European Council

The meeting of the European Council will take place on 18 October 2018 in the Europa building in Brussels. The press centre is located in the Justus Lipsius building.

The representatives of the governments of the member states appointed a judge to the Court of Justice of the European Union.

In this report, President Donald Tusk looks back at the work of the European Council, where the leaders of the European Union meet, from May 2016 to June 2018.

EU ambassadors endorsed, on behalf of the Council, a mandate for negotiations on the proposal amending the EU civil protection mechanism.

President Tusk received the letters of credentials from two new ambassadors to the European Union.

Weekly schedule of President Donald Tusk 23-29 July 2018

During his meeting with Prime Minister Bakhtadze, President Tusk confirmed the EU determination to further deepen the cooperation between EU and Georgia.

High Representative Federica Mogherini issued a declaration on behalf of the EU on President Omar Al-Bashir visit to Russia on 14 July 2018.

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

Declaration by the High Representative on behalf of the European Union on the alignment of certain third countries with Council Decision (CFSP) 2018/880 of 18 June 2018 amending Decision 2014/386/CFSP concerning restrictive measures in response to the illegal annexation of Crimea and Sevastopol

Declaration by the High Representative on behalf of the European Union on the alignment of certain third countries with Council Decision (CFSP) 2018/901 of 25 June 2018 amending Decision (CFSP) 2017/2074 concerning restrictive measures in view of the situation in Venezuela

Declaration by the High Representative on behalf of the European Union on the alignment of certain third countries with Council Decision (CFSP) 2018/900 of 25 June 2018 amending Decision 2013/184/CFSP concerning restrictive measures against Myanmar/Burma

Declaration by the High Representative on behalf of the European Union on the alignment of certain third countries with Council Decision (CFSP) 2018/833 of 4 June 2018 amending Decision 2010/413/CFSP concerning restrictive measures against Iran

On 18 July, EU ambassadors confirmed the agreement reached with the Parliament to increase the budget of the structural reform support programme by €80 million.

Declaration by the High Representative on behalf of the European Union on the occasion of the fourth anniversary of the downing of Malaysian Airlines Flight MH17

Following the second EU-CELAC ministerial meeting, participants adopted a declaration.

Donald Tusk, President of the European Council, Jean-Claude Juncker, President of the European Commission and Shinzo Abe, Prime Minister of Japan, met in Tokyo for the 25th Summit between the EU and Japan and issued the following statement.

During the press conference after the summit in Tokyo, President Donald Tusk highlighted the strong relations and partnership between the European Union and Japan.

At the press conference of the summit, held in Beijing, President Tusk presented the main topics the leaders discussed during their meeting.

Declaration by the High Representative, Federica Mogherini, on behalf of the European Union on the occasion of the Day of International Criminal Justice, 17 July 2018.