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...
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Cybersecurity: EU Council agrees on exploring the potential of a joint cyber unit
19 October 2021 The Council today adopted conclusions inviting the EU and member states to...
Main results of the Informal video conference of development ministers, 11 October 2021
EU development ministers exchanged views on the rapidly deteriorating situation in Afghanistan, and discussed concrete...
COP26 climate summit: EU Council sets EU’s position for
6 October 2021 The Council today approved conclusions setting the EU’s position for the United...
Nord Stream 2 v EU Parliament and EU Council – EU Advocate General Opinion in Case C-348/20
Wednesday 6th October The Swiss company Nord Stream AG, in which the Russian company PJSC Gazprom...
EU Trio Presidency wants to strengthen patient involvement in cancer research
SEPTEMBER 7, 2021 Trio Presidency partners Slovenia, Portugal and Germany adopt joint Principles of Successful...
EU Council Statement on the situation in Afghanistan
31/08/2021 18:12 The EU Ministers of Home Affairs met today for an extraordinary Council meeting...
Main results of the special Justice and Home Affairs Council on Afghanistan
Home affairs ministers met to discuss developments in Afghanistan, more specifically in relation to potential...
ECDC and cross-border threats to health: EU Council agrees negotiating position
23 July 2021 At today’s meeting of deputy permanent representatives to the EU, the Council...
Agenda of the informal EU Ecofin Council video meeting on 26 July 2021
Agenda highlights Ministers will discuss the implementation of the Recovery and Resilience Facility and exchange views on...
Main results of the Economic and Financial Affairs Council, 13 July 2021
Infographic – Recovery fund: the EU delivers See full infographic Ministers focused on the economic recovery....
Russia: EU Council prolongs economic sanctions over destabilisation of Ukraine
The Council today decided to prolong the sanctions targeting specific economic sectors of the Russian...
Europol: EU Council agrees ist negotiating mandate on strengthening the role of the policy agency
30 June 2021, 19:45 EU ambassadors today agreed a negotiating mandate on a draft regulation...
EPP Group: Cool down attempts to resume business as usual with Putin
25.06.2021 “EU leaders were right to cool down attempts to resume business as usual with...
EU Council imposes sanctions on Belarusian economy
The Council today introduced new restrictive measures against the Belarusian regime to respond to the escalation of...
Agriculture and Fisheries Council: Background briefing for the meeting on 28-29 June 2021
Source: Background brief – Agriculture and Fisheries Council of 28 and 29 June 2021 Brussels,...
Judgment of the EU Court of Justice in Case C-872/19 P (Venezuela v Council)
Venezuela has standing to bring proceedings against a regulation which introduces restrictive measures against it...
Russia’s illegal annexation of Crimea and Sevastopol: EU Council renews sanctions
The Council today decided to renew sanctions introduced in response to the illegal annexation of Crimea and Sevastopol...
Main results of the Economic and Financial Affairs Council on 18 June 2021
EU economic and finance ministers took stock of the economic recovery in Europe, exchanged views...
EUBAM Libya: Council extends mandate for a further two years
18 June 2021, 19:05 The Council today decided to extend the mandate of the European...
Fiscal sustainability: EU Council Conclusions on challenges arising from an ageing population
The Council today approved conclusions on the fiscal sustainability challenges arising from an ageing population....
Background briefing on the Economic and Financial Affairs Council Luxembourg, 18 June 2021
The Economic and Financial Affairs Council will take place in Luxembourg and start at 10.30....
EU institutions sign regulation on EU Digital COVID Certificate
Today, the Presidents of the three EU institutions, the European Parliament, the Council of the...
Remarks by EU Council President Charles Michel ahead of the G7 summit
Le G7 doit être capable de se mobiliser pour aborder les plus grands défis auxquels...
Climate adaption: EU Council endorses new EU strategy
EU member states have endorsed a new climate adaptation strategy The Council today approved conclusions...
Protection of vulnerable adults: EU Council approves conclusions
7 June 2021, 12:55 The Council today approved conclusions on the protection of vulnerable adults...
EU Council President Michel: Readout of the telephone call with Russian President Putin
7 June 2021, 16:00 On 7 June 2021, President Michel spoke with President Putin on...
Background briefing on the EU Transport Council in Luxembourg on 3 June 2021
Luxembourg, 3 June 2021 Chair: Pedro Nuno Santos, Portuguese Minister for Infrastructure and Housing The...
EU Council: Tourism in Europe for the next decade – sustainable and resilient
The Council today adopted a set of conclusions setting out its vision for an economically,...
EU Council approves Conclusions on a sustainable blue economy
The Council approved today conclusions on a sustainable blue economy, which is based on four...
EU Council sets out 10 priorities in fight against organised crime
The Council today adopted conclusions setting the 2022-2025 EU priorities for the fight against serious...