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The Council decided to prolong sanctions against 116 individuals and 33 entities responsible for serious human rights violations and abuses in various countries worldwide, until 8 December 2025.

The Council adopted two new laws part of the cyber security legislative ‘package’, namely the so-called ‘cyber solidarity act’, and a targeted amendment to the cybersecurity act (CSA).

The Council of the EU has endorsed 46 Global Gateway flagship projects for 2025.

On the first day of his mandate, European Council President António Costa visited Ukraine and met with President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy. They held a press conference at the end of the meeting.

Weekly schedule of President António Costa, 1–8 December 2024

In his handover speech in front of the press and Council staff, President Charles Michel looked back at the main challenges of his term in office and expressed confidence in the future under the leadership of incoming President António Costa.

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DRAFT REPORT on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on establishing the Reform and Growth Facility for the Republic of Moldova
Committee on Foreign Affairs
Committee on Budgets
Sven Mikser, Siegfried Mureşan

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Length of video : 129'

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Length of video : 113'

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Length of video : 81'

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Length of video : 77'

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Length of video : 159'

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The awards ceremony for the 2024 Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought laureates, María Corina Machado and Edmundo González Urrutia, will be held on Tuesday 17 December.
Committee on Foreign Affairs
Committee on Development
Subcommittee on Human Rights

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Length of video : 180'

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On 5 December, SEDE Members will have an exchange of views with the first-ever European Commissioner for Defence and Space Andrius Kubilius on the important topic of EU defence at the time when the EU faces urgent and long-term challenges to its defence, including the cooperation with NATO and in view of the White Paper on Defence to be presented in the first 100 days in office. ...
The day before, on 4 December, Deputy Secretary General for Peace, Security and Defence Charles Fries will brief the Members on priorities following the Foreign Affairs Council-Defence of 19 November 2024. In addition, SEDE will also hold an exchange of views on Ukrainian women veterans, in the framework of the forthcoming European Parliament Gender Equality week. It will be an opportunity to hear what is currently in place to support women veterans in Ukraine but also an occasion for Ukrainian women veterans to share their own experience, their struggles and their recommendations to ensure their reintegration into society.
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MEP urge the international community to take swift and decisive action to address the alarming escalation in Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine.
Committee on Foreign Affairs

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