Six European ministerial meetings considered essential will be held by the end of March, in order to maintain the capacity of the Member States, meeting within the EU Council, to take decisions while taking into account the risks of spreading the coronavirus posed by work at European level.
The following Councils are thus maintained at this stage in Brussels: – Justice and Home Affairs (13 March); – Economy and Finance (17 March); – Foreign Affairs (23 March); – General Affairs (24 March); – European Council (26-27 March).
This decision was taken on Thursday 12 March by the Presidents of the European Council, Charles Michel, and the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, and the Prime Minister of Croatia, Andrej Plenković, whose country holds the six-month Presidency of the EU Council.
Other meetings, such as the Health Council, are held by videoconference on a daily basis. Other meetings are adjourned indefinitely. (Original version in French by Mathieu Bion)