EU publishes strategic agenda for next 5 years

Donald Tusk, president of the European Council, announced that the European Union (EU) now has “a new Strategic Agenda for the EU setting the priorities and direction for 2019-2024”.

Tusk made the announcement during the Summer gathering of European leaders in Brussels who was mainly tasked to name the new president of the European Commission, the administrative arm of the Union.

Aiming to guide the work of EU Institutions in the next five years, this Strategic Agenda provides an overall framework and direction for that response. It is intended to guide the work of the Institutions in the next five years. It focuses on four main priorities:

• protecting citizens and freedoms
• developing a strong and vibrant economic base
• building a climate-neutral, green, fair and social Europe
• promoting European interests and values on the global stage.

This Strategic Agenda is the first step in a process that will be taken forward by the Institutions and the Member States. The European Council will follow the implementation of these priorities closely and will define further general political directions and priorities as necessary.

See the full statement here