Key issues in the European Council - State of play in October 2019
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16-10-2019
This EPRS publication, 'Key issues in the European Council', which will be updated quarterly to coincide with European Council meetings, aims to provide an overview of the institution’s activities on major EU issues. It analyses nine policy areas, explaining the legal and political background and the main priorities and orientations defined by the European Council. It also assesses the results of European Council involvement to date and identifies future challenges in the various policy fields.
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Publication type
Policy area
- Adoption of Legislation by EP and Council
- Area of Freedom, Security and Justice
- Development and Humanitarian Aid
- Economics and Monetary Issues
- Education
- Employment
- Energy
- Environment
- EU Democracy, Institutional and Parliamentary Law
- EU Law: Legal System and Acts
- Financial and Banking Issues
- Foreign Affairs
- Internal Market and Customs Union
- International Trade
- Research Policy
- Security and Defence
- Social Policy
Keyword
- common foreign and security policy
- economic policy
- economic policy
- ECONOMICS
- employment
- EMPLOYMENT AND WORKING CONDITIONS
- employment policy
- ENVIRONMENT
- environmental policy
- EU environmental policy
- EU institutions and European civil service
- EU policy
- EU strategy
- European construction
- European Council
- EUROPEAN UNION