This week, agriculture ministers discuss the post-2027 common agricultural policy, trade-related agricultural issues and support for the common fisheries policy for 2028-2034; the Commission holds events on 2025 Auction for Hydrogen Production, EU Access to Space and corporate R&D and innovation; and MEPs in committee vote on EU defence funding programmes, working conditions for trainees and discuss the priorities of the Danish Presidency. The week’s events in the European Union including EU Council, Commission and Parliament meetings from 22 to 27 September 2025.
Monday 22 September
European Parliament | Political Meetings | Institutional affairs
European Parliament committees
Brussels
Monday 22 – Tuesday 23 September
Council of the EU | Political meetings | Common Agricultural Policy | Fisheries
Agriculture and Fisheries Council
Brussels
Over the course of a two-day meeting, the Agriculture and Fisheries Council will discuss the post-2027 common agricultural policy, trade-related agricultural issues and support for the common fisheries policy for 2028-2034. Moreover, fisheries ministers will hold an exchange of views on the upcoming EU-UK and EU-Norway and coastal states fisheries consultations for 2026. Fisheries ministers will also discuss ways of unlocking smarter and simpler fisheries regulations over an informal lunch.
Monday 22 September
Other bodies and agencies | Expert meetings | Climate change
Innovation Fund Webinar – Innovation Fund 2025 Auction for Hydrogen Production (IF25 Hydrogen Auction)
Live streaming available
The Commission’s Directorate-General for Climate Action will host a webinar on the draft Terms and Conditions (T&Cs) for the Innovation Funds’ upcoming 2025 Auction for Hydrogen Production (IF25 Hydrogen Auction).
The event will provide an overview of the main feedback received during the six-week public consultation ending on 14 September. The webinar will also offer participants the opportunity to ask any further questions.
Monday 22 September
Other bodies and agencies | Partner meetings | Health policy
Reducing costs from air pollution and strengthening prevention
Online only
This #EUHPP Live Webinar is co-organised with the Health and Environment Alliance (HEAL). Air pollution is the top environmental threat to health and a key risk factor for all major chronic diseases. This will be the first of a series of webinars HEAL is organising in the fall on reducing costs from air pollution and strengthening disease prevention. The main questions we want to tackle in this kick-off webinar are:
– What are the health costs of air pollution in the EU?
– What is the investment gap to tackle air pollution?
Tuesday 23 September
European Parliament | Political Meetings | Institutional affairs
European Parliament committees
Brussels
EU defence industry: MEPs in the Industry, Research and Energy Committee will vote on a series of changes to existing EU funding programmes to allow the financing of defence-related technologies and products. In line with the ReArm Europe plan, the aim is to boost the EU’s defence preparedness and encourage strategic investments by EU countries in critical defence capabilities.
Quality traineeships: the Employment and Social Affairs Committee will adopt its position on a new EU bill that seeks to improve working conditions for trainees, while also combating abusive practices, such as regular employment relationships disguised as traineeships. The new rules would regulate traineeship contracts on issues such as duration, remuneration and access to social protection.
Danish Presidency priorities: the Committees on Industry, Research and Energy and on Economic and Monetary Affairs will discuss the priorities of the Danish Presidency of the Council in their respective fields of responsibility with Denmark’s Minister of Higher Education and Science, Christina Egelund, and its Minister for Economic Affairs, Stephanie Lose (Tuesday and Wednesday).
2025 Sakharov Prize: Members of the Foreign Affairs and Development Committees and the Human Rights Subcommittee will present the political groups’ nominations for the 2025 Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought. The vote on the three finalists and the announcement of the laureate will take place in October. The award ceremony will follow in December, in Strasbourg.
Tuesday 23 September
Other bodies and agencies | Competitions and award ceremonies | Organic farming | Organic product | Bio-based product
2025 EU Organic Awards
Brussels
The EU organic awards are an opportunity to recognise the work of various actors along the organic value chain that has developed an excellent, innovative, sustainable, and inspiring project producing real added value for organic production and consumption.
Tuesday 23 September
Other bodies and agencies | Training and workshops | Data processing | Data protection | Personal data | D ata collection
Towards a Digitally Powered Green Transition
Brussels
DG Environment is organising a hybrid stakeholders’ consultation workshop as part of the consultation strategy and outreach around an upcoming initiative to develop a Common European Green Deal Data Space.
Wednesday 24 September
European Parliament | Political Meetings | Institutional affairs
European Parliament committees
Brussels
EU trade policy: the International Trade Committee will have a first discussion with Commission representatives on the proposed changes to EU customs duties legislation to implement the EU-US deal on tariffs. They will also debate the latest developments in EU trade policy with Sabine Weyand, Director-general of DG Trade at the Commission. EU-India trade relations are also on the agenda (Wednesday and Thursday).
Wednesday 24 September
Other bodies and agencies | Info days | Space policy
EU Access to Space Conference
Brussels
The Directorate-General for Defence Industry and Space (DG DEFIS) is pleased to host the EU Access to Space Conference, a high-level event bringing together key actors from across the European and global space ecosystem. This conference will mark the launch of a new phase of EU engagement on access to space under the next Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF).
Wednesday 24 September
Other bodies and agencies | Info days | Energy policy | Energy industry
Info session about the Equality Platform for the energy sector
Online only
The EU is committed to strengthening equality and inclusion in all fields. As one way to achieve this in the energy sector, the Commission established an Equality platform for the energy sector in 2021.
The platform and its members promote a commitment to inclusion and equality in all its dimensions, including sex, gender, ethnic origin, age, disability, sexual orientation, religion or belief, and the intersections between them. The online session will present the work and aim of the Platform, explain what are the opportunities and benefits it offers and explain how to become a member.
Wednesday 24 – Friday 26 September
Other bodies and agencies | Conferences and summits | Science
10th European conference on corporate R&D and innovation | CONCORDi 2025
Seville, Spain
The biennial European Conference on Corporate R&D and Innovation (CONCORDi) is a science-for-policy forum for leading academics, policymakers, and industry experts to discuss present and future EU policy challenges arising from frontier research on corporate R&D, innovation and industrial dynamics
Thursday 25 – Friday 26 September
Other bodies and agencies | Conferences and summits | Chemical industry
Cedefop policy learning forum: Launching the European cocational teacher survey (EVTS)
Thessaloniki, Greece
The main aim of the EVTS is to provide new evidence on the opportunities, experiences, challenges and other factors affecting the CPD of representative samples of teachers working in initial VET schools, at ISCED level 3, across 23 EU Member States.
Thursday 25 September
Other bodies and agencies | Conferences and summits | Environment
A new era in Forest and Land Cover Monitoring
Copenhagen, Denmark
The Copernicus Land Monitoring Service (CLMS) invites you to an in-depth webinar on the newly launched Land Cover and Forest Monitoring (LCFM) product suite. This event offers a unique opportunity to explore ground-breaking developments in global land-cover observation.
Friday 26 September
Other bodies and agencies | Info days | Cross-border cooperation
Workshop on Patients’ Rights and Rare Diseases in the European Union
Czechia
