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The Council agreed its negotiating mandate on two regulations to implement the EU-US Joint Statement, eliminating or reducing import tariffs on certain US goods.

The Council has approved conclusions stressing the need to safeguard and promote culture in all its forms and Europe’s cultural heritage as crucial factors in building and maintaining democratic ...

Today, the Council and the European Parliament reached a provisional political agreement to bolster EU legislation on payment ...

The Council mandate reiterates the aim of providing a high level of protection of human health and the environment. It ...

The cat or dog will have to be registered in an EU database. Dogs and cats imported for the purpose of being placed on the ...

Foreign affairs ministers discussed the latest developments in the negotiations to end the Russian war of aggression against ...

The EU is stepping up its efforts to fight child sexual abuse. Today, EU member states' representatives agreed on the Council position on a regulation to prevent and combat child sexual abuse.

For more than four decades, ambassador João Vale de Almeida has been at the centre of global politics. As an EU Ambassador, ...

Today, the Council formally adopted the EU’s budget for 2026. This budget is the result of negotiations with the European ...

On November 25, 2025, the President of the European Council, António Costa, participated in the closing session of the EU-Africa Summit, held on November 24 and 25, 2025, in Luanda, Angola.

The meeting of the European Council will take place on 18 and 19 December 2025 in the Europa building in Brussels. It will be preceded by the EU-Western Balkans summit on 17 December 2025.