European Council

Technical briefing on Syria sanctions will be held on 27 May 2020.

Council adopts conclusions on raising opportunities for young people in rural and remote areas.

Council adopts conclusions in the area of culture

Council adopts conclusions on European teachers and trainers for the future.

These agreements will allow Frontex to assist Montenegro and Serbia in border management, carry out joint operations and deploy teams in the regions of these countries that border the EU, subject to the country's agreement.

At the press conference, President Charles Michel highlighted the main items discussed during the EU-Japan Leaders' meeting held by video conference.

Weekly schedule of President Charles Michel 9-15 March 2020

President Michel received the letters of credentials from four new ambassadors to the European Union.

Foreign Affairs Council ministers issued a statement on the crisis in Idlib and the situation at the EU external borders with Turkey.

The Council today adopted conclusions on air quality which give political guidance for further work to combat air pollution.

The EU is complying with the pledges made in the Paris Agreement. Today, the Council adopted the submission of the EU's mid-century, long-term objective to the United Nations

In his opening speech at the Centre for European Policy Studies - Ideas Lab 2020, President Michel outlined his vision for the single currency and how the euro could play a more prominent role internationally.

The Council extended the asset freezes directed against certain persons responsible for the misappropriation of Ukrainian State funds until 6 March 2021.

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

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

Statement on the situation at the EU's external borders

European Council President Charles Michel met President of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdoğan in Ankara and discussed the migration situation at EU's borders and the crisis in Syria.

On 4 March 2020, the Eurogroup held a conference call together with non-euro area members on the situation with the coronavirus outbreak (COVID-19).

Remarks by Mário Centeno following the Eurogroup conference call on the economic and financial impacts of COVID-19 outbreak.

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