608th Plenary Session - 23-24 September 2026

608th Plenary session, with the following debates and guests:

• Better regulation, with Valdis Dombrovskis, European Commissioner for Economy and Productivity; Implementation and Simplification; Zdeněk Zajíček, President of the Chamber of Commerce of the Czech Republic; Ludovic Voet, Confederal Secretary of the European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC), and Sophia Zakari, Director of SMEunited; linked to the adoption of the INT/1129 opinion on the Communication on a simpler, clearer and better enforced EU rulebook, at 15:00 on Wednesday 23 September.
• Modernising cohesion policy: the way forward, with Raffaele Fitto, Executive Vice-President of the European Commission for Cohesion and Reforms, linked to the adoption of the NAT/982 opinion on A rural proofing tool to unlock the full potential of rural areas and communities through better rural-centred EU policymaking for a fair and sustainable EU, at 16:15 on Wednesday 23 September.
• Presentation of the priorities of the French Economic, Social and Environmental Council, with Claire Thoury, President of the French Economic, Social and Environmental Council, at 09:00 on Thursday 24 September.
• The EU Organic Awards as a showcase of innovative and sustainable EU agriculture supporting food security, viable rural communities, social inclusion, and climate and biodiversity objectives, with Christophe Hansen, European Commissioner for Agriculture and Food, linked to the adoption of the NAT/983 opinion on Social farming as a tool for innovation in agriculture, at 12:00 on Thursday 24 September.

You will be able to follow the debates by web streaming. Web streaming