They are appointed on permanent contracts. Permanent EU officials make up most of our workforce at the Council. To become an ...

President of the European Council, António Costa, will travel to Ankara (Türkiye) on 7 and 8 July. On Tuesday, he will attend ...

Press briefing ahead of the upcoming Eurogroup meeting of 9 July will take place on Tuesday 7 July 2026 at 15.30.

The Council imposed restrictive measures on six Russian individuals involved in the development of chemical weapons, notably ...

How does the EU fight against the illicit drug trafficking and drug abuse? What are the measures to protect people's health?

The measure intends to protect children by allowing online providers to voluntarily detect, report and remove child sexual ...

Coreper I is composed of the deputy permanent representative from each of the 27 EU member states. Its role is to do preparatory work for the Council of the European Union in a number of areas, such ...

The EU welcomes the framework agreement signed by Lebanon and Israel in Washington, which calls for the disarmament of Hezbollah enabling the IDF to progressively redeploy out of the Lebanese ...

Kyriakos Pierrakakis, President of the Eurogroup, attended the Rencontres Économiques in Aix-en-Provences. He spoke at the plenary session 'One World, Clashing Visions: Who Sets the Standards?'.

Overview of the main subjects to be discussed at meetings of the Council of the EU over the next two weeks and upcoming media ...

Ukraine's future EU membership is at the heart of the EU's political support. In addition to providing humanitarian, military ...

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