Danish Presidency of the Council of the EU 2025

The results are in 💪

As the year comes to an end, so does Danish EU Presidency, and the final list of results achieved in the Council during the presidency has now been completed 📋 🇪🇺

For the full list, visit 👉 tinyurl.com/y6b5dpa9

Interoperability as a cornerstone of a digitally sovereign Europe At SEMIC 2025 in Copenhagen on 25–26 November, experts from across Europe discussed how open data, shared standards and semantics can help ensure that public services remain both trustworthy and under...

From SEMIC 2025 in Copenhagen, one message stood out: Without interoperability there is no real digital sovereignty for Europe. Interoperable IT solutions are essential to support flexible supply chains giving real and independent choices to European businesses and citizens
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Safeguarding the rule of law in the EU is crucial.

On 4-5 Dec, The Danish EU Presidency and the University of Copenhagen hosted the Copenhagen Conference on Democracy and the Rule of Law bringing together key stakeholders 🇪🇺⚖️

📸 highlights from the event 👉

🐾 On 1 Dec 2025, Denmark hosted a major EU animal welfare conference in Brussels. 200+ experts discussed: How should the future of farm animal welfare be shaped towards 2050? #EU2025DK

Heads of Food Safety Agencies met in Copenhagen as part of the Danish EU Presidency.
Key focus areas: new tech in inspections, strategic risk management, climate impacts, and EFSA’s 2025 Eurobarometer.
Stronger cooperation = stronger food safety across Europe.

Today, the Danish EU Presidency finalized the first exercise of the Cyber Blueprint aiming to enhance the EU’s response to cybersecurity crises and large-scale incidents at the political, technical and operational level. Swipe through for more info ➡️

On 4–5 December 2025, the Danish EU Presidency, in collaboration with the University of Copenhagen, will host the Copenhagen Conference on Democracy and the Rule of Law 🇪🇺 ⚖️

👉 Register here before 24 November conferencemanager.events/copenhagen-c...

Danish Minister for Social Affairs and Housing Sophie Hæstorp Andersen hosted a high-level EU conference on independent living & social inclusion for persons with disabilities. 250 participants shared knowledge, putting persons with disabilities at the centre 🤝

Denmark donates funds to rebuild Ukraine’s cultural heritage with the hope that more countries will follow suit 🇩🇰 🇺🇦

For more information, visit 👉 tinyurl.com/yc73u69n

EU culture & media ministers meet in Copenhagen on 3–4 Nov to discuss:

• Rebuilding Ukraine’s cultural heritage 🇺🇦
• The value of culture, media, trustworthy information & European content for democracy 🇪🇺

For more information visit 👉 ow.ly/I6rs50XkOer

Today, EU Political Directors met in Copenhagen to discuss issues relating to the Common Foreign and Security Policy 🇩🇰 🇪🇺

Discussions focused on the situation in the Middle East, hybrid threats against the EU and its neighbourhood, and EU’s position in a changing multilateral arena.

Baltic Sea: Council agrees on catch limits for 2026 Council agrees on Baltic Sea fisheries catch limits for 2026 for key fish stocks, including herring, sprat, cod, salmon and plaice.

Read more👇
www.consilium.europa.eu/en/press/pre...

AGREEMENT REACHED

Today, we reached an agreement on Baltic Sea opportunities for 2026 for key fish stocks, including herring, sprat, cod, salmon and plaice.

European democracies are under attack, making reliable information more crucial than ever.

This sets the stage for the Informal Meeting of Europe’s Culture and Media Ministers on 3–4 November, where Ukrainian cultural heritage will also be on the agenda.

For more info, visit tinyurl.com/2s47csj9

On the agenda for Council meetings this week👇
#EU2025DK

President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy and President of the European Council António Costa stand before microphones with the flags of EU member states in the background.

From left to right: Roberta Metsola (President of the European Parliament,), Kaja Kallas (High Representative of the EU for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy), Pedro Sánchez Pérez-Castejón (Prime Minister, Spain) speaking among each other and smiling in the summit meeting room.

A photo of the press moment during President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy press conference, displaying several journalists and photographers in action to record with cameras and recording equipment.

President of the European Council António Costa smiling while holding the bell of the summit meeting room in his right hand.

That’s a wrap for #EUCO!

EU leaders discussed:
📌 support for Ukraine
📌 latest developments in the Middle East
📌 European defence and security
📌 competitiveness, green and digital transition
📌 housing
📌 migration
📌 Moldova

See main results → link.europa.eu/M4rPTH

#EUCO has officially started!

Take a look at the leaders arriving and getting ready for the discussions ⤵️

Today, EU Trade Ministers met in Horsens to discuss geopolitical challenges to the global trading system and the need for strengthened trade relations globally.

Read the press release here: danish-presidency.consilium.europa.eu/en/news/eu-t...

On 13-14 October, EU trade ministers will meet in Horsens to discuss current challenges to the rules-based trading system amid geopolitical uncertainty.

👉Read more on eu2025.dk: danish-presidency.consilium.europa.eu/en/events/in...

On 13-14 October, EU trade ministers will meet in Horsens to discuss current challenges to the rules-based trading system amid geopolitical uncertainty.

👉 Read more here: danish-presidency.consilium.europa.eu/en/news/eu-t...

EU digital ministers have concluded two days of discussions on how to better protect minors online, where 27 European countries agreed on the ’The Jutland Declaration: Shaping a Safe Online World for Minors’.

👉 Read more here: danish-presidency.consilium.europa.eu/en/news/eu-m...

How do we make social media safer for minors? 🤔📱

That is one of the key questions when the Informal Meeting of Ministers for Telecommunication takes place in Billund and Horsens soon.

👉 For the full programme, visit: danish-presidency.consilium.europa.eu/en/events/in...

EU Ministers will meet to discuss better protection of minors online On 9–10 October, the EU’s digital ministers will meet to discuss how to ensure a better protection of minors in the digital world, particularly on social media. Age verification and child protection m...

Read more here: danish-presidency.consilium.europa.eu/en/news/eu-m...

On 9–10 October, the EU's digital ministers will gather to deliberate on how minors can be protected more effectively in the digital world. Discussions will focus especially on age verification and child protection measures, as well as on digital sovereignty.

The seventh meeting of the European Political Community in Copenhagen has officially come to an end 🤝

👉 Rewatch the closing press conference here: danish-presidency.consilium.europa.eu/en/news/meet...

This is the 7th meeting of the European Political Community.

It comes at the right time.

The EU is taking giant leaps in its common defence.

Today, the seventh meeting of the European Political Community, also known as the EPC, will take place in Denmark📍

👉 We are streaming parts of the meeting live on eu2025.dk. Follow it here: danish-presidency.consilium.europa.eu/en/news/meet...

Many handshakes, doorsteps, and discussions later 🌪️ 🤝

The Informal Meeting of the EU Heads of State or Government in Copenhagen has officially come to an end 🇪🇺

👉 Find more photos from the day here: www.flickr.com/photos/20281...

We all agree that we need a true shift in how Europe thinks and acts on defence.

Including a precise, pan-European plan.

Today we discussed Europe's 2030 Readiness roadmap, with clear milestones & objectives.

Because only what gets measured gets done.

→ link.europa.eu/nHFqYj

The informal #EUCO is underway! 🇪🇺

EU leaders are in Copenhagen to discuss Europe's common defence and support for Ukraine ⬇️