President of the European Council António Costa travelled to Rome and gave a speech at the second plenary session of the Ukraine Recovery Conference on 10 July 2025.

Der Rat hat sich heute auf seinen Standpunkt zum Entwurf des EU-Haushaltsplans 2026 geeinigt. Insgesamt sind im Standpunkt ...

Today, the Council reached an agreement on its position on the 2026 EU draft budget. In total, the Council's position for next year's budget amounts to €186.24 billion in commitments and €186.49 ...

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 ...

Le Conseil est un pôle de décision essentiel pour l'Union européenne; il est également chargé de coordonner les politiques, de définir la politique étrangère et de sécurité commune de l'UE, de ...

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 ...

Monday 23 June 2025 13.15 Meeting with Prime Minister of New Zealand, Christopher Luxon (photo opportunity) EU-Canada summit 19.00 Joint press conference Tuesday 24 June 2025 The Hague, The ...