The Permanent Representatives Committee (Coreper) agreed to put forward Catherine De Bolle from Belgium as the next executive director of Europol, for selection by the Council.
The EU issued a declaration on the occasion of the visit of 1 December President Omar Al-Bashir visited Chad, regretting that Chad, a State party to the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (ICC), did not surrender President Al-Bashir to the Court.
The Permanent Representatives Committee agreed on the Council's position for negotiations on the Commission proposal for a mandatory transparency register.
The Council adopted conclusions on the implementation of the Joint Declaration by the President President of the European Council, the President of the European Commission and the Secretary General of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization.
Council adopted conclusions on the progress of the Trans-European Transport Network (TEN-T) implementation and the Connecting Europe Facility for transport.
Nach dem EU-Afrika-Gipfel verhindern die Themen erzwungene Rückführung von Migranten sowie sexuelle Rechte die Veröffentlichung der Abschlusserklärung.