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Press briefing ahead of the upcoming Agriculture and Fisheries Council will take place on 19 September 2025 at 15.00.

The sixth meeting of the Accession Conference with Albania was held today in Brussels opening negotiations on Cluster 4: Green agenda and sustainable connectivity.

The Council adopts a recommendation on the transition away from temporary protection for displaced persons from Ukraine.

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

Press remarks by President António Costa following the meeting with President of Cyprus, Nikos Christodoulides.

Press briefing ahead of the upcoming Environment Council will take place on 17 September 2025 at 15.00.

Press remarks by President António Costa following the meeting with Prime Minister of Greece, Kyriakos Mitsotakis.

Press briefing ahead of the Eurogroup meeting will take place on 17 September 2025 at 14.00. 

The Council prolonged the restrictive measures targeting those responsible for undermining or threatening the territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence of Ukraine for another six months, until 15 March 2026.

The President of the European Council, António Costa, is visiting the EU leaders in their member states in the first three weeks of September.

Weekly schedule of President António Costa, 15 September – 21 September 2025.

President Costa and President von der Leyen received letters of credence from the Apostolic Nuncio and Head of the Mission of the Holy See to the European Union, as well as from thirteen new Ambassadors to the European Union.

The President of the European Council, António Costa, together with the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, will represent the EU at the first EU-Egypt summit taking place in Brussels on 22 October 2025. President Abdul Fattah al-Sisi will represent Egypt.

Press remarks by President António Costa following the meeting with Prime Minister of Slovakia, Robert Fico.

The nominees for this year’s Prize will be presented by the political groups in a joint meeting of the Committees on Foreign Affairs (AFET) and on Development (DEVE) and the Subcommittee on Human Rights (DROI) in Brussels on 23 September, 14:30-15:30. Each year, the Parliament awards the Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought to honour exceptional individuals and organisations defending human rights and fundamental freedoms.
In 2024, the Prize was awarded to María Corina Machado, leader of the democratic forces in Venezuela, and President-elect Edmundo González Urrutia.The AFET and DEVE Committees will vote on a shortlist of three finalists on 16 October and the Conference of Presidents will take a decision on the final laureate on 22 October.
Sakharov Prize - Presentation of the nominees - Webstreaming link
Sakharov Prize website
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On Monday, 22 September 2025 in room Spaak 3C50 (16:00-17:30), the Committee on Foreign Affairs (AFET) will hold a public hearing on promoting an EU feminist foreign policy. This hearing brings together Margot Wallström, who launched the world's first feminist foreign policy in 2014 when she was Foreign Minister of Sweden, and Aude Maio-Coliche, the EU Ambassador for Equality, to discuss how an EU feminist foreign policy could take shape and what the EU is currently doing in this field.
A Feminist Foreign Policy is an approach that puts gender equality at the centre of foreign policy and highlights resources, representation and rights. The hearing aims to assess the current level of ambition and implementation of the EU's foreign policy as regards gender equality, and provide inspiration and concrete examples for continued work in this area.
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