General Affairs Council, 21 February 2023

Summary:

A meeting of the General Affairs Council (GAC) was held on 21 February 2023. The agenda included the following items:

• Preparations for the upcoming European Council meeting;
• Briefing on the follow-up to the earthquakes in Turkey and Syria;
• Presentation by the European Commission on its Communication and Recommendation for EU disaster resilience goals;
• Request for the consent of the European Parliament to adopt Decisions on the conclusion of the Istanbul Convention on violence against women and domestic violence;
• Adoption of draft Regulation introducing REPowerEU chapters within the National Recovery and Resilience Plans (NRRPs).

• Primary Source

Official

General Secretariat of the Council: Background Brief for Council meeting - General Affairs Council, 21 February 2023 https://www.consilium.europa.eu/media/62186/background-brief-gac-230221_en.pdf

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