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European Council
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General Secretariat of the Council
Delegations
European Council meeting (20 June 2019)
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Conclusions
Delegations will find attached the conclusions adopted by the European Council at the above
meeting.
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I.
1.
THE NEXT INSTITUTIONAL CYCLE
The European Council adopted a new Strategic Agenda 2019-2024 for the Union. It will
discuss the follow-up to the Strategic Agenda in October 2019.
II.
2.
MULTIANNUAL FINANCIAL FRAMEWORK
The European Council welcomed the work done under the Romanian Presidency and took
note of the various elements of the MFF package. It called on Finland's Presidency to pursue
the work and to develop the Negotiating Box. On that basis the European Council will hold an
exchange of views in October 2019, aiming for an agreement before the end of the year.
III. CLIMATE CHANGE
3.
The European Council emphasises the importance of the United Nations Secretary General's
Climate Action Summit in September for stepping up global climate action so as to achieve
the objective of the Paris Agreement, including by pursuing efforts to limit the temperature
increase to 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels. It welcomes the active involvement of Member
States and the Commission in the preparations.
4.
Following the sectoral discussions held over recent months, the European Council invites the
Council and the Commission to advance work on the conditions, the incentives and the
enabling framework to be put in place so as to ensure a transition to a climate-neutral EU in
line with the Paris Agreement1 that will preserve European competitiveness, be just and
socially balanced, take account of Member States' national circumstances and respect their
right to decide on their own energy mix, while building on the measures already agreed to
achieve the 2030 reduction target. The European Council will finalise its guidance before the
end of the year with a view to the adoption and submission of the EU's long-term strategy to
the UNFCCC in early 2020. In this context, the European Council invites the European
Investment Bank to step up its activities in support of climate action.
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For a large majority of Member States, climate neutrality must be achieved by 2050.
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The EU and its Member States remain committed to scaling up the mobilisation of
international climate finance from a wide variety of private and public sources and to working
towards a timely, well-managed and successful replenishment process for the Green Climate
Fund.
IV. DISINFORMATION AND HYBRID THREATS
6.
Further to the Presidency report and the contributions from the Commission and the High
Representative on lessons learnt with regard to disinformation and securing free and fair
elections, the European Council calls for sustained efforts to raise awareness, increase
preparedness and strengthen the resilience of our democracies to disinformation. It welcomes
the Commission's intention to conduct an in-depth evaluation of the implementation of
commitments undertaken by online platforms and other signatories under the Code of
Practice. The evolving nature of the threats and the growing risk of malicious interference and
online manipulation associated with the development of Artificial Intelligence and data-
gathering techniques require continuous assessment and an appropriate response.
7.
The EU must ensure a coordinated response to hybrid and cyber threats and strengthen its
cooperation with relevant international actors. The European Council welcomes the adoption
of a new framework for targeted restrictive measures, and the work on coordinated attribution
at EU level in the context of the cyber diplomacy toolbox, to better deter and respond to
cyber-attacks. It invites the EU institutions, together with the Member States, to work on
measures to enhance the resilience and improve the security culture of the EU against cyber
and hybrid threats from outside the EU, and to better protect the EU's information and
communication networks, and its decision-making processes, from malicious activities of all
kinds.
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V.
8.
EXTERNAL RELATIONS
On the occasion of the Eastern Partnership's 10th anniversary, the European Council reaffirms
the importance of this strategic partnership and invites the Commission and the High
Representative to evaluate existing instruments and measures and, on the basis of appropriate
consultations, to present by early 2020, with a view to the next Eastern Partnership Summit, a
further set of long-term policy objectives.
9.
The European Council welcomes the peaceful transfer of power in the Republic of Moldova
and invites the European Commission and the High Representative to work on a set of
concrete measures to support the Republic of Moldova, based on its sustained implementation
of reforms under the Association Agreement / DCFTA.
10.
The European Council underlines the crucial importance of the EU's strategic partnership with
Africa. We are committed to developing it further with a shared ambition to face together
common and global challenges.
11.
The stability, security and prosperity of the countries on the southern shore of the
Mediterranean are of crucial importance for the EU. In this context, peace and long-term
stability in Libya are a common priority. The EU reiterates its support for the UN-led process
for the cessation of hostilities and an inclusive political solution.
12.
The European Council welcomes the renewed impetus in EU-Morocco relations and looks
forward to the upcoming EU-Morocco Association Council.
13.
The European Council reiterates its call on Russia to release the captured Ukrainian sailors
unconditionally, return the seized vessels and ensure free passage of all ships through the
Kerch Straits, in accordance with international law.
14.
The European Council expresses its utmost concern about the Russian presidential decree of
24 April, enabling the simplified issuing of passports in certain areas of Ukraine's Donetsk
and Luhansk regions, which runs counter to the spirit and the objectives of the Minsk
agreements.
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15.
The European Council will continue to monitor the situation in eastern Ukraine and stands
ready to consider further options, including non-recognition of Russian passports issued in
contradiction to the Minsk agreements, in close coordination with its international partners.
The European Council calls for an urgent resumption of negotiating efforts with a view to the
implementation of the Minsk agreements and for measures aimed at rebuilding confidence
among the parties.
16.
17 July will mark five years since the downing of flight MH17, which claimed 298 lives. The
European Council reiterates its full support for all efforts to establish truth, justice and
accountability for the victims and their next of kin, in accordance with UNSC Resolution
2166. In this context, it welcomes the announcement by the Joint Investigation Team on
19 June 2019 that criminal charges will be brought in the Netherlands against four
individuals, calls on Russia to cooperate fully with the ongoing investigation, and expresses
its full confidence in the independence and professionalism of the legal procedures that lie
ahead.
17.
The European Council recalls and reaffirms previous Council and European Council
conclusions, including the European Council conclusions of 22 March 2018 strongly
condemning Turkey's continued illegal actions in the Eastern Mediterranean and the Aegean
Sea. The European Council expresses serious concerns over Turkey's current illegal drilling
activities in the Eastern Mediterranean and deplores that Turkey has not yet responded to the
EU's repeated calls to cease such activities. The European Council underlines the serious
immediate negative impact that such illegal actions have across the range of EU-Turkey
relations. The European Council calls on Turkey to show restraint, respect the sovereign
rights of Cyprus and refrain from any such actions. The European Council endorses the
invitation to the Commission and the EEAS to submit options for appropriate measures
without delay, including targeted measures. The EU will continue to closely monitor
developments and stands ready to respond appropriately and in full solidarity with Cyprus.
The European Council will remain seized of the matter and will revert accordingly.
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VI. OTHER ITEMS
18.
The European Council endorses the conclusions on enlargement and stabilisation and
association process adopted by the Council on 18 June 2019.
19.
In the context of the European Semester, the European Council held a discussion on the basis
of a horizontal report on Country-Specific Recommendations.
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ANNEX
A NEW STRATEGIC AGENDA 2019 - 2024
In recent years, the world has become increasingly unsettled, complex and subject to rapid change.
That creates both opportunities and challenges. Over the next five years, the EU can and will
strengthen its role in this changing environment. Together, we will be determined and focused,
building on our values and the strengths of our model. This is the only effective way to shape the
future world, promote the interests of our citizens, businesses and societies, and safeguard our way
of life.
This Strategic Agenda provides an overall framework and direction for that response. It is intended
to guide the work of the Institutions in the next five years. It focuses on four main priorities:
protecting citizens and freedoms
developing a strong and vibrant economic base
building a climate-neutral, green, fair and social Europe
promoting European interests and values on the global stage.
Lastly, it sets out how to deliver on those priorities.
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Protecting citizens and freedoms
Europe must be a place where people feel free and safe. The EU shall defend the fundamental rights
and freedoms of its citizens, as recognised in the Treaties, and protect them against existing and
emerging threats.
The common values underpinning our democratic and societal models are the foundation of
European freedom, security and prosperity. The rule of law, with its crucial role in all our
democracies, is a key guarantor that these values are well protected; it must be fully respected by all
Member States and the EU.
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We must ensure the integrity of our territory. We need to know and be the ones to decide who
enters the EU. Effective control of the external borders is an absolute prerequisite for guaranteeing
security, upholding law and order, and ensuring properly functioning EU policies, in line with our
principles and values.
We are determined to further develop a fully functioning comprehensive migration policy. We will
continue and deepen our cooperation with countries of origin and transit to fight illegal migration
and human trafficking and to ensure effective returns. Concerning the internal dimension, we need
agreement on an effective migration and asylum policy. A consensus needs to be found on the
Dublin Regulation to reform it based on a balance of responsibility and solidarity, taking into
account the persons disembarked following Search and Rescue operations.
We will take the necessary steps to ensure proper functioning of Schengen.
We will build on and strengthen our fight against terrorism and cross-border crime, improving
cooperation and information-sharing, and further developing our common instruments.
We will increase the EU’s resilience against both natural and man-made
disasters. Active solidarity
and the pooling of resources are key in this respect.
We must protect our societies from malicious cyber activities, hybrid threats and disinformation
originating from hostile State and non-State actors. Addressing such threats requires a
comprehensive approach with more cooperation, more coordination, more resources and more
technological capacities.
Developing our economic base: the European model for the future
A strong economic base is of key importance for Europe’s competitiveness, prosperity and role on
the global stage and for the creation of jobs. As technological, security and sustainability challenges
reshape the global landscape, we need to renew the basis for long-term sustainable and inclusive
growth and strengthen cohesion in the EU. This requires achieving the upward convergence of our
economies and addressing the demographic challenges.
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We must ensure that the euro works for our citizens and remains resilient, deepening the Economic
and Monetary Union in all its dimensions, completing the Banking and Capital Markets Union and
strengthening the international role of the euro.
To maximise our impact, we need a more integrated approach connecting all relevant policies and
dimensions: deepening and strengthening the Single Market and its four freedoms, designing an
industrial policy fit for the future, addressing the digital revolution and ensuring fair and effective
taxation.
The Single Market in all its dimensions is a key asset in that regard. The EU cannot afford to under-
utilise the potential of a market of half a billion people, particularly in the area of services. Short-
term difficulties cannot be invoked as an argument against a long-term strategy that is bold, all-
encompassing, and forward-looking. This must go hand in hand with a more assertive,
comprehensive and coordinated industrial policy. The EU needs both, and needs them urgently.
Over the next few years, the digital transformation will further accelerate and have far-reaching
effects. We need to ensure that Europe is digitally sovereign and obtains its fair share of the benefits
of this development. Our policy must be shaped in a way that embodies our societal values,
promotes inclusiveness, and remains compatible with our way of life. To this end, the EU must
work on all aspects of the digital revolution and artificial intelligence: infrastructure, connectivity,
services, data, regulation and investment. This has to be accompanied by the development of the
service economy and the mainstreaming of digital services.
At the same time, we must step up investment in people's skills and education, do more to foster
entrepreneurship and innovation and increase research efforts, in particular by addressing the
fragmentation of European research, development and innovation. Investing in our future also
means encouraging and supporting public and private investment, including in infrastructure, to
finance the growth of our economy and our businesses, including SMEs.
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In a world where common rules and standards are increasingly questioned, it will be vital to
promote a level playing field, including in the area of trade. This means ensuring fair competition
within the EU and on the global stage, promoting market access, fighting unfair practices,
extraterritorial measures and security risks from third countries, and securing our strategic supply
chains. We will continue to update our European competition framework to new technological and
global market developments.
Building a climate-neutral, green, fair and social Europe
Europe needs inclusiveness and sustainability, embracing the changes brought about by the green
transition, technological evolution and globalisation while making sure no-one is left behind.
As the effects of climate change become more visible and pervasive, we urgently need to step up
our action to manage this existential threat. The EU can and must lead the way, by engaging in an
in-depth transformation of its own economy and society to achieve climate neutrality. This will
have to be conducted in a way that takes account of national circumstances and is socially just.
The climate transition will afford us a real opportunity to modernise and at the same time to become
a global leader in a green economy. Our policies should be consistent with the Paris Agreement.
The EU cannot be the only one to act: all countries should move forward and step up their climate
action.
The success of the green transition will depend on significant mobilisation of private and public
investments, on having an effective circular economy, and an integrated, interconnected and
properly functioning European energy market that provides sustainable, secure and affordable
energy, in full respect of the Member States' right to decide on their energy mix. The EU will
accelerate the transition to renewables, increase energy efficiency, reduce dependence on outside
sources, diversify its supplies, and invest in solutions for the mobility of the future.
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In parallel, we must continue to improve the environment in our cities and our countryside, enhance
the quality of our air and waters, and promote sustainable agriculture, which is vital to guaranteeing
food safety and fostering quality production. We will lead efforts to fight the loss of biodiversity
and preserve environmental systems, including oceans.
Change towards a greener, fairer and more inclusive future will entail short-term costs and
challenges. That is why it is so important to accompany the change and to help communities and
individuals adjust to the new world.
This requires keen attention to social issues. The European Pillar of Social Rights should be
implemented at EU and Member State level, with due regard for respective competences.
Inequalities, which affect young people in particular, pose a major political, social and economic
risk; generational, territorial and educational divides are developing and new forms of exclusion
emerging. It is our duty to provide opportunities for all. We need to do more to ensure equality
between women and men, as well as rights and equal opportunities for all. This is both a societal
imperative and an economic asset.
Adequate social protection, inclusive labour markets and the promotion of cohesion will help
Europe preserve its way of life, as will a high level of consumer protection and food standards, and
good access to healthcare.
We will invest in culture and our cultural heritage, which are at the heart of our European identity.
Promoting Europe’s interests and values in the world
In a world of increasing uncertainty, complexity and change, the EU needs to pursue a strategic
course of action and increase its capacity to act autonomously to safeguard its interests, uphold its
values and way of life, and help shape the global future.
The EU will remain a driving force behind multilateralism and the global rules-based international
order, ensuring openness and fairness and the necessary reforms. It will support the UN and key
multilateral organisations.
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The EU will use its influence to lead the response to global challenges, by showing the way forward
in the fight against climate change, promoting sustainable development and implementing the 2030
Agenda, and cooperating with partner countries on migration.
The EU will promote its own unique model of cooperation as inspiration for others. It will uphold
the European perspective for European States able and willing to join. It will pursue an ambitious
neighbourhood policy. It will develop a comprehensive partnership with Africa. Together with
global partners sharing our values, the EU will continue to work towards global peace and stability,
and to promote democracy and human rights.
But to better defend its interests and values and help shape the new global environment, the EU
needs to be more assertive and effective. This requires us to be more united in the stances we take,
and more determined and effective in exerting our influence. It also means making more resources
available and better using those we already have at our disposal. And it means giving a clearer
priority to European economic, political and security interests, leveraging all policies to that end.
An ambitious and robust trade policy ensuring fair competition, reciprocity and mutual benefits is a
central element in that respect, both at the multilateral level in a reformed WTO and in bilateral
relations between the EU and its partners.
The EU’s CFSP and CSDP must become more responsive and active and be better linked
to the
other strands of external relations. The EU also needs to take greater responsibility for its own
security and defence, in particular by enhancing defence investment, capability development and
operational readiness; it will cooperate closely with NATO, in full respect of the principles set out
in the Treaties and by the European Council, including the principles of inclusiveness, reciprocity
and decision-making autonomy of the EU.
Relations with strategic partners, including our transatlantic partners, and emerging powers have to
be a key component of a robust foreign policy. To that end, there need to be far more synergies
between the EU and the bilateral levels. The EU can only engage with other global powers on an
equal footing if it avoids a piecemeal approach and presents a united front, backed up by EU and
Member State resources.
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Delivering on our priorities
The EU must address internal and external challenges in an integrated manner. For external action
to be effective, we need a strong internal economic base.
Our Institutions must focus on what really matters. In line with the principles of subsidiarity and
proportionality, the EU must be big on big and small on small. It must leave economic and social
actors the space to breathe, to create and to innovate. It will be important to engage with citizens,
civil society and social partners, as well as with regional and local actors.
Our Institutions will work in accordance with the spirit and the letter of the Treaties. They will
respect the principles of democracy, rule of law, transparency and equality between citizens and
between Member States. Good governance also depends on the rigorous implementation and
enforcement of agreed policies and rules, which must be closely monitored.
Each institution should revisit its working methods and reflect on the best way to fulfil its role
under the Treaties.
The EU must give itself the means to match its ambitions, attain its objectives and carry through its
policies.
Institutions and Member States must work side by side and use their considerable resources in a
joint endeavour. The talents of regional and local actors should be harnessed for the benefit of the
overall effort.
This Strategic Agenda is the first step in a process that will be taken forward by the Institutions and
the Member States. The European Council will follow the implementation of these priorities closely
and will define further general political directions and priorities as necessary.
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