Outcome of the European Council of 19-20 March 2015

Briefing 27-03-2015

As the EPRS Outlook for the Spring European Council foresaw, European Union leaders approved the building blocks for a European Energy Union, endorsed the Commission's Annual Growth Survey (AGS), linked sanctions against Russia to the complete implementation of the Minsk agreements, and called for a government of National Unity in Libya. The Heads of State or Government also appointed Jeppe Tranholm-Mikkelsen as new Secretary General of the Secretariat-General of the Council.