Europäischer Rat (Nachrichten)

At the end of their meeting in Brussels, European Council President Charles Michel and German Federal Chancellor Olaf Scholz will hold a joint press conference

Today the Council appointed three new directors-general: Isabel Riaño as the new Director-General for Competitiveness and Trade (COMPET), Cesare Onestini as the new Director-General for Agriculture, Fisheries, Social Affairs and Health (LIFE), and Thomas Westphal as the new Director-General for Economic and Financial Affairs (ECOFIN).

Der Rat hat die bestehenden restriktiven Maßnahmen gegen mehrere Personen in der Demokratischen Republik Kongo bis zum 12. Dezember 2022 verlängert.

Der Rat hat heute die Verordnung zur Errichtung der EU-Asylagentur angenommen. Mit dieser Verordnung soll die Umsetzung der Asylpolitik in der EU verbessert werden, indem das derzeitige Europäische Unterstützungsbüro für Asylfragen (EASO) zu einer Agentur aufgewertet wird.

Press briefing ahead of the upcoming Agriculture and Fisheries Council will take place on 10 November 2021 at 15.00.

Gemäß der heute erzielten vorläufigen Einigung wird die EU-Regelung für Roaming zu Inlandspreisen bis 2032 verlängert.

Das Hauptziel dieses Systems besteht darin, die Digitalisierung der grenzüberschreitenden Kommunikation zwischen Justizbehörden zu ermöglichen sowie Bürgerinnen und Bürgern und Unternehmen den Zugang zum Recht zu erleichtern.

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

Press briefing ahead of the upcoming General Affairs Council will take place on 10 December 2021 at 17.00.

Media advisory and press arrangements for the upcoming European Council of 16 December 2021.

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

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.