President of the European Council António Costa travelled to Rome and gave a speech at the second plenary session of the Ukraine Recovery Conference on 10 July 2025.

Der Rat hat sich heute auf seinen Standpunkt zum Entwurf des EU-Haushaltsplans 2026 geeinigt. Insgesamt sind im Standpunkt ...

Today, the Council reached an agreement on its position on the 2026 EU draft budget. In total, the Council's position for next year's budget amounts to €186.24 billion in commitments and €186.49 ...

The EU’s fiscal rules limit how much member states’ governments can spend. That’s why the EU is allowing additional budgetary ...

The Eurogroup has elected Paschal Donohoe, Minister for Finance of Ireland, as its President for a third term.

The Council approved the Commission’s positive assessment of the amended recovery and resilience plans submitted by Austria, Belgium, Czechia, Denmark, Germany and Ireland.

Der Rat der EU Der Rat der EU ist das Organ, in dem die Regierungen der Mitgliedstaaten vertreten sind. Er wird informell auch EU-Rat oder Ministerrat genannt und ist das Gremium, in dem die ...

Le Conseil est un pôle de décision essentiel pour l'Union européenne; il est également chargé de coordonner les politiques, de définir la politique étrangère et de sécurité commune de l'UE, de ...

On 24-25 November 2025, the leaders of the European Union member states and the countries of the African Union will meet in Luanda, Angola for the seventh EU-African Union summit. This multilateral su ...

Today, the Council adopted its country-specific recommendations (CSRs) on the economic, social, employment, structural and budgetary policies of each member state. This step is part of the 2025 ...

The Council today opened a new excessive deficit procedure (EDP) concerning Austria, and revised Romania’s net expenditure path, in view of its lack of effective action.

The Council today activated the national escape clause under the Stability and Growth Pact (SGP) for 15 member states to help facilitate their transition to higher defence spending at national level w ...