The Council extended the restrictive measures on Zimbabwe until February 2027 maintaining the arms embargo, while lifting ...

The Council today activated the national escape clause for Austria under the stability and growth pact.  The measure will ...

The Council today approved conclusions setting guidelines for the EU’s annual budget for 2027. The guidelines provide a ...

The President of the European Council, António Costa, will travel to Oslo this week for high-level meetings. The visit marks ...

The Council formally adopted the directive to expand and update the list of pollutants affecting surface water and ...

The Council appointed Satu Koivu as new Head of Mission for the European Union Mission in Armenia (EUMA). She will take up her duties on 20 February 2026, taking over from Markus Ritter.

Today, the Council added two countries - Turks and Caicos Islands and Viet Nam – to the EU list. At the same time, three countries - Fiji, Samoa and Trinidad and Tobago - were removed. Following this ...

Ministers discussed the supplementary pensions package - part of the EU’s savings and investment union agenda. The Council approved the guidelines for the EU’s annual budget 2027 and activated the ...

Today the Eurogroup reappointed Tuomas Saarenheimo as President of the Eurogroup Working Group (EWG). The EWG prepares the meetings of the finance ministers of the euro area. Tuomas Saarenheimo has ...

This press release has been updated on 12 February 2026 to include the adopted legislative text. The Council today formally approved new customs duty rules for items contained in small parcels ...

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The meeting of the European Council will take place on 19 and 20 March 2026 in the Europa building in Brussels. Address: Rue de la Loi 155/Wetstraat 155, 1040-Brussels. The deadline to register is ...