European Commission publishes 2025 Work Programme

12/02/2025

The European Commission has published its Work Programme 2025, setting out the initiatives it will address in the first year of its mandate. The Work Programme is divided into sections including new initiatives, evaluations and fitness checks, pending proposals, withdrawals and envisaged repeals Of particular interest for the work of Alzheimer Europe: 

• A new action plan to implement the European Pillar of Social Rights (Q4) 

• A new EU strategy to support, protect and empower civil society (Q3) 

• Proposals for the post-2027 multi-annual Financial Framework (Q3) 

• Interim and mid-term evaluations of Horizon Europe, Cohesion Funding and the European Social Fund Plus (All Q2) 

• The withdrawal of the proposed Council Directive on equal treatment (dating from 2008). 

The full Work Programme is available at:

 https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/api/files/document/print/en/ip_25_466/IP_25_466_EN.pdf