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EU asylum agency: Council Presidency and European Parliament reach provisional agreement

The Council presidency and European Parliament representatives reached a provisional agreement on an EU asylum agency regulation.

Farming ministers confirm CAP reform deal

EU farming ministers have accepted the provisional deal struck with the European Parliament last Friday on the key elements of the common…

Surcharge-free roaming – Council agrees its position on continuation and revision of the policy

The EU is preparing a law to ensure that people can continue to make calls, send text messages and surf on the web while travelling in…

EU’s flagship programme Connecting Europe Facility 2.0 adopted by the Council

The Council adopted the EU’s Connecting Europe Facility 2.0 (CEF 2.0) programme, worth €33.71 billion, to fund the development of high…

Council agrees on new rules for cross-border energy infrastructure

The Council today reached a general approach on the revision of the Trans-European Networks for Energy (TEN-E) Regulation.

Russia: Declaration by the High Representative

Declaration by the High Representative on behalf of the European Union on the ruling to label Alexei Navalny’s organisation and his…

Final green light for the new financial instrument to support the EU's external action

The European Parliament and the Council of the European Union, represented by the Portuguese Presidency, signed the regulation establishing…

COVID-19: Council approves conclusions on the impact of the pandemic on internal security and terror

The Council approved two sets of conclusions on the impact of the pandemic, one on internal security and a second on the threat posed by…

EU bans Belarusian carriers from its airspace and airports

The Council decided to strengthen the existing restrictive measures in view of the situation in Belarus by introducing a ban on the…

Public country-by-country reporting by big multinationals

Representatives of the Portuguese presidency of the Council reached a provisional political agreement with the European Parliament’s…