Main message of the Parliament’s President: President David Sassoli stressed that coordinated efforts were key to addressing the crisis, increasing health systems’ resilience and improving pandemic preparedness. The next meeting of EU leaders will be a special European Council on Health and on European security and defence, in February 2021. EU leaders discussed a wide range of foreign policy issues, including relations with China, Nagorno-Karabakh and the Navalny poisoning attempt. On climate, EU leaders will evaluate the progress on the EU’s objective of climate neutrality by 2050 and hold an orientation debate. European Union leaders will meet in Brussels on October 15 and 16 for a European Council meeting. Newsroom - European Union. 2020-01-13 11-00 type-other 11:00 11:30 Information briefing - 1364th meeting of the Ministers’ Deputies (Room 11, 2nd floor, Palais de l'Europe) 2020-01-01 00-00 type-other 00:00 00:00 Public holiday (France) This is a list of meetings of the European Council (informally referred to as EU summits); the meetings of the European Council, an institution of the European Union (EU) comprising heads of state or government of EU member states.They started in 1975 as tri-annual meetings. This edition includes the following articles: – “ Improving Resilience post-COVID: Role of Risk Management” by Dr Christian Pedersen, Head of Risk & Compliance at Accenture (Growth Markets). The European Risk Management Council has published the Q4 2020 Risk Landscape Review. The European Council meeting of 1-2 October 2020 was largely dedicated to external relations. 2020-04-03 00-00 type-other 00:00 00:00 Meeting cancelled - Governing Board of the Council of Europe Development Bank (CEB) 2020-04-01 09-30 type-deputies 09:30 18:00 Meeting cancelled - 1372nd meeting of the Ministers' Deputies () The following topics are high on the Council’s agenda: COVID-19 Leaders will also discuss overall coordination and the work on the development and distribution of a … The outcomes of European Council meetings are summarised as “conclusions” and published. Only two weeks after the last European Council meeting, EU Heads of State or Government gather again on 15-16 October 2020, to address future EU-UK relations, EU-Africa relations and climate change. Without reaching any new decisions, the European Council meeting of 15-16 October 2020 addressed a series of important issues, including the coronavirus pandemic, EU-United Kingdom relations and climate change. The number of meetings grew to minimum four per year between 1996 and 2007, and minimum six per year since 2008. ... Germany currently holds the Presidency of the Council from1 July to 31 December 2020. We use cookies in order to ensure that you can get the best browsing experience possible on the Council website. Information about upcoming meetings and visits of the European Council president . It also discussed numerous external relations issues, notably relations with Africa, the EU’s southern neighbourhood, Belarus and Turkey. It also discussed numerous external relations issues, notably relations with Africa, the EU's southern neighbourhood, Belarus and Turkey. Without reaching any new decisions, the European Council meeting of 15-16 October 2020 addressed a series of important issues, including the coronavirus pandemic, EU-United Kingdom relations and climate change. Council of the EU and European Council | Political Meetings | Business, taxation and competition - Consumer affairs and public health - Culture, education and youth - Employment and social rights - Energy, environment and climate - Food, farming and fisheries - … These conclusions form the political guidelines for the work of the European Commission and the Council of the European Union. Go to content. Governing Council of the ECB: non-monetary policy meeting in Frankfurt 28/10/2021 Governing Council of the ECB: monetary policy meeting in Frankfurt 28/10/2021 Press conference following the Governing Council meeting of the ECB in Frankfurt 10/11/2021 Governing Council of the ECB: non-monetary policy meeting in Frankfurt 01/12/2021