The Council has adopted new rules, in agreement with the European Parliament and the Commission, to ensure transparent and ethical interest representation. The new joint framework expands the scope of the existing register and introduces the registrat… read more
Following a review under the recommendation on the gradual lifting of the temporary restrictions on non-essential travel into the EU, the Council updated the list of countries for which travel restrictions should be lifted to add Israel. As stipulated … read more
Following the requests of Canada, Norway and the United States of America to participate in the PESCO project Military Mobility, the Council today adopted positive decisions authorising the coordinator of this project – the Netherlands – to invite the … read more
It is my pleasure to invite you to our informal meeting in Porto, where Prime Minister Costa is kindly hosting us. Following the High Level Conference organised by the Portuguese Presidency on 7 May, which will focus on social matters, we will have our… read more
A climate neutral EU – what does it mean? [Press release updated on 5 May 2021 to include a link to the text following approval by Coreper] The Council’s and the European Parliament’s negotiators reached a provisional political agreement setting into… read more