General Affairs Council, 23 November 2021

Summary:

A meeting of the General Affairs Council (GAC) was held on 23 November 2021. The agenda included the following items:

• Exchange of views on the agenda of the forthcoming European Council meeting;
• Adoption of conclusions on enhancing preparedness, response capability and resilience to future crises;
• Briefing on the state of play concerning the enlargement and stabilisation and association process;
• Discussion in the framework of the annual rule of law dialogue, with a focus on the situation in Croatia, Italy, Cyprus, Latvia and Lithuania;
• Discussion on the relations between the European Union (EU) and the United Kingdom (UK);
• Presentation by the European Commission on its work programme for 2022;
• Adoption of the proposed annual EU budget for 2022.

Official

General Secretariat of the Council: Background Brief for Council meeting - General Affairs Council, 23 November 2021 https://www.consilium.europa.eu/media/53072/background-brief-gac-20211123.pdf

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