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Weekly European Agenda 08/12/2025

08-12 December 2025

Monday 08 December

Tuesday 09 December

Wednesday 10 December

Thursday 11 December

Friday 12 December

European Movement International 

Tuesday 09 December

ShaPE – The Social Partners as shapers and makers of Social Europe: discovering foundations and futures
The ShaPE project examines the role social partners have played in treaty-making and law-making for social Europe. It advances proposals for revamping social Europe also revisiting fundamental values and social dialogue structures. To mark the conclusion of this important work and summarize the project’s key findings, we are organising a final event that will gather project partners, EU policy- and decision-makers, leading industry and academics in the field and more.

More information about the event here.

More information about EMI events can be found here.

Institutional Agendas

European Parliament

Monday 08 December

Committee on Public Health (SANT)
Debates: Exchange of views with Americo Zampetti on updates on the negotiations on the Annex to Pandemic Agreement on Access and Benefit sharing; Tackling the AMR Innovation Challenge for a healthier future; SANT committee mission to Berlin; Exchange of views on Excellence in Health with Professor Maurizio Scarpa on EU Research and Innovation Ecosystem for rare and complex diseases.

Committee on Budgetary Control (CONT)
Votes: Choice of performance indicators for audit and budgetary control in the context of financing measures to support the implementation of future European competitiveness.
Debates: Discharge 2024: General budget of the EU – European Parliament; Discharge 2024: General budget of the EU – Commission; ECA Special Report 22/2025: Financial corrections in Cohesion policy – A complex framework and only one decision adopted by the Commission so far.

Special committee on the European Democracy Shield (EUDS)
Debates: Exchange of views on Gulf states’ funding of political and religious networks in the EU; Exchange of views on Turkey’s engagement, including transnational repression, of diaspora communities and religious institutions in the EU; Presentation of The Propaganda Monitor by Reporters Without Borders.

Tuesday 09 December

Committee on Foreign Affairs (AFET)
Debates: Exchange of views with Kaja Kallas, High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and Vice-President of the European Commission.

Wednesday 10 December

Committee on Foreign Affairs (AFET)
Debates: Presentation of the study on how to use the maximum of potential for the EU-Taiwan cooperation  – what can the EU learn from the US and other actors?; Public hearing on illegal settlements in the West Bank.

Find an overview of the parliamentary agenda here.

Council of Ministers 

Monday 08 December

Competitiveness Council
Commissioner Dombrovskis will give a presentation on the ’Annual Overview Report on Simplification, Implementation and Enforcement’, followed by an exchange of views. At the request of the French delegation, ministers will also hold a policy debate on how to ensure better surveillance of products sold via e-commerce platforms.

Justice and Home Affairs Council
Ministers of home affairs aim to reach agreement on the Annual Solidarity Pool, the new mechanism that will lead to a fairer sharing of responsibility in the asylum area. Part of the Pact on migration and asylum the solidarity mechanism will become applicable as from 12 June 2026. There will furthermore be a progress report about the ongoing work in the Council related to a Commission proposal to modify the Union Civil Protection Mechanism and to establish EU support to Health Emergency Preparedness and Response. 

Tuesday 09 December

Competitiveness Council
Ministers are expected to adopt the Council position on the Council regulation amending Regulation (EU) 2021/1173 on EuroHPC. Ministers will also hold a policy debate on the Horizon Europe multiannual financial framework (MFF) package, focusing on the topic of EU research and innovation for dual use, security and defence.

Justice and Home Affairs Council
Ministers for justice will exchange views on the fight against impunity regarding crimes committed in Ukraine. Ministers will in particular discuss the cooperation of EU Member States with the planned Special Tribunal for the Crime of Aggression against Ukraine as well as the support to the international criminal court. Ministers will also approve conclusions on model provisions for EU criminal law.

Thursday 11 December – Friday 12 December

Agriculture and Fisheries Council
The Council will aim to reach a political agreement on two Commission proposals on fishing opportunities. During a public session, ministers will also hold a policy debate on the post-2027 common agricultural policy proposals on innovation and simplification.

Friday 12 December 

Economic and Financial Affairs Council
The Council is expected to take stock of the negotiations with the European Parliament on the EU customs reform package. The Council will also hold a policy debate to pave the way for adopting its position on the single currency package. 

An overview of planned Council meetings can be found here.

European Commission and High Representative

Monday 08 December

Virkkunen joins the G7 Industry, Digital and Technology Ministers’ Meeting 2025
Executive Vice-President Henna Virkkunen will join the G7 Industry, Digital and Technology Ministers’ Meeting 2025, in Montréal. 

Kubilius receives Andrzej Domanski
Commissioner Andrius Kubilius will receive Andrzej Domanski, Minister for Finance and Economy of Poland, in Brussels. 

Dombrovskis presents the Annual Overview Report on Simplification, Implementation and Enforcement at the Compet Council
Commissioner Valdis Dombrovskis will present the Annual Overview Report on Simplification, Implementation and Enforcement at the Compet Council, in Brussels.

Tuesday 09 December

Kallas meets Volker Türk
High Representative Vice-President Kaja Kallas will meet Volker Türk, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, in Brussels. 

Mînzatu recives Natalia Plugaru
Executive Vice-President Roxana Mînzatu will recive Natalia Plugaru Minister of Labor and Social Protection of the Republic of Moldova, in Brussels. 

Kubilius meets with Fernando Alexandre
Commissioner Andrius Kubilius will meet with Fernando Alexandre, Minister for Science, Technology and Higher Education of Portugal, in Brussels.

Wednesday 10 December

College meeting
EU Commissioners will gather in Brussels to unveil several new initiatives: the Environmental Omnibus, the European Grids package, the Clean Industrial Deal implementation package and the Automotive package.

Virkkunen receives Peter Koerte
Executive Vice-President Henna Virkkunen will receive Peter Koerte, Member of the Managing Board of Siemens AG. 

Kubilius participates in the High-level meeting on the future of the European defence
Commissioner Andrius Kubilius will participate in the high-level meeting on the future of the European defence, in Brussels.

Thursday 11 December

Brunner participates in the Implementation Dialogue on Talent Attraction
Commissioner Magnus Brunner will participate in the Implementation Dialogue on Talent Attraction, in Brussels.

Šefčovič meets with Christian Stocker and Wolfgang Hattmannsdorfer
Commissioner Maroš Šefčovič will meet with Christian Stocker, Chancellor of Austria, and Wolfgang Hattmannsdorfer, Minister of Economy, Energy and Tourism of Austria, in Vienna.

Kadis attends the Agriculture and Fisheries Council
Commissioner Costas Kadis will attend the Agriculture and Fisheries Council, in Brussels.

Friday 12 December 

Virkkunen hosts a press briefing for the Finnish Association of Political Journalists
Executive Vice-President Henna Virkkunen will host a press briefing for the Finnish Association of Political Journalists, in Helsinki.

Ribera meets the PES Ministers of Economic and Financial Affairs (ECOFIN)
Executive Vice-President Teresa Ribera will meet the PES Ministers of Economic and Financial Affairs (ECOFIN), in Brussels.

Commissioner Dombrovskis participates in the ECOFIN Council meeting
Commissioner Valdis Dombrovskis will participate in the ECOFIN Council meeting, in Brussels.

An overview of the Commission College can be found here; the Commissioners’ weekly activities can be found here; the agenda of upcoming College meetings can be found here; Commission events can be found here.

Committee of the Regions 

Monday 08 December – Wednesday 10 December

Forum Cities and Regions for International Partnerships – Localising Global Gateway
Co-organised by the CoR and the European Commission – DG INTPA, the 9th edition of the Forum will highlight the critical contribution of local and regional authorities to the Global Gateway strategy. 

More information about Committee of the Regions events can be found here. The agendas of the different Committee of the Regions meetings can be found here.

Danish Presidency 

Thursday 11 December – Friday 12 December

Informal meeting of ministers for European Affairs
Together with Ukraine, the Danish EU Presidency is hosting an informal meeting of ministers for European Affairs in Lviv, Ukraine.

The agenda of the Danish Presidency of the Council of the EU can be found here.

European Ombudsman

Tuesday 09 December

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

Thursday 11 December

Conference marking the 25th anniversary of the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights
The conference brings together approximately 200 representatives of the main stakeholder groups that contribute to the implementation and application of the Charter across the EU. It will look into how the Charter has shaped the fundamental rights culture in the EU over the past quarter of a century and provide a space for reflection on future challenges and opportunities in the field of fundamental rights.

The EU Ombudsman calendar of activities can be found here.

European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights

Monday 08 December – Tuesday 09 December

3rd Annual EU CharterXchange
The ‘Annual EU CharterXchange’ is an initiative of the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) and the European Commission to enhance the application of the rights enshrined in the EU Charter for Fundamental Rights (EU Charter), in line with the objectives of the European Commission’s ‘Strategy to strengthen the application of the Charter of Fundamental Rights in the EU’ (2020), and the subsequent Council conclusions on strengthening the application of the EU Charter in the EU (2021). The CharterXchange aims at increasing the exchange of knowledge and experience and fostering collaboration among experts, policymakers, and stakeholders through a regular forum, which started in 2023, dedicated to the EU Charter.

Information on upcoming FRA events can be found here.

European Central Bank

Thursday 11 December 

Participation by Lagarde and Cipollone in Eurogroup meeting
Christine Lagarde and Piero Cipollone will participate in the Eurogroup meeting, in Brussels.

More information about ECB events can be found here. 

European Investment Bank 

Wednesday 10 December

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.

Information on upcoming EIB events can be found here.

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