Remarks by Eurogroup President Kyriakos Pierrakakis on the Eurogroup’s work programme, artificial intelligence, digital finance, and the future of Europe’s competitiveness.

The Council gave its final green light on a new regulation aiming to streamline and simplify certain rules regarding artificial intelligence (AI). 

Council reaches an agreement on its partial negotiating position on the main components of the Horizon Europe package in the framework of the next multi-annual budget (MFF) 2028-2034.

The EU Council has approved conclusions on the role of teachers in the era of artificial intelligence (AI) that call for an ethical, safe and human-centred approach to AI in education.

Simplification: Council agrees position to streamline EU rules on artificial intelligence.

Simplification: Council agrees position to streamline EU rules on artificial intelligence.

Council gives its final approval to the amended EuroHPC regulation.

Council adopts its negotiating position on the amendments to the EuroHPC regulation.

G20 leaders met in Johannesburg, South Africa, on 22-23 November 2025 and agreed on a joint declaration.

The Council approved conclusions on the EU’s international digital strategy to boost its global digital leadership and strengthen key digital partnerships.

On 25 September 2025, European Council President António Costa was in New York at the UN Security Council on Artificial Intelligence and International Peace and Security, as part of the 80th United Nations General Assembly. In his speech, he emphasized the importance of having a uniform approach to Artificial Intelligence at the international level.

The Council is calling for targeted efforts to advance gender equality in the digital age, with a focus on the risks and opportunities presented by AI.

Council adopts conclusions on the use of satellite data, in particular from Earth Observation constellations, for civil protection and crisis management.

G7 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors, met on 22 May 2025 in Banff, Canada and issued a joint communiqué.

Council approves conclusions ‘Towards the EU strategy on AI in science’ calling for a comprehensive strategy to boost the uptake of AI in science, with an ethical, sustainable, inclusive and human-centric approach.

The President of the European Council, António Costa, will travel to Barcelona, Spain on 5 and 6 May 2025 to meet with regional leaders and visit key industrial and research infrastructures in the areas of the automotive sector, artificial intelligence and innovation.

On 27, 28 and 29 April, the President of the European Council António Costa will travel to Bulgaria to meet with the Prime Minister of Bulgaria, Rossen Jeliazkov to discuss key EU priorities, regional stability, and the importance of coordinated action to tackle shared challenges. President Costa will also meet President of Bulgaria, Rumen Radev. The President will take the opportunity to visit, together with Prime Minister Jeliazkov, several important industrial and technological centres.

The Council has reached a political agreement on a regulation to expand the objectives of the European High Performing Computer Joint Undertaking, aimed at boosting Europe’s leadership in artificial intelligence.

President of the Eurogroup, Paschal Donohoe, is travelling to Italy to participate in the G7 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors meeting where he will discuss the global economic outlook, artificial intelligence, the green transition, and the support for Ukraine.

Council gives final green light to artificial intelligence act, the first law of such kind in the world.