Council, European Union - Consilium
WEBSep 14, 2024 · The European Council consists of the heads of state or government of the EU's member states, together with its President and the European Commission President. It defines the EU's general political directions and priorities. More about the European Council. The Council of the EU represents the member states' governments.
The Schengen area explained - Consilium
WEBJun 13, 2024 · The Schengen area is one of the main achievements of the European project. It started in 1985 as an intergovernmental project between five EU countries – France, Germany, Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg – and has gradually expanded to become the largest free travel area in the world. Schengen is the name of a small village in ...
European Green Deal - Consilium
WEBDec 12, 2019 · The European Green Deal is a package of policy initiatives, which aims to set the EU on the path to a green transition, with the ultimate goal of reaching climate neutrality by 2050. It supports the transformation of the EU into a fair and prosperous society with a modern and competitive economy. It …
The general data protection regulation - Consilium
WEBJun 13, 2024 · The EU general data protection regulation (GDPR) is the strongest privacy and security law in the world. This regulation updated and modernised the principles of the 1995 data protection directive. It was adopted in 2016 and entered into application on 25 May 2018. The GDPR defines:
European Council - Consilium
WEBJun 28, 2024 · The European Council became one of the seven EU institutions, following the changes introduced by the Lisbon Treaty. First meeting of the European Council in Dublin on 11 March 1975. The European Council is the EU institution that defines the general political direction and priorities of the European Union.
The presidency of the Council of the EU - Consilium
WEBThe Hungarian presidency of the Council of the EU: 1 July - 31 December 2024. Hungary is focusing on seven thematic areas for its work during the presidency: Europe is facing the shared challenges of the war in our neighbourhood, global competition, a fragile security situation, illegal migration, natural disasters, the effects of climate ...
The Protocol on Ireland and Northern Ireland explained
WEBJan 11, 2024 · The Protocol ensures that a hard border is avoided on the island of Ireland following the UK’s withdrawal from the EU. Under the Windsor Framework, the EU and the UK agreed on new arrangements to address practical issues, for example, for goods travelling from Great Britain to Northern Ireland, in the interest of people and businesses in Northern Ireland.
Ukraine - Consilium
WEBFeb 28, 2022 · In November 2023, the European Commission issued a recommendation to open accession negotiations with Ukraine. In December 2023, EU leaders decided to open accession negotiations with Ukraine and invited the Council to adopt the negotiation framework once the relevant steps set out in the Commission’s report of 8 November 2023 had been taken. . Following Ukraine's progress, in March 2024 EU ...
Climate change: what the EU is doing - Consilium
WEBJan 27, 2024 · A climate-neutral EU by 2050. In December 2019, EU leaders meeting within the European Council agreed that the EU should achieve climate neutrality by 2050. Climate neutrality means to only emit as much greenhouse gas into the atmosphere as can be absorbed by nature, that is forests, oceans and …
Qualified majority - Consilium
WEBQualified majority. When the Council of the EU votes on a proposal by the Commission or the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, the proposal is adopted if a qualified majority is reached. A qualified majority is reached if two conditions are simultaneously met: This procedure is also known as the 'double ...
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