Media advisory - Justice and Home Affairs Council of 8 and 9 December 2025 18:57 Main agenda items, approximate timing, public sessions and press opportunities. Council of the EU

Indicative programme

All times are approximate and subject to change

Place:
Europa building, Brussels

Chairs:
Rasmus Stoklund, Minister for Immigration and Integration of Denmark
Peter Hummelgaard, Minister for Justice of Denmark

Monday, 8 December - HOME AFFAIRS

+/- 08.00
Arrivals (live streaming)

+/- 08.40
Doorstep by Rasmus Stoklund (live streaming)

+/- 9.00
Doorstep by Peter Hummelgaard (live streaming)

09.00
Approval of "A" items:
- Legislative list (public session)

+/- 9.10
Regulation amending Regulation (EU) 2024/1348 as regards the application of the "safe third country" concept (public session)

+/- 9.40
Regulation establishing a list of safe countries of origin at Union level (public session)

+/- 10.10
Approval of "A" items:
- Non-legislative list

+/- 10.15
Implementation of the Pact on Migration and Asylum
a) The European Annual Asylum and Migration Report
b) Council Implementing Decision on the establishment of the Annual Solidarity Pool for 2026

Schengen Mixed Committee (in the margins of the Council)

+/- 11.45
Adoption of the agenda

+/- 11.50
Regulation establishing a common system for the return of third-country nationals staying illegally in the EU

+/- 12.35
Implementation of interoperability

+/- 12.50
Any other business
a) Update of the security situation and follow up on the visa issuance to Russian citizens
b) Current legislative proposals

+/- 13.05
Home Affairs Council continues

+/- 13.05
Regulation establishing a common system for the return of third-country nationals staying illegally in the EU (public session)

+/- 13.15
Implementation of interoperability

+/- 13.20
Schengen Mixed Committee resumes

Working lunch: Overall state of the Schengen area
Implementation of Schengen Council cycle priorities: securing external borders

+/- 15.30
Home Affairs resumes

+/- 15.30
Countering security challenges: assessment by the European domestic intelligence and security services

+/- 16.05
The impact of the current political environment on the EU's internal security

+/- 17.35
Any other business
Current legislative proposals (public session)

+/- 17.40
The fight against drug trafficking and organised crime / any other business:
a) EU Drugs Strategy and EU Action Plan against drug trafficking

+/- 18.10
Any other business
b) Access to data for effective law enforcement

+/- 18.15
Overall state of the Schengen area: Implemenation of Schengen Council cycle priorities: securing our external borders

+/- 18.20
Any other business
c) EU-Western Balkans Ministerial Forum on JHA affairs
d) EU-US Ministerial Meeting on JHA
e) Work programme of the incoming Presidency

At the end of the meeting (+/- 19.00 in the Justus Lipsius press room) press conference Home Affairs in live streaming.

Videos and photos from the event

Tuesday, 9 December - JUSTICE

+/- 08.00
Arrivals (live streaming)

+/- 08.45
Doorstep by Peter Hummelgaard (live streaming)

09.30
Start of the Justice and Home Affairs Council (Justice)

+/- 9.30
Way forward for a simplified application of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)

+/- 10.00
Conclusions on Model provisions for EU criminal law

+/- 10.20
Russia's war of aggression against Ukraine: fight against impunity

+/- 11.50
The fight against drug trafficking and organised crime / any other business
a) EU Drugs Strategy and EU Action Plan against drug trafficking

+/- 12.10
Any other business
Current legislative proposals (public session)

+/- 12.30
Any other business
b) Access to data for effective criminal investigations
c) EU-Western Balkans Ministerial Forum on JHA affairs
d) EU-US Ministerial Meeting on JHA
e) Digital justice and judicial training strategies
f) Annual Report on the application of the Charter of Fundamental Rights in the EU
g) Bridging the Gap: Investigative Measures for Cross-Border Asset Recovery in the Execution Phase
h) Work programme of the incoming Presidency

+/- 13.30
Working lunch: Extradition and judicial cooperation with third countries

At the end of the meeting (+/- 15.00 in the Justus Lipsius press room) press conference Justice in live streaming.

Videos and photos from the event

Meeting page - Justice and Home Affairs Council (Home Affairs), 8 December 2025

Meeting page - Justice and Home Affairs Council (Justice), 9 December 2025