European Council

The Eurogroup discussed Greece’s progress with reform implementation and its macro-economic outlook, on the basis of the twelfth enhanced surveillance report published on 24 November. On that basis it agreed to release a further tranche of debt relief for Greece worth €767 million.

The Eurogroup issued a statement on the economic and fiscal situation of the euro area member states.

The Council today agreed on its position on a draft law on pay transparency which will help to tackle the existing pay discrimination at work and contribute to closing the gender pay gap.

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The EU issued a declaration on the situation in Myanmar/Burma strongly condemning the politically motivated verdict against President Win Myint, State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi and Mayor Myo Aung.

The Council today agreed its position on a Commission proposal for an EU law on adequate minimum wages in the EU.

Council prolongs sanction regime against human rights violations

Weekly schedule of President Charles Michel 4 - 12 December 2021

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The Ministers of Home Affairs and Justice of Slovenia, representing the Presidency of the Council of the EU, together with the European Commission, met on 1-3 December 2021 with their counterparts from the Western Balkans at the annual EU-Western Balkans Ministerial Forum on Justice and Home Affairs.

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The EU is working to further improve the cyber resilience and incident response capacities of both the public and private sector and the EU as a whole.

The leaders of the EU and of Latin American and Caribbean (LAC) countries met via video conference. At the end of the meeting President Michel and President von der Leyen issued a press release.

Declaration by the High Representative on behalf of the European Union on the alignment of certain third countries with Council Decision (CFSP) 2021/1867 of 22 October 2021amending Decision 2010/638/CFSP concerning restrictive measures against the Republic of Guinea.

Declaration by the High Representative on behalf of the European Union on the alignment of certain third countries with Council Decision (CFSP) 2021/1966 of 11 November 2021amending Decision (CFSP) 2019/1894 concerning restrictive measures in view of Turkey’s unauthorised drilling activities in the Eastern Mediterranean.

Declaration by the High Representative on behalf of the European Union on the alignment of certain third countries with Council Decision (CFSP) 2021/796 of 17 May 2021 amending Decision (CFSP) 2019/797 concerning restrictive measures against cyber-attacks threatening the Union or its Member States.

Belarus: the EU sanctions additional 17 persons and 11 entities

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Le président du Conseil européen Charles Michel s'est rendu au Parlement européen à Strasbourg pour la cérémonie d'hommage à Valéry Giscard d’Estaing en compagnie des présidents Macron, Steinmeier, von der Leyen et Sassoli.

The Council has adopted a set of decisions establishing four assistance measures under the European Peace Facility in support of Georgia, the Republic of Moldova, Ukraine and Mali.