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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 27 European Union (EU) member states and the 55 countries of the African Union (AU) will meet in Luanda, Angola for the seventh EU-African Union summit. This ...
The EU’s fiscal rules limit how much member states’ governments can spend. That’s why the EU is allowing additional budgetary ...
The Council today approved the final three legal acts required for Bulgaria to introduce the euro on 1 January 2026.
The Council today activated the national escape clause under the Stability and Growth Pact (SGP) for 15 member states to help ...
The RELEX working party deals with legal, financial and institutional issues of the Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP). Its priorities include: sanctions EU crisis management operations EU ...
Today the Council appointed Kajsa Ollongren as EU Special Representative (EUSR) for human rights. Ms Ollongren is a former Dutch politician with extensive national experience across a wide range of ...
On this page you will soon find all the information related to this meeting: agenda highlights (a week before the meeting date) main results (after the meeting) press material photos, videos and live ...
At the 2025 G7 Leaders’ Summit held in Kananaskis, the leaders of the G7 discussed topics ranging from international peace and security to global economic stability, growth, and emerging technologies.
The European Union and its Member States, together with international partners, stand in solidarity with Czechia regarding the malicious cyber campaign that targeted its Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
On 19 May 2025, the European Union and United Kingdom's leaders met in London for the first EU-UK summit since the UK withdrew from the EU. At the end of the meeting, the leaders adopted three ...
The Council adopted a seventh assistance measure under the European Peace Facility (EPF) in support of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Moldova to modernise the country’s short-range air defence ...