitaly, and engaging with the wine industry and regional ministers.
European Parliament
President’s Agenda
Malta
08:30 President Metsola meets students at St Dorothy’s Senior School
Parliamentary Committees
15:00 – 17:30
INTA – International Trade
Debates on e-commerce product safety – Rapporteur: Brando BENIFEI (S&D, IT)
Termination of EU-Cameroon timber agreement – Rapporteur: Karin KARLSBRO (Renew, SE)
15:00 – 18:30
IMCO – Internal Market and Consumer Protection
Debates on single market rules – Rapporteur: Anna-Maja HENRIKSSON (Renew, FI)
E-commerce product safety amendments – Rapporteur: Salvatore DE MEO (EPP, IT)
15:00 – 18:30
HOUS – Housing Crisis Special Committee
Public hearing on state aid rules for housing
15:30 – 16:30
SEDE – Security and Defence
Debate on European defence industry with DG DEFIS
15:30 – 16:30
CONT / ECON – Joint Meeting
Presentation of ECA Special Report on RRF compliance – Jorg Kristijan PETROVIČ
15:30 – 18:30
ENVI – Environment, Climate and Food Safety
Exchange with Scientific Advisory Board on Climate
Presentation of the Fourth Clean Air Outlook
Debate on Ecodesign and Energy Labelling 2025–2030
16:00 – 18:15
AGRI – Agriculture and Rural Development
Debate on the post-2027 CAP – Rapporteur: Carmen CRESPO DÍAZ (EPP, ES)
16:00 – 18:15
LIBE – Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs
Presentation on return system for third-country nationals – Commissioner Magnus Brunner
Debate on migration partnerships with Jordan, Morocco, and Turkey
16:30 – 18:30
BUDG / CONT – Joint Meeting
Public hearing on Rule of Law Conditionality Mechanism
Council of Ministers
Foreign Affairs Council
Ministers will hold an exchange of views on the current trade relation with US and will give orientation for future work. Commissioner Šefčovič will also debrief ministers on the state of play of the EU’s trade relations with China, after his visit to the country.
Polish Presidency
Informal meeting of culture ministers
During the meeting, the Polish presidency will present, among other things, the results of an analysis commissioned by the Polish Ministry of Culture on the situation of young artists on the labour market in EU countries. The Minister of Culture and Strategic Communications of Ukraine has been invited to the meeting.
Tuesday, 08 April 2025
European Commission
- President von der Leyen joins a video conference on the EU Strategic Dialogue for the Pharmaceutical Industry.
- Ms Henna Virkkunen meets the Slovak Education Minister, UN Women Deputy Executive Director, and representatives of Common Sense Media, Philips, Vinted, and Schibsted Media.
- Ms Kaja Kallas in Tirana meets Albania’s top officials, speaks at the EU-Albania Security Dialogue, delivers a lecture, and attends an EIB loan signing.
- Ms Kaja Kallas in Sarajevo meets Bosnia and Herzegovina’s leaders and EUFOR Althea peacekeepers at the Butmir base.
- Ms Roxana Mînzatu in Rome meets Italy’s Education Minister, parliamentary committees, the Democratic Party leader, and visits a fashion academy.
- Mr Maroš Šefčovič joins a citizens’ initiative event, meets Slovak ministers, and hosts business leaders from Germany and the US.
- Mr Valdis Dombrovskis meets with Slovakia’s Deputy Prime Minister.
- Ms Dubravka Šuica meets UN-Habitat’s leader, French regional president, Zagreb mayors, and others, and delivers a message for OMC Med Energy 2025.
- Mr Wopke Hoekstra in Brazil meets key officials including the COP30 President-designate and Ministers for Environment and Trade.
- Mr Andrius Kubilius in Stockholm meets the SAAB and SEB Chair and reps from Sweden’s defence and finance sectors.
- Ms Marta Kos receives Moldova’s Deputy Prime Minister for European Integration.
- Mr Costas Kadis gives an opening speech on ocean policy, attends fisheries roundtables, and meets French regional leaders and CPMR reps.
- Maria Luís Albuquerque meets with the Chair of the Climate Data Steering Committee.
- Ms Hadja Lahbib in Chad meets the Chadian Minister of Social Action.
- Ms Jessika Roswall speaks virtually at a fashion event, and meets Vinted’s CEO and German chemical industry representatives.
- Mr Dan Jørgensen joins the EU Energy Summit and meets German chemical industry representatives.
- Ms Ekaterina Zaharieva speaks at a German chemicals event, meets with Philips and Stripe leaders, and holds a student dialogue.
- Mr Michael McGrath meets MEDEL members, IAB Europe’s CEO, and Stripe’s co-founder.
- Mr Christophe Hansen receives the Agriculture Minister of Styria, Austria.
- Mr Glenn Micallef in Warsaw meets the Culture Ministers of Denmark and Estonia.
European Parliament
President’s Agenda
Malta
08:45 President Metsola meets students at St Paul’s Missionary College
Parliamentary Committees
09:00 – 10:15
TRAN / AGRI – Joint Meeting
Animal welfare during transport – Exchange of views with DG EPRS and rapporteurs.
09:00 – 12:30
DROI – Human Rights Subcommittee
Debates on press freedom and the situation in Iran.
09:00 – 16:30
ECON – Economic and Monetary Affairs
Debates on green transition, ECB’s digital euro, crypto, and votes on benchmarks, labour stats, and competition policy.
09:00 – 16:30
CULT – Culture and Education
Debates on EU universities, youth policy, and media literacy.
09:00 – 16:45
CONT – Budgetary Control
Votes on 2023 discharges and EIB, debates on cohesion funds and audit methods.
09:00 – 17:30
IMCO – Internal Market
Votes on defence industry and internal market, debates on procurement, lobbying transparency, and structured dialogues with Commissioners.
09:00 – 18:00
DEVE – Development
Debates on South Sudan, Lebanon, Myanmar, and the Commission Work Programme.
09:00 – 18:30
INTA – International Trade
Debates on EU-Korea digital trade, EU-China relations, Russia/Belarus tariffs, and UK deal; vote on foreign investment screening.
09:15 – 17:00
ENVI – Environment, Climate and Food Safety
Debates on novel food, restoration plans, and structured dialogue with Commissioner Roswall; multiple votes on environmental issues.
10:15 – 18:30
AGRI – Agriculture
Debates on post-2027 CAP, food security, wine policy, and structured dialogues with Commissioners and FAO.
10:30 – 11:00
PETI – Petitions
Vote on 2023 activity report.
15:00 – 16:30
DROI – Human Rights Subcommittee
Public hearing on Cuba.
17:00 – 18:00
ECON / ENVI – Joint Meeting
Exchange with Commissioner Albuquerque on sustainable finance disclosure rules.
European Economic and Social Committee
Launch of the EAPN 2024 Poverty Watch Report
The European Anti-Poverty Network (EAPN), in collaboration with the EESC Civil Society Organisations’ Group, will present its new Poverty Watch Report titled “Towards a systemic approach to social protection”. The report comes amid ongoing high levels of poverty in Europe and limited progress towards achieving the EU’s 2030 poverty reduction goals. EAPN emphasizes the urgent need for more comprehensive and structural measures, while also providing an overview of current poverty trends in their different forms.
European Central Bank
Introductory statement by Cipollone at Hearing on the digital euro before the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs (ECON) of the European Parliament
Piero Cipollone will give a introductory statement at the hearing on the digital euro before the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs (ECON) of the European Parliament, in Brussels.
European Investment Bank
Investing in cities: Trends, lessons and opportunities
The European Investment Bank (EIB) together with the European Committee of the Regions (CoR) are organising a high-level event to discuss the investment needs of cities across Europe with a view to informing the preparation of the Commission’s policy agenda for cities. This joint event will kick-off with the launch of the EIB Municipalities Report 2025 with new evidence on the investment needs from over 1,000 municipalities across the EU.
Wednesday, 09 April 2025
European Commission
- College of Commissioners holds its regular meeting.
- President von der Leyen meets the Prime Minister of Iceland and the CEO of AmCham EU.
- Ms Kaja Kallas meets the Ukrainian Prime Minister, chairs the EU-Ukraine Association Council, and receives Estonia’s former President.
- Mr Valdis Dombrovskis meets with Ukraine’s Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal.
- Mr Wopke Hoekstra continues his official visit to Brazil.
- Mr Andrius Kubilius receives Estonia’s former President and the CEOs of Airbus and Thales.
- Mr Jozef Síkela meets Colombia’s Transport Minister and attends a royal working dinner in Belgium.
- Mr Costas Kadis meets with representatives of Low Impact Fishers of Europe.
- Maria Luís Albuquerque receives the CEO of Euroclear.
- Ms Hadja Lahbib in Chad meets provincial leaders, visits a WFP site, and speaks with women survivors and young refugees.
- Mr Magnus Brunner in Cairo participates in the 2nd Ministerial Conference of the Khartoum Process.
- Ms Jessika Roswall meets the Secretary-General of Ecommerce Europe and speaks at a Mistra event on sustainability and democracy.
European Parliament
President’s Agenda
14:40 President Metsola receives Renaud Muselier, President of the Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur Region
16:00 President Metsola receives Kata Tüttő, President of the European Committee of the Regions.
Parliamentary Committees
09:00 – 09:30
AFET – Foreign Affairs
Votes on 2023/2024 reports on Kosovo, Serbia, and Türkiye
09:00 – 18:15
EMPL – Employment and Social Affairs
Votes on cohesion funds and EGF mobilisation; exchange on affordable housing
09:15 – 17:30
REGI – Regional Development
Votes on BRIDGEforEU and cohesion report; hearings on depopulation and cohesion policy
09:30 – 11:30
SANT / FEMM – Joint Meeting
Public hearing on chemical submission
09:30 – 12:30
AFET – Foreign Affairs
Debates on Georgia, Kyrgyzstan, EU-Central Asia Summit, and Albania elections
10:00 – 18:30
TRAN – Transport and Tourism
Debates on maritime report, Ukraine road agreement, rail and driving licences
10:00 – 18:30
PECH – Fisheries
Vote on sustainable fishing; debates on aquaculture, EU-UK TCA, and food security
15:00 – 16:30
FEMM – Women’s Rights
Debate on women in politics and gender-based violence (with Brazil delegation)
15:00 – 18:30
SANT – Public Health
Vote on WHO health regulation amendments; debates on biotech and noncommunicable diseases
15:30 – 18:00
AFCO – Constitutional Affairs
Debates on declarations of interest and electoral law reform
17:00 – 18:30
EUDS – European Democracy Shield
Exchange of views with Commissioner Michael McGrath
European Ombudsman
Informal meeting of defence ministers
This introductory meeting provides an opportunity to present EFSA and its ongoing commitment to maintaining the highest standards of scientific integrity, transparency, and public engagement. More broadly, it serves as a platform for a meaningful exchange of perspectives.
Thursday, 10 April 2025
European Commission
- President von der Leyen meets with Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal.
- Ms Henna Virkkunen speaks at the European Retail Innovation Summit and meets with leaders from WIPO, Pure Storage, SEMI, and OpenAI.
- Ms Roxana Mînzatu in Copenhagen attends WindEurope 2025, meets several Danish ministers, industry reps, and visits a university and construction site.
- Mr Valdis Dombrovskis in Warsaw speaks at the Eurofi 2025 Seminar and meets with leaders from Bank of America, BNP Paribas, and European banking associations.
- Mr Andrius Kubilius meets with France’s armament chief and the European Remote Sensing Companies Association.
- Ms Marta Kos joins the EU-Ukraine Business Summit.
- Mr Jozef Síkela meets with representatives and executives of European development finance institutions.
European Parliament
Parliamentary Committees
10:00 – 12:00
EMPL – Employment and Social Affairs
Exchange of views with EVP Teresa Ribera on a Clean, Just and Competitive Transition
10:00 – 12:00
FEMM – Women’s Rights and Gender Equality
Debates on victims’ rights directive, SDG delivery, and Gender Equality Strategy 2025
10:45 – 11:15
BUDG – Budgets
Vote on EDIP opinion – Rapporteur: Jean-Marc GERMAIN (S&D, FR)
11:30 – 12:45
AFET – Foreign Affairs
Ukraine Facility Dialogue with Commissioner Marta Kos
European Economic and Social Committee
Conference on ‘Towards an EU action plan on rare diseases”
The European Economic and Social Committee (EESC), the Polish Ministry of Health, and the Medical University of Warsaw are jointly organizing a high-level conference titled Towards an EU Action Plan on Rare Diseases. Held under the auspices of the upcoming Polish Presidency of the EU Council, the event will mark a significant step forward in advancing a cohesive and impactful European strategy on rare diseases.
Friday, 11 April 2025
European Commission
- Ms Roxana Mînzatu in Copenhagen meets Danish social partners, parliamentarians, and visits a social housing project with the Danish Social Affairs Minister.
- Mr Andrius Kubilius participates in an event organized by Europa Forum and New Economy International Forum.
- Mr Costas Kadis in Nicosia meets the Cyprus Institute’s leadership and presents the ‘Exploration of the Oceans’ project to students.
- Maria Luís Albuquerque in Warsaw meets with Klaas Knot, President of De Nederlandsche Bank.
- Ms Hadja Lahbib in Chad focuses on the Sudan crisis during her visit to the eastern region and Sudanese refugee communities.
- Mr Magnus Brunner in Naples takes part in the MED5 Ministerial Meeting.
- Mr Dan Jørgensen in Copenhagen meets with Danish MPs, the Norwegian Energy Minister, union and industry leaders, and energy sector CEOs.
- Ms Ekaterina Zaharieva meets the CEOs of Newcleo and Amazon’s legal and global affairs department.
- Mr Apostolos Tzitzikostas meets the CEO of the Greek Athletics Federation (SEGAS).
- Mr Christophe Hansen receives top representatives from the European Landowners’ Organization (ELO).
Polish Presidency
The Informal Meeting of EU Ministers for Economic and Financial Affairs and Central Bank Governors (ECOFIN) will centre on defence financing, reflecting on discussions held since the beginning of the Polish Presidency. Additional key topics will include developments in financial markets—addressed together with Central Bank Governors—and the current geopolitical landscape.
European Central Bank
Christine Lagarde and Piero Cipollone will take part in the Eurogroup meeting held in Warsaw.
European Investment Bank
Meeting No. 581 of the Board of Directors
In accordance with its Rules of Procedure, the EIB convenes the meetings of its Board of Directors at least six times a year.
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