Iran: Statement by the High Representative on behalf of the EU on the arrest and detention of human rights defenders 22:55 The European Union expressed serious concern on the arrest and detention of ...

The European Union expressed serious concern on the arrest and detention of human rights defenders and  calls on the Iranian ...

The Council today decided to prohibit, on a temporary basis, any transfers of Central Bank of Russia assets immobilised in the EU back to Russia. This decision was taken as a matter of urgency to ...

This press release was updated on 19 December 2025 to include the link to the text of the provisional agreement on the amendment to the European climate law The Council presidency and the European ...

The Council has approved an agreement reached with the United Kingdom on fishing opportunities for 95 total allowable catches (TACs) for stocks jointly managed by the EU and the UK under the EU-UK ...

The Council has today given its final approval to the detergents and surfactants regulation. The new legislation will make it easier to sell those products across the EU market while protecting human ...

Today, the Council reached a political agreement on the establishment of the annual solidarity pool for 2026. The solidarity pool is one of the main elements of the EU’s Pact on Migration and Asylum ...

Today, the Council’s presidency and the European Parliament’s representatives reached a provisional political agreement on a targeted revision of the EU regulation on deforestation-free products (EUDR ...

The Council has imposed restrictive measures on two additional individuals responsible for serious violations or abuses of human rights and for the repression of civil society and democratic ...

The Council today renewed its restrictive measures in view of the situation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) by another year, until 12 December 2026. Altogether, the EU autonomous ...

The Council today prolonged the list of individuals, entities and bodies subject to restrictive measures for serious human rights violations and abuses, for another year until 8 December 2026. Today's ...

The President of the European Council, António Costa, together with the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, will represent the EU at the first EU-Jordan summit taking place in ...