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- Charles Michel, President of the European Council
- Press releases
- Charles Michel on Iraq, the Middle East and Libya: 'EU will not cease its endeavours for stability'
- The three EU presidents meet at the Jean Monnet House to discuss the EU's future
- President in talks with leaders to agree the EU's next long-term budget
- EU and Western Balkans leaders meet to prepare their summit in Zagreb
- Europe wants a new, modern and forward-looking partnership with Africa
- EU and Western Balkans partners meet to prepare their summit in Zagreb
- President Michel calls a video conference with EU leaders on COVID-19
- "Europe, it's you, it's us, it's all of us together," says President Michel
- President Michel launches his newsletter to citizens
- Exceptional situation calls for exceptional measures
- "The EU will not turn a blind eye to the challenge of migration," says Charles Michel in Greece
- "We need the United Nations more than ever"
- "We need a Union of tests and vaccines," says President Michel in his newsletter
- Attacks against our fundamental values will never divide us
- Charles Michel in Egypt to strengthen common fight against terrorism
- "Our first duty is to safeguard our citizens"
- President Michel's first year in office
- "The crisis made us stronger," says President Charles Michel
- It’s good for our transatlantic alliance when both sides are stronger
- President Michel to address Munich security conference
- EU supports Ukraine's sovereignty and territorial integrity, says President Michel
- "Nobody will be safe until everybody is safe," says President Michel in Africa
- "Impatience with vaccinations is legitimate, but should not blind us," warns President Michel
- President Michel meets Prime Minister of Georgia
- "Tunisia has chosen democracy, pluralism and respect for individual freedom," says President Michel
- President Michel in Turkey: "Our engagement will be progressive, proportional and reversible"
- The political crisis is over, says President Michel in Georgia
- "If we want to be at peace with nature, we need to chase carbon from our business model," says President Michel
- President Michel committed to strengthening the EU-Africa partnership
- Georgia’s European Way
- President Michel meets Eastern Partnership leaders during South Caucasus visit
- G7 meeting on Afghanistan, 24 August 2021
- "The chaotic withdrawal in Afghanistan forces us to accelerate honest thinking about European defence"
- "European influence will be our greatest challenge in the coming years," says President Michel
- 'Elements for a doctrine': interview with 'Le Grand Continent'
- Trusted Connectivity: the European value proposition
- 'Women in Conflicts': a call to action to the global community
- President Michel attends the Paris Peace Forum
- President Charles Michel met with representatives from democratic Belarus
- The European way – growing stronger along our chosen path
- President Michel hosts working session to prepare EU-Africa Summit
- 'A threat against Ukraine is a threat against Europe'
- First technology transfer of mRNA vaccines: Working together to build new solutions
- Sweden/Finland visit: Full support for NATO membership, says President Michel
- Speeches by Charles Michel
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- Donald Tusk, former president of the European Council, 2014-2019
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- EU-US leaders' meeting
- President Donald Tusk in Ljubljana, Skopje, Sofia and Athens
- European Union commemorates the victims of Brussels attacks
- President Tusk calls a European Council on Brexit for 29 April
- President Tusk and US vice president Pence pledge transatlantic unity
- Tusk and US vice-president to meet for talks on EU-US relations
- Meeting with the Prime Minister of Montenegro, 26 January 2017
- Visit to Germany, 24 January 2017
- Report to the European Parliament, 18 January 2017
- Visit to Malta, 11 January 2017
- Meeting with the Prime Minister of New Zealand, 10 January 2017
- European Council, 15 December 2016
- EU-Ukraine summit, 24 November 2016
- Meeting with Prime Minister of Georgia, 1 December 2016
- Meeting with President of Tunisia, 1 December 2016
- Statement on the outcome of the elections in the United States, 9 November 2016
- EU-Canada summit, 30 October 2016
- European Council, 20-21 October 2016
- Visit to Germany, 10 October 2016
- Brussels Conference on Afghanistan, 5 October 2016
- G20 summit, Hangzhou, China, 4-5 September 2016
- Consultations ahead of the Bratislava summit
- Informal meeting of the 27 heads of state or government, Bratislava, 16 September 2016
- Visit to Ukraine, 28-29 September 2016
- UN General Assembly, New York, 18-22 September 2016
- Tusk on tour to prepare the informal summit
- The truth is: trade wars are bad and easy to loose, says Tusk
- Despite Trump, the West must stay united, writes Tusk ahead of the G7 summit
- Tusk on tour ahead of the European Council
- Multilateral cooperation and managing Brexit among Tusk's priorities for this autumn
- Tusk and al-Sisi agree to hold the EU-League of Arab States summit in February 2019
- EU leaders at the G20 urge to investigate the Khashoggi case
- Bridges are more important than walls, says Tusk in Dortmund
- Brexit: Tusk urges UK to clarify intentions
- Brexit: Tusk and May agree to continue talks
- Tusk in Ukraine for the Euromaidan anniversary
- Tusk on tour ahead of the European Council
- President Donald Tusk's remarks at the European Parliament following the Notre-Dame tragedy
- 1 May: EU enlargement anniversary
- Donald Tusk's visit to Central Asia
- Donald Tusk met Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Ukraine's new president
- President Tusk runs consultations for EU's top jobs
- Wake up before it’s too late, warns President Tusk in Nagasaki
- President Tusk in eastern Ukraine: “The tragedy continues”
- Tusk in Tirana: "There will be no stable and safe Europe without the integration of all the Balkans in the EU"
- Charles Michel takes over from Donald Tusk as President of the European Council
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- Ad Hoc Working Party on the follow-up to the Council Conclusions on Cyprus of 26 April 2004
- Ad Hoc Working Party on the Cooperation and Verification Mechanism for Bulgaria and Romania
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- Ad hoc Working Party on the Middle East Peace Process (COMEP)
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- Horizontal Working Party on Cyber Issues (Cyber)
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- Working Party on the United Kingdom
- Working Party on Non-Proliferation and Arms Exports
- Working Party on Structural Measures and Outermost Regions (SMOR)
- Working Party on Maritime Issues
- Working Party on Animals and Veterinary Questions
- Working Party on International Food and Agricultural Questions
- Working Party on Fisheries Policy
- Working Party on Horizontal Agriculture Questions
- Working Party on Agricultural Products
- Working Party on JHA Information Exchange (IXIM)
- Ad hoc Working Party on the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (AHWP CBAM)
- Ad hoc Working Party on the Social Climate Fund (AHWP SCF)
- Ad hoc Working Party on the risk of deforestation and forest degradation associated with products placed on the EU market (AHWP DF)
- Presidency of the Council
Eurogroup
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- News
- Interview with Eurogroup President Mário Centeno in Corriere Della Sera, 14 September 2018
- Speech by the Eurogroup President at the European Parliamentary Week, 19 February 2019
- Jeroen Dijsselbloem speaks at "The Economist Events" in Athens
- Jeroen Dijsselbloem visits Washington
- Jeroen Dijsselbloem to advise the ESM
- Jeroen Dijsselbloem to remain Eurogroup president until January 2018
- Jeroen Dijsselbloem visits Athens
- Dijsselbloem attends the forum of the European House-Ambrosetti
- President Dijsselbloem participates in German Banking Congress
- Speech at Europe Calling summit in Maastricht, 9 December
- Jeroen Dijsselbloem: why I disagree with Joseph Stiglitz
- Eurogroup President Jeroen Dijsselbloem at the European Parliament
- Eurogroup President at the European Parliament
- Speech by Mário Centeno for the 20th anniversary of the Eurogroup
- Letter by Eurogroup President Mário Centeno to European Council President Donald Tusk ahead of the Euro Summit of 29 June 2018
- Overview of progress in achieving risk reduction measures
- Speech by Eurogroup President Mário Centeno at the European Parliament on 4 July 2018
- Greece's financial assistance programme ended after 8 years
- Interview by Eurogroup President Mário Centeno in Greek newspaper Ta nea
- Speech by Eurogroup President Mário Centeno at Eurofi conference, Vienna
- Speech by Mário Centeno at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), 13 September 2018
- Statement by M. Centeno following the macro-economic dialogue with the social partners on 5 November 2018, Brussels
- Statement by M. Centeno following the meeting with Italian Finance Minister Giovanni Tria, 9 November 2018, Rome
- Speech by Mário Centeno at the European Parliament's ECON Committee, 20 November 2018
- Interview with Süddeutsche Zeitung, 10 December 2018
- Op Ed by Eurogroup President Mário Centeno - Bridging the euro area’s creditor borrower divide
- Interview with El País, 16 December 2018
- Speech by Mário Centeno celebrating the 20th anniversary of the euro, 15 January 2019
- Interview with Le Monde (English version), 15 January 2019
- Interview with Il Sole 24 Ore, 10 March 2019
- Statement by the Eurogroup President at the Macroeconomic Dialogue, 11 March 2019
- Speech by the Eurogroup President at the Gulbenkian Foundation (in Portuguese), 22 March 2019
- Speech by the Eurogroup President on Portugal's growth and reforms within the euro area (in Portuguese), 25 March 2019
- Interview with Ethnos/Open TV, 8 April 2019
- Response by the Eurogroup President to WeMove Europe, 11 April 2019
- Speech by the Eurogroup President at the IMF, 12 April 2019
- Interview with Expansión, 23 April 2019
- Speech by the Eurogroup President at Bloomberg Brussels, 7 May 2019
- Speech by the Eurogroup President on Europe Day (in Portuguese), 9 May 2019
- Interview with Les Echos, 20 May 2019
- Interview with La Repubblica, 8 September 2019
- Interview with Der Spiegel, 2 November 2019
- Speech by Mário Centeno at the European Parliament's ECON Committee, 18 November 2019
- Interview with Handelsblatt, 22 November 2019
- Interview with La Stampa, 9 December 2019
- Interview of Mário Centeno with Süddeutsche Zeitung, 14 January 2020
- Speech by Mário Centeno at the European Parliamentary Week, 18 February 2020
- Interview of Mário Centeno with L’Opinion
- Transparency: Eurogroup documents searchable online
- Interview of Mário Centeno with Süddeutsche Zeitung, Le Figaro, La Repubblica, El Pais and Volkskrant
- Eurogroup President on the EU's response to COVID-19 – interview with five European papers
- Speech by Mário Centeno at the European Parliament's ECON Committee, 21 April 2020
- Eurogroup President on Europe's economic recovery – interview with five European papers
- Interview of Mário Centeno with Welt am Sonntag
- Interview of Mário Centeno with Politis
- Interview of Mário Centeno with CNBC
- Speech by Mário Centeno at Bruegel
- Speech by Eurogroup President Paschal Donohoe at 'Finanz im Dialog', Vienna
- Schedule of the Eurogroup President
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- The Eurogroup President's team
- Mission statement of Paschal Donohoe, President of the Eurogroup
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- How the Eurogroup works
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Policies
- EU-UK negotiations on the future relationship
- EU's response to COVID-19
- COVID-19 coronavirus outbreak and the EU's response
- COVID-19 coronavirus outbreak and the EU's response
- COVID-19: travel in the EU
- COVID-19: travel from outside the EU
- EU digital COVID certificate: how it works
- COVID-19 coronavirus outbreak and the EU's response
- Fighting disinformation - official sources on COVID-19
- European solidarity in action
- COVID-19: global solidarity, Team Europe, COVAX
- An international treaty on pandemic prevention and preparedness
- Climate change: what the EU is doing
- Latest EU policy actions on climate change
- Climate goals and the EUʼs external policy
- Paris Agreement on climate change
- Reform of the EU emissions trading scheme
- The 2030 climate and energy framework
- EU recovery plan
- European Green Deal
- European Semester
- European Semester in 2022
- European Semester in 2021
- European Semester in 2020
- European Semester: a guide to the main rules and documents
- How the European Semester works
- European Semester in previous years
- A digital future for Europe
- Digital finance
- Leaders' Agenda
- Brexit
- Relocation of the UK-based EU agencies
- Offers to host the European Banking Authority (EBA)
- Offers to host the European Medicines Agency (EMA)
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- Pillar I: The Single Supervisory Mechanism
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- Timeline - Banking Union
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- Timeline - EU migration policy
- Refugee inflow from Ukraine
- EU action to address the migration situation in Libya
- EU action to address the migration situation in Turkey
- EU action to manage irregular arrivals in Spain
- Saving lives at sea and targeting criminal networks
- How the EU manages migration flows
- Integration of third-country nationals
- EU asylum reform
- Cybersecurity: how the EU tackles cyber threats
- EU cooperation on security and defence
- Eastern Partnership
- EU relations with Armenia
- EU relations with Azerbaijan
- EU relations with Belarus
- EU relations with Georgia
- EU relations with the Republic of Moldova
- EU relations with Ukraine
- Eastern Partnership policy beyond 2020
- 20 Deliverables for 2020
- Ten years of the Eastern Partnership
- Geo-blocking: unlocking e-commerce in the EU
- Cotonou Agreement
- Timeline: steps towards a new EU-ACP partnership after 2020
- Consultation procedure (article 96)
- Article 96 - Essential elements: consultation procedure and appropriate measures as regards human rights, democratic principles and the rule of law
- Organic farming
- Syria: EU response to the crisis
- EU single market
- Capital markets union
- New rules on prospectuses: improving access to capital markets for companies
- Securitisation: improving the financing of the EU economy
- Financial assistance for euro area member states
- EU at the UN General Assembly
- Structural reform of EU banking sector: improving the resilience of credit institutions
- Novel foods
- Better law-making agreement
- The clean air package: Improving Europe's air quality
- Amending the 1999 protocol to abate acidification, eutrophication and ground-level ozone (the Gothenburg Protocol)
- Reducing air pollution from medium-sized combustion plants
- Revised national emission ceilings (NEC directive)
- Protection and promotion of human rights
- Encouraging structural reforms and investment: flexibility of the Stability and Growth Pact rules
- Simplification of the EU's Common Agricultural Policy (CAP)
- Investment plan for Europe
- European investment advisory hub and European investment project portal
- European fund for strategic investments (EFSI)
- InvestEU
- Joining the euro area
- Animal and plant health package: smarter rules for safer food
- Package travel to improve rights of holidaymakers
- New product safety and market surveillance rules
- Management of the EU's fish stocks
- Multiannual management plans for fisheries
- Fishing opportunities in the EU
- International agreements on fisheries
- Fish stocks shared between the EU and the United Kingdom
- The 4th railway package: measures to improve Europe's railways
- Youth employment
- Youth guarantee
- Mobility for young employees
- Apprenticeships and traineeships
- Youth employment initiative
- Strategic guidelines for justice and home affairs
- Modernising EU rules for medical devices
- Fair labour mobility in the EU
- Athena - financing security and defence military operations
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- Reform of the Common Agricultural Policy post 2013
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- CAP: Common market organisation post 2013
- CAP: Rural development post 2013
- CAP: Direct payments post 2013
- Energy union
- Common consolidated corporate tax base
- VAT reverse charge mechanism: preventing VAT fraud
- Reduced VAT rates for electronic books, newspapers and periodicals
- Structural reform support programme
- Money market funds
- Political reflection on the future of the European Union
- Anti tax avoidance package
- Competitiveness check-up
- Animal medicines package
- EU telecoms reform
- Approval and market surveillance for cars
- Drones: reform of EU aviation safety
- EU-Africa relations
- Air passenger rights in the EU
- EU civil protection
- The EU fight against organised crime
- EU industrial policy
- Humanitarian aid
- EU space policy
- EU list of non-cooperative jurisdictions for tax purposes
- Common agricultural policy
- How the Council coordinates the EU response to crisis
- Audiovisual media services
- Reducing food loss and food waste
- Fairer position for farmers in the food supply chain
- Erasmus+ programme
- EU rules on coordination of social security systems
- Work-life balance for parents and carers
- Strengthening the EU's external borders
- European Maritime and Fisheries Fund post 2020
- European Public Prosecutor's Office
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- Better access to e-evidence to fight crime
- Digital taxation
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- Negotiating the EU long-term budget
- Long-term EU budget 2014-2020
- Long-term EU budget 2021-2027 and recovery package
- The EU's annual budget
- IT systems to fight crime and secure EU borders
- Horizon Europe: making sure EU investment in innovation and research has an impact
- How and when the EU adopts sanctions
- Different types of sanctions
- Adoption and review procedure for EU sanctions
- EU restrictive measures against Russia over Ukraine (since 2014)
- Timeline - EU restrictive measures against Russia over Ukraine
- EU sanctions against Russia explained
- EU restrictive measures against Belarus
- EU restrictive measures against Iran
- Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action and restrictive measures
- Measures targeting nuclear proliferation activities - key developments
- EU restrictive measures against North Korea
- Venezuela: the Council's response to the crisis
- Health technology assessment
- Selection of the seat for the European Labour Authority
- Seasonal clock changes in the EU
- Accessibility to products and services for disabled and elderly people
- Creative Europe programme 2021-2027
- Nomination process for new heads of EU institutions in 2019
- Gender balance on corporate boards
- Financing the climate transition
- Biodiversity: how the EU protects nature
- Clean and sustainable mobility for a climate-neutral EU
- From farm to fork
- Leaders’ Agenda
- EU health policy
- The EU's response to terrorism
- Timeline: EU's fight against terrorism
- Prevention of radicalisation in the EU
- EU terrorist list
- Counter-Terrorism Coordinator
- Regulating the use of passenger name record (PNR) data
- Fight against money laundering and terrorist financing
- Clean energy
- EU drugs policy
- Policy page - International role of the euro
- Conference on the Future of Europe
- Building the single European railway area
- The EU's fight against organised crime
- Protecting Europeans against cross-border health threats
- European Peace Facility
- European Research Area
- Social rights in the EU
- Energy prices and security of supply
- How the EU responds to crises and builds resilience
- European Year of Youth: 2022 - your year!
- Promoting health and tackling diseases
- EU response to Russia's invasion of Ukraine
- Timeline - EU response to Russia's invasion of Ukraine
- EU solidarity with Ukraine
- Impact of Russia's invasion of Ukraine on the markets: EU response
- Adequate minimum wages in the EU
- Economic governance framework
- Digital services package
- EU rules on platform work
- Food security and affordability
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- Geo-blocking in the EU
- EU cyber security
- Migration flows: Eastern, Central and Western Mediterranean routes
- EU economy
- EU agencies relocation
- EU-Japan trade: facts and figures
- Who does what in the European Semester
- Brexit: relocating UK-based EU agencies
- Making Europe more secure: sharing information
- EU trade map
- EU budget timing (pragmatic calendar)
- EU Global Strategy: implementation plan on security and defence
- EU-NATO Joint Declaration: implementation
- Money market funds in the EU
- Brexit process
- Visa facilitation and liberalisation
- Infographic - returns of third country nationals in 2015
- Infographic - EU aid for Syrian crisis
- Delivering on EU security and defence
- EU Global Strategy: implementation plan on security and defence
- EU trade defence instruments
- EU-NATO Joint Declaration: implementation
- Climate change: how will the EU deliver?
- The multiannual financial framework
- Bratislava roadmap
- How the Single Resolution Mechanism works
- Single Resolution Fund
- EU trade negotiations
- EU trade map
- The Paris Agreement: entry into force
- How to find Council documents
- Refugees and asylum seekers in 2015
- Setting catch limits and quotas
- Data protection regulation
- Environmental performance
- Making e-signatures everyday practice
- 2018 EU budget
- Stronger together: the Eastern Partnership
- Ensuring drone safety: Win-win for EU consumers and economy
- EU fight against organised crime: 2018-2021
- Clean energy for Europeans: Key for driving forward the Energy Union
- Appointment of the ECB Executive Board
- Lives saved in EU Mediterranean operations (2015-2022)
- Election of the European Commission President
- EU without the single market
- The Common Agricultural Policy (CAP)
- EU-US trade
- How the IPCR crisis response mechanism works
- EU and Western Balkans intertwined
- Security controls when arriving and leaving the Schengen area
- Connecting the EU and the Western Balkans
- EU trade with Australia and New Zealand
- EU emergency trust fund for Africa
- EU relations with African, Caribbean and Pacific countries
- EU fight against organised crime: highlights of 2017
- How interoperable databases will boost Europe's security
- Financial assistance to Greece 2010-2018
- Why circular economy?
- General Secretariat of the Council (GSC) staff by nationality
- Migration flows: EU action in Libya
- EU citizens overestimate migrant population
- Irregular arrivals to the EU (2008-2022)
- Asylum applications in the EU
- Cutting CO2 road transport emissions
- EU-Singapore trade and investment agreements
- Eurasian trade tops transpacific trade
- Economic impact of the EU-South Korea free trade agreement
- The future of EU agricultural policy
- 2019 EU budget
- How to resolve a bank
- Greenhouse gas emissions in the EU
- EU system of financial supervision
- EU labour mobility
- The EU civil protection mechanism in numbers
- Taxation: EU list of non-cooperative jurisdictions
- European Economic Area - 25 years
- The EU and China are strategic trading partners
- Climate change: The EU is delivering on the Paris Agreement
- EU-wide IT systems for security and migration
- How the seat of the European Labour Authority will be selected
- Border management: agreements with non-EU countries
- More accessible products and services for EU citizens
- Results of the EU fight against organised crime in 2018
- Unemployment rate 2014-2019
- EU sanctions against Russia over Ukraine (since 2014)
- EU-Vietnam trade
- Staff gender in the GSC
- The Economy of Wellbeing: going beyond GDP
- Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) fuels EU-Canada trade growth
- Yearly irregular arrivals and fatalities (2014-2022)
- National energy and climate plans
- Europe's contribution to climate finance (€bn)
- Sport in the EU: be active and play fair
- 2020 EU budget
- 2020 EU budget: Main areas
- EU-UK negotiations
- Situation at the EU's external borders: support to Greece
- EU budget 2020 amended
- COVID-19: the EU's emergency response
- COVID-19: €3.3 billion EU package for the Western Balkans
- COVID-19: EU support to agriculture and fisheries
- Results of the EU fight against organised crime in 2019
- Results of the EU fight against environmental crime in 2019
- Election of the Eurogroup President
- A recovery plan for Europe - key features
- EU recovery plan and long-term EU budget 2021-2027
- Next Generation EU – COVID-19 recovery package
- College of the EU Public Prosecutor's Office (EPPO)
- Infographic: towards a digital Europe
- Recovery and Resilience Facility
- Infographic: a common approach on COVID-19 measures
- Leaders' Agenda
- How the seat of the Cybersecurity Industrial, Technology and Research Competence Centre will be selected
- Food loss and food waste: prevention, reuse and recycle
- Reform of the European Stability Mechanism (ESM)
- The European flag
- COVID-19: EU coordination for safe and effective vaccination
- EU rules to fight terrorist content online
- Paris Agreement: the EU's road to climate neutrality
- Long term EU budget 2021-2027 and Next Generation EU
- How mRNA vaccines protect you against COVID-19
- Top cyber threats in the EU
- COVID-19 viral vector vaccines: how they work
- Infographic: Mitigating the economic impact of the COVID-19 crisis
- EU chemicals strategy for a more sustainable and toxic-free environment
- European Peace Facility
- The EU drug market
- COVID-19 | EU global vaccine solidarity
- COVID-19: EU support to the Western Balkans
- European Defence Fund
- EU-India trade relations
- Advancing a stronger Social Europe
- 2021 EU budget: Main areas
- EU blue card: attracting new skills and talent
- EU digital COVID certificate
- 10 incentives and benefits of an international treaty on pandemics
- Towards an international treaty on pandemics
- How is the EU financing the transition to climate neutrality?
- Results of the EU's fight against organised crime in 2020
- Results of the EU's fight against environmental crime in 2020
- EU in space
- Renovation wave: creating green buildings for the future
- TEN-E energy infrastructure
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