599th Plenary session — 17 - 18 September 2025

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Event type
Plenary Session

Location

Brussels
Belgium

599th plenary session of the EESC, with the following ceremony, guests and debates

  • End-of-mandate ceremony, at 14:30 on Wednesday 17 September 2025.
  • Affordable Housing, with Dan Jørgensen, European Commissioner for Energy and Housing, linked to the adoption of the opinion TEN/848 For a European Affordable Housing Plan – the contribution of civil society (exploratory opinion requested by the Danish Presidency of the Council of the EU), at 16:30 on Thursday 18 September 2025.
  • The state of play of the new Pact for the Mediterranean, with Stefano Sannino, Director-General of the European Commission's Directorate-General for the Middle East, North Africa and the Gulf (DG MENA) and Pablo Pastor, Anna Lindh Foundation youth representative and President of the Mediterranean Youth Council, linked to the adoption of the opinion REX/606 New pact for the Mediterranean, at 10:00 on Thursday 18 September 2025.
  • Water Resilience Strategy, with Pedro Arrojo-Agudo, UN Special Rapporteur on the rights to safe drinking water and sanitation, Marcos Ros Sempere, Member of the European Parliament (remotely), Pernille Weiss, Member of the Cabinet of Commissioner Roswall, former Member of the European Parliament (remotely), linked to the adoption of opinions CCMI/223 Initiative for water resilience, CCMI/247 Water resilience and the twin transition: Industrial approaches addressing the relationship between water, digitalisation and decarbonisation and REX/597 Blue Diplomacy and water cooperation –solutions to relieve the pressure of climate induced migration, at 15:00 on Thursday 18 September 2025.
  • European Preparedness Union Strategy, with Per Bolinder, Civil Defence Policy Director at the Swedish Ministry of Defence, Magali Mourlon, Head of the Disaster Management and Development Unit at Red Cross EU Office, Luigi D'Angelo, Head of the Emergencies Management Office of the Italian Civil Protection Department (tbc) and Piotr Sadowski, Secretary General of Volonteurope (remotely), linked to the adoption of opinion SC/54 European Preparedness Union Strategy, at 11:00 on Thursday 18 September 2025.