European Council Council of the European Union:Weekly digest

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Press material 02/03/2020 17:15 | Press release | Brexit Updated weekly schedule of President Charles Michel Weekly schedule of President Charles Michel 2-8 March 2020 Read the full item 04/03/2020 18:25 | Press release | Foreign affairs & international relations Press release on meeting between President Charles Michel and President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan European Council President Charles Michel met President of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdoğan in Ankara and discussed the migration situation at EU's borders and the crisis in Syria. Read the full item 05/03/2020 16:17 | Speech | Economy & finance Keynote speech by President Charles Michel on the international role of the euro at the Centre for European Policy Studies In his opening speech at the Centre for European Policy Studies - Ideas Lab 2020, President Michel outlined his vision for the single currency and how the euro could play a more prominent role internationally. Read the full item European Council 02/03/2020 21:46 | Press release | Health COVID-19 outbreak: the presidency steps up EU response by triggering full activation mode of IPCR Presidency triggers full activation mode of IPCR. Read the full item Council of the European Union 03/03/2020 18:01 | Media advisory | Home affairs Indicative programme - Justice and Home Affairs Council of 4 March 2020 Main agenda items, approximate timing, public sessions and press opportunities. Read the full item 04/03/2020 21:05 | Statements and remarks | Home affairs Statement on the situation at the EU's external borders Statement on the situation at the EU's external borders Read the full item Council of the European Union 06/03/2020 12:36 | Statements and remarks | Foreign affairs & international relations Statement of the Foreign Affairs Council Foreign Affairs Council ministers issued a statement on the crisis in Idlib and the situation at the EU external borders with Turkey. Read the full item Council of the European Union 04/03/2020 16:07 | Statements and remarks | Economy & finance Remarks by Mário Centeno following the Eurogroup conference call of 4 March 2020 Remarks by Mário Centeno following the Eurogroup conference call on the economic and financial impacts of COVID-19 outbreak. Read the full item 04/03/2020 16:46 | Statements and remarks | Economy & finance Eurogroup statement on the situation with COVID-19 On 4 March 2020, the Eurogroup held a conference call together with non-euro area members on the situation with the coronavirus outbreak (COVID-19). Read the full item Eurogroup 04/03/2020 21:32 | Media advisory | Environment Indicative programme - Environment Council of 5 March 2020 Main agenda items, approximate timing, public sessions and press opportunities. Read the full item 05/03/2020 15:30 | Press release | Environment Climate change: Council adopts EU long-term strategy for submission to the UNFCCC The EU is complying with the pledges made in the Paris Agreement. Today, the Council adopted the submission of the EU's mid-century, long-term objective to the United Nations Read the full item 05/03/2020 15:30 | Δελτίο τύπου | Environment Κλιματική αλλαγή: Το Συμβούλιο καθορίζει τη μακροπρόθεσμη στρατηγική της ΕΕ η οποία θα κοινοποιηθεί στην UNFCCC Η ΕΕ συμμορφώνεται με τις δεσμεύσεις της Συμφωνίας των Παρισίων. Σήμερα, το Συμβούλιο ενέκρινε το κείμενο με το οποίο θα κοινοποιήσει στα Ηνωμένα Έθνη τον μακροπρόθεσμο στόχο της για τα μέσα του αιώνα Read the full item 05/03/2020 18:41 | Press release | Environment Air quality: Council adopts conclusions The Council today adopted conclusions on air quality which give political guidance for further work to combat air pollution. Read the full item 05/03/2020 18:41 | Δελτίο τύπου | Environment Ποιότητα του αέρα: Το Συμβούλιο εκδίδει συμπεράσματα Το Συμβούλιο εξέδωσε σήμερα συμπεράσματα για την ποιότητα του αέρα με τα οποία παρέχονται πολιτικές κατευθύνσεις για τα μελλοντικά μέτρα καταπολέμησης της ατμοσφαιρικής ρύπανσης. Read the full item Council of the European Union 06/03/2020 17:33 | Press release | Economy & finance Forward look: 9 - 22 March 2020 Overview of the main subjects to be discussed at meetings of the Council of the EU over the next two weeks and upcoming media events. Read the full item