European Council

Overview of the main subjects to be discussed at meetings of the Council of the EU over the next two weeks and upcoming media events.

EU member states’ representatives endorsed the provisional agreement between the Council and the European Parliament’s negotiators on a new law to safeguard media freedom in the EU.

The Council and Parliament reached a provisional agreement to strengthen the CO2 emission standards for heavy-duty vehicles and increase the share of zero-emission vehicles in the EU-wide heavy-duty vehicle fleet.

Paschal Donohoe, President of the Eurogroup, is travelling to Davos to attend the Annual Meeting of the World Economic Forum on 18 January 2024.

Today, the Council and the Parliament reached a provisional agreement on parts of the anti-money laundering package, which aims to protect EU citizens and the EU's financial system against money laundering and terrorist financing.

Press briefing ahead of the upcoming Agriculture and Fisheries Council will take place on 19 January 2024 at 13.30.

Press briefing ahead of the upcoming Foreign Affairs Council will take place on 19 January 2024 at 14.30.

The EU issued a statement on the latest developments in case of Alexei Navalny and other political prisoners in Russia.

The Council added one individual to the list of those subject to restrictive measures against ISIL (Da'esh) and Al-Qaeda.

The Council added one individual to the EU terrorist list.

Remarks by Eurogroup President Paschal Donohoe after the Eurogroup meeting of 15 January in Brussels.

Weekly schedule of President Charles Michel, 15-21 January 2024

Yemen: Statement by the High Representative on behalf of the EU welcoming the UN Security Council resolution strongly condemning Houthi attacks on Red Sea shipping.

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

The Council established a new dedicated framework for restrictive measures in view of the gravity of the situation in Guatemala.

President Michel received letters of credentials from one new ambassador to the European Union.

Press briefing ahead of the Economic and Financial Affairs Council will take place on 15 January at 10.00. The briefing will be "off the record".

Member states’ EU ambassadors have agreed on the Council’s partial negotiating mandate on the proposed Strategic Technologies for Europe Platform designed to support investments in critical technologies in the EU.

The Council approved a partial negotiating mandate on a proposal to set up the Ukraine Facility, a new dedicated financing instrument to support Ukraine's recovery, reconstruction and modernisation, while supporting its efforts to carry out reforms as part of its accession path to the EU.

The EU issued a statement taking note of the outcome of the Parliamentary elections in Bangladesh and regretting that not all major parties participated in it.