European Council

Main agenda items, approximate timing, public sessions and press opportunities.

Weekly schedule of President Charles Michel 19-25 April 2021

Remarks by Paschal Donohoe following the Eurogroup video conference of 16 April 2021 on the Banking Union, recent international meetings, insolvency frameworks, digital euro and transparency of the Eurogroup.

The Council today adopted a decision allowing the EU to support three projects of the ATT Secretariat in Geneva with a contribution of EUR 1.37 million.

The Council added one person to the EU sanctions regime against ISIL/Da'esh and Al-Qaida and persons, groups, undertakings and entities associated with them.

Readout of the telephone conversation between President Charles Michel and President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy

The EU issued a declaration expressing its solidarity with the United States on the impact of malicious cyber activities, notably the SolarWinds cyber operation, which, the United States assesses, has been conducted by the Russian Federation.

Main agenda items, approximate timing, public sessions and press opportunities.

Press briefing ahead of the informal video conference of foreign affairs ministers will take place on 16 April 2021 at 14:00.

COVID-19: Council agrees its negotiating mandate on the Digital Green Certificate.

President Michel adresses the state of the EU-India partnership, cooperation on global challenges such as climate change, COVID-19 vaccines in a keynote address at the Raisina Dialogue.

The Council adopted its first reading position on the regulation establishing the EU Single Market programme for 2021-2027.

The Council today decided to extend its restrictive measures responding to serious human rights violations in Iran until 13 April 2022. It also added eight persons and three entities to this sanctions list in view of their role in the violent response to the November 2019 demonstrations in Iran.

Declaration by the High Representative on behalf of the European Union on the alignment of certain third countries with Council Decision (CFSP) 2021/394 of 4 March 2021 amending Decision 2014/119/CFSP concerning restrictive measures directed against certain persons, entities and bodies in view of the situation in Ukraine.

Declaration by the High Representative on behalf of the European Union on the alignment of certain third countries with Council Decision (CFSP) 2021/448 of 12 March 2021 amending Decision 2014/145/CFSP concerning restrictive measures in respect of actions undermining or threatening the territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence of Ukraine

Declaration by the High Representative on behalf of the European Union on the alignment of certain third countries with Council Decision (CFSP) 2021/142 of 5 February 2021 updating the list of persons, groups and entities subject to Articles 2, 3 and 4 of Common Position 2001/931/CFSP on the application of specific measures to combat terrorism, and repealing Decision (CFSP) 2020/1132

Press briefing ahead of video conference of Eurogroup will take place on 14 April 2021 at 14.00.

Weekly schedule of President Charles Michel 12-18 April 2021

The Council approved the allocation of €121.5 million from the EU budget to address urgent needs related to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Following a meeting in Ankara with President Erdoğan, President Michel reiterated the EU's strategic interest for a mutually beneficial and positive relationship with Turkey.