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Parliament approved the appointment of Mairead McGuinness as Commissioner and Executive Vice-President Valdis Dombrovskis’s change of portfolio, on Wednesday.
Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs
Committee on International Trade

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New EU rules will allow European crowdfunding platforms to provide new opportunities for start-ups and investors.

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New EU rules will allow European crowdfunding platforms to provide new opportunities for start-ups and investors.

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REPORT on a European Parliament recommendation to the Council and the Vice-President of the Commission / High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy concerning the implementation and governance of Permanent Structured Cooperation (PESCO)
Committee on Foreign Affairs
Radosław Sikorski

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REPORT on a European Parliament recommendation to the Council, the Commission and the Vice-President of the Commission / High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy on relations with Belarus
Committee on Foreign Affairs
Petras Auštrevičius

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REPORT on the implementation of the EU Association Agreement with the Republic of Moldova
Committee on Foreign Affairs
Dragoş Tudorache

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Wednesday, 7 October

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Wednesday, 7 October

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At the press conference following the 22nd EU-Ukraine summit, President Charles Michel presented the topics of the discussions.

Charles Michel, President of the European Council, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, President of Ukraine, and Josep Borrell, Vice-President of the European Commission on behalf of Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission, met in Brussels today for the 22nd EU-Ukraine Summit and issued the following statement.

Media advisory - Video conference of ministers of home affairs, 8 October 2020

The 22nd summit between the European Union and Ukraine will take place in Brussels on Tuesday 6 October 2020. This is the first bilateral summit held in Brussels since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic.

European Council President Michel presented the conclusions of the Special European Council to the plenary of the European Parliament.

The Council added Anguilla and Barbados to the EU list of non-cooperative jurisdictions for tax purposes, and removed Cayman Islands and Oman from the list.

Remarks by Paschal Donohoe following the Eurogroup video conference of 5 October 2020 on ECB nomination, Eurogroup’s Work Programme, economic policies to support recovery and Greece.

On 5 October 2020, the Eurogroup adopted its work programme until June 2021, focusing on the economy, financial issues and the euro.

The Eurogroup gave its support to the candidacy of Frank Elderson to become the new member of the European Central Bank's executive board.

Main agenda items, approximate timing, public sessions and press opportunities.

President Charles Michel presented the outcome of the second day of the Special European Council of October and the Leaders' Agenda 2020-2021.