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Press remarks by President António Costa following the meeting with Prime Minister of Finland, Petteri Orpo

A delegation of the Committee on Foreign Affairs (AFET), led by Chair David McAllister, will travel to Bern, Switzerland from 11 to 12 September 2025. During the visit, Members will discuss notably the new broad package of agreements that aim to consolidate, deepen and expand the bilateral relations between the EU and Switzerland.
Political agreement on this broad package was reached in December 2024. In Bern, Members will have the opportunity to exchange with representatives of the government and parliament on the upcoming ratification processes on both sides.
Location : Switzerland
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A delegation of the Committee on Foreign Affairs (AFET), led by Chair David McAllister, will travel to Bern, Switzerland from 11 to 12 September 2025. During the visit, Members will discuss notably the new broad package of agreements that aim to consolidate, deepen and expand the bilateral relations between the EU and Switzerland.
Political agreement on this broad package was reached in December 2024. In Bern, Members will have the opportunity to exchange with representatives of the government and parliament on the upcoming ratification processes on both sides.
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Next AFET committee meeting will be held on:

• Monday 22 and Tuesday 23 September, room SPAAK (3C50), Brussels

Meetings are webstreamed with the exception of agenda items held "in camera".

AFET - DROI calendar of meetings 2025
Meeting documents
Webstreaming
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Mit einem neuen Kompromisstext will die EU das Konzept des „sicheren Drittstaats“ erweitern. Am Montag beraten die Mitgliedstaaten darüber.

Europa spielt bei Norwegens Parlamentswahl heute eine zentrale Rolle – allerdings nur unter der Oberfläche. Die meisten Wahlberechtigten blenden die europäische Dimension ihrer Politik aus, und die Parteien im Land haben wenig Interesse, das zu ändern.

French Prime Minister François Bayrou will ask National Assembly for a vote of confidence in his government today. After less than nine months in office, Bayrou is expected to lose the vote since the opposition has made it clear that it is no longer willing to support his minority government. The key issue is Bayrou's controversial austerity budget for combating the French debt crisis. Europe's media debate the causes, consequences and potential solutions.

Parliament’s lead MEPs on the Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF) will brief journalists on their assessment of the Commission's proposal for the 2028-34 budget.
Committee on Budgets

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In der heutigen Ausgabe: EU-Kommission rückt von Ribera ab nach Genozid-Vorwurf; EU-Klage gegen Google; Misstrauensvotum gegen Frankreichs Premier; Parlamentswahl in Norwegen; hitzige Migrationsdebatte im EU-Parlament.

Mads Pedersen trägt gefühlt seit Ewigkeiten bei der diesjährigen Vuelta schon das Trikot des besten Punktesammlers. Beim 15. Teilstück klappts nun auch mit dem erhofften Etappensieg.

Überblick über die wichtigsten Themen für Tagungen des Rates der EU in den nächsten zwei Wochen und über bevorstehende Medientermine.

Weekly schedule of President António Costa, 8 September – 14 September 2025.

President of the European Council António Costa travelled to Uzhhorod (Ukraine) and gave a speech at the Congress of Regional and Local Authorities on 5 September 2025.

The Council imposed additional restrictive measures against two persons under the European Union's Global Human Rights Sanctions Regime, in relation to abuses that occurred in detention centres in Crimea.

Press remarks by President António Costa following the meeting with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.