European Council

This meeting will focus on the EU response to the COVID-19 pandemic and it comes as a follow-up to the video conference held on 29 October.

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

Members of the EEA Council issued a joint statement after the video conference of 18 November 2020.

REACT-EU, an emergency legislative initiative, will release €47.5 billion to help the recovery of the hardest hit member states and regions.

The Council has backed the so-called lobster deal that will scrap customs duties on imports of US lobsters, in a move to improve transatlantic trade relations.

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

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

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

The Council adopted conclusions on the role of regulatory sandboxes and experimentation clauses

Press briefings on video conferences of foreign affairs ministers of 19 November and defence ministers of 20 November 2020.

The Council adopted conclusions setting out how recovery from the COVID-19 crisis can be used as leverage for a more dynamic, resilient and competitive European industry.

Media advisory - Video conference of European affairs ministers of 17 November 2020

Weekly schedule of President Charles Michel 16-22 November 2020

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

EU home affairs ministers issued a joint statement on the recent terrorist attacks in Europe:

Press briefing organised ahead of the video conference of European affairs ministers of 17 November 2020.

President Charles Michel participated via video conference in the ASEAN Business and Investment summit 2020 under the Vietnamese chairmanship of ASEAN.

The Year of Rail 2021 will promote railways as a safe, sustainable and innovative mode of transport, which is capable of guaranteeing essential services even during unexpected crises.

Dans son intervention au Forum de Paris sur la paix, le président Charles Michel a soulignées les leçons tirées de la pandémie du COVID-19 et la volonté de mobilisation de l'Union européenne face à la menace terroriste.

Press briefing on video conferences of internal market and industry ministers on 19 November and space ministers of 20 November 2020