European Council

European Council President Charles Michel addressed the annual EU Ambassadors' conference, which brings together ambassadors from the EU delegations and offices around the world.

Media advisory and press arrangements for the upcoming Eastern Partnership Summit of 15 December 2021

Press briefing ahead of the Foreign Affairs Council of 13 December will take place on 10 December 2021 at 14.00.

The fourth meeting of the Stabilisation and Association Council between the European Union and Kosovo took place on 7 December 2021 in Brussels.

The Council today reached agreement on a proposal to update EU rules on rates of value added tax (VAT). The new rules will grant member states more flexibility in the application of reduced rates and exemptions and create a level playing field between member states. The rules will also phase out preferential treatments for environmentally harmful goods.

European Council President Charles Michel addressed the annual conference of the European Defence Agency "Innovation in European Defence"

Press briefing ahead of Transport, Telecommunications and Energy Council (Transport) will take place on Wednesday 8 December 2021 at 13.30.

Le président du Conseil européen Charles Michel s'est rendu à Dakar, Sénégal, pour participer au Forum sur le développement et la sécurité en Afrique.

EU to designate 2022 as the European Year of Youth.

At the press conference following the Eurogroup meeting, President Paschal Donohoe underlined the main topics of the discussions, including the economic situation in the euro area, Greece's progress with reform implementation and its macro-economic outlook and member states' draft budgetary plans for 2022.

The Eurogroup discussed Greece’s progress with reform implementation and its macro-economic outlook, on the basis of the twelfth enhanced surveillance report published on 24 November. On that basis it agreed to release a further tranche of debt relief for Greece worth €767 million.

The Eurogroup issued a statement on the economic and fiscal situation of the euro area member states.

The Council today agreed on its position on a draft law on pay transparency which will help to tackle the existing pay discrimination at work and contribute to closing the gender pay gap.

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

The EU issued a declaration on the situation in Myanmar/Burma strongly condemning the politically motivated verdict against President Win Myint, State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi and Mayor Myo Aung.

The Council today agreed its position on a Commission proposal for an EU law on adequate minimum wages in the EU.

Council prolongs sanction regime against human rights violations

Weekly schedule of President Charles Michel 4 - 12 December 2021

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

The Ministers of Home Affairs and Justice of Slovenia, representing the Presidency of the Council of the EU, together with the European Commission, met on 1-3 December 2021 with their counterparts from the Western Balkans at the annual EU-Western Balkans Ministerial Forum on Justice and Home Affairs.