European Commission publishes draft Article 50 Withdrawal Agreement
The European Commission has today published the draft Withdrawal Agreement between the European Union and the United Kingdom. The draft…
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Climate Change: EU Foreign Ministers call for global ambition, steps up EU climate diplomacy
The EU’s foreign affairs ministers today called for strengthening global ambition to tackle climate change and restated the EU’s commitment…
EU priorities for the 37th session of the Human Rights Council
From 26 February to 23 March 2018 the international community will gather in Geneva at the Human Rights Council (HRC)…
EU kicks off social media campaign to mark 70th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights
In a year, where we mark the 70th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the EU reaffirms its…
Delivering on commitments: EU to adopt new programmes to protect migrants and support return and reintegration in Africa
The European Union is adopting today new programmes under the European Union Emergency Trust Fund for Africa, directly following up…
EDD 2018 Young Leaders ProgrammeEDD 2018 Young Leaders Programme
The European Commission is inviting young people from around the world to play an active role in this year’s EDD.…
Antitrust: Commission fines maritime car carriers and car parts suppliers a total of €546 million in three separate cartel settlements
In three separate decisions, the European Commission has fined today four maritime car carriers €395 million, two suppliers of spark…
Five new Directors-General and five new Deputy Directors-General for the Juncker Commission
Today the European Commission decided on a number of appointments concerning its top management level. Appointing the best people to…
Mogherini and Stylianides on the humanitarian situation in Syria
Statement by High Representative/Vice-President Federica Mogherini and Commissioner for Humanitarian Aid and Crisis Management Christos Stylianides on the humanitarian situation…
Juncker at the Munich Security Conference: EU to become more capable of world politics
President of the European Commission Jean-Claude Juncker in his widely picked up speech said the EU must become more “weltpolitikfaehig”,…