In the midst of the tension of links between Delhi and Washington on the 50% prices imposed by the Trump administration, India and the EU embark on an “intensive” roadmap in the next five months – with 10 meetings in the next 5-6 months, leading to the top of EU leaders in India.
The dates of the EU-EU leaders have not yet been decided and may take place in January or February 2026, according to negotiations for the trade agreement. If everything goes as planned, there is a possibility that Delhi invites the leaders of the EU as main guests for the celebrations of the Day of the Republic.
On September 17, the European Commission will unveil a strategic roadmap document on what it has to “offer” to India. It will be a political and political document, which will be disseminated between 27 EU member countries.
This ambitious program will cross the political, security, defense, trade and technology sectors. On September 4, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the president of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen and the president of the European Council Antonio Costa spoke of telephone and discussed “the early conclusion of the Indian Ale-EU and the implementation of the Imeec corridor” and efforts for “the start of a conflict in Ukraine”.
From this week, there will be 10 meetings in the next 5 months. They will rely on the visit of the college of the EU commissioners – equivalent to the Council of Ministers in India – in February of this year, led by Von Der Leyen.
* The EU commissioner for trade Maros Sefcovic and the agriculture commissioner Christophe Hansen will be in Delhi this week to direct the negotiations of the India-EU FTA. Equivalent to the ministers of the cabinet, they will lead a team of 30 members of Brussels and will meet their counterparts in Delhi.
* Above the same time, the EU political and security committee (PSC) (PSC) – it is a permanent committee of the European Council at the level of ambassadors – will be in Delhi, which means that there will be 27 ambassadors from the EU member countries and president of the PSC. It will therefore also be a delegation of 30 members.
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* Once again this week, in Brussels, there will be a thematic dialogue on “counter-terrorism” which will be led by officers of joint rank on both sides.
* At the beginning of October, the next series of ALE negotiations will take place in Brussels, probably on October 8.
* The Standing Committee of the European Parliament on commercial issues will go to India at the end of October. It will include 7 to 8 members.
* The ministerial meeting of trade and technology is also planned in the fall in Brussels. The dates have not yet been confirmed.
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* The Indo-Pacific Forum will be held in Brussels on November 20 to 21, which should be assisted by the Minister of External Affairs Jaishankar.
* The meeting of the Foreign and Security Policy Group is expected to be held in the last week of November, which is to be assisted by the secretary (west) in the MEA and its EU counterpart in Brussels.
* The meeting of Strategic Partnership Review, which is a action meeting, will be held in Delhi in November / December.
* The high representative and vice-president of the European Union, Kaja Kallas, is expected to visit India in December 2025 or January 2026, according to ALE negotiations and the EU leaders’ summit.
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This will be capped by the EU leaders’ summit in India in New Delhi, which could happen in January or February of next year.
Although the actions of the US administration have injected a sense of urgency, EU sources said that “they are not determined by others” and are determined by recognizing the value of each other.
Recalling Modi’s telephone call with Von Der Leyen and Costa last week, the source of the EU said that “the call went very well”, and “it was not only on the substance” but also “the level of confidence between the leaders”. The source said that the heat was “notable” and that the discussions concerned “bilateral relations” and “global problems”, notably China, Russia, the United States, Ukraine.
This call took place after the meeting of the coalition of wills in Paris, and the two parties exchanged prospects. “This is how this relationship has developed at maturity, in the momentum, in confidence and respect. I think that what really injected this notion of confidence is because we are predictable … But also respect, we do not impose. We are not in the extraction game,” said the source, alluding to the Trump administration policies.
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The EU, according to sources, is not in the game with a zero sum, but in the “positive game”. This series of meetings, said the source, is the “match plan for the next six months”.
“And they will interact on trade, investment, technology, including semiconductors, AI, biotechnology and pharmaceutical products. They will also discuss have a positive program on mobility because it corresponds to our respective needs and our economic need, on the mobility of workers….
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