Senegal and the EU have developped a close partnership which includes a structured political dialogue, strong trade relations, a fisheries agreement, and technical and financial cooperation in support of the country’s populations. It involves a sustained partnership as much with government authorities and public institutions as with civil society and the private sector.
EU Finance Ministers of the eurozone are meeting on 7 April 2017 in Valletta to be briefed on progress achieved in the second review of Greece's economic adjustment programme and on the second post-programme review in Cyprus. It is discussing how to boost investment in the euro area and hearing annual reports by the banking union's supervisory and resolution authorities.
The Informal meeting of EU Competitiveness Ministers takes place on 6 April 2017, in Valletta, Malta.
Awareness-raising side event dedicated to the famine in the Horn of Africa on the sidelines of the Brussels Conference on 5 April 2017, in Brussels.
Donald TUSK, President of the European Council, visits Greece on 5 April 2017.
The European Union, Germany, Kuwait, Norway, Qatar, the United Kingdom and the United Nations co-chair the Brussels Conference on Supporting the future of Syria and the region, on 5 April 2017.
The European Union's commitment to effective multilateralism, with the United Nations at its core, is a central element of its external action.
Donald TUSK, President of the European Council, visits Bulgaria on 4 April 2017.
EU Ministers of Employment, Social policy and Health meet for an Informal session on 3 and 4 April 2017 in Valletta, Malta.
Donald TUSK, President of the European Council, visits Slovenia on 3 April 2017.
Donald TUSK, President of the European Council, visits the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia on 3 April 2017.
Donald TUSK, President of the European Council, presents the draft negotiating guidelines on Brexit to the 27 EU leaders.
EU Foreign Affairs ministers meet on 3 April 2017 in Luxembourg to discuss the situation in Syria, in Libya and in Yemen.
The "European Union-NATO Declaration on the European Security and Defence Policy (ESDP)" and the "Berlin Plus" arrangements are the basic documents for the EU-NATO strategic partnership.
EU Ministers of Agriculture and Fisheries meet on 3 April 2017 in Luxembourg.
UK Brexit notification (article 50)
Georgia is a priority country within the Eastern Partnership initiative and the wider European Neighbourhood Policy, launched in 2004 with the objective of bringing the enlarged EU and its neighbours closer to each other and to enhance prosperity, stability and security of all of those concerned. It has helped to build ties in new areas of cooperation and encouraged Georgia’s objective of further approximation with European structures.
The EU is moving steadily towards enhancement of its relationship with Iraq and is committed to a long term, mutually beneficial relationship. The general focus of EU support is on helping Iraq to better use its own resources, through capacity building activities in the areas of good governance; socio-economic recovery through education and strengthening institutional capacity; water management and agriculture.
The Association Agreement between Jordan and the EU entered into force in May 2002. Beyond this agreement, cooperation with Jordan has been regulated since 2005 by an action plan within the framework of the European Neighbourhood Policy (ENP).
EU Ministers of Justice and Home Affairs meet on 27 and 28 March 2017 in Brussels to discuss return policy and the implementation of migration policy, and to be updated on ongoing work on legislative proposals on the supply of digital content as well as in the field of financial crime and terrorist financing. Ministers are also to come back to the topic of criminal justice in cyberspace.