📢 Save the Date
The Fourth Annual Conference of the European Commission Legal Service is coming up!
🗓️ When: 17 April 2026
📍 Where: Alcide De Gasperi room, Charlemagne building, Brussels
This year’s conference will address two important topics currently under active debates within legal circles and beyond, and which relate to the priorities of the European Union:
- Towards a genuine EU Defence Union: The Legal Landscape of EU Defence policy
- Simplification: The key to unlock competitiveness in the Union?
The list of distinguished confirmed speakers includes among others, the following guests:
Mr Andrius Kubilius, Commissioner for Defence and Space, European Commission,
Mr Stéphane Séjourné, Commissioner for Prosperity and Industrial Strategy, European Commission
Ms Belén Martinez Carbonell, Secretary-General of the European Union’s External Service,
Ms Mikaela Kumlin Granit, Permanent Representative of Sweden to the European Union,
Mr Maciej Szpunar, First Advocate General at the Court of Justice of the European Union,
Mr Jean-Denis Combrexelle, Honorary Section Chairman of the French Conseil d’Etat
The draft programme may be accessed by clicking here.
The conference can be attended both in person (Alcide De Gasperi room, Charlemagne building, Brussels) or online. Whether you choose to attend in person or virtually the registration is required for both modes and can be completed through this link: https://register.event-works.europa.eu/dgscic/IV_EClegalservice_Conf/e/lk/g/89325/k/
Please note that registration will open to the public and networks on 2 March 2026.