Europäische Union

The Council placed 7 additional individuals under restrictive measures for serious human rights violations in Myanmar/Burma.

The Council extended the mandate of the EUNAVFOR MED Operation Sophia until 31 March 2019.

The EU's flagship programme for nature and biodiversity conservation as well as climate action is set to continue beyond 2020.

The Council has agreed on a general approach to set CO2 emission standards for heavy-duty vehicles.

A joint press statement was issued after the 8th meeting of the Association Council between the EU and Egypt.

The EU is establishing its future space policy programme for the years 2021-2027. EU ambassadors meeting in Coreper on 19 December agreed on the Council's position on the draft regulation on an EU space programme. This position enables negotiations to begin with the European Parliament.

Creative Europe: Council agrees its position for 2021-2027

More accessible products and services for EU citizens: Presidency reaches provisional agreement with the European Parliament

The .eu governance rules are being revised, and today EU ambassadors endorsed the provisional deal on this reform.

The agreed Cybersecurity Act was approved by member states, including EU-wide cybersecurity certification and a permanent EU Agency for Cybersecurity.

The EU is combating the dumping into the sea of rubbish from ships by providing incentives for ships to discharge their waste in ports.

The EU is taking measures to prevent the illegal trafficking of cultural goods. EU ambassadors meeting in Coreper today endorsed a provisional agreement with the European Parliament on a draft regulation which will prevent the import and storage in the EU of cultural goods illegally exported from a non-EU country.

The presidency reached an informal deal on a regulation which streamlines environmental reporting obligations and reduces administrative costs.

The Council confirmed today an agreement reached with the Parliament on the directive on insolvency, restructuring and second chance.

Provisional political agreement on new rules against unfair trading practices in the agri-food chain.

Unser letzter europäischer Wochenrückblick des Jahres

Wegen der milliardenschweren Zusagen der französischen Regierung an die "Gelbwesten" und der dadurch wachsenden Neuverschuldung fordert Haushaltskommissar Günther Oettinger ein Defizitverfahren.

Die EU-Außenminister haben einen neuen Pakt für das zivile Krisenmanagement verabschiedet. Ein wichtiger Schritt, der dieses Politikfeld aber noch nicht auf stabile Füße stellt, meinen Tobias Pietz und Judith Vorrath.

Eine angedachte Reform des EU-Strommarktes verankert das Recht für Verbraucher, ihren eigenen Strom in "Bürger-Energiegemeinschaften" zu erzeugen, zu verkaufen und zu teilen. Ein Wendepunkt?

Pestizidhersteller sind mit ihrem Versuch, Notfallzulassungen für Neonikotinoide zu erreichen, gescheitert. Agrarministerin Klöckner lehnt Neuzulassungen ab.