Documents on co-operation with the European Union
Co-operation framework
- Overview of arrangements for co-operation between the Council of Europe and the European Union
- Memorandum of Understanding between the Council of Europe and the European Union (2007)
- Council of Europe - European Union: "A sole ambition for the European continent" - Report by Jean-Claude Juncker (2006)
- Compendium of texts governing the relations between the Council of Europe and the European Union (2001)
- Agreement on co-operation between the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights and the Council of Europe (2008)
Annual reports of the Committee of Ministers on co-operation
- Summary report on co-operation between the Council of Europe and the European Union, 24 April 2024
- Summary report on co-operation between the Council of Europe and the European Union, 4 May 2023
- Summary Report on co-operation between the Council of Europe and the European Union, 20 May 2022
- Summary Report on co-operation between the Council of Europe and the European Union, 18 May 2021
- Summary Report on co-operation between the Council of Europe and the European Union, 30 April 2019
- Summary Report on co-operation between the Council of Europe and the European Union, 9 May 2018
- Report on co-operation between the Council of Europe and the European Union, 12 May 2017
- Summary report on Co-operation between the Council of Europe and the European Union, 11 mai 2016
- Summary report on Co-operation between the Council of Europe and the European Union, 29 April 2015
- Summary report on Co-operation between the Council of Europe and the European Union, 30 April 2014
- Summary report on Co-operation between the Council of Europe and the European Union, 22 April 2013
- Summary report on Co-operation between the Council of Europe and the European Union, 1 June 2012
- Summary Report on Co-operation between the Council of Europe and the European Union, 10 November 2011
Decisions of the Committee of Ministers on co-operation
- Decision on Co-operation between the Council of Europe and the European Union, 133rd Session of the Committee of Ministers (Strasbourg, 17 May 2024)
- Decision on Co-operation between the Council of Europe and the European Union - a. Summary report on co-operation between the Council of Europe and the European Union - b. Joint Programmes between the Council of Europe and the European Union in 2022
- Decision on the Follow-up on the item: Co-operation between the Council of Europe and the European Union, 1 June 2022
- Decision on Co-operation between the Council of Europe and the European Union, 132nd Session of the Committee of Ministers (Turin, 20 May 2022)
- 131st Session of the Committee of Ministers (Hamburg (videoconference), 21 May 2021) - 2. A shared responsibility for democratic security in Europe - a. The Strategic Framework of the Council of Europe and forthcoming activities
- Decision on Co-operation between the Council of Europe and the European Union, 131st Session of the Committee of Ministers (Hamburg (videoconference), 21 May 2021)
- Decision on Co-operation between the Council of Europe and the European Union, 129th Session of the Committee of Ministers (Helsinki, 17 May 2019)
- Decision on Co-operation between the Council of Europe and the European Union - 18 May 2018
- Decision on Co-operation between the Council of Europe and the European Union - 19 May 2017
- Decision on Co-operation between the Council of Europe and the European Union - 18 May 2016
- Decision on Co-operation between the Council of Europe and the European Union - 19 May 2015
- Decision on Co-operation between the Council of Europe and the European Union - 6 May 2014
- Decision on Co-operation between the Council of Europe and the European Union- 16 May 2013
- Decision on Co-operation between the Council of Europe and the European Union- Summary Report, 20 June 2012
- Decision on Co-operation between the Council of Europe and the European Union- Summary Report, 16 November 2011
Replies of the Committee of Ministers to the Parliamentary Assembly
- “Supporting a European perspective for the Western Balkans” Parliamentary Assembly Recommendation 2237 (2022) (Reply adopted by the Committee of Ministers on 6 September 2023 at the 1473rd meeting of the Ministers’ Deputies)
- “Beyond the Lisbon Treaty: strengthening the strategic partnership between the Council of Europe and the European Union” - Parliamentary Assembly Recommendation 2226 (2022) (Reply adopted by the Committee of Ministers on 14 December 2022 at the 1452nd meeting of the Ministers’ Deputies).
- "Establishment of a European Union mechanism on democracy, the rule of law and fundamental rights” - Parliamentary Assembly Recommendation 2151 (2019) (Reply adopted by the Committee of Ministers on 11 December 2019 at the 1363rd meeting of the Ministers’ Deputies).
- “The implementation of the Memorandum of Understanding between the Council of Europe and the European Union” ‒ Parliamentary Assembly Recommendation 2060 (2015) -Reply of the Committee of Ministers (adopted on 10 September 2015 at the 1234th meeting of the Ministers’ Deputies).
- “European institutions and human rights in Europe” ‒ Parliamentary Assembly Recommendation 2065 (2015) - Reply of the Committee of Ministers (adopted on 4 November 2015 at the 1239th meeting of the Ministers' Deputies)
- “European Union and Council of Europe Human Rights Agendas: Synergies not Duplication!” – Parliamentary Assembly Recommendation 2027 (2013) - (Reply adopted by the Committee of Ministers on 19 February 2014 at the 1192nd meeting of the Ministers’ Deputies)
- "The impact of the Lisbon Treaty on the Council of Europe"- Parliamentary Assembly Recommendation 1982(2011) -Reply adopted by the Committee of Ministers on 28 march 2012 at the 1138th meeting of the Ministers'Deputies
- “The need to avoid duplication of the work of the Council of Europe by the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights” – Parliamentary Assembly Recommendation 1935 (2010) - (Reply adopted by the Committee of Ministers on 2 March 2011 at the 1107th meeting of the Ministers’ Deputies)
Reports of the consultation meetings between the European Union’s Troika of the Article 36 Committee (CATS) and the Council of Europe
Other documents
- Joint Programmes between the Council of Europe and the European Union in 2023 – Information document
- Joint Programmes between the Council of Europe and the European Union in 2021 – Information document
- Joint Programmes between the Council of Europe and the European Union in 2020 – Information document
- Joint Programmes between the Council of Europe and the European Union in 2017 – Information document
- Joint Programmes between the Council of Europe and the European Union in 2016 – Information document
- Intervention by the Independent Person appointed by the Council of Europe Mr Rainer Hofmann (Strasbourg, 4 April 2017)
- Overview of the cooperation between the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights and the Council of Europe (1 July 2014 – 31 December 2016)
- Joint Programmes between the Council of Europe and the European Union in 2015 – Information document - Document prepared by the Office of the Directorate General of Programmes
- Joint programmes between the Council of Europe and the European Union in 2014 - Information document, 23 March 2015
- Joint programmes between the Council of Europe and the European Union in 2013 - Information document, 3 March 2014
- Joint programmes between the Council of Europe and the European Union in 2012 - Information document, 4 April 2013
- Implementation of the Memorandum of Understanding between the Council of Europe and the European Union: overview of activities (1 January-31 December 2011)
- Joint Programmes between the Council of Europe and the European Union in 2011, Implementation of the Memorandum of Understanding between the Council of Europe and the European Union
- Activity Report by the Secretary General Thorbjørn Jagland - Council of Europe: a strategy for values in action - 121st Session of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe (Istanbul, 11 May 2011) - SG/Inf(2011)13, Chapter 4. "Co-operation between the Council of Europe and the European Union"
- High-Level Meeting Council of Europe - European Union (Strasbourg, 20 November 2012)
- High Level Meeting Council of Europe – European Union (Brussels, 4 March 2011)