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01/03/2018 - Justice and citizens’ rights / Research and innovation
Today's Recommendation sets out operational measures to ensure faster detection and removal of illegal content online, to reinforce the cooperation between companies, trusted flaggers and law enforcement authorities, and to increase transparency and safeguards for citizens.
01/03/2018 - Food, farming and fisheries
MEPs urge the EU and its member states to invest more in protecting bee health, fighting honey adulteration and supporting beekeepers.
01/03/2018 - Business, taxation and competition
28/02/2018 - Enlargement, external relations and trade / Institutional affairs
The draft Withdrawal Agreement consists of six parts – including introductory provisions, citizens' rights, other separation issues such as goods placed on the market before the withdrawal date, the financial settlement, transitional arrangements, and institutional provisions – and a protocol on Ireland / Northern Ireland.
28/02/2018 - Enlargement, external relations and trade / International aid, development and cooperation
27/02/2018 - Energy, environment and climate / Institutional affairs / Justice and citizens’ rights
The Council began preparations for the European Council meeting on 22 and 23 March. The Council also adopted a regulation to ban unjustified geo-blocking in the internal market and approved the reform of the EU emissions trading system (ETS) for the period after 2020.
26/02/2018 - Enlargement, external relations and trade
At the beginning of their meeting, the High Representative and the EU foreign ministers discussed the situation in Eastern Ghouta, Syria. The Council also spoke about the latest developments in Venezuela, including the dire humanitarian situation in the country and its neighbours.
23/02/2018 - Enlargement, external relations and trade / Institutional affairs
EU leaders met in Brussels to discuss the long-term EU budget and the institutional issues. Syria, Brexit, and relations with Turkey were also on the agenda.
- Multiannual financial framework: shaping EU expenditure (background information)
- Remarks by President Donald Tusk following the informal meeting of the 27 heads of state or government on 23 February 2018
- President Juncker at the informal EU leaders' meeting
- Leaders’ Agenda (background information)
- Brexit (background information)
- Special coverage on Brexit
23/02/2018 - Economy and the euro / Statistics
23/02/2018 - Enlargement, external relations and trade
The International High Level Conference on the Sahel, co-chaired today by the European Union, the United Nations, the African Union and the G5 Sahel group of countries (Burkina Faso, Chad, Mali, Mauritania, Niger), has mobilised political support for the Sahel region, €414 million to support the Joint security Force of the G5 Sahel whilst reinforcing the coordination of sustainable development efforts in the region.
- Joint Communiqué by the European Union, the G5 Sahel, the African Union and the United Nations
- Opening speech by President Jean-Claude Juncker
- Remarks (doorstep) by High Representative/Vice-President Federica Mogherini
- The European Union's partnership with the G5 Sahel countries
- Factsheet 'The EU's partnership with the Sahel'
21/02/2018 - Institutional affairs
20/02/2018 - Economy and the euro
Ministers discussed the recommendations of a high-level group of experts on sustainable finance. The Council also adopted guidelines for the 2019 EU budget, stressing that a transparent and effective use of the budget will bolster the EU's credibility with its citizens.
19/02/2018 - Food, farming and fisheries
Ministers exchanged views on the communication on the future of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP). The Council also had an exchange of views on the role of agriculture in the revision of the EU bioeconomy strategy of 2012.
15/02/2018 - Culture, education and youth
15/02/2018 - EU regional and urban development
Today the Commission proposes to give €104 million from the Solidarity Fund to four EU Member States that were hit by natural disasters in 2017.
14/02/2018 - Economy and the euro / Institutional affairs
Ahead of the Informal Leaders' meeting on 23 February 2018, the European Commission is today setting out various options – and their financial consequences – for a new and modern, long-term EU budget that delivers efficiently on its priorities after 2020.
14/02/2018 - Institutional affairs
Ahead of the Informal Leaders' meeting on 23 February 2018, the European Commission is today presenting a number of practical steps that could make the European Union's work more efficient, and improve the connection between the leaders of the EU institutions and the citizens of Europe.
- Communication: A Europe that Delivers: Institutional options for making the EU's work more efficient
- Recommendation: on enhancing the European nature and efficient conduct of the 2019 elections to the European Parliament
- European Commission Report on the 2014 European Parliament elections
- 2018 report on European and municipal elections
- Factsheets
14/02/2018 - Asylum and migration / Institutional affairs
12/02/2018 - Employment and social rights
Backed by a robust economic growth, employment in the EU continued to rise more strongly than expected in the third quarter of 2017, while unemployment figures declined further according to the latest Quarterly Review on Employment and Social Developments in Europe.
