European Council

Eurogroup President Kyriakos Pierrakakis will represent the Eurogroup at the Annual Meetings of the IMF and World Bank Group in Bangkok, Thailand.

Council approves conclusions on inclusive democratic participation, and societal and community resilience.

The EU and Montenegro provisionally closed accession negotiations on economic and monetary policy (chapter 17), statistics (chapter 18) and social policy and employment (chapter 19).

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

The second annual EU-UK Summit after the UK’s withdrawal from the EU will take place in Brussels on 20 November 2026.

The Council approved conclusions on the EU’s main negotiating positions ahead of the United Nations climate change (COP31) and biodiversity (COP17) summits.

President of the European Council, António Costa, delivered a speech at the opening session of the 24th edition of the European Week of Regions and Cities in Brussels, on 12 October 2026.

The Council adopted restrictive measures against three individuals and four entities supporting North Korea’s weapons of mass destruction programmes and violating UN sanctions, including through Russia-DPRK cooperation.

The Council has established the EU Support Mission in Lebanon (EUSM Lebanon) to strengthen the Lebanese Armed Forces and Internal Security Forces and support stability in the country.

The Council has adopted restrictive measures against 826 Russian companies and 743 individuals active in Russia’s military-industrial complex in single largest set of listings since the beginning of Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine.

The Council has adopted restrictive measures against 77 individuals who were involved -as either candidates or members of the Central Election Commission of the Russian Federation- in the illegal so-called 'elections' for the Russian State Duma, held in September 2026 in the territories of Ukraine that Russia has temporarily and illegally occupied.

The press briefing will take place on Tuesday, 13 October 2026 at 14.30.

The Council has prolonged the application of the framework for restrictive measures against the proliferation and use of chemical weapons for five years, until 30 October 2031, and the validity of individual listings within that framework, for one year until 30 October 2027.

The Council formally adopted the regulation establishing the programme for agile and rapid defence innovation (AGILE), a new €115 million programme designed to support small and medium-sized enterprises developing emerging and disruptive defence products.

International Criminal Court: Statement by the High Representative on behalf of the EU following the announcement of US sanctions.

European Council President, António Costa, had a meeting with Prime Minister of the Netherlands, Rob Jetten, on 9 October 2026, in the Hague. The meeting is part of President Costa's annual "Tour des Capitales".

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

Weekly schedule of President António Costa, 12-18 October 2026.

Press conference and technical briefing on the MFF will take place on 10 October at 11.00. 

The Council adopted targeted amendments to the market stability reserve (MSR) under the EU’s emissions trading system for the buildings, road transport and additional sectors (ETS2).