Leaders’ Agenda
October 2017
Building our future together
In Bratislava and Rome, Leaders re-stated their commitment to the European project and decided
to build their future together within a strengthened European Union. They underlined their unity
and their willingness to take the fate of the Union in their own hands, working together in the
European Council. Since then, optimism has been on the rise, and ambition has returned. Against
this background, we should further step up our eforts and re-energise our work, and, to this efect,
set out clearly what we intend to deliver.
This document provides an overview of the main issues that the President of the European Council
intends to put on the agenda of the Leaders between now and June 2019. Some will be discussed
in formal European Council meetings, while others will be addressed in an informal format, at 27
or 28, depending on the substance. The agenda includes ongoing work strands, as well as issues
that require discussions aimed at resolving deadlocks or inding solutions to key political dossiers
(indicated in italics). The latter will be prepared with “decision notes” setting out in clear terms the
political problems to be solved.
The agenda does not list points that recur on a regular basis, such as external relations, except where
a speciic item is already known at this stage. Between now and the end of March 2019 there will
also have to be regular meetings of the European Council in the Article 50 format to deal with the
Brexit issue.
This Leaders’ Agenda is a living document that will be updated and amended as required.