Press Releases

On 9 December 2025 the President of the European Council, António Costa, will visit Ireland to meet with the Taoiseach, Micheál Martin. The visit to Dublin is part of President Costa’s “Tour des Capitales”, to gather the views of EU leaders and to discuss the main political priorities and working methods of the European Council. During their meeting, the two leaders will focus on key topics of ...
Read More

The President of the European Council, António Costa, together with the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, will represent the EU at the first EU-Jordan summit taking place in Amman on 8 January 2026. King Abdullah II will represent Jordan. The summit will focus on bilateral relations and further deepening the political and economic partnership, as set out in the EU-Jord...
Read More

The Eurogroup will discuss macroeconomic developments and exchange views with the International Monetary Fund on euro area policies. Additionally, ministers will discuss draft budgetary plans and prospects for the euro area, based on the European Commission’s opinions. Ministers will also select their new President for the next two and a half years.       ...
Read More

The Council and the European Parliament reached a provisional agreement on a modernised policy framework to support a competitive, resilient and future-orientated EU wine sector. The updated measures are designed to better balance supply and demand, reinforce climate adaptation, simplify and harmonise labelling practices, encourage innovation, expand planting flexibility, and stimulate rural ec...
Read More

I want to start by thanking President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev for his warm welcome and kind hospitality here in Astana. It is a real honour to visit your country. My presence here reflects our intensified engagement with Kazakhstan, and our shared ambition to bring this partnership to an even higher level. The cooperation between the European Union and Central Asia is entering a new phase of deep...
Read More

On 3 and 4 December, High Representative/Vice-President (HR/VP) Kaja Kallas will be in Vienna, Austria.  On 3 December, the HR/VP will attend a meeting of Ministers of Foreign Affairs and heads of delegations, hosted by the Chairperson of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE). On 4 December, HR/VP Kallas will meet with the Chancellor of Austria, Christian Stocker and F...
Read More

On 3 and 4 December 2025, the President of the European Council António Costa will travel to Astana, Kazakhstan to strengthen the European Union’s engagement with Central Asia. President Costa will meet with President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev and mark the 10th anniversary of the signing of the Enhanced Partnership and Cooperation Agreement (EPCA) between Kazakhstan and the EU, as well as the launch o...
Read More

EU health ministers met in Brussels to discuss the critical medicines act. Over lunch, they also exchanged views on the impact of novel tobacco and nicotine products on children and young people. View meeting page
Read More

Good day, everybody. Dear Minister, Dear Ararat, Thank you for being here in Brussels. Today we had very good discussions on many different areas, EU and Armenia cooperation is only getting better with age. Today, we adopted a new strategic agenda for the EU-Armenia partnership, and this is a shared ambition to work on many more areas together. This includes your own reforms, including strengt...
Read More

The Council has agreed its position on a new regulation that seeks to strengthen the EU’s resilience in the face of ongoing challenges to security of supply of critical medicines in Europe. The critical medicines act (CMA) aims to tackle shortages in key medicines such as antibiotics, insulin and painkillers by improving security of supply and availability in the EU. The new rules incentivis...
Read More