European Council

Updated SIS rules will address potential gaps in the system and introduce several essential changes on the types of alert entered.

The EU issued a declaration on the latest developments in the killing of Jamal Khashoggi.

Council and European Parliament negotiators agree that further efforts are needed to conclude on the EU's budget for 2019.

Weekly schedule of President Donald Tusk 19-25 November 2018.

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

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

A special meeting of the European Council (Art. 50) will take place on 25 November 2018 in the Europa building in Brussels. The press centre is located in the adjacent Justus Lipsius building.

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

The EU issued a declaration expressing its concern about recent political developments in Tanzania.

At the press conference following the 7th EU-South Africa summit held in Brussels, President Tusk highlighted multilateralism, the rules based world order, trade and migration as common challenges. He said he had updated President Ramaphosa on Brexit negotiations.

President Donald Tusk, President Jean-Claude Juncker and President Cyril Ramaphosa, met in Brussels for the 7th Summit EU-South Africa, and issued a joint statement.

President Donald Tusk met Michel Barnier and received a copy of the Draft Agreement on the withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union

EU ambassadors agreed the Council's position on a proposal for a regulation which will strengthen the security of identity cards of EU citizens and of residence documents issued to EU citizens and their non-EU family members.

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

The Stabilisation and Association Council (SA Council) between Albania and the European Union held its tenth meeting on 14 November 2018.

EU ambassadors gave the presidency a mandate to negotiate with the Parliament an amendment to rules on the assessment of ship inspection organisations to secure business continuity following Brexit.

The EU is strengthening the cooperation and coordination between liaison officers deployed to third countries by member states or the EU to deal with immigration-related issues.

The EU is adapting its rules on the type-approval for a wide range of light motor vehicles with two, three or four wheels to take account of the latest scientific data. EU ambassadors today confirmed an agreement reached with the European Parliament.

President Donald Tusk delivered a speech in Łódź (Poland) at the Freedom Games event

Declaration by the High Representative Federica Mogherini on behalf of the EU on the "elections" planned in the so-called "Luhansk People's Republic" and "Donetsk People's Republic" for 11 November 2018