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EU to speed up permitting process for renewable energy projects

EU energy ministers today agreed on the content of a Council regulation laying down a temporary framework to accelerate the permit-granting…

Cohesion policy: Council approves conclusions taking stock of implementation

The Council approved conclusions on cohesion policy, providing a general assessment of its role in fostering regional development in the EU…

Council gives go-ahead to EU budget for 2023

The Council approved the joint text on the EU’s general budget for 2023 which it had agreed in negotiations with the European Parliament on…

DPRK/North Korea: Statement by the High Representative

The EU strongly condemns the DPRK’s launch of an intercontinental ballistic missile that landed in Japan’s Exclusive Economic Zone on 18…

EU concludes EU Integrated Resolve 2022 exercise

The EU has concluded the EU Integrated Resolve 2022, a joint exercise co-led by the Council of the European Union, the European Commission…

Council authorises the opening of negotiations with four Western Balkans partners on Frontex

The Council decided to authorise the opening of negotiations with Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro and Serbia to broaden…

Cybersecurity at the EU institutions, bodies, offices and agencies: Council adopts its position

The Council adopted its position on a draft regulation aimed at ensuring a high common level of cybersecurity across the EU institutions,…

Council and European Parliament agree on boosting secure communications with a new satellite system

The Council and the European Parliament reached a provisional agreement on a regulation establishing the EU's secure connectivity programme…

Statement by the High Representative on behalf of the EU on the explosion in Poland

The European Union expresses its unwavering unity, resolve and full solidarity with Poland and the Polish people following the missile…

G20 Bali Leaders’ Declaration

Fourteen years ago, the Leaders of the G20 met for the first time, facing the most severe financial crisis in our generation.