🇭🇺🇪🇺 What did #Orban break?
“The #EuropeanCouncil relies on informal norms:
trust that commitments made in the room will still bind tomorrow; reciprocity among leaders who know they will need one another on the next file“
@verfassungsblog.de
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🌷March Issue
🔍 Research
@lucasschramm91.bsky.social analyses the #EuropeanCouncil as a key actor in the EU’s multi-level and multi-institutional system of governance.
👉 buff.ly/VjkX7ON
Our new book on the #EuropeanCouncil has a cover 😍
With 16 new or revised chapters, it introduces the emergence, foundations, activities, and shortcomings of this pivotal institution
The book will become available in October, you can already pre-order it here 👇
www.bloomsbury.com/uk/european-...
The #EuropeanCouncil earlier this month ended with Orbán blocking the EU‘s €90bn package for Ukraine. So good, so normal (unfortunately).
But something is different with this latest #EUCO blockage, I argue in this new piece for Verfassungsblog
verfassungsblog.de/a-deal-is-a-...
Three takeaways:
The European Council adjourned during the night of 19–20 March. The war in Iran and Europe’s energy vulnerability dominate the agenda www.renewablematter.eu/en/eu-counci...
#middleeastcrisis #energycost #ETS #europeancouncil
Ever wondered how the #EuropeanUnion would look like without the #EuropeanCouncil?
In this piece for @foederalist.eu, I do some counterfactual analysis: how EU policymaking and interinstitutional relations might work without #EUCO
www.foederalist.eu/2026/03/chef...
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Following yesterday’s #EuropeanCouncil,
EDP MEPs Sandro Gozi and Yvan Verougstraete have called on the Commission to review #Article7 to stop Viktor #Orbán ’s abuses.
Once again, Hungary — backed by Robert #Fico — blocked vital support for #Ukraine,
holding the Union hostage.
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❗Comment on the European Council of 19 March 👇
The energy transition, and in particular the development of renewables, remains the most effective strategy for Europe’s strategic autonomy.
This is the main takeaway from the conclusions of the #EuropeanCouncil meeting held on 19 March in Brussels.
Arrival and doorstep by Andrej #BABIŠ, Prime Minister of #Czechia, at the #EuropeanCouncil #EUCO taking place on 19 March 2026 in #Brussels.
newsroom.consilium.europa.eu/permalink/26...
Arrival and doorstep by Luís #MONTENEGRO, Prime Minister of #Portugal, at the #EuropeanCouncil #EUJCO taking place on 19 March 2026 in #Brussels.
newsroom.consilium.europa.eu/events/20260...
Arrival and doorstep by Luc #FRIEDEN, Prime Minister of #Luxembourg, at the #EuropeanCouncil #EUCO taking place on 19 March 2026 in #Brussels.
newsroom.consilium.europa.eu/permalink/26...
Arrival and doorstep by Gitanas #NAUSĖDA, President of #Lithuania, at the #EuropeanCouncil #EUCO taking place on 19 March 2026 in #Brussels.
newsroom.consilium.europa.eu/events/20260...
📍 EU leaders are in Brussels today for the #EuropeanCouncil meeting.
Among other topics, they will discuss the next EU long-term budget.
📚 Check our EPRS publications on the 2028-2034 #MFF: epthinktank.eu/2026/02/03/t...
@budg.europarl.europa.eu
EPRS visual showing the current members of the European Council (as of 9 March 2026)
⏰ The #EuropeanCouncil meeting starts today in Brussels.
Who are the current members?
👉 link.europa.eu/F9RYJn
What is the outlook for this #EUCO meeting?
👉 link.europa.eu/B7wyjm
@press.europarl.europa.eu
Suing the European Commission for agreement giving the European Parliament, a body directly elected by EU citizens, more powers and equal treatment in legislative process is against democratic values.
The European Parliament, in fact, should have more powers and stronger position in lawmaking […]
Informal EU leaders' retreat on 12 February 2026
What did EU leaders discuss at the #EuropeanCouncil retreat on #competitiveness on 12 Feb?
The outcome will feed into the conclusions of the March #EUCO meeting.
Read 👉 link.europa.eu/VpkTY9
@imco.europarl.europa.eu @annacavazzini.bsky.social
A visual quantitative overview of European Council meetings 1975-2025 (meeting months, annual meeting frequency, lenght of EUCO conlsuions in words as well as key context events)
When starting a new dataset/corpus, get an overview first ...
🇪🇺 #EuropeanCouncil meetings 1975-2025
📰 Based on a 67-year arc of reporting by British magazine #TheEconomist, @lucasschramm91.bsky.social of @ecprsgeu.bsky.social analyses the #EuropeanCouncil.
🏛️ He shows how that coverage explains why the institution was created + why its dominance is both useful + unsettling.
👉 bit.ly/4kAIGzB
#Corruption is the biggest threat", Thorbjørn #Jagland, former chair of the #NobelCommittee told the #EuropeanCouncil 2 weeks after discussing Epstein's visit to the Caribbean in 2013.
In an unexpected turn of events, he is now under investigation for his repeated contacts with #Epstein. 😃
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European Council President Antonio Costa celebrates his Goan roots, sharing how his heritage and OCI status connect him personally to India and inspire his leadership. 🌏✨
#AntonioCosta #GoanRoots #EuropeanCouncil #OCI #IndiaEU
www.easterneye.biz/antonio-cost...
Out now! Discusses EU member state institutions that take their decisions either by unanimity or by qualified majority (about two-thirds). Order ➡️ tinyurl.com/2typtt7k #EUInstitutions #EuropeanCouncil #CouncilOfTheEuropeanUnion #EUVoting #UnanimityVoting #ordernow #indiepublisher @concordia.ca
How can and should we study an important yet largely inaccessible institution like the #EuropeanCouncil?
In a new article, published in #EuropeanPoliticalSciene, I present key data, paradoxes and research avenues 50 years after its creation.
The article is available open access 👇
h7.cl/1n6zx
#europeancomm #eu #Europeancouncil
Why would you lower your food standards? Do you understand this would end up costing you more in health care cost. Pesticides, fertilizers, low animal standards all have costs.
The masks are falling.
This isn’t about justice — it’s about power.
Nicolás Maduro may be authoritarian, but accusations aren’t verdicts and a foreign president isn’t a court.
Selective law kills the rule of law.
Enough with nice words! #UN #SecurityCouncil @ec.europa.eu #EuropeanCouncil #CoE
#EuropeanCouncil #FailedAgain
Optimism existed for a compromise on a €90 billion loan for Ukraine in 2026-2027, despite opposition from Belgium, Hungary, and Slovakia. No final accord was reported by evening.
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Tensions and uncertainty are high as the EU top leaders meet at the European Council (EUCO) summit in Brussels to try and push through a decision on seizing Russia’s billions in frozen assets to back a €210bn… Bne IntelliNews #EUSummit #ReparationLoan #FrozenAssets #RussiaSanctions #EuropeanCouncil
European Commission Statement Brussels, 18 Dec 2025 This European Council comes at a very decisive time. We have one ultimate goal in this European Council, and...
Source: European Commission
#EuropeanCommission
#EuropeanCouncil
#PeaceForUkraine
Verklaring van de Europese Commissie Brussel, 18 dec 2025 Deze Europese Raad komt op een zeer beslissend moment. We hebben één ultiem doel in deze Europese Raad...
Bron: Europese Commissie
#EuropeanCommission
#EuropeanCouncil
#PeaceForUkraine
"The December #EuropeanCouncil is an opportunity to explain to Washington that the EU is not for sale" 👉 In his Winter Editorial, Jim Cloos reflects on how the EU should respond to the recent attacks from the US
Read it here🔗 tepsa.eu/analysis/the...
