European Council

Weekly schedule of President Charles Michel, 28 January – 4 February 2024

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

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

Council adopts its negotiating position on the regulation to prohibit products made with forced labour on the Union market.

The press briefing will take place on Tuesday 30 January 2024 at 13.00

Press briefing ahead of the upcoming General Affairs Council will take place on 26 January 2024 at 15.30.

Today Council and European Parliament reached a provisional agreement to update the EU’s anti-trafficking law and to add forced marriage, illegal adoption and surrogacy as types of exploitation covered by the directive.

The 10th meeting of the Association Council of the European Union and Egypt took place in Brussels on 23 January 2023. The event marks the 20th anniversary since the Association Agreement entered into force in 2004 and confirmed the robust and multifaceted partnership between the two parties.

The Council formally adopted a regulation to modernise and simplify the structure of fees paid to the European Medicines Agency

Council and Parliament strike deal on the regulation for digital labelling of fertilising products.

The Council imposed restrictive measures on six persons and five entities in view of the gravity of the situation in Syria.

Weekly schedule of President Charles Michel, 22-28 January 2024

The Council listed 6 entities in its sanctions regime addressing the gravity of the situation in Sudan.

The Council approved conclusions on the priorities of the European Union in United Nations Fora in 2024.

The Council established a dedicated framework of restrictive measures to prevent actions on behalf or in support of Hamas and the Palestinian Islamic Jihad, and listed six individuals.

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.