European Union

Weekly schedule of President António Costa, 29 September – 5 October 2025.

Main agenda items, approximate timing, public sessions and press opportunities.

European Council President António Costa addressed the 80th United Nations General Assembly on behalf of the European Union.

The Council and European Parliament reached a provisional agreement on a regulation that would strengthen the role of Europol and enhance police cooperation between EU member states to prevent and combat migrant smuggling and trafficking in human beings.

In today's edition: Organic food, EU-Morocco, gene-editing

In today's edition: AI in Science strategy, cyber threats, quantum security chatter

In today's edition: Preparedness, loneliness and the Biotech lobby's push for incentives

In today's edition: Electricity prices, car emissions, cycling, deregulation resistance

In today’s edition: Greta Thunberg is detained by Israeli forces after they intercept aid flotilla boats to Gaza, EU member states draft a blueprint for an Affordable Housing Master Plan, and European leaders in Copenhagen back a stronger role for defence ministers on security

Europe risks a €500bn GDP hit from water stress by 2050. Despite a €2 trillion EU budget plan and an ambitious Water Resilience Strategy, water remains sidelined. To secure sovereignty, resilience and competitiveness, the EU must treat water as strategic asset and dedicate €300bn in the next MFF. In July, the European Commission tabled its […]

Czech intelligence has flagged coordinated TikTok manipulation aimed at boosting pro-Russian narratives and anti-system parties

Polish Deputy Foreign Minister Władysław Teofil Bartoszewski hits back at Orbán’s Ukraine swipe, accusing him of funding Russia’s war with oil money

Europe needs the economic equivalent of a drone wall to preserve its security and sovereignty. But that would require member states to hand new powers and funding to Brussels

The use of gas in grid stability doubled in May following the April blackout in Spain

Following Israel’s interception of the Gaza aid flotilla, Italy’s largest union has announced a general strike

Drone incursions have pushed European leaders to confront the vulnerability of the bloc's eastern flank

The Global Sumud Flotilla left Spain last month aiming to break Israel's blockade of the Palestinian territory

"We don't need new structures," said Gallina

"Much of what we see today can be viewed as provocation, and this is also how we assess the incidents we saw last week in Schleswig-Holstein," said German interior minister Alexander Dobrindt

According to a decree signed by Russian president Vladimir Putin, Moscow can fast-track the sale of both domestic and foreign-owned companies