The Council of the EU represents the member states' governments. It is where national ministers and experts from each EU country meet to: negotiate and adopt EU laws conclude international agreements ...

Slovakia’s Prime Minister Robert Fico, left, speaks with Hungary’s Prime Minister Viktor Orban during a round table meeting ...

European Union leaders committed to working together to bolster the continent’s defenses and to free up hundreds of billions of euros for security.

The Council of the EU is a single legal entity, but it meets in 10 different 'configurations', depending on the subject being discussed. There is no hierarchy among the Council configurations, ...