Council agrees on Baltic Sea fisheries catch limits for 2027 for key fish stocks, namely herring, sprat, cod, salmon and plaice.

Today the Council adopted a set of decisions mobilising funds for Ukraine under the European Peace Facility. These decisions will allow for the partial reimbursement of previously delivered military aid and provide additional financing for the EU Military Assistance Mission in Support of Ukraine.

Information about accreditation requirements for the one-year badge (2027)

The European Council will take place on 17 and 18 December 2026 in the Europa building in Brussels.

The Council extended restrictive measures against individuals and groups associated with ISIL/Da'esh and Al-Qaeda for a further year, until 31 October 2027.

Forléargas ar na príomhábhair a phléifear ag cruinnithe Chomhairle an Aontais Eorpaigh as seo go ceann coicíse agus ar na himeachtaí a eagrófar do na meáin.

Weekly schedule of President António Costa, 26 October-1 November 2026.

Main agenda items, approximate timing, public sessions and press opportunities.

The press briefing will take place on Tuesday 27 October 2026 at 10:30.

On 23 October 2026, European Council President António Costa travelled to Budapest and delivered a speech to the Hungarian National Assembly on the 70th anniversary of the Hungarian revolution of 1956.

Council adopts its negotiating position on the regulation to create a 28^th regime corporate legal framework, EU inc.

The Special European Council will take place on 26 and 27 November 2026 in the Europa building in Brussels. It will be preceded by the EU-Western Balkans summit on 25 November 2026.

Tiocfaidh ceannairí an Aontais agus ceannairí na mBalcán Thiar le chéile sa Bhruiséil an 25 Samhain. Leagfar béim sa Chruinniú Mullaigh ar an tábhacht straitéiseach a bhaineann leis an gcaidreamh idir an tAontas agus na Balcáin Thiar. Is é Uachtarán na Comhairle Eorpaí, in éineacht le hUachtarán an Choimisiúin Eorpaigh, a dhéanfaidh ionadaíocht thar ceann an Aontais ag an gcruinniú mullaigh.

On 22 October 2026, European Council President António Costa and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen held talks with President of Viet Nam Tô Lâm in Brussels on bilateral cooperation, regional security and global challenges.

President Costa and President von der Leyen received letters of credence from nineteen new Ambassadors to the European Union.

The Council and the Parliament agreed new rules to revitalise the EU’s securitisation market - an integral part of the savings and investments union (SIU) and the ‘One Europe, One Market’ roadmap to boost economic growth.

Statement by the High Representative on behalf of the EU on the ratification of the Libya-Türkiye MoU by Libya’s House of Representatives.

Council agrees negotiating position on proposal for a regulation suspending extended producer responsibility.

Simplification: Council agrees position to streamline EU’s data, privacy and cyber reporting rules.

The Council and the European Parliament reached a provisional agreement on amending the rules on the invalidation of allowances in the market stability reserve, in order to increase long-term market liquidity and predictability within its emission trading system.