A press conference held following the video conference of the Eurogroup, 16 December 2020.
The Council adopted conclusions on strengthening resilience and countering hybrid threats, including disinformation, in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic.
The EU has taken a decisive step towards an improved protection of people in the EU from serious cross-border health threats. The Council reached a provisional deal with the European Parliament on a reinforced and much better funded EU4Health programme for 2021-2027.
Declaration by the High Representative on behalf of the European Union on the alignment of certain third countries with Council Implementing Decision (CFSP) 2020/1651 of 6 November 2020 implementing Decision 2013/255/CFSP concerning restrictive measures against Syria
EU fisheries ministers adopt provisional 2021 catch quotas for the North Sea and the Atlantic - Hoofdinhoud
Following a long night of negotiations,
EU fisheries ministers agreed to provisional catch quotas until March due to ongoing Brexit negotiations.
Under the Council Presidency of Federal Minister of Food and Agriculture Julia Klöckner, the
EU fisheries ministers agreed this morning in Brussels - after a long night of negotiations - on the Total Allowable Catches (TACs) and catch quotas for 2021 in the North Sea and the North Atlantic as well as in other
EU and international waters. The negotiations on the stocks that are managed jointly with the United Kingdom were overshadowed and complicated by the ongoing Brexit negotiations.
Climate-neutral Council Presidency: How the remaining emissions will be offset - Hoofdinhoud
Climate change mitigation is a key focus of the German Presidency of the Council of the
EU. Presidency events and videoconferences were therefore organised as sustainably as possible. All unavoidable greenhouse gas emissions will now be offset by investments in climate change mitigation projects.
One thing was clear from the start - Germany wanted to make its Presidency of the Council of the
EU as climate-friendly as possible. It did away with gifts for delegations and set out requirements for the use of local, fair-trade food in catering; thorough waste prevention strategies, and stringent environmental standards for event venues. However, greenhouse gas emissions cannot be reduced to zero. With its various events and videoconferences, even Germany’s sustainable Presidency will have left a carbon footprint. The Federal Environment Agency has calculated this to be 71,519 tonnes of CO
Just Transition Fund: Council endorses the political deal with the Parliament
The EU has taken a major step on the path towards an effective and fair green transition that will lessen the costs for those communities across Europe who are heavily dependent on fossil fuels.
EU ambassadors today endorsed the provisional political agreement reached by the German Presidency of the Council and the European Parliament on the new
€17.5 billion Just Transition Fund (JTF).
The Just Transition Fund is an affirmation of our solidarity and political will as a Union to tackle climate change together. It will help to reconcile economy and ecology. We cannot implement the European Green Deal without mitigating the consequences for those most affected by the decarbonisation of our economy.
Just Transition Fund: Council endorses the political deal with the Parliament
The EU has taken a major step on the path towards an effective and fair green transition that will lessen the costs for those communities across Europe who are heavily dependent on fossil fuels.
EU ambassadors today endorsed the provisional political agreement reached by the German Presidency of the Council and the European Parliament on the new
€17.5 billion Just Transition Fund (JTF).
The Just Transition Fund is an affirmation of our solidarity and political will as a Union to tackle climate change together. It will help to reconcile economy and ecology. We cannot implement the European Green Deal without mitigating the consequences for those most affected by the decarbonisation of our economy.