European Council

EU extends the mandates of the EU special representatives in Bosnia and Herzegovina and Kosovo* for two years.

The Council renewed the EU terrorist list setting out persons, groups and entities subject to restrictive measures with a view to combating terrorism for a further six months.

Intervention du président Charles Michel à l'issue de sa rencontre avec le président azerbaïdjanais Ilham Aliyev, à Bakou.

Remarques du président du Conseil européen, Charles Michel, après sa réunion à Arménie avec le Premier ministre par intérim, Nikol Pashinyan.

The EU issued a declaration commemorating the seventh anniversary of the downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17.

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

The EU issued a declaration on the day of International Criminal Justice commemorating the historic adoption of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court in 1998.

Following a review under the recommendation on the gradual lifting of the temporary restrictions on non-essential travel into the EU, the Council updated the list of countries, special administrative regions and other entities and territorial authorities for which travel restrictions should be lifted.

EU ambassadors today agreed the Council’s position on the 2022 EU draft budget. In total, the Council’s position amounts to €167.7 billion in commitments and €170 billion in payments.

Press briefing ahead of Agriculture and Fisheries of Council will take place on Friday 16 July at 14.00.

The Stabilisation and Association Council between the European Union and Bosnia and Herzegovina held its fourth meeting on 13 July 2021 in Brussels.

Declaration by the High Representative on behalf of the European Union on the alignment of certain third countries with the Council Decision (CFSP) 2021/1031 of 24 June 2021 amending Council Decision 2012/642/CFSP concerning restrictive measures in view of the situation in Belarus.

On 13 July 2021, the Council approved conclusions on the 2021 in-depth reviews under the macroeconomic imbalance procedure.

The Council today adopted the first batch of Council implementing decisions on the approval of national recovery and resilience plans.

The Council today adopted an amendment to the VAT directive introducing a temporary VAT exemption on importations and certain supplies in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Council regulation that paves the way for the development of the next generation of supercomputers in Europe.

The Council and European Parliament today reached a provisional political agreement on a proposal to revise the Aarhus Regulation, which aims to guarantee access to information, public participation in decision-making and access to justice in environmental matters.

Remarks by Paschal Donohoe following the Eurogroup meeting of 12 July 2021 on the exchange of views with US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen, fiscal stance of the euro area and the digital future of the euro.

Representatives of the EU Member States, the Western Balkans and Turkey, the European Commission and the European Central Bank, as well as representatives of the central banks of the Western Balkans and Turkey met for their annual economic policy dialogue . The dialogue aims at preparing the Western Balkans and Turkey for their future participation in the European Semester.

The Council approved conclusions setting out the EU's priorities at the United Nations during the 76th session of the United Nations General Assembly (September 2021 – September 2022).