Today, the Council reached an agreement on its position on the 2026 EU draft budget. In total, the Council's position for ...

President of the European Council António Costa presented the main results of the discussions of the leaders during the ...

The Council today opened a new excessive deficit procedure (EDP) concerning Austria, and revised Romania’s net expenditure path, in view of its lack of effective action.

On 24-25 November 2025, the leaders of the European Union member states and the countries of the African Union will meet in Luanda, Angola for the seventh EU-African Union summit. This multilateral ...

The EU’s fiscal rules limit how much member states’ governments can spend. That’s why the EU is allowing additional budgetary ...

The Council and the European Parliament reached a political agreement today to put in place a reformed crisis management and deposit insurance (CMDI) framework for banks in the EU. The reform improves ...

Forests are the green lungs of our planet – essential for our climate, our biodiversity and our sustainable growth and future. With the new forest monitoring framework, we are providing forest ...

On 24 June 2025, European Council President António Costa travelled to The Hague for the NATO Summit. During a meeting with Commission President von der Leyen, NATO Secretary General Rutte and ...

The potential of EU forests to store greenhouse gases is decreasing The health and resilience of forests, changes in forest ecosystems due to climate change or pests, and increased tree harvesting can ...

Diese Bürgerinnen und Bürger ziehen oft wegen ihrer Arbeit, ihres Studiums oder ihrer Familie um. Ihre Möglichkeit zur Teilhabe am demokratischen Prozess hat in der Vergangenheit jedoch nicht immer ...

This press release has been updated on 25 June 2025 with the text of the Council’s negotiating mandate. Member states’ representatives agreed today the Council’s negotiating mandate on simplifying ...

At the 20th EU–Canada Summit held in Brussels on 23 June 2025, leaders of the EU and Canada reaffirmed their strong political, economic and strategic partnership through the adoption of a joint ...