Europäischer Rat (Nachrichten)

Weekly schedule of President António Costa, 5-11 October 2026.

The Council adopted an assistance measure worth €10 million under the EPF that will benefit the Balkan Medical Task Force.

Der Rat hat endgültig grünes Licht für neue EU-Vorschriften gegeben, durch die eine wirksamere Rückführung von Personen ohne Aufenthaltsrecht in der EU ermöglicht wird.

The Council has appointed Col. Vittorio Stingo as the new Head of EUBAM Rafah from 1 November 2026 until 30 June 2027.

Council agrees negotiating position on proposal to accelerate environmental assessments.

Main agenda items, approximate timing, public sessions and press opportunities.

Die Vertreter der Mitgliedstaaten ernennen einen Richter beim Gerichtshof und eine Richterin und einen Richter beim Gericht.

Council sets its position to simplify and streamline food and feed safety requirements.

Council agrees partial negotiating position on the EU support to fisheries, aquaculture and maritime policy for 2028-2034.

The Council has adopted a decision strengthening the EU Space Threat Response Architecture to respond to increased irresponsible and hostile behaviour in the space domain.

The Council imposed restrictive measures on ten Russian individuals responsible for suppressing freedom of expression, access to information, and freedom of association in Russia.

The Council has adopted restrictive measures against a further 10 individuals and 17 entities responsible for the systematic unlawful deportation and forcible transfer of Ukrainian children to the Russian Federation and within temporarily occupied territories.

The Council today adopted an implementing decision setting out the list of the first five European defence projects of common interest under the European Defence Industry Programme.

The Council adopted the second bilateral assistance measure worth €60 million under the EPF to strengthen the operational readiness of the Armed Forces of Cabo Verde.

The Council appointed Christopher Wenzl for Germany and Tanja Frank Eler for Slovenia as prosecutors to the European Public Prosecutor's Office.

The Council has extended the mandates of CSDP civilian missions EUBAM Rafah and EUPOL COPPS for nine months, continuing operations until 30 June 2027.

Der Rat hat das „Arzneimittelpaket“ angenommen, das den Arzneimittelsektor der EU gerechter und wettbewerbsfähiger gestalten soll.

Der Rat hat Rechtsvorschriften angenommen, mit denen die Koordinierung der Sozialsysteme klarer, gerechter und leichter durchsetzbar werden soll.

Kyriakos Pierrakakis, President of the Eurogroup, is travelling to Basel for a meeting with the Bank of International Settlements and to Frankfurt where he will speak at a Bundesbank conference.

Joint Communiqué - Seventh Trilateral Meeting of the African Union, the European Union and the United Nations, New York, 20 September 2026