They are appointed on permanent contracts. Permanent EU officials make up most of our workforce at the Council. To become an ...

President of the European Council, António Costa, will travel to Ankara (Türkiye) on 7 and 8 July. On Tuesday, he will attend ...

Congratulations to our friends and partners in the United States of America on the 250th anniversary of your independence. On ...

Press briefing ahead of the upcoming Eurogroup meeting of 9 July will take place on Tuesday 7 July 2026 at 15.30.

The EU and Japan, representing a population of over 570 million people, together account for almost a quarter of global GDP and almost 20% of global trade in goods and services counted together. Trade ...

The Council imposed restrictive measures on six Russian individuals involved in the development of chemical weapons, notably ...

The EU welcomes the framework agreement signed by Lebanon and Israel in Washington, which calls for the disarmament of Hezbollah enabling the IDF to progressively redeploy out of the Lebanese ...

The measure intends to protect children by allowing online providers to voluntarily detect, report and remove child sexual ...

In reaction to the energy crisis that was sparked in 2022 by Russia's invasion of Ukraine and weaponisation of Europe's gas supplies, the EU took measures to increase gas reserves. In the following ...

Kyriakos Pierrakakis, President of the Eurogroup, attended the Rencontres Économiques in Aix-en-Provences. He spoke at the plenary session 'One World, Clashing Visions: Who Sets the Standards?'.

Ukraine's future EU membership is at the heart of the EU's political support. In addition to providing humanitarian, military ...