The Council mandate reiterates the aim of providing a high level of protection of human health and the environment. It ...

For more than four decades, ambassador João Vale de Almeida has been at the centre of global politics. As an EU Ambassador, ...

The EU is stepping up its efforts to fight child sexual abuse. Today, EU member states' representatives agreed on the Council position on a regulation to prevent and combat child sexual abuse.

The cat or dog will have to be registered in an EU database. Dogs and cats imported for the purpose of being placed on the ...

On November 25, 2025, the President of the European Council, António Costa, participated in the closing session of the EU-Africa Summit, held on November 24 and 25, 2025, in Luanda, Angola.

The meeting of the European Council will take place on 18 and 19 December 2025 in the Europa building in Brussels. It will be preceded by the EU-Western Balkans summit on 17 December 2025.

Today, the Council formally adopted the EU’s budget for 2026. This budget is the result of negotiations with the European ...

The President of the European Council invited EU leaders to take stock of the latest developments regarding efforts to ...

On November 24, the President of the , António Costa, participated in the European Union-African Union Summit in Luanda, Angola.

Coreper I is composed of each country's deputy permanent representatives. Its meetings are chaired by the deputy permanent representative of the country holding the presidency of the Council of the ...

The Council adopted a set of decisions establishing three assistance measures under the European Peace Facility in support of Jordan, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Chad. These measures aim ...

Ahead of the European Union - African Union summit in Luanda, President António Costa and President Ursula von der Leyen shared their thoughts on the relationship between the EU and Africa.