Simplification: Council agrees position on the ‘stop-the-clock’ mechanism on sustainability reporting and due diligence ...

The Council today approved conclusions setting out its position on key aspects for cohesion and the future of EU’s cohesion ...

The President of the European Council, António Costa will be in France to attend the SOS Ocean! conference in Paris on 31 ...

What are tariffs? How do tariffs work? What are trade wars? Do trade agreements lower tariffs? Find all the answers.

Council and Parliament found a provisional political agreement on a proposal regarding the implementation of certain driving ...

The representatives of the governments of the member states today appointed thirteen judges to the General Court. The ...

The EU issued a joint communiqué following the 20th EU-Central Asia Ministerial Meeting on 27 March 2025, in Ashgabat.

At the European Policy Centre, President Costa commemorated the Treaty of Rome and underlined that the EU needs to approach today’s era inspired by the same confidence, courage and creativity as its ...

Council and EP reach a provisional agreement on an update of the Driving Licence Directive, introducing an EU-wide digital driving licence by end 2030.

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The Council adopted today a regulation on financial benchmarks with the aim of reducing red tape for EU companies, particularly SMEs. Benchmarks are widely used by companies and investors in the EU as ...

The Council has adopted a new law to improve collection of labour market statistics on businesses at EU level. In particular, the new rules will ensure that these statistics are more up-to-date and ...