European Council

The Council today approved a new law to promote the availability of data and build a trustworthy environment to facilitate their use.

Press briefing ahead of Eurogroup meeting will take place on 18 May 2022 at 14.00.

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

Coreper agrees a negotiating mandate for the proposal to amend the European standardisation regulation

Weekly schedule of President Charles Michel 16 – 22 May 2022.

The Council and the European Parliament have agreed on measures for a high common level of cybersecurity across the Union.

On 13 May 2022, in the margins of the EU-Japan summit, President Michel visited the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum.

President Charles Michel presented the main topics discussed during the summit EU-Japan summit held with Prime Minister Fumio Kishida.

On 12 May 2022, at the summit in Tokyo, EU and Japan adopted a joint statement.

Member states today agreed on a negotiating mandate for the 2030 policy programme ‘Path to the Digital Decade’.

On 11 May 2022, the Council reached a mandate for negotiations with the European Parliament on a proposal on gas storage.

Press briefings ahead of Foreign Affairs Council and Foreign Affairs Council (Defence) will take place on 13 May 2022 at 14:00 and 15:00 respectively.

The co-legislators reached a provisional agreement on the Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA) which will strengthen the IT security of financial entities such as banks, insurance companies and investment firms.

The EU issued a declaration on behalf of the EU condemning the recent vicious attack against peaceful protestors in Colombo, Sri Lanka, which triggered further violence after a month of peaceful demonstrations.

The EU issued a declaration strongly condemning the malicious cyber activity conducted by the Russian Federation against Ukraine, which targeted the satellite KA-SAT network, operated by Viasat.

On 9 May 2022, President Charles Michel visited Odesa, where he met with Prime Minister of Ukraine Denys Shmyhal. They held a video conference with President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy, who joined them from Kyiv.

On 9 May 2022, President Charles Michel visited Odesa, where he met with Prime Minister of Ukraine Denys Shmyhal.

On 9 May 2022, President Charles Michel delivered his Europe Day statement in Odesa, where he highlighted the EU's solidarity with Ukraine.

G7 Leaders’ Statement, 8 May 2022

The EU issued a declaration on the Chief Executive election held on 8 May in Hong Kong, regretting that the selection process violated democratic principles and political pluralism, and calling on Chinese and Hong Kong authorities to elect the Chief Executive and members of the Legislative Council by universal suffrage.