EU Council Press @EUCouncilPress@respublicae.eu

❗ 12 and 13 June – Employment, Social Policy, Health and Consumer Affairs Council #EPSCO

📝 Check the indicative programme and the instructions to register to ask questions at the press conference 👇

⏱️ Deadline for registration: Monday 12 June 2023 at 16.15

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/EUCouncilPress/status/1667188728253628418

The #JHA Council meeting has come to an end.

The press conference with 🇸🇪 #justice minister Gunnar Strömmer and 🇪🇺 commissioner @dreynders will start soon.

Follow LIVE 🎥 here : https://europa.eu/!vNgbPX

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/EUCouncilPress/status/1667176890514194437

#Sanctions: 🇪🇺 Justice ministers reached negotiating mandate for a proposed law to combat the circumvention & breach of EU sanctions

The draft law harmonises criminal offences & penalties for the violation of EU restrictive measures

Read more 👇
https://europa.eu/!y6rCM3

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/EUCouncilPress/status/1667105089712996352

🇪🇺 @EUCouncil reached a common position on a proposed law against strategic lawsuits against public participation #SLAPP

This is a decisive step to further strengthen freedom of expression in the EU and protect journalists and human rights activists.

#JHA

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/EUCouncilPress/status/1667101325040001024

🇪🇺 Justice ministers agreed on a common position on a draft directive aimed at combating gender-based and domestic violence.

The proposed legislation includes provisions on:

✅ female genital mutilation #FGM
✅ cyber stalking
✅ support measures for victims

#JHA

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/EUCouncilPress/status/1667092791434919936

#JHA | 🇪🇺 ministers for Justice reached a general approach on a draft directive on asset recovery and confiscation.

The draft legislation will set minimum rules on the tracing, identification, freezing, & confiscation of criminal assets.

Read more 👇
https://europa.eu/!MJrpWD

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/EUCouncilPress/status/1667082897826758658

#HumanTrafficking: 🇪🇺 justice ministers agreed on a negotiating position on an update of the EU's anti-trafficking law.

The new rules explicitly criminalise various types of exploitation, including forced marriage and illegal adoption.

#JHA

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/EUCouncilPress/status/1667080099420680192

❗ Tuesday 13 June at 14:00 ❗

Hybrid press briefing ahead of the #Eurogroup of 15 June.

Register below 👇

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/EUCouncilPress/status/1667065608121339904

#JHA | 🇪🇺 Home Affairs ministers reached an agreement on:

✅ the #Asylum Procedures Regulation

✅ the Asylum and #Migration Management Regulation

A decisive step towards fairer and more effective migration & asylum rules across the EU.

Read more 👇 https://europa.eu/!hMfchM

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/EUCouncilPress/status/1666911727202496513

The #JHA Council meeting has come to an end.

The press conference with 🇸🇪 minister @MariaStenergard and 🇪🇺 commissioner @YlvaJohansson will start soon.

Follow LIVE 🎥 here : https://europa.eu/!Nkkwg6

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/EUCouncilPress/status/1666883489042399260

Livestream of home affairs ministers meeting on draft laws on asylum procedure and asylum & migration management resumes

https://europa.eu/!Rrfpqg
RT @EUCouncilPress: ❗️ #JHA Council has kicked off. Today, 🇪🇺 Home affairs ministers meet in Luxembourg to discuss migration and asylum policy.

On the table: draft laws on asylum procedure and asylum & migration management.

▶️ Follow the public session

https://t.co/O2qq2gcezW

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/EUCouncilPress/status/1666828407538065408

❗ Friday 9 June at 14.00

💻 OFF-the-record press briefing in hybrid format ahead of the Employment, Social Policy, Health and Consumer Affairs Council of 12 and 13 June 2023 #EPSCO

📝 Instructions to participate and ask questions👇

⏱️ Deadline to register: 9 June at 13.00

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/EUCouncilPress/status/1666787152674402304

🚗🚚@EUCouncil and @europarl_en agree on a new framework for intelligent #transport systems — making mobility in the EU smarter, safer, more efficient and more sustainable.

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/EUCouncilPress/status/1666782560301580289

.@EUCouncil today gave its green light to the opening of negotiations on an 🇪🇺🇬🇧 competition cooperation agreement, supplementing the EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement.

Council decision authorising the opening of negotiations 👉 http://europa.eu/!jgtxwv

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/EUCouncilPress/status/1666763539661352961

#EuropeanPeaceFacility: @EUCouncil adopts two assistance measures for a total amount of €5 million in support of the Nigerien Armed Forces

Read the press release 👇 https://europa.eu/!9vvMf3

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/EUCouncilPress/status/1666760871542939649

🇪🇺 Home Affairs ministers approve conclusions on strengthening civil protection preparedness against chemical biological radiological nuclear threats #CBRN #JHA

Read the press release 👇 https://europa.eu/!rvqjxX

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/EUCouncilPress/status/1666759265862787072

#JHA | 🇪🇺 Ministers for Home Affairs agreed on negotiating position for the review of the Single Permit Directive.

The updated rules will allow for a more effective application procedure for legal migrants to work and reside in the EU

More 👉 https://europa.eu/!mwqTJX

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/EUCouncilPress/status/1666708486212800512

❗️ #JHA Council has kicked off. Today, 🇪🇺 Home affairs ministers meet in Luxembourg to discuss migration and asylum policy.

On the table: draft laws on asylum procedure and asylum & migration management.

▶️ Follow the public session

https://europa.eu/!XjPBYY

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/EUCouncilPress/status/1666706680174854145

❗ 8 and 9 June – Justice and Home Affairs Council #JHA

📝 Check the indicative programme and the instructions to register to ask questions at the press conference 👇

⏱️ Deadline for registration: Thursday 8 June 2023 at 17.00

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/EUCouncilPress/status/1666469957700407300