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The Council has adopted a non-binding recommendation that will encourage member states to reduce exposure to second-hand smoke and aerosols and achieve a tobacco-free generation in Europe by 2040 as set out in Europe’s Beating Cancer Plan.

Press briefing ahead of the Eurogroup meeting will take place on 5 December 2024 at 15.00. 

The Council has approved conclusions on fostering the social inclusion of persons with disabilities through employment, reasonable accommodation and rehabilitation.

The Council has approved conclusions on labour and skills shortages in the EU with a focus on mobilising untapped labour potential.

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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