Media advisory - Justice and Home Affairs Council of 12 and 13 June 2025

Indicative programme

All times are approximate and subject to change

Place:
ECC Luxembourg

Chairs:
Adam Bodnar, Polish Minister of Justice
Tomasz Siemoniak, Polish Minister of the Interior and Administration

Thursday 12 June - JUSTICE

+/- 09.00
Arrivals (live streaming)

+/- 09.10
Doorstep by Adam Bodnar (live streaming)

10.00
Beginning of the Justice Council (Roundtable)
Approval of "A" items:
- Non-legislative list
- Legislative list (public session)

+/- 10.20
Regulation on protection of adults (public session)

+/- 10.50
Directive harmonising certain aspects of insolvency law (public session)

+/- 12.20
Current legislative proposals (public session)

+/- 12.30
EU accession to the European Convention on Human Rights

+/- 12.45
European Public Prosecutor's Office

+/- 13.15
Working lunch discussion on "Lawful access to communications data in real time: balancing the needs of criminal investigations and the protection of human rights and rule of law"

+/- 15.00
Russia's war of aggression against Ukraine: fight against impunity

+/- 15.15
The fight against drug trafficking and organised crime: strengthening judicial cooperation with third countries

+/- 15.30
Any other business:
- Ministerial meeting between the United States and the European Union on Justice and Home Affairs (Warsaw, 2-3 June 2025)
- EU-US negotiations on an e-evidence agreement
- Access to data: Retention of electronic communication data
- Bolstering EU Democratic Resilience: the importance of promoting a shared European Memory and resisting historical revisionism
- Work programme of the incoming Presidency

+/- 16.30
At the end of the meeting press conference on Justice in live streaming

+/- 21.00
In the margins of the Council, Luxembourg and the Polish presidency of the Council will organise an event to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the signing of the Schengen Agreement, followed by a press conference

Friday 13 June - HOME AFFAIRS

+/- 08.30
Arrivals (live streaming)

+/- 08.00
Working breakfast on the impact of the current geopolitical environment on EU's internal security

+/- 09.20
Doorstep by Tomasz Siemoniak (live streaming)

09.30
Beginning of the Home Affairs Council (Roundtable)

+/- 09.30
The impact of the current geopolitical environment on EU's internal security

+/- 09.50
Protection of displaced persons from Ukraine

+/- 10.50
External dimension of migration - state of play

+/- 11.20
Conclusions on EMPACT cycle 2026-2029

+/- 11.25
Access to data for effective law enforcement

+/- 12.10
European Internal Security Strategy

+/- 13.25
Countering security challenges: assessment by the European Domestic Intelligence Services

+/- 13.45
Working lunch discussion on "Enhancing returns through more effective readmission cooperation from third countries"

+/- 15.30
Implementation of the reformed Common European Asylum System

+/- 15.50
Any other business:
- Work programme of the incoming Presidency

16.00
Meeting of the Schengen Mixed Committee - in the margins of the Council

- Overall state of the Schengen area
- 40 years and Beyond - Schengen Declaration, a Joint Commitments for Freedom, Security and Justice
- Implementation of interoperability
- Regulation on a progressive start of operations of the Entry/Exit System

+/- 17.20 (Continuation of the Home Affairs Council)
Any other business:
- Regulation on a progressive start of operations of the Entry/Exit System (public session)

+/- 17.25
Political governance of the Schengen area ("Schengen Council") - in the margins of the Council

- Commission State of Schengen Report 2025
- Priorities for the Schengen Council Cycle 2025-2026
- Implementation of interoperability

+/- 17.30 (Continuation of the Home Affairs Council)
Any other business:
- The fight against drug trafficking and organised crime
- High-level meeting of the EU-CELAC coordination and cooperation mechanism on drugs (Warsaw, 8 May 2025)
- Ministerial meeting between the United States and the European Union on Justice and Home Affairs (Warsaw, 2-3 June 2025)
- Brdo Process ministerial meeting, Brdo pri Kranju, 27 and 28 March 2025

+/- 18.00
At the end of the meeting press conference on Home Affairs in live streaming

Arrangements for the press conference

The press conference will take place in a hybrid format: EU accredited journalists will be able to participate and ask questions either remotely or in person at the ECCL Luxembourg press room.

To attend the event remotely, please use this link to register and have the possibility to ask questions.

Those who already registered for previous press events of the Justice and Home Affairs Council do not need to do it again.

• Deadline for registration: Thursday, 12 June 2025, 15.30

Further instructions will be sent to all registered participants shortly after the deadline.

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