European Council

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

The Council adopted its position on a decision inviting member states to ratify the ILO Violence and Harassment Convention.

The Council gives its green light on a new EU law that will boost the digital information exchange in terrorism cases between national authorities and Eurojust.

The Council agreed to the Commission’s proposal to provide a total of €454.8 million in disaster relief aid to Romania and Italy, to repair damage inflicted by natural disasters in 2022, and to Türkiye, in relation to the earthquakes in February 2023. The assistance will come from the EU’s 2023 budget.

The Council imposed a tenth package of restrictive measures on four individuals and six entities responsible for serious human rights violations in Iran.

Remarks by Eurogroup President Paschal Donohoe after the Eurogroup meeting of 15 September 2023 in Santiago de Compostela.

The representatives of member states' governments appointed Mr Saulius Lukas Kalėda and Ms Louise Spangsberg Grønfeldt as judges to the General Court.

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

The EU issued a statement on the 1st anniversary of the killing of Mahsa Amini while in custody of the Iranian morality police.

The Eurogroup gave its support to the candidacy of Piero Cipollone to become the new member of the European Central Bank's Executive Board.

Weekly schedule of President Charles Michel, 17-24 September 2023

The Council prolonged EU sanctions targeting those responsible for undermining or threatening Ukraine's territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence for another six months, until 15 March 2024.

Press briefing ahead of the upcoming Agriculture and Fisheries Council will take place on 15 September 2023 at 14.00.

Press briefing ahead of the upcoming General Affairs Council will take place on 18 September 2023 at 9.00.

Statement by the spokesperson of Charles Michel, President of the European Council, regarding Armenia and Azerbaijan - 12 September 2023

The EU issued a statement strongly condemning the holding of illegitimate so-called “elections” in the Autonomous Republic of Crimea and the City of Sevastopol and in parts of the Donetsk, Luhansk, Zaporizhzhia and Kherson regions of Ukraine on 8-10 September, and stating that the EU does not and will not recognise their results.

Readout of the meeting between President Charles Michel and China's Prime Minister LI Qiang in New Delhi on 10 September 2023.

Weekly schedule of President Charles Michel, 9-17 September 2023

European Union leaders wrote a joint letter of condolences following the earthquake of 8 September 2023.

G20 New Delhi Leaders’ Declaration, India, 9-10 September 2023.