European Council

The Council and the European Parliament today reached agreement on the EU’s annual budget for 2024. Next year’s budget strongly focuses on the EU's main policy priorities. Total commitments amount to €189 385,4 million. Total payments amount to €142 630,3 million.

Le président du Conseil européen Charles Michel est intervenu lors de la session "Des multicrises aux multiconflits: comment arrêter le cercle vicieux?" du Forum de Paris sur la paix. Il a mis l’accent sur la guerre en Ukraine, l’élargissement, le multilatéralisme et la réforme des Nations unies.

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Dans son discours prononcé lors de la session "Concrétiser le Pacte de Paris pour les peuples et la planète" du Forum de Paris sur la paix, le président du Conseil européen, Charles Michel, a insisté sur le fait qu'un financement mondial efficace était essentiel pour répondre aux défis mondiaux, y compris la lutte contre la pauvreté et la protection de notre planète.

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Today, the Council and European Parliament reached a provisional agreement on new rules to restore and preserve degraded habitats in the EU.

The Council has prolonged its restrictive measures in view of Türkiye's unauthorised drilling activities in the Eastern Mediterranean, until 30 November 2024.

The Council approved conclusions on EU statistics, welcoming progress made on reaching comparable and reliable statistics for better policy-making in set priority areas and providing guidance for further work.

Intervention du président Charles Michel lors de la conférence humanitaire internationale pour la population civile de Gaza tenue à Paris

The Council today adopted implementing decisions approving the amended recovery and resilience plans of Denmark, Austria, Sweden and Lithuania. The amended recovery and resilience plans now include a new REPowerEU chapter. This will contribute to accelerating the countries’ transition towards clean energy, diversifying their energy supplies and improving their energy efficiency.

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The Council adopted its negotiating mandate for talks with the European Parliament on a proposal to revise the air quality directives.

Remarks by Eurogroup President Paschal Donohoe after the Eurogroup meeting of 8 November 2023 in Brussels.

European digital identity (eID): Council and Parliament reach a provisional agreement for an EU digital wallet.

In his debrief to the European Parliament on the European Council meeting in October, President Charles Michel highlighted the main topics discussed by the EU leaders including the evolving situation in the Middle East. The economic and financial situation was discussed during a Euro Summit in inclusive format.

Press briefings ahead of the upcoming Foreign Affairs Council and Foreign Affairs Council (Defence) will take place on 10 November 2023 starting at 13.00.

The meeting of the European Council will take place on 14 and 15 December 2023 in the Europa building in Brussels.

The Council presidency, the European Central Bank and the European Commission met for a macroeconomic dialogue with the social partners on 8 November 2023. They discussed recent developments of the economic situation, as well as a thematic topic chosen by the presidency, “upskilling and reskilling needs for the green and digital transition”.

The representatives of member states’ governments reappointed two judges and an advocate-general to the Court of Justice of the European Union.

Council adopts its negotiating position on the regulation for non-road machinery.