European Council conclusions : a rolling check-list of commitments to date

The European Council's role ‐ to 'provide the Union with the necessary impetus for its development' and to define its 'general political directions and priorities' ‐ has developed rapidly over the past six years. Since June 2014, the European Council Oversight Unit within the European Parliamentary Research Service (EPRS), the European Parliament's in‐house research service and think tank, has been monitoring and analysing the European Council's delivery of the various commitments made in the conclusions of its meetings. This overview, presented in the form of a regularly updated Rolling Check‐List of Commitments to Date, is designed to review the degree of progress in realising the goals which the European Council has set itself since January 2010 and to assist the Parliament in exercising its important oversight role in this field.