General Affairs Council, 20 September 2022

Summary:

A meeting of the General Affairs Council (GAC) was held on 20 September 2022. The agenda included the following items:

• Preparations for the European Council meeting in October 2022;
• Discussion on the main trends in the area of the rule of law in the European Union (EU), in the framework of the annual rule of law dialogue;
• Exchange of views on the follow-up to the Conference on the Future of Europe (CoFoE);
• Discussion on the state of play of relations between the EU and the United Kingdom (UK), in particular the Protocol on Ireland / Northern Ireland;
• Presentation by the European Commission of the 2022 Strategic Foresight Report and its letter of intent with regard to its forthcoming annual work programme;
• Presentation by the Czech Council Presidency of its priorities for the duration of its term of office;
• Adoption of draft Decision providing additional Macro-Financial Assistance (MFA) to Ukraine.

Official

General Secretariat of the Council: Background Brief for the meeting - General Affairs Council, 20 September 2022 https://www.consilium.europa.eu/media/59140/background-brief-gac-20220920.pdf

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