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EU Priorities for cooperation with the Council of Europe adopted for the next two years

The EU participated in the adoption of the Enlarged Partial Agreement on the Management Committee of the Special Tribunal for the Crime of Aggression against Ukraine

HR/VP Kaja Kallas foreground, EU flag in background.

Head of EU Delegation to the Council of Europe, Alexandre Stutzmann

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Statement/Declaration

EU Statement on the non-applicability on Ukrainian territory of the Russian State Duma elections held on 18-20 September 2026

23.09.2026

Statement/Declaration

EU Statement on the so-called Presidential elections in the occupied breakaway region of South Ossetia

23.09.2026

Statement/Declaration

Statement by High Representative/Vice-President Kaja Kallas to the European Parliament on the urgent need for EU support to Ukraine a...

16.09.2026

Statement/Declaration

2026 State of the Union Address by President von der Leyen

16.09.2026

Statement/Declaration

EU Statement in response to Ms Gunn Merit Helgesen, President of the Congress of the Local and Regional Authorities

09.09.2026

Publications

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Fact-sheet/Infographic

The European Peace Facility Factsheet

Other

Comic book: Rendez-vous at Council of Europe

Fact-sheet/Infographic

Factsheet: The European Union and Armenia

Fact-sheet/Infographic

The European Union and the Council of Europe - A values-based partnership

Fact-sheet/Infographic

New publication: “Stronger Together: Celebrating 75 Years of the European Convention on Human Rights and 25 Years of the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights”

IN THE SPOTLIGHT

5 EU statements delivered in September 2026

In September 2026, the EU delivered five statements at the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe.

EU Heads of Mission exchanged with the EU’s Fundamental Rights Agency (FRA) Director Sirpa Rautio

On 21 September, EUDEL hosted a EU Heads of Missions exchange of views with the EU’s Fundamental Rights Agency (FRA) Director Sirpa Rautio.

Turning Ideas into Action: Research Symposium on Young People’s Access to Social Rights

From 15 to 17 September, a Research Symposium on young people’s access to social rights was organised at the European Youth Centre in Strasbourg as part of the EU-Council of Europe Youth Partnership.

Welcome to Ambassador Alexandre Stutzmann, the new Head of the EU Delegation to the Council of Europe

Ambassador Alexandre Stutzmann presented his credentials to Secretary General Alain Berset on 1 September 2026, taking up his duties as the European Union Ambassador to the Council of Europe in Strasbourg.