EU Council President Michel travels to China
Brussels, 24 November 2022 The President of the European Council, Charles Michel, will be travelling...
EU Council gives go-ahead to EU budget for 2023
Brussels, 22 November 2022 Today, the Council approved the joint text on the EU’s general...
Cybersecurity: EU Council adopts its position on common rules at the EU institutions
Brussels, 18 November 2022 The Council today adopted its position on a draft regulation aimed...
EU Parliament: Deal with EU Council on new IRIS² telecom satellites
Brussels, 17 November 2022 The network of European telecommunication satellites will be active from 2024,...
Trade: EU Council agrees negotiating position on economic anti-coercion rules
Brussels, 16 November 2022 Member states agreed today their negotiating position (mandate) on a regulation...
Ukraine: EU ministers endorse Military Assistance Mission
15 November 2022 The Council is launching today the European Union Military Assistance Mission in support of...
EU budget: EU Council agrees disaster relief aid of €668m for seven member states
Brussels, 8 November 2022 Today the Council decided to amend its yearly budget to provide €668...
Macroeconomic dialogue with the social partners, 7 November 2022
Brussels, 7 November 2022 The Council presidency, the European Central Bank and the European Commission...
Political direction of the Swedish Presidency of the Council of the EU
Stockholm, 1 November 2022 From 1 January to 30 June 2023, Sweden will hold the...
Press remarks by Central Asian heads of state and the EU Council President
Brussels, 27 October 2022 On 27 October 2022, President of the Republic of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart...
EU Council conclusions on the Trade and Sustainability Review
Brussels, 17 October 2022 The Council welcomes the Communication from the Commission of 22 June...
Statement following quadrilateral meeting between EU Council President, France, Armenia and Azerbaijan
Brussels, 7 October 2022 The President of Azerbaijan and the Prime Minister of Armenia met...
MEPs revamp pandemic relief measures for aviation sector
Brussels, 6 October 2022 To better reflect increasing air traffic, Parliament updated the take-off and...
EU Council adopts EU law on adequate minimum wages
Brussels, 4 October 2022 The Council of the EU today gave its final green light...
EU digital diplomacy: EU Council approves a more concerted approach
Brussels, 18 July 2022 The Council today approved conclusions on EU digital diplomacy. Digital technologies have...
EU Council provides additional €1bn macro-financial assistance to Ukraine
Brussels, 12 July 2022 The Council today decided to provide € 1 billion of additional macro-financial...
Somalia: EU is launching a Humanitarian Air Bridge to deliver life-saving aid
Brussels, 6 July 2022 Due to the rapidly deteriorating security situation in Somalia, the EU...
Collection: Digital finance – agreement on EU crypto-assets regulation (MiCA)
Release by the EU Council 30 June 2022, 22:30 The EU brings crypto-assets, crypto-assets issuers...
EU Council requests MEPs to make it a criminal offense to violate EU restrictive measures
Brussels, 30 June 2022 The Council today requested the European Parliament’s consent on a decision...
EU Council appoints seven judges of the EU’s General Court
Brussels, 29 June 2022 The representatives of the governments of the member states today appointed...
Traceability of crypto-assets: Deal on new rules to stop illicit flows in the EU
Brussels, 29 June 2022 First EU rules for tracing transfers of crypto-assets like bitcoins and...
EU Council requests EU Parliament’s opinion on the Croatia’s Schengen application
Brussels, 29 June 2022 The Council has asked the European Parliament for its opinion on...
Global food insecurity: EU Council approves its conclusions
Brussels, 20 June 2022 Russia’s unprovoked and unjustified war of aggression against Ukraine has disastrous...
Upcoming meetings of the EU Council, the European Council, and the Czech Presidency
Brussels, 17 June 2022 Forward look: 20 June – 3 July 2022 Overview of the...
Joint Brussels Declaration on Actions Empowering Women in Conflicts
Brussels, 9 June 2022 Following the ‘Women in Conflicts’ event on 9 June 2022, its...
ELTIFs: EU Council adopts its position on EU long-term investment funds
Brussels, 24 May 2022 Today, the Council adopted its position to improve the European long-term investment...
New tasks for Europol: EU Council adopts legislation
Brussels, 24 May 2022 Today, the EU Council adopted a regulation amending the Europol Regulation....
Cyber posture: EU Council approves conclusions
Brussels, 23 may 2022 The EU Council today approved conclusions on developing the Union’s cyber...
Path to the Digital Decade: EU Council adopts its position
11 May 2022 To ensure that the EU meets its objectives for a digital transformation...
Europe Day: Statement by President Charles Michel in Odesa, Ukraine
Odesa, 9 May 2022 Today Europe Day is celebrated in Brussels, in Strasbourg and across...
EU Council apoints nine judges of the EU General Court
Brussels, 27 April 2022 The representatives of the governments of the member states today appointed...
Main results of the Education, Youth, Culture and Sports Council, 4-5 April 2022
Education and youth, 5 April 2022 Education ministers took stock of the preparedness of EU education...
Main results of the Education, Youth, Culture and Sports Council on 4 April 2022
Brussels, 4 April 2022 Culture, audiovisual, media and sport, 4 April 2022 Ministers for culture...
EU Council on Ukraine: €17 billion of EU funds to help refugees
Brussels, 4 April 2022 The Council today adopted legislative amendments making it possible for member...
Ukraine: EU Council approves swift release of cohesion resources to help refugees
Brussels, 16 March 2022 The Council today endorsed a legislative proposal that will mobilise cohesion...
EU Council President Michel meets with Polish Prime Minister Morawiecki in Rzeszów
Rzeszów, Poland, 2 March 2022Remarks by President Charles Michel after his meeting with Prime Minister...
Russia’s aggression against Ukraine: Declaration by EU High Representive Borrell
Brussels, 22 February 2022 Declaration by the High Representative on behalf of the European Union...
Myanmar/Burma: EU restrictions on 22 individuals and 4 entities imposed
21 February 2022 The Council today adopted a fourth round of sanctions in view of...
ISIL and Al-Qaida: Two groups and two persons added to EU sanctions list
21 February 2022 The Council today decided to add two groups and two individuals linked...
Syria: EU Council imposes restrictions on additional five individuals
21 February 2022 The Council today decided to add five members of the Makhlouf family to the...
EU Council supports €1.2bn assistance to Ukraine
Brussels, 11 February 2022 EU ambassadors today endorsed the Commission’s proposal to provide €1.2 billion of...
EU Council statement on Europol provisional agreement with the EU Parliament
1 February 2022 Today, the Council presidency and the European Parliament reached a provisional agreement...
Indicative EU meeting calendar during the French EU Council Presidency
The following indicative calendar has been published by the EU Council and concerns meetings during...
EU Member States appoint nine judges of the General Court
21 December 2021 The representatives of the governments of the member states today appointed nine...
“Daisy Chain”: Member states ready to negotiate with European Parliament
21 December 2021 EU ambassadors today endorsed a Council negotiating mandate on amending the Union’s...
Distributed ledger technology: Member states endorse agreement reached with EU Parliament
21 December 2021 EU ambassadors today endorsed the provisional political agreement, reached on 24 November,...
SWP: Consensus per video? EU Council decision-making during Covid-19 pandemic
Julina Mintel, Nicolai von Ondarza: Consensus per video? – Decision-making in the Council of the EU during...
Address by EU Council President Charles Michel to the European Defence Agency
7 December 2021 Thank you for the opportunity to speak to you. Defence issues are...
Health ministers support EU Digital COVID Certificate and booster vaccination
DECEMBER 7, 2021 7:30 PM Against the backdrop of the restrictions due to the new...
Hamas vs EU Council: EU Court of Justice upholds Council acts maintaining Hamas on EU terror list
Council v Hamas/External relations The Court of Justice upholds the acts of the Council maintaining...