Today, the Council reached an agreement on its position on the 2026 EU draft budget. In total, the Council's position for ...

President of the European Council António Costa presented the main results of the discussions of the leaders during the ...

The Council today opened a new excessive deficit procedure (EDP) concerning Austria, and revised Romania’s net expenditure path, in view of its lack of effective action.

On 24-25 November 2025, the leaders of the 27 European Union (EU) member states and the 55 countries of the African Union (AU) will meet in Luanda, Angola for the seventh EU-African Union summit. This ...

The EU’s fiscal rules limit how much member states’ governments can spend. That’s why the EU is allowing additional budgetary ...

Le Conseil est un pôle de décision essentiel pour l'Union européenne; il est également chargé de coordonner les politiques, de définir la politique étrangère et de sécurité commune de l'UE, de ...

The Council today adopted the final three legal acts which pave the way for Bulgaria to introduce the euro on 1 January 2026. It also activated the national escape clause under the Stability and ...

Who can be elected? Any finance minister from a euro area member state may be elected President of the Eurogroup. The candidate must be a sitting member of the Eurogroup at the time of the election.

Find out what the EU is doing to prevent and combat violence against women and girls, protect victims and punish offenders.

The EU and its member states are intensifying efforts to establish an effective, humanitarian and safe European migration policy.

Joining the euro area Joining the euro area means joining the world’s second-largest reserve currency and the second most-traded currency. To adopt the euro, countries must meet the criteria ...

How much are EU member states spending on defence? What is the total EU military expenditure? How much of the EU budget is spent on defence?