Europäischer Rat (Nachrichten)

Weekly schedule of President Charles Michel, 26 June -2 July 2023

Der Rat einigte sich auf sein Verhandlungsmandat für die vorgeschlagene Verordnung zur Förderung der Munitionsproduktion, mit der die Wettbewerbsfähigkeit und Widerstandsfähigkeit der technologischen und industriellen Basis der europäischen Verteidigung im Bereich Boden-Boden-Munition und Artilleriemunition sowie Flugkörper gestärkt werden soll.

Main agenda items, approximate timing and press opportunities.

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

The Council imposed restrictive measures on an additional 71 individuals and 33 entities in respect of the continued Russian war of aggression against Ukraine.

Press conference on the expected Council Decision to sign the EU-New Zealand Free Trade Agreement will take place on Tuesday 27 June 2023 at 11.00.

The Council adopted an eleventh package of new restrictive measures intended to crack down on circumvention and step up pressure on Russia and its government.

Press release on Georgia

Le président du Conseil européen Charles Michel a participé à Paris au sommet pour un nouveau pacte financier mondial, et notamment à la table ronde "Des instruments et des financements innovants face aux nouveaux enjeux de vulnérabilité".

The press briefing ahead of the Foreign Affairs Council will take place on Friday, 23 June 2023 at 14.00.

On 21 June 2023, the Swedish Presidency of the Council of the European Union hosted the EU-U.S. Ministerial Meeting on Justice and Home Affairs in Stockholm.

EU member state ambassadors have agreed the Council’s position on a new law to safeguard media freedom, pluralism and independence in the EU.

The Council agreed on its negotiating mandate for two legislative proposals on the collection and transfer of advance passenger information.

Press briefing ahead of the upcoming General Affairs Council will take place on 22 June 2023 at 12.00.

Today the Council reached an agreement (general approach) on a proposal for a nature restoration law. The proposal aims to put in place recovery measures that will cover at least 20 % of the EU’s land and 20 % sea areas by 2030, and all ecosystems in need of restoration by 2050. It sets specific legally binding targets and obligations for nature restoration in each of the listed ecosystems - from agricultural land and forest to marine, freshwater and urban ecosystems.

Press briefing ahead of the upcoming Agriculture and Fisheries Council will take place on 22 June 2023 at 14.00.

Today the Council agreed its stance (general approach) on a proposal for regulation on wholesale energy market integrity and transparency (REMIT). The proposal aims to support open and fair competition in the European wholesale energy markets, by banning trading based on inside information and deterring market manipulation.

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

The Council delisted two individuals currently subject to EU restrictive measures in view of the situation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, following ECJ General Court rulings.

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