1 September – 5 September 2025

Monday, 1 September 2025

European Commission

• Commissioner Hansen meets with LEADER Local Action Group (LAG) “Drumul Kizilului” (Ștefan Vodă District, Moldova)
• Commissioner Hansen visits the “Ferma cu Origini” milk processing facility (Ialoveni District, Moldova)
• Commissioner Hansen visits the fruit producer and exporter Farm-Prod company (Ștefan Vodă District, Moldova)
• Commissioner Hansen meets with Ms Maia Sandu, President of Moldova (Chișinău, Moldova)
• Commissioner Hansen visits the Etcetera winery (Ștefan Vodă District, Moldova)
• Commissioner Jørgensen delivers the closing speech at the SMR Industrial Alliance General Assembly (Brussels, Belgium)
• Commissioner Lahbib meets the Jordanian Foreign Minister Al-Safadi (Bled, Slovenia)
• Commissioner Hansen meets with Ms Ina Butucel, Deputy Secretary General of the Ministry of Agriculture and Food Industry of Moldova, and Ms Alexandra Șian, State Secretary of the Ministry of Agriculture and Food Industry of Moldova (Chișinău, Moldova)

European Parliament

President’s Agenda

• 09:00 President Metsola hosts informal breakfast with the Permanent Representatives of the Governments of the Member States to the European Union
  
• 14:40 President Metsola receives the Romanian Minister of Investments and European Projects, Dragoș Pîslaru
  

Parliamentary Committees

• 15:00 – 17:00
  SANT – Committee on Public Health
  Brussels, SPAAK, 1A002
  
  • Vote: General budget of the European Union for the financial year 2026 – all sections (2025/0210(BUD)) – Rapporteur: Michalis Hadjipantela (EPP, CY)
    
  • Debate: Laying a framework for strengthening the availability and security of supply of critical medicinal products … Rapporteur: Tomislav Sokol (EPP, HR)
    
• 15:00 – 18:00
  SEDE – Committee on Security and Defence
  Brussels, ANTALL, 4Q1
  
  • Debate: European Defence Readiness 2030 – Rapporteur: Christophe Gomart (EPP, FR)
    
• 15:00 – 18:00
  AGRI – Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development
  Brussels, ANTALL, 4Q2
  
  • Vote: Forest reproductive material regulation (2023/0228(COD)) – Rapporteur: Herbert Dorfmann (EPP, IT)
    
  • Debates: Amendments on wine sector measures – Rapporteur: Esther Herranz García (EPP, ES); Amendments on CAP regulations – Rapporteur: André Rodrigues (S&D, PT)
    
• 16:00 – 17:30
  BUDG & CONT – Joint meeting of the Committees on Budgets and Budgetary Control
  Brussels, SPINELLI, 3E-2
  
  • Debate: Implementation of the rule of law conditionality regime – Rapporteurs: Jean-Marc Germain (S&D, FR), Monika Hohlmeier (EPP, DE)
    
• 16:45 – 18:00
  SEDE & TRAN – Joint meeting of the Committees on Security and Defence and Transport and Tourism
  Brussels, ANTALL, 4Q1
  
  • Debate: Military mobility – Rapporteurs: Petras Auštrevičius (Renew, LT), Roberts Zīle (ECR, LV)
    
• 17:00 – 18:00
  DEVE – Committee on Development
  Brussels, SPINELLI, 1G2
  
  • Votes: General budget of the EU for 2026 – Rapporteur: Charles Goerens (Renew, LU); COP30 opinion – Rapporteur: Barry Andrews (Renew, IE)
    
• 17:00 – 18:30
  FEMM – Committee on Women’s Rights and Gender Equality
  Brussels, SPAAK, 3C050
  
  • Debate: New EU anti-poverty strategy – Rapporteur: Lina Gálvez (S&D, ES)
    
  • Vote: General budget of the EU for 2026 – Rapporteur: Lina Gálvez (S&D, ES)

Council of the EU

• 1–2 September 2025 – Informal meeting of Ministers for European Affairs

Tuesday, 2 September 2025

European Commission

• Commissioner Jørgensen receives representatives of the European Holiday Home Association (EHHA) (Brussels, Belgium)
  
• Commissioner Jørgensen receives representatives of the Water Europe Alliance (Brussels, Belgium)
  
• Commissioner Jørgensen meets with the Housing Advisory Board (Brussels, Belgium)
  
• Commissioner Lahbib meets the Minister of Defence of Slovenia, Borut Sajovic (Bled, Slovenia)
  
• Commissioner Lahbib meets the President of the Czech Republic, Petr Pavel (Bled, Slovenia)
  
• Executive Vice-President Fitto meets with Dragoș Pîslaru, Minister of Investments and European Projects of Romania (Brussels, Belgium)
  
• Commissioner Kadis receives representatives of the Blue NGOs Coalition
  
• Commissioner Kadis receives representatives of the Seafood Ireland Alliance
  
• Executive Vice-President Mînzatu delivers a keynote address at the LERU/The Guild event “After the MFF Proposal: Envisioning the future Horizon Europe and Erasmus+ from 2028”

European Parliament

President’s Agenda

• 10:30 President Metsola receives the Druze Spiritual Leader Sheikh Muwaffaq Tarif
  

Special Events

• 10:00 – 11:00

Media briefing on the 2025 Eurobarometer (under embargo) Brussels, SPAAK, 0A50

The European Parliament press service holds an under-embargo briefing for accredited media to present the main findings of the new Eurobarometer survey, which will be published on Wednesday at 07:00. The survey covers a range of issues, including the role of the EU in the current context, the long-term budget, key priorities and values of citizens, and their perception of the European Parliament, the EU, and EU membership.

Council of the EU

• 1–2 September 2025 – Informal meeting of Ministers for European Affairs

Wednesday, 3 September 2025

European Commission

• Commissioner Šefčovič receives Mr Petri Salminen, President of SMEunited (Brussels, Belgium)
• Executive Vice-President Fitto meets with Pier Carlo Padoan, President of UniCredit (Brussels, Belgium)
• Executive Vice-President Mînzatu meets Ms Martina Hirayama, Swiss State Secretary for Education, Research and Innovation (Brussels, Belgium)
• Commissioner McGrath meets with representatives from several European press publishers’ organizations (Brussels, Belgium)
• Commissioner McGrath meets Mr Charlie Rivkin, CEO of the Motion Picture Association (Brussels, Belgium)
• Executive Vice-President Mînzatu delivers a keynote speech at the SwissCore 30th Anniversary celebration (Brussels, Belgium)
• Meeting of the College of Commissioners (Brussels, Belgium)
• Executive Vice-President Ribera delivers a keynote speech at the Bruegel Annual Meeting (Belgium)
• Commissioner Tzitzikostas meets with Mr Mark Rutte, Secretary General of NATO (Brussels, Belgium)
• Commissioner Albuquerque receives Mr Nicolas Namias, President of the European Savings and Retail Banking Group (ESBG) (Brussels, Belgium)
• Commissioner Micallef meets with representatives of IMZ International Music + Media Center network (Brussels, Belgium)
• Commissioner Micallef meets with Mr Charles Rivkin, Chairman and CEO of the Motion Picture Association (Brussels, Belgium)

European Parliament 

President’s Agenda

• 10:00 President Metsola receives Motion Picture Association CEO, Ambassador Charlie Rivkin
  
• 14:15 President Metsola receives the President of Estonia, Alar Karis
  
• 16:00 President Metsola presides over the Conference of Presidents meeting
  

Press Conferences

• “EU-US Trade: what’s next?” – Implementing the political framework agreement and Parliament’s involvement
  Speaker: Bernd Lange (S&D, DE), Chair of the International Trade Committee
  

Parliamentary Committees

• 14:30 – 16:00
  INTA – Committee on International Trade
  Brussels, SPAAK, 5B001
  
  • Debate: State of play of EU-US trade relations – Exchange of views with Sabine Weyand, Director-General, DG Trade, European Commission
    
• 15:00 – 15:30
  REGI – Committee on Regional Development
  Brussels, SPINELLI, 5G-3
  
  • Vote: Amending Regulations (EU) 2021/1058 and 2021/1056 as regards specific measures to address strategic challenges in the mid-term review (2025/0084(COD)) – Vote on the provisional agreement from interinstitutional negotiations – Rapporteur: Dragoș Benea (S&D, RO)

Thursday, 4 September 2025

European Commission

• Commissioner Jørgensen delivers a keynote speech at the conference on financing the energy transition, organized by the Danish Financial Climate Partnership and the Danish EU Presidency (Copenhagen, Denmark)
  
• Commissioner Jørgensen delivers a keynote speech at the conference for the building and construction sector Fremtidens Byggeri (Copenhagen, Denmark)
  
• Commissioner Jørgensen meets with Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP) (Copenhagen, Denmark)
  
• Commissioner Jørgensen visits and delivers opening remarks at the Avedøre Power Station (Copenhagen, Denmark)
  
• Commissioner Jørgensen participates in the Informal Meeting of Energy Ministers (Copenhagen, Denmark)
  
• Commissioner Šefčovič holds a videoconference call with Mr Ola Källenius, President of the European Automobile Manufacturers’ Association (ACEA) and CEO of Mercedes-Benz Group
  
• Commissioner Kadis visits the National Marine Fisheries Research Institute and meets with stakeholders and producer organizations, together with Jacek Czerniak, Secretary of State at the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (Gdynia, Poland)
  
• Executive Vice-President Mînzatu visits Total Energies Noord Jabbeke, the Central Control Room at Zeebrugge, and truck parkings Koggenstraat and Westkerke (Brussels, Belgium)
  
• Commissioner Albuquerque meets Mr Dimitar Radev, Governor of the Bulgarian National Bank (BNB) (Sofia, Bulgaria)
  

European Parliament 

President’s Agenda (Ottawa, Canada – local time)

• President Metsola participates in the G7 Speakers’ Meeting
  
• 16:00 President Metsola meets Mike Johnson, Speaker of the House of Representatives of the United States of America
  
• 16:30 President Metsola meets Ruslan Stefanchuk, Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine
  
• 18:00 President Metsola participates in the Welcome Dinner Reception and the Tree Planting Ceremony
  

Parliamentary Committees

• 08:30 – 15:00
  ENVI – Committee on the Environment, Climate and Food Safety
  Brussels, ANTALL, 4Q2
  
  • Debates: Draft opinion on medicinal products supply (Rapporteur: Michele Picaro, ECR, IT); Exchange with Danish Council Presidency Ministers Magnus Heunicke & Jeppe Bruus Christensen; Draft report on climate neutrality (Rapporteur: Ondřej Knotek, PfE, CZ); Draft report on marine biodiversity (Rapporteur: Michal Wiezik, Renew, SK)
    
  • Votes: General budget 2026 – Rapporteur: Antonio Decaro (S&D, IT); CAP amendments – Rapporteur: Elżbieta Katarzyna Łukacijewska (EPP, PL); Objection to draft Commission decision on GM maize DP51291 – Co-rapporteurs: Sirpa Pietikäinen (EPP, FI), Biljana Borzan (S&D, HR), Martin Häusling (Greens/EFA, DE), Anja Hazekamp (The Left, NL)
    
• 09:00 – 11:00
  BUDG – Committee on Budgets
  Brussels, SPAAK, 4B001
  
  • Debates: General budget 2026 working document (Co-rapporteurs: Andrzej Halicki, EPP, PL; Matjaž Nemec, S&D, SI); Draft amending budget no. 2/2025 – Rapporteur: Victor Negrescu (S&D, RO); Mobilisation of EGF/2025/001 Belgium – BelGaN; Mobilisation of EGF/2025/002 Germany – Goodyear 2 – Rapporteur: Olivier Chastel (Renew, BE)
    
  • Votes: 2025 Budget (Commission transfers) – Rapporteur: Victor Negrescu (S&D, RO); 2025 Budget (Other sections transfers) – Rapporteur: Niclas Herbst (EPP, DE); Building policy requests – Rapporteur: Olivier Chastel (Renew, BE)
    
• 09:00 – 11:30
  AFET – Committee on Foreign Affairs
  Brussels, SPAAK, 1A002
  
  • Debates: Exchange with Stefano Sannino (EEAS SG) on New Pact for the Mediterranean; Presentation of study on EU-Mercosur geopolitical aspects; Draft report on EU–Saudi Arabia relations (Rapporteur: Hana Jalloul Muro, S&D, ES)
    
• 09:00 – 11:30
  PECH – Committee on Fisheries
  Brussels, SPINELLI, 5G-2
  
  • Votes: Fisheries Protocol with Côte d’Ivoire (2025/0046(NLE)) – Rapporteur: Ton Diepeveen (PfE, NL); General budget 2026 – Rapporteur: Giuseppe Lupo (S&D, IT)
    
  • Debates: Draft opinion on marine biodiversity (Rapporteur: Emma Fourreau, The Left, FR); EU-UK TCA – sandeel fishing ban; Study on the multiannual plan for the Baltic Sea
    
• 09:00 – 12:30
  CONT – Committee on Budgetary Control
  Brussels, SPINELLI, 5E-2
  
  • Votes: General budget 2026 – Rapporteur: Niclas Herbst (EPP, DE); Opinion letter on dissolution of ID Group
    
  • Debates: 2023 discharge – EU Council (Rapporteur: Joachim Brudziński, ECR, PL); 2023 discharge – EUAA (Rapporteur: Erik Marquardt, Greens/EFA, DE); Gender mainstreaming in 2024 budget (Rapporteur: Marit Maij, S&D, NL); Exchange on NGEU liquidity management; Presentation of Europol report by Burkhard Mühl
    
• 09:00 – 12:30
  EMPL – Committee on Employment and Social Affairs
  Brussels, SPINELLI, 5G-3
  
  • Debates: Draft report on subcontracting and intermediaries (Rapporteur: Johan Danielsson, S&D, SE); Guidelines for employment policies; Exchange with EVP Mînzatu on next MFF & post-2027 programmes
    
  • Vote: ESF+ Regulation amendment (2025/0085(COD)) – Rapporteur: Marit Maij (S&D, NL)
    
• 09:00 – 12:30
  ITRE – Committee on Industry, Research and Energy
  Brussels, SPAAK, 3C050
  
  • Debates: Topical debate on hydrogen costs, use-cases, regulatory environment; Exchange with Mechthild Wörsdörfer (DG ENER) on delegated regulation methodology
    
• 10:30 – 12:30
  ECON – Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs
  Brussels, ANTALL, 4Q1
  
  • Debate: Exchange of views on the digital euro project with Piero Cipollone, Member of the Executive Board, European Central Bank
    

Council of the EU

• 4–5 September 2025 – Informal Meeting of Energy Ministers

Friday, 5 September 2025

European Commission

• Executive Vice-President Fitto delivers a video message for the About Women event in Venice, organised by MEP Alessandra Moretti
  
• Commissioner Albuquerque meets with the Commission for Consumer Protection (Sofia, Bulgaria)
  
• Commissioner Albuquerque meets with the main Consumer Associations in Bulgaria (Sofia, Bulgaria)
  
• Commissioner Albuquerque meets with Venture Capital and Fintech Associations in Bulgaria (Sofia, Bulgaria)
  
• President von der Leyen receives the Members of the Committee of Permanent Representatives of the Member States to the European Union (COREPER) for a working lunch (Brussels, Belgium)
  
• Commissioner Albuquerque meets Ms Temenuzhka Petkova, Minister of Finance of Bulgaria (Sofia, Bulgaria)
  

European Parliament

President’s Agenda (Ottawa, Canada – local time)

• President Metsola participates in the G7 Speakers’ Meeting
  
• 09:00 President Metsola delivers a speech at the inaugural session of the G7 Speakers’ Meeting
  
• 16:30 President Metsola meets Francis Scarpaleggia, Speaker of the House of Commons of Canada
  
• 17:00 President Metsola meets Yaël Braun-Pivet, President of the French National Assembly

Press Conferences

• 11:00 – 12:00
  Pre-session briefing
  Brussels, SPAAK, 0A50

Council of the EU

• 4–5 September 2025 – Informal Meeting of Energy Ministers
  

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