EU RESPONSE TO COVID-19 / Council of the eu

EU Council to extend its emergency decision-making rules until 10 November

Brussels, 01/09/2020 (Agence Europe)

Member States’ ambassadors to the EU (Coreper II) are expected to give their agreement on Wednesday 2 September to extend until 10 November 2020 the measures derogating from the rules of procedure of the EU Council during the Covid-19 period, according to a document obtained by EUROPE on Tuesday 1 September.

The EU Council is preparing to extend once again measures voted in April 2020 (see EUROPE B12452A19) aimed in particular at facilitating the use of the written procedure for...