Ahead of the G20 summit, President Michel outlines the importance of modernising our multilateral system and ensuring fair access to financing for all to be able to tackle common challenges, such as ...

The President of the European Council Charles Michel received the letters of credentials of the following Ambassadors: H.E. Mr CAI Run, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Head of the ...

Council greenlights further assistance to member states affected by climate-related disasters through the EU Agricultural ...

Today, the Council gave the final green light for a revised EU directive on urban wastewater treatment. The revised directive extends the scope to smaller agglomerations, covers more pollutants, ...

Following the devastating extreme weather events in Spain, we express our deepest condolences and stand in solidarity with the people of Spain, in particular with the families and friends of the ...

President Charles Michel, President von der Leyen and Prime Minister Orbán held a press conference  at the end of the informal meeting of Heads of state or government held in Budapest.

The Council today reached an agreement on new measures that will bring the EU’s value added tax (VAT) rules into the digital age. With new rules on electronic invoices and real-time data reporting, as ...

The Council has today adopted the construction products regulation (CPR), which harmonises the EU rules for marketing of those products, facilitates their free movement in the single market, reduces ...

In 2023, the European Union and its 27 member states contributed €28.6 billion in climate finance from public sources and mobilised an additional amount of €7.2 billion of private finance to support ...

The Council today adopted an assistance measure under the European Peace Facility (EPF) worth €20 million to the benefit of the Egyptian Armed Forces (EAF). The assistance measure will contribute to ...

The Council has today adopted conclusions on the special report of the Court of Auditors on the EU’s industrial policy on renewable hydrogen. The conclusions welcome the report, call for swift ...

The Council has given the final green light to an EU law that regulates the conditions under which proceedings in a criminal case initiated in one member state may be transferred to another member ...