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EU member states agree to extend temporary protection for refugees from Ukraine

The Council voiced its unanimous support for a proposal to extend the temporary protection for the more than 4 million Ukrainians fleeing…

Commission advances on the modernisation of EU-Switzerland relations

The European Commission takes a significant step to strengthen and expand the relationship between the EU and Switzerland.

Israel/Iran: Statement by the High Representative

The European Union is following very closely the situation in the Middle East and expresses its deepest concern at the dangerous escalation…

Council and European Parliament reach deal to make cross-border GDPR

The Council, represented by the Polish presidency of the Council of the EU, and the European Parliament secured a provisional deal on a new…

Russia's illegal annexation of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol

The Council decided to renew the sanctions introduced by the EU in response to the illegal annexation of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol…

Council and European Parliament secure a deal on rules about the suspension of visa-free travel

The Council and the European Parliament (EP) settled on an update of the mechanism that allows the EU to suspend visa-free travel for…

Council adopts position on the recycling of vehicles at the end of their life

The Council has adopted its position on the end-of-life vehicles (ELV) regulation, which sets requirements to ensure that new vehicles are…

Commission proposes gradual phase-out of Russian gas and oil imports into the EU

The EU will gradually and effectively stop the import of Russian gas and oil by the end of 2027, under a legislative proposal put forward…

Commission proposes simplification to speed up defence investments in the EU

The European Commission proposes measures to speed up defence investments and production to make the EU more responsive to today's security…

Council and Parliament strike a deal to improve transparency of funding

The Council presidency and the European Parliament’s negotiators reached a provisional agreement on changes to the statute and funding of…