European Council
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| Presidents | Donald Tusk |
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| Locations | Europa building |
| Brussels | |
| Headquarters location | Brussels, Belgium |
| Founded | 2009 |
| Type of business | Institution of the European Union |
| Formation | 1961 (informally); 2009 (formally) |
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| ID | 962520 |
About European Council
The European Council is a collective body that defines the European Union's overall political direction and priorities. It comprises the heads of state or government of the EU member states, along with the President of the European Council and the President of the European Commission.
How Hamas built a force to attack Israel on 7 October
... Hugh Lovatt, a Middle East analyst at the European Council on Foreign Relations, said Israel would have been aware of the joint training drills but " reached the wrong conclusion" assessing they amounted to the " standard" activity of paramilitary groups in the Palestinian territories, rather than being " indicative of a looming large-scale attack"...
Yahya Sinwar: Who is the Hamas leader?
... Hugh Lovatt, senior policy fellow at the European Council on Foreign Relations (ECFR), believes Deif was the brains behind the planning of the 7 October attack because it was a military operation, but Sinwar " would likely have been part of the group that planned and influenced it"...
Poland's Tusk-led pro-EU opposition signs deal and waits to govern
... They said they would nominate KO leader and former European Council chief Donald Tusk as candidate for prime minister...
Israel Gaza: EU leaders set to back humanitarian pauses
... European Council President Charles Michel says and the leaders are keen to facilitate access to food, water, medical care, fuel and shelter...
Poland election: Women and youth force PiS from power
... Donald Tusk, a former president of the European Council, is expected to bring more constructive relations...
Polish elections: When are they and why is Europe watching closely?
... A former prime minister of Poland from 2007-14, he later became president of the European Council...
Ukraine dam: Thousands flee floods after dam collapse near Nova Kakhovka
... " The head of Nato, Jens Stoltenberg, said the destruction of the dam demonstrated once again the brutality of Russia s war in Ukraine, while Charles Michel, the president of the European Council, said he was " shocked by the unprecedented attack"...
Poland protest: Hundreds of thousands demand change in Warsaw
... Donald Tusk, a former head of the European Council, also welcomed supporters during the " record" march...
EU leaders to consider climate neutrality pledge
Security forces were called in when Greenpeace protesters scaled The Summit building and unfurled a banner
European Union leaders are holding talks in Brussels amid pressure to commit to making the 28-member bloc climate neutral by 2050.
Several Eastern European countries want financial and other guarantees before they agree to the EU cutting to zero its net amount of greenhouse emissions.
But Ursula von der Leyen, the new head of the EU's executive, has placed the aim at The Heart of a new "Green Deal".
Billions of euros would be added to the EU budget to move from fossil fuels.
The "Just Transition Mechanism" would include funding from the European Investment Bank and would support states such as Poland , the Czech Republic and Hungary, which are among the EU member states most reliant on coal.
Arriving for The Summit , Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babis said he would seek assurances that Prague could continue to pursue Nuclear Power . Hungary's Viktor Orban was adamant that "Poor People and poor countries" should not bear the financial cost of fighting Climate Change .
President Emmanuel Macron of France, which relies on Nuclear Power for almost three-quarters of its electricity needs, said it was obvious that Nuclear Power would have to stay, as long as The Right mechanism was found. Austria's chancellor agreed.
Ahead of The Summit , Greenpeace activists used an Old Fire engine to climb the European Council building, before unfurling a banner reading "climate emergency" and setting off flares. The protesters complained the EU was doing too little, Too Late .
Poland is among the EU nations that is seeking billions in EU funds to help Move Away from fossil fuelsThe new president of the European Council , Charles Michel , said ahead of The Summit that he wanted EU leaders to pledge that The Bloc would become climate neutral by 2050.
Climate neutrality, he said, would be "a strong signal for The Future of Europe" showing the need to "massively" invest in innovation as officials and experts meet in Madrid for the UN climate summit.
Finland's new Prime Minister Sanna Marin said new generations expected the EU to act - and it had to act faster.
What is The Plan ?The was described by European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen as Europe's "man on The Moon " moment. It includes:
Although the new Commission's proposals are ambitious, they have to be signed off by EU leaders if they are to get anywhere.
An official said on the eve of The Summit that there might or might not be a deal in Brussels. The Test was whether EU leaders were prepared to make a commitment before negotiations on the 2021-27 EU budget came to an end.
What is climate neutrality?Climate neutrality involves balancing emissions by removing warming gases from the atmosphere.
Warming emissions created by cars and power plants are counteracted by removing greenhouse gases from the air by planting new forests or through carbon capture technologies that bury CO2 underground.
What are the objections to The Deal ?One of the big problems EU leaders will have is finding The Money from a budget that is already set to shrink if the UK leaves The Bloc next year. There was no UK Prime Minister at Thursday's summit because of The General Election .
Polish MEP Ryszard Legutko pours cold water on the ideas of the new head of the European CommissionPolish officials have already welcomed the planned mechanism for compensating countries whose economies are still reliant on the coal industry. Coal currently produces 80% of Poland 's power.
However, they say the cost of transition for Poland in particular will be huge, and it is not just one budget that would need to carry the cost but budgets all the way through to 2050.
A sign of the scepticism came from Ryszard Legutko , an MEP from Poland 's ruling Law and Justice Party , who told the European Parliament on Wednesday that the strategy was confused and prompted more questions than it answered.
"Have you any idea of The Social cost as well as The Personal tragedies it will generate?" he asked The Commission president.
It is not just Poland , Hungary and the Czech Republic that have reservations.
Romanian MEP Dan Nica warned that if his country was to meet its 2030 target, it would cost 40% of its economic output, with a price of almost €8bn a year. Families living near mining areas would be particularly affected, he said.
cop26, european commission, european union, climate change
Source of news: bbc.com
