Media advisory - Justice and Home Affairs Council of 13 and 14 October 2025 12:55 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:
ECC Luxembourg

Chairs:
Peter Hummelgaard, Minister for Justice of Denmark
Torsten Schack Pedersen, Minister for Resilience and Preparedness of Denmark
Rasmus Stoklund, Minister for Immigration and Integration of Denmark

Monday 13 October - JUSTICE

+/- 09.00
Arrivals (live streaming)

+/- 09.15
Doorstep by Peter Hummelgaard (live streaming)

10.00
Beginning of the Justice Council

- Adoption of the agenda

- Approval of "A" items: Legislative list (+/- 10.05 public session)

- Any other business: Current legislative proposals (+/- 10.10 public session)

- Approval of "A" items: Non-legislative list

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

- The future of Eurojust

- Access to data for effective criminal investigations

- Any other business:
a) Annual progress report on simplification, implementation and enforcement
b) European Democracy Shield
c) U.S. Sanctions Against International Judicial and Human Rights Mandate Holders
d) Rule of Law report 2025

+/- 13.15
Working lunch: Rule of law developments in the field of justice

+/- 15.15
At the end of the meeting press conference on Justice in live streaming.

Tuesday 14 October - HOME AFFAIRS

+/- 07.40
Arrivals (live streaming)

+/- 07.40
Doorstep by Peter Hummelgaard (live streaming)

+/- 08.00
Doorstep by Rasmus Stoklund (live streaming)

+/- 08.20
Doorstep by Torsten Schack Pedersen (live streaming)

08.00
Beginning of the Home Affairs Council

- Working breakfast: The impact of the current geopolitical environment on EU's internal security

- Any other business: Current legislative proposals (+/- 9.15 public session)

- Access to data for effective law enforcement

- Any other business: Drone detection and protection

10.10
Meeting of the Schengen Mixed Committee

- Overall state of Schengen: barometer and future of Frontex

+/- 12.00
Working lunch: External dimension of migration

13.45
Meeting of the Schengen Mixed Committee (continuation)

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

- Implementation of interoperability

+/- 15.15
Home Affairs Council (continuation)

- Regulation of the Union Civil Protection Mechanism and Health Emergency Preparedness and Response (+/- 15.30 public session)

- Regulation establishing a common system for the return of third-country nationals staying illegally in the EU (+/- 17.00 public session)

- Any other business
a) Annual progress report on simplification, implementation and enforcement
b) Implementation of the Pact on Migration and Asylum including the Annual Solidarity Pool
c) Salzburg Forum Ministerial Conference, (Valtice, 11-12 September 2025)

+/- 18.15
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: Monday, 13 October 2025, 14.15

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

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