Foreign Minister Maas on the approval of the EU member states to the provisional application of the Trade and Cooperation Agreement between the European Union and the United Kingdom from 1 January 2021:
I am pleased that all 27 EU member states have given their approval today.
At their last meeting under the German Presidency of the Council of the EU, European research ministers set the course for research and innovation to support Europe’s economic recovery.
We have made good progress in the sectoral negotiations with the European Parliament
The German Presidency and the European Parliament’s negotiators today reached a provisional agreement on the Recovery and Resilience Facility. With a financial envelope of €672.5 billion, the facility is the centrepiece of the Next Generation EU recovery instrument.
The governance arrangements have been confirmed as negotiated by the EU leaders.
The youth is the future of Europe. But how does this generation, faced by a multitude of European crises, look at Europe? How is the EU prepared to deal with challenges in the areas of youth, education…
What expectations do young people have?
A European Union that acts globally requires achievable strategic objectives. This will ensure clarity within the EU and at the same time increase the European Union’s credibility with third parties.
New Security Policy Document EU member states have differing strategic cultures.
On the occasion of the German EU Council Presidency, the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) invites its alumni from all EU Member States to take part in an exchange about future questions of the…
In the run-up to the event, the DAAD alumni have formulated their ideas for Europe
Speaking in the Bundesrat, Chancellor Merkel laid out the priorities of Germany’s Presidency of the Council of the EU. „Together, we – the federal government, the federal states, our towns, cities and local authorities – can push ahead with Europe’s recovery“, she said.
The federal and state governments have continued to agree on solutions that have
Which measures for the protection of women from violence can be further developed in the EU? This was the subject of an informal meeting of EU equality ministers on 20 November, led by Germany’s Federal Minister for Women Franziska Giffey.
This is why we have to address it with a European response.
Chancellor Angela Merkel discussed this week’s meeting of the European Council with Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte. Italy was particularly hard-hit by the coronavirus, she said. „That’s why it is our duty to act in a spirit of solidarity in order to overcome the consequences of this pandemic.“
Many things happend over the last few months that one could not have anticipated
A European Union that acts globally requires achievable strategic objectives. This will ensure clarity within the EU and at the same time increase the European Union’s credibility with third parties.
New Security Policy Document EU member states have differing strategic cultures.
