The Council approved the Commission’s positive assessment of the amended recovery and resilience plans submitted by Austria, Belgium, Czechia, Denmark, Germany and Ireland.

The Council adopted a first bilateral assistance measure worth €10 million under the EPF to strengthen the operational readiness of the Armed Forces of Senegal.

The Eurogroup has elected Paschal Donohoe, Minister for Finance of Ireland, as its President for a third term.

Public debt in the euro area stabilized at around 90% of GDP in 2024, with a slight increase projected in 2025 and 2026, after a significant decline between 2020 and 2023. The euro area public deficit ...

Greening freight transport is another key step toward cutting emissions, as freight makes up over 30% of transport-related ...

Transport safety is a shared competence: while the EU sets the framework and standards, national authorities implement and ...

The first EU-Moldova summit was held on 4 July 2025 in Chișinău. At the joint press conference, European Council President António Costa reaffirmed that Moldova's future is within the EU. He commended ...

European Council President António Costa was in Chișinău for the first EU-Moldova summit. In his opening remarks at the start of the plenary session, he emphasised Moldova’s steady progress on its EU ...

President António Costa travelled to Aarhus (Denmark) to attend the opening ceremony of the Danish Presidency of the Council of the EU where he delivered a speech.

The Connecting Europe Facility (CEF) is an EU funding programme designed to enhance infrastructure across the continent. The initiative aims to support investments in high-performing, sustainable ...

The Council is expected to adopt the final legislative acts paving the way for Bulgaria to begin using the euro as its official currency as of 1 January 2026. It will also be invited to activate the ...

The EU and its member states are intensifying efforts to establish an effective, humanitarian and safe European migration policy. The European Council plays an important role in this effort by setting ...