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January 2025

2025 Year Look Ahead: Important Dates & Elections

Author: The Blue Star Strategies Team

Key Dates:

In the United States…

  • January 20: Inauguration Day
  • January 27-29: House GOP Retreat in Florida
  • February 19-22: Conservative Action Political Conference in Maryland
  • End of February/Early March: President’s address to a joint session of Congress
  • (The President is expected to submit his budget to Congress soon after)
  • March 14: The current continuing resolution expires
  • April 14-25: Easter Recess
  • End of April: Speaker of the House’s target date to pass budget reconciliation bill
  • August 4-September 1: August recess
  • September 30: End of the fiscal year

In Latin America and the Caribbean…

  • January 1: Barbados assumes the chair of CARICOM from Grenada
  • February 19-21: CARICOM 48th Heads of Government Conference in Bridgetown, Barbados
  • March 10: Organization of American States (OAS) Election for Secretary General
  • November: 20th Pacific Alliance Summit in Colombia.
  • November: X Summit of the Americas in the Dominican Republic
  • December: MERCOSUR Summit of Heads of State in Paraguay

In Europe…

  • January 1: Start of Poland’s Presidency of the EU
  • January 20-24: World Economic Forum Annual Meeting, Davos
  • February 2: European Union’s AI Act comes into force
  • February 11: Presentation of the European Commission working program at the European Parliament
  • February 14-16: Munich Security Conference
  • Early March: Presentation of the Clean Industry Pact by European Commissioners Stéphane Séjourné and Teresa Ribera
  • May 8: Commemorating the 80th anniversary of the end of the Second World War in Europe
  • June 12-14: GLOBSEC Forum 2025 in Prague
  • July 1: Denmark assumes the Presidency of the EU
  • September 10: State of the European Union address, Ursula von der Leyen

In France…

  • January 7: 10th commemoration of the attack on Charlie Hebdo
  • January 14: Prime Minister François Bayrou’s general policy speech to the Parliament
  • January 17: 50th anniversary of the Veil law on the legalization of voluntary termination of pregnancy
  • February: Expected adoption of the 2025 French budget and health budget bills
  • February: Appointment of the new President and members of the Constitutional Council
  • May 19: 2025 Choose France Summit
  • June: 10th anniversary of the Paris Climate Agreement – COP 21 in Paris
  • July 8: Restoration of the right for Emmanuel Macron to dissolve the National Assembly
  • Q1/Q2 2025: Publication of the multi-annual energy program (decree)
  • September: Deadline for the revision of the retirement bill
  • Autumn 2025: Adoption of the 2026 French budget and health budget bills

Internationally…

  • January 1: Brazil assumes the BRICS presidency from Russia
  • January 1: Canada assumes G7 presidency from Italy
  • January 1: Tajikistan assumes the chair of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) from Russia
  • January 1: Belarus assumes the chair of the Eurasian Economic Union (EEU) from Armenia
  • January 1: Malaysia assumes the chair of the Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) from Laos
  • February 10-11: International summit on artificial intelligence in Paris
  • January 20-24: Davos World Economic Forum
  • February 14-18: African Union summit in Addis Ababa
  • February 24: Third anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine
  • February 25-27: COP16 Conference on Biodiversity in Rome
  • March: End of the HTC transitional government in Syria
  • April 21-26: IMF/World Bank Spring Meetings in Washington, DC
  • May: Denmark assumes the chair of the Arctic Council from Norway
  • May: EEU Summit in Minsk
  • May 27 – June 1: 77th WHO Conference in Geneva
  • June 9-13: 3rd United Nations Conference in Nice, France
  • June 15-17: G7 Summit in Kananaskis, Alberta
  • June 24-25: NATO Summit in The Hague
  • July 11-12: Ukraine recovery conference in Rome, Italy
  • July TBD: BRICS Summit in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
  • September 9: 80th Session of the UN General Assembly in New York City
  • October 10: CIS leaders summit in Dushanbe
  • October 13-18: IMF/World Bank Annual Meetings in Washington, DC
  • November 10-21: COP 30 in Belém, Brazil.
  • November 22-23: G20 Summit in Johannesburg, South Africa

Key Elections:

  • March 29: State Supreme Court Special election primary in Louisiana.
  • April 1: State Supreme Court election in Wisconsin and special elections to fill Florida’s 1st and 6th Congressional District seats
  • May 20: State Supreme Court primary election in Pennsylvania
  • Spring: Special election to fill New York’s 21st Congressional District seat
  • June 10: New Jersey primary elections
  • June 14: Virginia primary elections
  • November 4: Gubernatorial (Governors) and State General Assembly elections in New Jersey and Virginia

In Europe…

  • January 12: Presidential Elections in Croatia
  • January 26: Presidential Elections in Belarus
  • February 9: General Elections in Liechtenstein
  • February 9: Parliamentary Elections in Kosovo
  • February 23: Federal Elections in Germany
  • March 23: Presidential Election in Romania
  • May 11: Parliamentary Elections in Albania
  • May TBD: Presidential Elections in Poland
  • July TBD: Parliamentary Elections in Moldova
  • September 8: Parliamentary Elections in Norway
  • October TBD: Parliamentary Elections in Czech Republic
  • October TBD: Presidential Elections in Ireland

In the Americas and the Caribbean…

  • February 9: General Elections in Ecuador
  • May 25: Parliamentary Elections in Surinam
  • August 10: General Elections in Bolivia
  • August TBD: Parliamentary Elections in Trinidad and Tobago
  • October 26: Parliamentary Elections in Argentina
  • By October: Federal Elections in Canada
  • November 16: General Elections in Chile
  • November 30: General Elections in Honduras
  • December TBD: General Elections in Guyana
  • TBD: Parliamentary Elections in Venezuela
  • TBD: General Elections in Haiti
  • TBD: General Elections in Jamaica

Internationally…

  • January 16: General Elections in Vanuatu
  • February 2: Parliamentary Elections in Togo
  • March 2: Parliamentary Elections in Tajikistan
  • May 12: Parliamentary Elections in the Philippines
  • May TBD: Federal Elections in Australia
  • July 27: House of Councillors Elections in Japan
  • November TBD: General Elections in Singapore
  • December TBD: Parliamentary Elections Malaysia
  • TBD: Parliamentary Elections in Kyrgyzstan
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