Weekly schedule of President António Costa, 13-19 July 2026.

Member States’ representatives appoint a judge and an advocate-general to the Court of Justice.

Today, the Council adopted the 2026 country-specific recommendations for each member state.

The Council today opened a new excessive deficit procedure concerning Bulgaria and outlined the necessary steps for the country to put an end to its excessive deficit by 2029.

The Council approved a new recovery and resilience plan (RRP) for Hungary.

The Council decided to temporarily restrict visa provision for Guinean nationals given Guinea’s insufficient cooperation on readmission.

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

President of the European Council, António Costa, will travel to Ankara (Türkiye) on 7 and 8 July. On Tuesday, he will attend a leaders’ dinner ahead of the NATO summit. On Wednesday, together with President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, he will meet President of Türkiye, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.

Kyriakos Pierrakakis, President of the Eurogroup, attended the Rencontres Économiques in Aix-en-Provences. He spoke at the plenary session 'One World, Clashing Visions: Who Sets the Standards?'.

Weekly schedule of President António Costa, 6-12 July 2026.

The Council imposed restrictive measures on six Russian individuals involved in the development of chemical weapons, notably epibatidine, which is highly likely the cause of Alexei Navalny’s death.

The EU welcomes the framework agreement signed by Lebanon and Israel in Washington, which calls for the disarmament of Hezbollah enabling the IDF to progressively redeploy out of the Lebanese territory.

The measure intends to protect children by allowing online providers to voluntarily detect, report and remove child sexual abuse material online.

Speech by the Eurogroup President, Kyriakos Pierrakakis, on how the European budget supports the euro and expands Europe's productive capacity and long-term prosperity.

President António Costa travelled to Dublin (Ireland) to attend the opening ceremony of the Irish Presidency of the Council of the European Union, where he delivered a speech.

On Wednesday 1 July, President Costa travelled to Dublin to attend the official opening of the Irish presidency of the Council of the European Union. Ahead of the ceremony he met with Taoiseach Micheál Martin.

The EU Law Tracker wins the 2026 Ombudsman Award for Good Administration in the “excellence in open administration” category, recognising its role in making EU law-making more transparent, accessible and easier to follow.

The Council and the European Parliament reached a provisional agreement on targeted amendments to the Eurovignette directive.