European Council

European Council President Tusk and NATO Secretary-General Stoltenberg commented on the results of the consultative referendum on the name issue in the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia.

Council agrees on its negotiating position on the fight against unfair trading practices.

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

Weekly schedule of President Donald Tusk 1-7 October 2018

The EU Council today adopted a regulation aimed at boosting high-performance computing by setting up a new European joint undertaking. This undertaking will oversee the pooling of resources within Europe to develop supercomputers for processing big data.

Addressing the UN General Assembly on behalf of the European Union, President Tusk supported multilateral action in a number of areas: trade, security, climate change and human rights.

On 27 September 2018 the Council adopted a regulation on the European Solidarity Corps. The regulation establishes a legal framework for young people to volunteer or work in beneficial projects across Europe under the auspices of the European Solidarity Corps (ESC).

On 27 September 2018 the Council adopted a regulation setting up a single digital gateway. The new gateway will provide access to online information and procedures, assistance and problem solving services to individuals and companies.

President Donald Tusk addressed the leaders gathered for a High-Level event on Action for Peacekeeping held in the margins on the UN General Assembly in New York City.

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

Letter of condolences from Presidents Donald Tusk and Jean-Claude Juncker to Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc on the passing of President Tran Dai Quang of Vietnam

On 21 September 2018, President Donald Tusk issued a statement on Brexit negotiations.

Overview of the main subjects to be discussed at meetings of the Council of the EU over the next two weeks.

Weekly schedule of President Donald Tusk 23-30 September 2018.

At the final press conference, President Tusk presented the outcome of the discussions held during the informal summit in Salzburg.

Before the start of the informal Leaders' agenda summit in Salzburg, President Tusk addressed the main issues for the leaders, in particular migration and Brexit.

The EU issued a financial tracking report on progress against the pledges made at the Brussels II conference on "Supporting the future of Syria and the region".

The Council endorsed the priorities of the UN-EU Strategic Partnership on peace operations and crisis management for the period 2019-2021.

The Council extended until 30 September 2020 the mandate of the mission EUCAP Sahel Niger.