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Catalan leader Salvador Illa heads to Brussels for EU meetings
Salvador Illa, president of Catalonia’s government, is making a two-day institutional visit to Brussels.
He will attend a session of the European Committee of the Regions and meet senior European Union officials, including Commission President António Costa and Executive Vice-President Teresa Ribera.
Illa is also due to meet members of the European Parliament’s agriculture and housing committees.
He plans to present Catalonia’s views on the EU’s proposed Common Agricultural Policy for 2028–2034 and discuss concerns in the farming sector.
At the regional committee session, he will take part in a debate on a law to speed up industrial development.
His meetings on housing will focus on the right to housing and policies being pursued by Catalonia’s government.
The visit is his third to Brussels since becoming Catalan president.
Catalan president Salvador Illa will make a two-day institutional visit to Brussels starting Tuesday to attend the European Committee of the Regions and meet European Union leaders.
He is scheduled to meet European Commission President António Costa, Commission Executive Vice-President Teresa Ribera and European Economic and Social Committee President Seamus Boland.
Illa will discuss industrial policy, the common agricultural policy and housing.
His agenda includes a Wednesday debate on the Industrial Acceleration Act and meetings with European Parliament committees on agriculture and housing.
This will be Illa’s third trip to Brussels since he became president of the Catalan government.
- Who
- Catalan president Salvador Illa, accompanied by European Union and Foreign Action Minister Jaume Duch.
- What
- A two-day institutional visit to attend the European Committee of the Regions and meet European officials.
- When
- Starting Tuesday, October 13, 2026; the visit lasts two days.
- Where
- Brussels, Belgium.
- Why
- To discuss industrial policy, the common agricultural policy and housing, and present Catalonia’s positions and policies.
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Illa is due to meet European Parliament agriculture committee representatives and take part in the European Bridges forum.
Illa is due to attend the European Committee of the Regions’ plenary session and speak in a debate on the Industrial Acceleration Act.
Illa is due to meet Teresa Ribera and António Costa, and hold meetings with the European Parliament’s agriculture and housing committees.
- Visit length
- Two days
- Accompanying official
- Jaume Duch, Catalan minister for European Union and Foreign Action
- European Commission president
- António Costa
- European Commission executive vice-president
- Teresa Ribera
- Common agricultural policy
- 2028–2034 policy
- Previous Brussels visits
- Two; this will be Illa’s third trip since becoming Catalan president
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