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Statement by the High Representative on behalf of the European Union on the alignment of certain third countries with Council Decision (CFSP) 2025/936 of 20 May 2025 amending Decision 2014/145/CFSP concerning restrictive measures in respect of actions undermining or threatening the territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence of Ukraine.

Statement by the High Representative on behalf of the European Union on the alignment of certain third countries with Council Decision (CFSP) 2025/931 of 20 May 2025 amending Decision 2014/512/CFSP concerning restrictive measures in view of Russia’s actions destabilising the situation in Ukraine.

The President of the Eurogroup, Paschal Donohoe, gave a speech at the Centre for Financial Studies, Goethe University, Germany.

Council reaches provisional agreement with Parliament on updated rules to tackle non-sustainable fishing allowed by non-EU countries.

Joint press release following the EU-U.S. Ministerial on Justice and Home Affairs, 2-3 June 2025, Warsaw, Poland.

President of the Eurogroup, Paschal Donohoe, is travelling to Germany on 3 June 2025.

The press briefing ahead of the Transport, Telecommunications and Energy Council (Transport and Telecommunications) of 5-6 June 2025 will take place on Tuesday 3 June 2025 starting at 11.00.

Weekly schedule of President António Costa, 2-8 June 2025

Statement made by President António Costa at the press conference following the inauguration of the First EU-Brazil Investment Forum.

In today’s edition of The Capitals, read about the EU potentially banning kids from social media, the Commission wanting Emiratis off money laundering list, the Slovak parliament backing an anti-Russian sanctions stance – by accident, and so much more.

Czech officials are keen to avoid a repeat of the situation in Romania, where TikTok played a role in amplifying the pro-Kremlin candidate Calin Georgescu.

Low turnout could sink five Italian referendums – and the government may not mind.

Hilary Benn did not give a timeline for a final sanitary and phytosanitary deal to ease trade frictions.

A surprise pro-Russia resolution passed Slovakia’s parliament with just 51 votes—after the opposition accidentally helped it through by walking out too soon.

Switzerland’s glacier collapse is a chilling sign of Europe’s warming crisis – and a warning for alpine communities.

“What certainly is not happening is that the EU will say: ‘Oh, it’s too bad that it's not working with the US, we're just going to switch to China',” Trade Minister Michał Baranowski told Euractiv.

There had been tense anticipation in Berlin about Merz's first visit to Washington.

EU countries backed a deal to gut flight delay compensation in a move that sparked outrage from consumer groups and MEPs.

In the face of existential challenges, keeping the Eurosceptic tally at two, not three, can prove crucial. For this, Brussels could sooner suffer Nawrocki’s victory in Poland than Simion's in Romania.

Tensions between Georgia and the EU have steadily escalated since the Georgian Dream party claimed victory in the 2023 parliamentary elections.