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Readout of the telephone conversation between President Charles Michel and Prime Minister of Ethiopia Abiy Ahmed
(Source: Council of the EU and European Council)
President Charles Michel spoke on the phone with Prime Minister of Ethiopia Abiy Ahmed to follow-up on their meeting in the margins of the AU-EU Summit and on the recent visit of Commissioner Lenarcic to the country.
President Charles Michel took note of the recent efforts […]
Digital finance: agreement reached on European crypto-assets regulation (MiCA)
(Source: Council of the EU and European Council)
The EU brings crypto-assets, crypto-assets issuers and crypto-asset service providers under a regulatory framework for the first time.
The Council presidency and the European Parliament reached a provisional agreement on the markets in crypto-assets (MiCA) proposal which covers issuers of unbacked crypto-assets, and so-called “stablecoins”, as well as […]
Foreign subsidies distorting the internal market: provisional political agreement between the Council and the European Parliament
(Source: Council of the EU and European Council)
The Council and the European Parliament today reached a provisional political agreement on the regulation on foreign subsidies distorting the internal market.
The French Presidency of the Council of the European Union was built on the principle of economic sovereignty. Economic sovereignty depends on two key principles: […]
Remarks by President Charles Michel after his meeting in Prague with Prime Minister of the Czech Republic Petr Fiala
(Source: Council of the EU and European Council)
Good evening every one. First of all let me thank you, dear Prime Minister, dear Petr, for your warm welcome. It’s a great pleasure for me to be back in Prague, and to be back for an important moment, because in a few hours it […]