8 September – 12 September 2025

EU News

Monday, 8 September 2025

European Commission

Executive Vice-President Ribera delivers the Opening Remarks at the Global Gateway Panel at the Africa Climate Summit (Addis Ababa, Ethiopia)
Executive Vice-President Ribera delivers a speech at the Opening Ceremony of the Africa Climate Summit (Addis Ababa, Ethiopia)
Executive Vice-President Ribera participates in a High-Level Panel on Energy at the Africa Climate Summit (Addis Ababa, Ethiopia) [8–10 September 2025]
Commissioner Roswall participates in the Plenary Session of the European Parliament (Strasbourg, France)
Commissioner Dombrovskis meets Mr Markus Beyrer, Director-General of BusinessEurope (Strasbourg, France)
Commissioner Dombrovskis attends BusinessEurope’s event on better regulation (Strasbourg, France)
Commissioner Dombrovskis participates in the Recovery and Resilience Dialogue (RRD) under the Recovery and Resilience Facility (RRF) Regulation with the European Parliament BUDG and ECON Committees (Strasbourg, France)
Executive Vice-President Fitto attends the Recovery and Resilience Dialogue alongside Commissioner Dombrovskis at the BUDG and ECON Committees (Strasbourg, France)
Commissioner Šefčovič holds a videoconference call with Mr Nicolas Dufourcq, CEO of Bpifrance
Commissioner Hansen participates in the informal Agriculture and Fisheries Council (Copenhagen, Denmark)
Commissioner Albuquerque participates in the SME Circle event: “Unleashing Europe’s Capital – Towards a Real Savings and Investment Union” (Strasbourg, France)
Commissioner Micallef visits Muzew Tekniku Vincenzo Bugeja (Valletta, Malta)

European Parliament

President’s Agenda

European Parliament’s Plenary Session in Strasbourg
- 17:00 President Metsola presides over the opening of the plenary session
- 18:00 President Metsola presides over the European Parliament’s Bureau

Plenary Session (Strasbourg)

17:00 – 22:00
- Debates:
  - Resumption of session and order of business
  - Investments and reforms for European competitiveness and the creation of a Capital Markets Union (2024/2116(INI)) – Rapporteur: Aurore Lalucq (ECON)
  - Circularity requirements for vehicle design and end-of-life management (2023/0284(COD)) – Rapporteurs: Jens Gieseke, Paulius Saudargas (ENVI, IMCO)
  - Public procurement (2024/2103(INI)) – Rapporteur: Piotr Müller (IMCO)
  - Governance of the internet – renewal of the Internet Governance Forum mandate (2025/2801(RSP))
  - One-minute speeches (Rule 179)

Parliamentary Committees (Strasbourg)

19:00 – 19:15
SEDE – Committee on Security and Defence
DE MADARIAGA, S5
- Vote: General budget of the EU for 2026 – adoption of draft opinion in letter form – Rapporteur: Marie-Agnes Strack-Zimmermann (Renew, DE)
20:00 – 22:00
BUDG & ECON – Joint meeting of the Committees on Budgets and Economic and Monetary Affairs
WEISS, N1.4
- Debate: Recovery and Resilience Dialogue with EVP Raffaele Fitto and Commissioner Valdis Dombrovskis; focus on implementation and simplification
21:00 – 22:30
CULT – Committee on Culture and Education
WEISS, N1.3
- Debate: Exchange of views with EVP Roxana Mînzatu on the next MFF programmes, in particular Erasmus+

Council of the EU

7–9 September 2025 – Informal Meeting of Agriculture Ministers

European Economic and Social Committee (EESC)

Monday, 8 September – NAT section debate on “Sustainability in the new geopolitical order”
Monday 8 – Tuesday 9 September – 11th EU-Korea Civil Society Forum under the EU-Korea FTA and Workshop
- Topics include: social dialogue in trade diversification, green shipping corridors, just transition, migrant workers, ageing populations, Platform Work Directive transposition, and ILC discussions on a binding convention for decent work.

Tuesday, 9 September 2025

European Commission

Commissioner Hansen participates in a roundtable discussion with the Danish Agriculture and Food Council and agricultural associations alongside Jacob Jensen, Minister for Food, Agriculture and Fisheries of Denmark (Slangerup, Denmark)
Commissioner Hansen visits Mr Michael Nielsen’s pig farm (Slangerup, Denmark)
Commissioner Hansen participates in the Informal Agriculture and Fisheries Council (Copenhagen, Denmark)
Executive Vice-President Fitto participates in the plenary debates on amending ERDF, Cohesion Fund and Just Transition Fund (mid-term review) and on Cohesion Policy (Strasbourg, France)
Commissioner Šuica meets Ms Idoia Mendia, Member of the European Parliament (Strasbourg, France)
Commissioner Micallef hosts a breakfast discussion with the coordinators of the Committee on Culture and Education of the European Parliament (Strasbourg, France)
Commissioner Micallef meets the Intergroup on Traditional Minorities, National Communities and Languages of the European Parliament (Strasbourg, France)
Commissioner Hoekstra meets MEP Céline Imart (Strasbourg, France)
Meeting of the College of Commissioners (Strasbourg, France)
Commissioner Hoekstra meets MEP Rasmus Andresen (Strasbourg, France)
Commissioner Hoekstra speaks in the plenary debate on the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism: simplification and strengthening (Strasbourg, France)

European Parliament

President’s Agenda

11:30 President Metsola receives Maia Sandu, President of the Republic of Moldova
12:00 President Metsola presides over the formal sitting for the address by President Maia Sandu

Plenary Session (Strasbourg)

09:00 – 11:50
Debates:
- Joint debate on Ukraine: EU action for security guarantees and just peace (2025/2851(RSP))
- 2023 & 2024 reports on Ukraine (2025/2026(INI)) – Rapporteur: Michael Gahler (AFET)
- Gaza at breaking point: EU action to combat famine, release hostages, and move towards a two-state solution (2025/2852(RSP))
12:00 – 12:30
Formal Sitting: Address by Maia Sandu, President of the Republic of Moldova
12:30 – 13:30
Votes:
- Waste Framework Directive: textiles and food waste (2023/0234(COD)) – Rapporteur: Anna Zalewska (ENVI)
- Circularity requirements for vehicle design and end-of-life vehicles (2023/0284(COD)) – Rapporteurs: Jens Gieseke, Paulius Saudargas (ENVI/IMCO)
- EU-Brazil Agreement: cooperation with Europol and Federal Police of Brazil (2024/0321(NLE)) – Rapporteur: Nikola Bartůšek (LIBE)
- EU-Kyrgyz Republic Enhanced Partnership & Cooperation Agreement (2022/0184(NLE)) – Rapporteur: Nacho Sánchez Amor (AFET)
- EU-Kyrgyz Republic Enhanced Partnership & Cooperation Agreement (Resolution) (2022/0184M(NLE)) – Rapporteur: Nacho Sánchez Amor (AFET)
- Partial renewal of Members of the Court of Auditors – Joëlle Elvinger (2025/0805(NLE)) – Rapporteur: Cristian Terheş (CONT)
- Partial renewal of Members of the Court of Auditors – Stef Blok (2025/0804(NLE)) – Rapporteur: Tomáš Zdechovský (CONT)
- Public procurement (2024/2103(INI)) – Rapporteur: Piotr Müller (IMCO)
- 2023 & 2024 reports on Ukraine (2025/2026(INI)) – Rapporteur: Michael Gahler (AFET)
13:30 – 22:00
Debates (following votes):
- Devastating wildfires in Southern Europe: strengthening EU aid & preparedness (2025/2854(RSP))
- European Social Fund (ESF+): strategic challenges (2025/0085(COD)) – Rapporteur: Marit Maij (EMPL)
- Amending ERDF, Cohesion Fund & JTF (mid-term review) (2025/0084(COD)) – Rapporteur: Dragoş Benea (REGI)
- Joint debate on Cohesion Policy:
  - Supporting just transition (2024/2121(INI)) – Rapporteur: Ciaran Mullooly (REGI)
  - Cohesion investment & housing crisis (2024/2120(INI)) – Rapporteur: Marcos Ros Sempere (REGI)
  - Simplification of cohesion funds (2024/2106(INI)) – Rapporteur: Vladimir Prebilič (REGI)
- Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism: simplification and strengthening (2025/0039(COD)) – Rapporteur: Antonio Decaro (ENVI)
- Wave of violence and continuous force against protesters in Serbia (2025/2810(RSP))
- Strengthening Moldova’s resilience against Russian hybrid threats (2025/2811(RSP))
- Situation in Colombia after terrorist attacks (2025/2855(RSP))
- Explanations of votes

Council of the EU

7–9 September 2025 – Informal Meeting of Agriculture Ministers

Wednesday, 10 September 2025

European Commission

President von der Leyen delivers the 2025 State of the Union (SOTEU) address (Strasbourg, France)
Executive Vice-President Fitto attends the State of the Union address by the President of the European Commission to the European Parliament (Strasbourg, France)
Commissioner Jørgensen attends the State of the European Union speech and debate in the European Parliament (Strasbourg, France)
Commissioner Šuica attends the State of the Union address by the President of the European Commission in the European Parliament (Strasbourg, France)
Commissioner Hoekstra speaks in the plenary debate on the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism: simplification and strengthening (Strasbourg, France)
Commissioner Šuica attends the 10th Anniversary Event of the EU Regional Trust Fund in Response to the Syrian Crisis via video-message (Amman, Jordan)

European Parliament

President’s Agenda

09:00 President Metsola presides over the State of the European Union Debate

Plenary Session (Strasbourg)

09:00 – 12:20
Key Debate:
- State of the Union (2025/2682(RSP))
12:30 – 13:30
Votes:
- European Social Fund (ESF+): strategic challenges (2025/0085(COD)) – Rapporteur: Marit Maij (EMPL)
- Amending ERDF, Cohesion Fund & Just Transition Fund (mid-term review) (2025/0084(COD)) – Rapporteur: Dragoş Benea (REGI)
- Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (2025/0039(COD)) – Rapporteur: Antonio Decaro (ENVI)
- Securities settlement & CSDs – shorter settlement cycle (2025/0022(COD)) – Rapporteur: Johan Van Overtveldt (ECON)
- Insolvency proceedings: replacing Annexes A and B (2025/0023(COD)) – Rapporteur: Ilhan Kyuchyuk (JURI)
- Eurojust case management system: extension of timeframe (2025/0074(COD)) – Rapporteur: Javier Zarzalejos (LIBE)
- EC–Pacific States Interim Partnership Agreement: accession of Vanuatu (2025/0055(NLE)) – Rapporteur: Dariusz Joński (INTA)
- EC–India Agreement for scientific & technological cooperation: renewal (2025/0066(NLE)) – Rapporteur: Borys Budka (ITRE)
- EU–Switzerland Cooperation Agreement on Satellite Navigation Programmes (2012/0231(NLE)) – Rapporteur: Borys Budka (ITRE)
- Investments & reforms for competitiveness and Capital Markets Union (2024/2116(INI)) – Rapporteur: Aurore Lalucq (ECON)
- Role of cohesion policy in supporting the just transition (2024/2121(INI)) – Rapporteur: Ciaran Mullooly (REGI)
- Cohesion policy investment & housing crisis (2024/2120(INI)) – Rapporteur: Marcos Ros Sempere (REGI)
- Simplification of cohesion funds (2024/2106(INI)) – Rapporteur: Vladimir Prebilič (REGI)
- Future of agriculture and the post-2027 CAP (2025/2052(INI)) – Rapporteur: Carmen Crespo Díaz (AGRI)
- Governance of the internet – renewal of the Internet Governance Forum mandate (2025/2801(RSP))
- Strengthening Moldova’s resilience against Russian hybrid threats (2025/2811(RSP))
13:30 – 22:00
Debates (following votes):
- Topical debate (PfE, Rule 169): “After 10 years, time to end mass migration now – protect our women and children”
- Implementation of EU-US trade deal & future of wider EU trade agreements (2025/2853(RSP))
- Presentation of the Council’s position on the draft general budget – 2026 financial year (2025/2767(RSP))
- Package travel and linked travel arrangements (2023/0435(COD)) – Rapporteur: Alex Agius Saliba (IMCO)
- European Democracy Shield: strengthening EU democracy & protecting against foreign interference (2025/2857(RSP))
- GNSS interference: resilience against spoofing & jamming in aviation and maritime transport (2025/2858(RSP))
- Rule of law and EU funds management in Slovakia (2025/2863(RSP))
- Taxation of large digital platforms – international developments (2025/2756(RSP))
- Human rights, democracy and rule of law (Rule 150):
  - Detention of EU citizens in occupied areas of Cyprus (2025/2860(RSP))
  - Case of Victoire Ingabire in Rwanda (2025/2861(RSP))
  - Case of Abdoul Aziz Goma, arbitrarily detained in Togo (2025/2862(RSP))
- Explanations of votes

European Central Bank

Keynote speech by Claudia Buch at the BIS Innovation Summit 2025

Thursday, 11 September 2025

European Commission

Commissioner Jørgensen receives Mr Chris Wright, US Secretary for Energy (Brussels, Belgium)
Commissioner Jørgensen co-chairs a high-level meeting on the transition towards zero-emission mobility for the heavy-duty vehicles (HDV) sector, with Commissioners Hoekstra and Tzitzikostas (Brussels, Belgium)
Commissioner Jørgensen delivers a keynote speech at a joint event with the European Investment Bank (EIB) on energy efficiency for SMEs (Brussels, Belgium)
Commissioner Šuica attends the opening session of the High-Level Regional Retreat on the Future of Euro-Mediterranean Relations and holds bilateral meetings (Rabat, Morocco)
Commissioner Šuica meets Mr Nasser Bourita, Minister of Foreign Affairs, African Cooperation and Expatriates of Morocco (Rabat, Morocco)
Commissioner Albuquerque meets representatives of EU Financial Institutions (Tokyo, Japan)
Commissioner Albuquerque meets Mr Katsunobu Kato, Minister of Finance of Japan (Tokyo, Japan)
Commissioner Albuquerque meets Mr Yutaka Ito, Commissioner of the JFSA, and Mr Toshiyuki Miyoshi, Vice Minister for International Affairs at the JFSA (Tokyo, Japan)
Commissioner Albuquerque meets Mr Katsunori Yokomaku (MUFG), Mr Akihiro Fukutome (SMBC), and Mr Seiji Imai (Mizuho) (Tokyo, Japan)
Commissioner Albuquerque meets Mr Kazuo Ueda, Governor of the Bank of Japan (Tokyo, Japan)
Commissioner Albuquerque delivers a keynote speech at the conference “Sustainable Finance: Driving Competitiveness in Japan and the EU” (Tokyo, Japan)
Commissioner Roswall meets Mr Bojan Kumer, Minister of the Environment, Climate and Energy of Slovenia (Ljubljana, Slovenia)
Commissioner Roswall addresses the EU Affairs Committee, the Infrastructure, Environment and Spatial Planning Committee, and the Agriculture, Forestry and Food Committee at the National Assembly of Slovenia (Ljubljana, Slovenia)
Commissioner Tzitzikostas participates in IAA Mobility 2025 (Munich, Germany)

European Parliament

President’s Agenda

10:00 President Metsola presides over the Conference of Presidents meeting

Plenary Session (Strasbourg)

09:00 – 11:50
Debates:
- A new vision for the European Universities alliances (2025/2036(INI)) – Rapporteur: Laurence Farreng (CULT)
- Summer of heatwaves in the EU: addressing causes and providing housing & health policies (2025/2856(RSP))
- Implementation and streamlining of EU internal market rules to strengthen the single market (2025/2009(INI)) – Rapporteur: Anna-Maja Henriksson (IMCO)
12:00 – 14:00
Votes:
- Detention of EU citizens in occupied areas of Cyprus (2025/2860(RSP))
- Case of Victoire Ingabire in Rwanda (2025/2861(RSP))
- Case of Abdoul Aziz Goma, arbitrarily detained in Togo (2025/2862(RSP))
- Package travel and linked travel arrangements (2023/0435(COD)) – Rapporteur: Alex Agius Saliba (IMCO)
- A new vision for the European Universities alliances (2025/2036(INI)) – Rapporteur: Laurence Farreng (CULT)
- Internal market rules streamlining (2025/2009(INI)) – Rapporteur: Anna-Maja Henriksson (IMCO)
- Stock-taking of the European elections 2024 (2025/2012(INI)) – Rapporteur: Ľubica Karvašová (AFCO)
- Gaza at breaking point (2025/2852(RSP))
- Situation in Colombia after terrorist attacks (2025/2855(RSP))
15:00 – 16:00
Debate:
- European strategy for addressing Alzheimer’s and other types of dementia (2025/2859(RSP))
Explanations of votes

Council of the EU

11–12 September 2025 – Informal Meeting of Education Ministers

Friday, 12 September 2025

European Commission

Commissioner Šuica participates via video-message in the European Seniors’ Union Summer Academy “Demographic change in Europe” (Bruges, Belgium)
Commissioner Albuquerque meets Prof. Sayuri Shirai, former Member of the Bank of Japan’s Policy Board (Tokyo, Japan)
Commissioner Albuquerque meets Mr Makoto Shibata, Head of Fintech Centre of Tokyo, FINOLAB (Tokyo, Japan)
Commissioner Albuquerque meets Mr Hirofumi Yoshimura, Governor of Osaka, and representatives of Global Financial City Osaka (Osaka, Japan)
Commissioner Albuquerque pays an official visit to the Osaka Expo (Osaka, Japan)
President von der Leyen participates in the Strategic Dialogue on the Future of the European Automotive Industry (Brussels, Belgium)
Commissioner Tzitzikostas receives Mr Michael O’Leary, CEO of Ryanair (Brussels, Belgium)
Commissioner Tzitzikostas meets via videocall with Mr Darragh O’Brien, Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment and Minister for Transport of Ireland (Brussels, Belgium)
Commissioner Micallef participates in the European Citizens’ Panel on Intergenerational Fairness (Brussels, Belgium)
President von der Leyen receives European Tech and Industry CEOs for a working dinner (Brussels, Belgium)

European Parliament

President’s Agenda

08:45 President Metsola receives Ana Brnabić, Speaker of the National Assembly of the Republic of Serbia
11:30 President Metsola receives US Energy Secretary Chris Wright