The EU and the Organisation of African, Caribbean and Pacific States (OACPS) have issued a joint statement reaffirming their commitment to the United Nations 2030 Agenda and its Sustainable ...

The Council today agreed on a partial negotiating mandate on a fundamental reform of the EU customs framework. The overhaul ...

The 23rd meeting of the Accession Conference with Montenegro provisionally closed chapter 5 on public procurement.

We welcome Austria’s submission of its draft budgetary plan (DBP) for 2025 and 2026 and of its medium-term fiscal structural plan on 13 May 2025, as well as the Commission Opinion on the DBP, ...

Three ministers have put forward their candidacy to become president of the Eurogroup:Carlos Cuerpo, Paschal Donohoe and Rimantas Šadžius. The election of the new president will take place at the next ...

Maritime transport is responsible for around 13% of transport greenhouse gas emissions. The European Union adopted a number of initiatives to reduce the emissions while keeping the European maritime ...

The Council today renewed the EU restrictive measures in view of the Russian Federation’s continuing actions destabilising the situation in Ukraine for a further 6 months, until 31 January 2026. These ...

Health and Prosperity through Immunisation in Brussels, world leaders pledged support for Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, leading to a total of more than $9 billion secured against a targeted $11.9 ...

The Council and the European Parliament have reached a provisional agreement to update, simplify and facilitate the existing alternative dispute resolution (ADR) framework, with the aim of making ...

Eurogroup President, Paschal Donohoe, issued a statement welcoming the political agreement reached by the Council and the European Parliament on the reform of the EU’s Crisis Management and Deposit ...

Discover our selection of books recently added to the Council Library collection. To get a fuller view, please consult the list in Eureka, the online catalogue of the Council libraries.

The Council renewed the mandate of two Common Security and Defence Policy civilian missions: EUBAM Rafah and EUPOL COPPS.