The European Council meeting will take place on 18 and 19 December 2025 in the Europa building in Brussels.
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On 6 November 2025, European Council President António Costa delivered a speech at the COP30 session on ‘Climate and Nature: Forests and Oceans’ in Belém, Brazil.
On 6 November 2025, European Council President António Costa attended COP30 in Belém, Brazil. In his speech opening the plenary session, he reaffirmed Europe’s commitment to clear climate goals and ex…
Press briefing ahead of the Eurogroup meeting will take place on 10 November 2025 at 14.00.
The presidency of the Council and European Parliament negotiators reached a provisional agreement on the proposal to incentivise defence-related investments in the EU budget to implement the so-called…
The Council of the EU and the European Parliament reached a provisional agreement aimed at ensuring that transport services can use a single method for calculating their greenhouse gas emissions.
Council agrees position on the ‘stop-the-clock’ mechanism on requirements and procedures for chemical products.
The Council has agreed to amend climate law to set a 90% emissions reduction target for 2040, with flexibility and conditions to support member states in the transition.
The Council approved the submission of the EU's updated nationally determined contribution ahead of COP30, reaffirming the EU's commitment to the Paris Agreement and its ambitious climate action goals…
On 4 November 2025, European Council President António Costa gave a speech at the Euronews EU Enlargement Summit. In his speech, he emphasised that in an age of geopolitical uncertainty and economic i…