Securities: EU Member States agree position on shorter settlement cycle
EU Member States’ representatives approved the Council’s position (‘negotiating mandate’) on a Commission proposal to shorten the settlement period for…
MEPs sign off EU budget for 2023 while highlighting persistent issues
In a series of votes, MEPs granted discharge to all but two EU bodies, approving the way they managed the…
Panel discussion on the future of the EU Council Presidency: power, influence, change
More than 15 years have passed since the EU Treaty of Lisbon entered into force, ushering in profound institutional and…
EU prolongs restrictive measures against individuals and entities destabilising Moldova
The EU Council has decided to prolong EU restrictive measures against those responsible for actions aimed at destabilising, undermining or…
European Peace Facility: EU Council adopts further support of North Macedonian Army
The EU Council today adopted an assistance measure worth €15 million under the European Peace Facility (EPF). The objective is…
EU Council background: EU tariffs explained
The EU abolished tariffs between its member states when the customs union was created in 1968. Goods imported to the…
Simplification: EU Council postpones new sustainability reporting and due diligence rules
The EU Council gave its final green light today on one of the Commission’s proposals to simplify EU rules and…
Digital Trade Agreement with Singapore: EU Council moves one step closer
The EU Council today adopted the decision on the signature of the Digital Trade Agreement (DTA) with Singapore. It also…
Minimum effective corporate taxation: EU Council extends cooperation of tax authorities
The EU Council adopted today a directive that will extend cooperation and information exchange in the area of minimum effective corporate…
Gas storage rules: EU Council agrees its negotiating mandate
The EU Council agreed to extend gas storage rules by two years while providing additional flexibilities for member states to…
Toy Safety Regulation: EU Council and Parliament strike a deal to protect children
The agreement reached today on the toy safety regulation reinforces the already stringent safety rules, aligns the obligations of economic…
Soil Monitoring and Resilience Directive: EU legislators reach agreement
The EU Commission welcomes the provisional political agreement reached today between the European Parliament and the Council on the proposal for…
Agrifood supply chain: EU Council agrees position on cross-border enforcement
EU member states' representatives in the Special Committee on Agriculture (SCA) approved the EU Council’s negotiating mandate on new rules aimed at…
EU Council adopts financial benchmarks regulation to ease burden on SMEs
Benchmarks are widely used by companies and investors in the EU as references in their financial instruments or contracts. This…
Moldova: EU Council approves €1.9bn to support reforms and economic growth
The EU Council gave its final green light to setting up the Reform and Growth Facility for Moldova, a new instrument…
EU Council approves third Ukraine Facility payment of close to €3.5bn
Ukraine will soon receive approximately €3.5 billion after the EU Council approved a third payment of non-repayable grants and loans to Ukraine under the Ukraine…
ISIL (Da’esh) and Al-Qaeda: EU Council adds one entity to autonomous list of sanctions
The EU Council decided today to add Al Azaim Media Foundation to the EU autonomous list of persons, groups, undertakings…
New genomic techniques: EU Council agrees negotiating mandate
The proposal aims to boost innovation and sustainability within the agrifood sector, while contributing to food security and reducing external…
EU Council grants EIB greater flexibility to manage its investment capacity
A modification to the bank’s statute will grant its governing body full authority over the maximum ratio of outstanding loans…
EU Council sets tax decluttering and simplification agenda
The EU Council conclusions call for a review of the existing EU legislative framework in the area of taxation. Taxation…
Minimum effective corporate taxation: EU Council wants to enhance cooperation
The objective of this legislation is to enhance cooperation and information exchange on minimum effective corporate taxation to better fulfill…
Taxation: EU Council adopts the “VAT in the digital age” package
The package adopted today covers a directive, a regulation and an implementing regulation and brings changes to three different aspects…
Outcome of the EU macroeconomic dialogue with the social partners on 10 March 2025
The EU Council presidency, the European Central Bank (ECB) and the European Commission met with European social partners on 10…
Jordan: EU Council adopts its position to extend EU assistance by €500m in loans
The EU assistance will bolster Jordan’s economic stability and support its ongoing reform agenda in the face of mounting internal…
Three years of Russia’s war against Ukraine: 16th sanctions package against Russia
The EU Commission welcomes the Council's adoption of the 16th Russia sanctions package. As Russia's illegal aggression enters its fourth year,…
Circular textiles and reduced food waste: Provisional agreement reached
The EU Commission welcomes a provisional agreement reached last night between the European Parliament and the Council on the targeted revision…
Moldova: EU lawmakers agree to support reforms and growth with almost €2 billion
The EU Council presidency and European Parliament negotiators have reached a provisional agreement on setting up the Reform and Growth Facility for…
Operation ASPIDES: EU Council prolongs mandate in the Red Sea
The EU Council today decided to prolong the mandate of the EU maritime security operation to safeguard freedom of navigation…
EU Council renews the EU Terrorist List and related humanitarian exceptions
There are currently 14 persons and 22 groups and entities subject to the restrictive measures in force, which consist of…
Excessive deficit procedure: EU Council adopts recommendations for seven countries
On 21 January 2025, the EU Council adopted recommendations for seven countries to correct their excessive deficit situation within a…
Economic governance: EU Council sets fiscal expenditure paths for 21 member states
As the next step in the implementation of the EU’s new fiscal rules, the Council today adopted recommendations endorsing the…
New Director-General appointed in the EU Council’s General Secretariat
The EU Council today appointed Preben Aamann as the new Director-General for Communication and Information. He will start in his…
Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad: EU Council extends restrictions by one year
All individuals and entities previously identified as responsible for participating in the financing of Hamas and PIJ, or enabling their…
Political situation in Venezuela: EU Council statement and renewal of sanctions
The European Union stands in solidarity with the people of Venezuela, who voted peacefully on 28 July 2024 to determine…
Travellers’ protection: EU Council adopts mandate on package travel directive
Today, the EU Council adopted its negotiating mandate on a revised package travel directive making the protection of travellers more…
EU deforestation law: EU Council formally adopts its one-year postponement
Today, the EU Council formally adopted the regulation postponing the application of the EU deforestation law by one year. This…
EU lawmakers reach provisional agreement on tool to empower EU border regions
EU Parliament and Council teams have reached an agreement on an instrument for overcoming administrative cross-border obstacles that hold back…
Migrant smuggling: EU Member States reach agreement on criminal law
Today the Council agreed its position on an EU law on preventing and countering migrant smuggling. The objective of this…
Combatting child sexual abuse: EU Council adopts its position
Today, the EU Council agreed its position on a proposal to update the EU’s criminal law rules on child sexual…
Fighting terrorism: EU Council approves conclusions on future priorities
To further enhance counterterrorism measures, on 16 December 2024 the Council will approve conclusions on reinforcing external-internal connections in the…
Bulgaria and Romania: EU Council decides to lift land border Schengen controls
EU member states have decided to remove checks on persons at the internal land borders with and between Bulgaria and…
Financial Data Access (FiDA): EU Associations call for thorough impact assessment
Financial associations call on the EU co-legislators to boost European competitiveness and to avoid concluding the Financial Data Access (FiDA)…
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Digital infrastructure: EU Commission’s White Paper approved by EU Council
In light of the Commission’s White Paper and the recent Draghi and Letta reports, the Council conclusions aim to take…
Intermodal transport: EU Council adopts negotiating position on passenger rights
To reinforce the application of passenger rights across the EU, today the EU Council adopted its negotiating position on two EU…
Deforestation Regulation: EU Council and MEP negotiators reach provisional agreement
The EU Commission welcomes the provisional political agreement reached between the European Parliament and the Council on the Commission's proposal to grant…
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EU Council adopts new laws to strengthen cybersecurity capacities in the EU
The EU Council adopted two new laws part of the cyber security legislative ‘package’, namely the so-called ‘cyber solidarity act’,…
EU Council gives go-ahead to EU annual budget for 2025
Today, the EU Council approved the joint text on the EU’s general budget for 2025. The joint text was agreed…
Maritime safety: EU Council adopts new laws to modernise shipping in the EU
To support clean, safer, and modern shipping in the EU, today the EU Council adopted a "maritime safety package". It…
Sahel region: EU Council appoints João Cravinho as new Special Representative
Today the Council appointed João Cravinho as EU Special Representative (EUSR) for the Sahel region. The new EUSR will actively contribute…
Ukraine Facility: EU Commission paves the way for 2nd payment of nearly €4.1bn
The EU Commission has paved the way for the second regular payment of close to €4.1bn under the EU's Ukraine…