The Special European Council meeting is not over yet, as heads of state and government continue their consultations today. The focus is still on the Multiannual Financial Framework and the COVID-19 recovery fund.
“We will now have to work hard,” she said.
During the first physical meeting since the start of the COVID‑19 pandemic, Germany’s Foreign Minister will present the priorities of Germany’s Presidency of the Council of the European Union. The meeting will also focus on the situation in Turkey.
The EU Foreign Ministers have only had virtual meetings since March.
On 7 December, negotiators of the European Parliament, the Council of the EU and the European Commission reached a compromise on how the Transparency Register will become de facto mandatory.
Since 2011, the Parliament and the Commission have jointly operated a public register
The Council today adopted a decision and a regulation establishing a global human rights sanctions regime.
The relevant legal acts have been published in the Official Journal.
At their sixth political meeting on 24 November, Parliament, Council and Commission negotiators confirmed that additional progress has been made.
Since 2011, the Parliament and the Commission have jointly operated a public register
Message from the Federal Chancellor Angela Merkel António Costa, our Portuguese friends, For the next six months, Portugal will hold the Presidency of the Council of the EU. We pass the baton on to…
In the area of climate change mitigation, moreover, we have enshrined the goal of
The Conference on the Future of Europe aims to promote dialogue between citizens, experts and EU institutions.
What digital identity do we want to have?
The EU Charter of Fundamental Rights was signed 20 years ago. On the occasion of this anniversary, Bärbel Kofler, Federal Government Commissioner for Human Rights Policy, explains, „For the first time, the Charter gave citizens fundamental rights at European level that they can actually demand“.
conclusions of the Presidency regarding the Charter, which were published in October, have
Germany wants to work during its Presidency of the Council of the EU to limit the social impact of the crisis and to strengthen upward economic and social convergence in Europe.
Most member states already have statutory minimum wages to protect such people.
On 10 November Chancellor Angela Merkel called on the states in the Western Balkan region to push ahead with reconciliation. This would allow EU accession negotiations with North Macedonia and Albania to begin before the end of 2020.
“An excellent sign” The Berlin Process and the progress it has made have always gone
