European Council

Today, the Council appointed Maryem van den Heuvel as the new Director-General for External Relations (RELEX), and Didier Seeuws as the new Director-General for General and Institutional Policy (GIP).

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.

European Council President Charles Michel delivered a message of hope at an online event hosted in Abu Dhabi aimed at promoting interreligious and intercultural dialogue.

The EU issued a declaration welcoming the agreement reached between the United States and the Russian Federation to extend the New START Treaty for an additional five years.

The EU issued a declaration condemning the Russian authorities’ decision to sentence Alexei Navalny and considering it unacceptable, politically motivated and running counter to Russia’s international human rights obligations.

Article by Charles Michel, President of the European Council; Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission; Emmanuel Macron, President of France; Angela Merkel, Chancellor of Germany; Macky Sall, President of Senegal; António Guterres, UN Secretary-General.

The EU is renewing coronavirus-related temporary measures providing flexibility for the duration of certain licences and authorisations in the area of transport.

European Council President Charles Michel gave a speech at the DigitalEurope "Masters of Digital 2021" online event, highlighting how our EU digital agenda is crucial to European strategic autonomy.

The amendments are a coordinated response to the rise of infections and the risks posed by the more transmissible new variants of the virus.

The Council today adopted amendments to the so-called Benchmark Regulation addressing the termination of financial benchmarks.

The EU issued a declaration condemning in the strongest terms the military coup carried out in Myanmar.

These updated measures are a coordinated response to the rise of infections and the risks posed by the more transmissible new variants of the virus within and outside the EU.

The code of conduct group (business taxation) has reappointed its chairperson, Lyudmila Petkova, for a further two years.

Weekly schedule of President Charles Michel 1-14 February 2021

Provisional political agreement with the European Parliament on the European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT) and the future Strategic Innovation Agenda (SIA).

The Portuguese presidency of the Council and the European Parliament strike a deal on ESF+ for the period of 2021-2027.

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 for which travel restrictions should be lifted.

Declaration by the High Representative on behalf of the European Union on the alignment of certain third countries with Council Decision (CFSP) 2020/1585 of 29 October 2020 amending Decision (CFSP) 2015/1763 concerning restrictive measures in view of the situation in Burundi.

The EU is preparing new temporary rules to help air carriers cope with the drastic decline in air traffic caused by the Coronavirus crisis and avoid operating empty flights.

On 27 January 2021, the President of the Eurogroup, Paschal Donohoe, issued a statement welcoming the signature of ESM Treaty and the Single Resolution Fund Amending Agreements.