The Council today activated the national escape clause under the Stability and Growth Pact (SGP) for 15 member states to help ...

The EU is allowing the activation of the national escape clause, to give member states additional budgetary flexibility to boost defence spending in response to rising security threats. Siin ...

The Council approved the Commission’s positive assessment of the amended recovery and resilience plans submitted by Austria, Belgium, Czechia, Denmark, Germany and Ireland.

Today, the Council adopted its country-specific recommendations (CSRs) on the economic, social, employment, structural and budgetary policies of each member state. This step is part of the 2025 ...

The Council adopted a first bilateral assistance measure worth €12 million under the EPF to strengthen the operational readiness of the Armed Forces of Cabo Verde.

The Council adopted a first bilateral assistance measure worth €10 million under the EPF to strengthen the operational readiness of the Armed Forces of Senegal.

The Eurogroup has elected Paschal Donohoe, Minister for Finance of Ireland, as its President for a third term.

Public debt in the euro area stabilized at around 90% of GDP in 2024, with a slight increase projected in 2025 and 2026, after a significant decline between 2020 and 2023. The euro area public deficit ...

Greening freight transport is another key step toward cutting emissions, as freight makes up over 30% of transport-related ...

Transport safety is a shared competence: while the EU sets the framework and standards, national authorities implement and ...

The first EU-Moldova summit was held on 4 July 2025 in Chișinău. At the joint press conference, European Council President António Costa reaffirmed that Moldova's future is within the EU. He commended ...

European Council President António Costa was in Chișinău for the first EU-Moldova summit. In his opening remarks at the start of the plenary session, he emphasised Moldova’s steady progress on its EU ...