The Polish Presidency of the Council of the European Union started on 1 January and runs until 30 June 2025.
The Council is the EU institution representing member state governments and every six months, the presidency of this institution rotates among them.The presiding country sets the EU agenda, focusing on priorities and pressing issues.

The House of European History has just launched a new digital resource HistoriCall , which explores the early days of European integration through the personal lens of its founders and through a simple set of questions to develop critical thinking skills.
It is available online, for free, in the 24 languages of the EU.

The winners of the 2025 European Charlemagne Youth Prize were announced in a prize ceremony in Aachen on 27 May. The first prize went to Forum Europaeum from Hungary.  The second prize went to Díky, že můžem volit (Thanks That We Can Vote) from Czech Republic. The third prize went to Feminist Law Clinic from Germany.