European Council conclusions - A rolling check-list of commitments to date
The role of the European Council – to 'provide the Union with the necessary impetus for its development' and to define its 'general political directions and priorities' – has evolved rapidly over the last decade. Since June 2014, the European Council Oversight Unit within the European Parliamentary Research Service (EPRS), the European Parliament's in-house research service and think tank, has been monitoring and analysing the European Council's delivery on commitments made in the conclusions of its meetings. This overview of European Council conclusions is a new, updated and more comprehensive edition of the Rolling Check-List, which has been published regularly by the European Council Oversight Unit since 2014. It distinguishes between four types of European Council conclusions (commitments, reviews, endorsements and statements) and indicates the follow-up given to calls for action made by EU leaders. It also offers an introductory analysis of each policy area, highlighting the background to the main orientations given by the European Council, as well as the follow-up to them and the future challenges.
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Policy area
- Area of Freedom, Security and Justice
- Development and Humanitarian Aid
- Economics and Monetary Issues
- Education
- Employment
- Energy
- Environment
- EU Law: Legal System and Acts
- Financial and Banking Issues
- Foreign Affairs
- Human Rights
- Internal Market and Customs Union
- International Trade
- Regional Development
- Research Policy
- Security and Defence
- Social Policy
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- 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