8 – 12 December 2025

Monday, 8 December 2025

European Commission

Executive Vice-President Mînzatu participates in the High-level Roundtable on artists’ working conditions (Brussels, Belgium).
Executive Vice-President Virkkunen co-chairs the EU–Canada Digital Partnership Council with Evan Solomon, Canadian Minister of Artificial Intelligence and Digital Innovation (Montréal, Canada).
Executive Vice-President Virkkunen joins a Business Roundtable chaired by Mélanie Joly, Canadian Minister of Industry (Montréal, Canada).
Executive Vice-President Virkkunen joins the G7 Industry, Digital and Technology Ministers’ Meeting 2025 (Montréal, Canada).
Executive Vice-President Virkkunen visits the MonarQ quantum computer at Calcul Québec (Montréal, Canada).
Executive Vice-President Virkkunen joins the joint B7/G7 Reception (Montréal, Canada).
Commissioner Kubilius receives Andrzej Domański, Minister for Finance and Economy of Poland (Brussels, Belgium).
Commissioner Kubilius receives Andrii Sybiha, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Ukraine (Brussels, Belgium).
High Representative Vice-President Kallas speaks at the European Parliament High-level Conference “Belarus: Building Foundations for Democratic Change” (Brussels, Belgium).
High Representative Vice-President Kallas meets Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya, leader of the Belarusian democratic opposition (Brussels, Belgium).
Executive Vice-President Séjourné participates in the Competitiveness Council (Brussels, Belgium).
Executive Vice-President Séjourné meets Sébastien Martin, French Minister Delegate for Industry (Brussels, Belgium).
Executive Vice-President Séjourné meets David Clarinval, Belgian Minister of Labour and Economy (Brussels, Belgium).
Executive Vice-President Séjourné meets Vincent Karremans, Dutch Minister of Economic Affairs (Brussels, Belgium).
Commissioner Brunner attends the Justice and Home Affairs Council (Brussels, Belgium).
Commissioner Dombrovskis presents the Annual Overview Report on Simplification, Implementation, and Enforcement at the Competitiveness Council (Brussels, Belgium).
Commissioner Dombrovskis participates in the virtual G7 Finance Ministers’ Meeting (Brussels, Belgium).
Executive Vice-President Ribera delivers a speech at the Water Resilience Forum (Brussels, Belgium).
Commissioner Roswall delivers the opening address at the Water Resilience Forum (Brussels, Belgium).
Executive Vice-President Ribera receives Ebba Busch, Deputy Prime Minister of Sweden and Minister for Energy and Business (Brussels, Belgium).

European Parliament

President’s Agenda

15:30 – President Metsola addresses the EPP Political Assembly.

Parliamentary Committees

14:30 – 18:30 CONT – Committee on Budgetary Control
Hearings on the 2024 EU budget discharge for the European Parliament and the European Commission; vote on performance indicators for future European competitiveness financing (Brussels, ANTALL, 4Q1).

15:00 – 18:30 EUDS – Special Committee on the European Democracy Shield
Debates on foreign funding of political and religious networks in the EU, Turkey’s engagement with diaspora communities, and presentation of the Propaganda Monitor by Reporters Without Borders (Brussels, SPINELLI, 1G-3).

Council of the European Union

Competitiveness Council (Internal Market and Industry) – Ongoing.
Justice and Home Affairs Council – Ongoing.

Tuesday, 9 December 2025

European Commission

High Representative Vice-President Kallas speaks at the AFET Committee on the Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP) (Brussels, Belgium).
High Representative Vice-President Kallas meets Volker Türk, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (Brussels, Belgium).
High Representative Vice-President Kallas speaks at the opening of the EU–NGO Forum on Human Rights (Brussels, Belgium).
Executive Vice-President Mînzatu participates in the first-ever joint European Innovative Teaching Award (EITA) and European Language Label (ELL) ceremony (Brussels, Belgium).
Executive Vice-President Mînzatu receives Natalia Plugaru, Minister of Labour and Social Protection of the Republic of Moldova (Brussels, Belgium).
Executive Vice-President Mînzatu receives MEP Marko Vešligaj (Brussels, Belgium).
Executive Vice-President Mînzatu receives MEP Nela Riehl (Brussels, Belgium).
Commissioner Kubilius meets Fernando Alexandre, Minister for Science, Technology and Higher Education of Portugal (Brussels, Belgium).
Commissioner Kubilius participates in the Martens Centre European Ideas Forum (Brussels, Belgium).
Commissioner Kubilius participates in the Competitiveness Council (Brussels, Belgium).
Commissioner Kubilius meets Nikodimos Damianou, Deputy Minister for Research, Innovation and Digital Policy of Cyprus (Brussels, Belgium).
Commissioner Kadis signs the new Implementing Protocol to the Sustainable Fisheries Partnership Agreement (SFPA) between the EU and the Cook Islands with Pamela Mauru, Ministry of Marine Resources.
Commissioner Hansen receives Board members of POST Luxembourg (Brussels, Belgium).
Commissioner Jørgensen receives Kadri Simson, former European Energy Commissioner (Brussels, Belgium).
Commissioner Šuica participates in the EU–KSA Roundtable Consultation on Sustainable Business Cooperation (Riyadh, Saudi Arabia).
Commissioner Šuica meets H.E. Eng. Khalid bin Abdulaziz Al-Falih, Minister of Investment of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (Riyadh, Saudi Arabia).
Executive Vice-President Fitto meets Matt Browne, Head of European Government Affairs and Global Insights at Apple (Brussels, Belgium).
Executive Vice-President Fitto meets Margalida Prohens, President of the Balearic Islands, and representatives of the Pyrenees–Mediterranean Euroregion (Brussels, Belgium).
Executive Vice-President Fitto meets Renaud Muselier, President of the Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur Region (Brussels, Belgium).

European Parliament

President’s Agenda

10:30 – President Metsola receives Renaud Muselier, President of the Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur Region and Deputy President of Régions de France.
16:00 – President Metsola addresses an event marking 25 Years of the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights.

Press Conferences

11:00 – 11:30 – Press conference on the trilogue deal on simplified sustainability reporting and due diligence requirements (TBC), rapporteur Jörgen Warborn (EPP, SE) (Brussels, SPAAK, 0A50).

Council of the European Union

Competitiveness Council (Research and Space) – Ongoing.
Justice and Home Affairs Council – Ongoing.

European Ombudsman

Meeting of the Bureau of the Committee of the Regions (CoR)
Exchange of views on aspects of the Ombudsman’s work relevant for local and regional authorities.

Wednesday, 10 December 2025

European Commission

Executive Vice-President Virkkunen delivers a keynote speech at the Global Alliance to Counter Migrant Smuggling (Brussels, Belgium).
Executive Vice-President Virkkunen receives Peter Koerte, Member of the Managing Board of Siemens AG.
Executive Vice-President Virkkunen delivers a keynote speech at the Vision 2040 event – SMEunited General Assembly.
Executive Vice-President Mînzatu receives representatives of the European Federation of Public Service Unions (EPSU) (Brussels, Belgium).
Executive Vice-President Mînzatu delivers the opening speech at the COM Equality Coordinators meeting (Brussels, Belgium).
Executive Vice-President Mînzatu receives MEP Hristo Petrov (Brussels, Belgium).
Executive Vice-President Mînzatu receives Carlien Scheele, Director of EIGE (Brussels, Belgium).
Commissioner Kubilius participates in the High-level meeting on the future of the European defence (Brussels, Belgium).
Commissioner Šefčovič receives Nick Thomas-Symonds, Minister for the Cabinet Office (Minister for the Constitution and European Union Relations) of the UK, and Sir Chris Bryant, Minister of State at the Department for Business and Trade of the UK.
Commissioner Šefčovič receives Diego Pavia, CEO of EIT InnoEnergy.
Commissioner Kadis delivers a speech at the Celebration of the 10th Anniversary of the Paris Agreement – A Decade of Ocean and Climate Action, organised by Europe Jacques Delors.
High Representative Vice-President Kallas meets Ilza Maria dos Santos Amado Vaz, Foreign Minister of São Tomé and Príncipe (Brussels, Belgium).
Commissioner Jørgensen participates in the NATO North Atlantic Council on Energy Security (Brussels, Belgium).
Commissioner Šuica meets H.E. Waleed A. Elkhereiji, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (Riyadh, Saudi Arabia).
Executive Vice-President Fitto meets Karoline Edtstadler, Minister-President of the Region of Salzburg (Brussels, Belgium).
Executive Vice-President Fitto meets Lukas Mandl, President of the Assembly of European Regions (AER) (Brussels, Belgium).
Executive Vice-President Fitto meets Silvia Salis, Mayor of Genoa (Brussels, Belgium).
Meeting of the College of Commissioners (Brussels, Belgium).
Commissioner Micallef meets Silvia Salis, Mayor of Genoa (Belgium).
President von der Leyen delivers the keynote speech at the Second Conference of the Global Alliance to Counter Migrant Smuggling (Brussels, Belgium).

European Parliament

President’s Agenda

08:30 – President Metsola presides over the Conference of Presidents meeting.
11:30 – President Metsola addresses the Wilfried Martens European Ideas Forum.
12:30 – President Metsola receives the Hellenic Retailers Association (SELPE).
15:00 – President Metsola addresses an event on the Critical Medicines Act (CMA).

Press Conferences

13:00 – 13:30 – Press conference on resistance to the Commission’s 2025 proposals on return and “safe” countries for asylum seekers – Estrella Galán (The Left, ES) (Brussels, SPAAK, 0A50).
15:30 – 16:00 – The EPP Group’s vision for the automotive sector – Jens Gieseke (EPP, DE) (Brussels, SPAAK, 0A50).

Council of the European Union

Informal meeting of Ministers for European Affairs – 10–11 December 2025.

European Ombudsman

Conference marking the 25th anniversary of the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights – Stakeholder-level conference on the Charter’s impact and future challenges.

European Investment Bank

Meeting No. 589 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.

Thursday, 11 December 2025

European Commission

Executive Vice-President Virkkunen meets with Andreas Pecher, CEO of Zeiss (Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen, Germany).
Executive Vice-President Mînzatu delivers the keynote speech to officially open the Digital Skills Summit 2025 (Brussels, Belgium).
Executive Vice-President Mînzatu participates in the VIP Executive Roundtable and Breakfast – Digital Skills Summit (Brussels, Belgium).
Commissioner Šefčovič meets with Christian Stocker, Chancellor of Austria, and Wolfgang Hattmannsdorfer, Minister of Economy, Energy and Tourism of Austria (Vienna, Austria).
Commissioner Šefčovič meets with a delegation of Members of the Austrian Parliament (Vienna, Austria).
Commissioner Šefčovič participates in the Vienna High-Level Trade Roundtable (Vienna, Austria).
Commissioner Kadis attends the Agriculture and Fisheries Council (11–12 December 2025).
Commissioner Hansen meets with Alois Rainer, Minister of Agriculture, Food and Regional Identity of Germany (Brussels, Belgium).
Commissioner Hansen participates in the Agriculture and Fisheries Council (Brussels, Belgium).
Commissioner Jørgensen delivers a keynote speech at the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung High-Level Conference on Energy and Housing in Europe (Brussels, Belgium).
Commissioner Šuica meets with Lana Nusseibeh, State Minister for Political Affairs and Envoy of the Foreign Minister to the EU of the United Arab Emirates (Abu Dhabi, UAE).
Commissioner Šuica meets with Sheikh Abdullah Al Nahyan, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of the United Arab Emirates (Abu Dhabi, UAE).
Commissioner Šuica delivers a keynote speech at the EU–GCC Green Finance and Investment Forum (Abu Dhabi, UAE).
Executive Vice-President Fitto participates in the event “Coesione Italia. L’Italia delle comunità, l’Europa dei territori” (Rome, Italy).
Executive Vice-President Fitto participates in the ECR Study Days (Rome, Italy).
Executive Vice-President Fitto participates in the Atreju event (Rome, Italy).
Executive Vice-President Séjourné participates in Eurogroup (Brussels, Belgium).
Commissioner Roswall meets with Magnus Heunicke, Minister of Environment and Gender Equality for Denmark (Nairobi, Kenya).
Commissioner Roswall participates in the 7th Session of the UN Environmental Assembly (UNEA-7) (11–12 December 2025) (Nairobi, Kenya).
Commissioner Brunner participates in the Implementation Dialogue on Talent Attraction (Brussels, Belgium).
Commissioner Micallef participates in the Erasmus+ Sport Info Day 2025 (Brussels, Belgium).
Executive Vice-President Ribera receives RED – Network of Female Executives in Brussels (Brussels, Belgium).
Commissioner McGrath meets with Pascal Lamy and Geert Cami, Governing Board Members of Friends of Europe – Jacques Delors Foundation (Brussels, Belgium).
Commissioner McGrath meets with Euroconsumers representatives (Brussels, Belgium).
Commissioner McGrath meets with Marc Schmitz, President of the European Union of Judicial Officers (Brussels, Belgium).
Commissioner McGrath speaks at the Interparliamentary Committee Meeting on the Rule of Law at the European Parliament (Brussels, Belgium).
Commissioner Zaharieva delivers a keynote speech at the High-Level Meeting on Rare Diseases (European Parliament, Brussels, Belgium).
Commissioner Tzitzikostas receives Silvia Salis, Mayor of Genoa (Brussels, Belgium).

European Parliament

President’s Agenda

11:00 – President Metsola receives Lars Sandahl Sørensen, CEO of Danish Industry.
15:00 – President Metsola receives Roberto Occhiuto, President of the Region of Calabria.
President Metsola addresses a meeting on the European Research and Innovation Ecosystem for Rare Diseases (via video).
President Metsola addresses the ACES Gala Ceremony 2025 (via video).

Press Conferences

10:00 – 10:30 – The Security of the EU’s Eastern Border; Poland’s voice on the upcoming European Commission communication – Jacek Protas (EPP, PL) (Brussels, SPAAK, 0A50).

Parliamentary Committees

09:00 – 10:00 JURI – Votes on:

The 28th Regime for innovative companies
Harmonisation of insolvency law
Corporate sustainability reporting and due diligence requirements

09:00 – 13:00 BUDG – Debates on:

MFF 2028–2034 interim report
European Semester 2026
Rule of Law report 2025
Exchange of views with the Ukrainian Parliament
Votes on customs duty adjustments

09:15 – 13:00 LIBE – Interparliamentary Committee Meeting on the Rule of Law in the EU

10:30 – 12:30 FISC – Public hearing on Taxation of Ultra-High-Net-Worth Individuals

Council of the European Union

Eurogroup
Informal meeting of Ministers for European Affairs – 10–11 December 2025
Agriculture and Fisheries Council – 11–12 December 2025

European Ombudsman

Conference marking the 25th anniversary of the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights – Stakeholder conference on the Charter’s impact and future challenges.

European Central Bank

Participation by Christine Lagarde and Piero Cipollone in the Eurogroup meeting (Brussels, Belgium).

Friday, 12 December 2025

European Commission

Executive Vice-President Virkkunen hosts a press briefing for the Finnish Association of Political Journalists (Helsinki, Finland).
Executive Vice-President Virkkunen delivers a keynote speech for a group of Finnish Ambassadors in retirement (Helsinki, Finland).
Executive Vice-President Mînzatu participates in the online event Académie Notre Europe – Exchange with Young People (Brussels, Belgium).
Commissioner Jørgensen participates in a roundtable at Forenet Kredit with Marie Bender Foltmann, CEO of Forenet Kredit (Copenhagen, Denmark).
Commissioner Jørgensen meets with representatives from the Danish Trade Union Confederation (Copenhagen, Denmark).
Executive Vice-President Fitto participates in the event “Bologna 2050 – Piano strategico metropolitano” (Bologna, Italy).
Executive Vice-President Ribera meets the PES Ministers of Economic and Financial Affairs (ECOFIN) (Brussels, Belgium).
Commissioner Roswall gives opening remarks at the Ministerial Breakfast – ‘The clock is ticking: time to gavel on a plastics treaty’, hosted by the EU (Nairobi, Kenya).
Commissioner Roswall participates in a Leadership Dialogue: ‘Round and Round: Why circularity and sustainability are critical to the future of global industry’ (Nairobi, Kenya).
Commissioner Roswall, together with Magnus Heunicke, Minister of Environment and Gender Equality for Denmark, meets with Inger Andersen, Executive Director of the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) (Nairobi, Kenya).
Commissioner Dombrovskis participates in the ECOFIN Council meeting (Brussels, Belgium).
Commissioner Albuquerque attends the ECOFIN meeting (Brussels, Belgium).
Commissioner Micallef meets with Diene Keita, UN Under-Secretary-General and Executive Director of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) (Brussels, Belgium).
Commissioner Micallef participates in a policy roundtable by A Seat At The Table (ASATT) (Brussels, Belgium).
Commissioner Micallef meets with Andreas Zagklis, Secretary-General of the International Basketball Federation (FIBA) (Brussels, Belgium).
Commissioner Tzitzikostas meets with AviAlliance (Athens, Greece).
Commissioner Tzitzikostas meets the Association of Air Traffic Controllers of Greece (Athens, Greece).
Commissioner Tzitzikostas visits Athens Airport “Eleftherios Venizelos” (Athens, Greece).
Commissioner McGrath meets (online) with Benjamin Haddad, French Minister Delegate for Europe.
Commissioner Zaharieva receives Marta Ortega-Valle, Co-founder and Chief of Strategy and Sustainability Affairs Officer of Greenlight Biosciences (Brussels, Belgium).