Discover what the Council is, what it does and how national ministers from each EU member state negotiate and adopt EU laws.

The Council of the European Union acts as a co-legislator in most EU policy areas. In some specific areas, the Council is the ...

The Council of the EU and the European Parliament have announced a provisional political agreement on the EU payments package. While the final texts of the third Payment Services Directive (PSD3) and ...

Germany's Expert Council on Integration and Migration (SVR) on Friday expressed severe reservations about the new EU ...

European Council meetings are rarely nerve-racking, but the one that took place on 18th-19th December broke the mould. Two topics were at the top of the agenda: a long-awaited free-trade agreement ...

MILAN — After over 25 years of discussions, the council representing European member states authorized the signing of a trade deal with Mercosur that could potentially create the world’s biggest ...

MILAN, Dec 19 (Reuters) - The EU Council on Friday backed a negotiating position for a digital euro that includes both online and offline functionality, diverging from earlier European Parliament ...

Also in this newsletter: The EU's trade chief to meet his Chinese counterpart in Paris amid escalating trade tensions; and ...