In the efforts to reach the Millennium Development Goals it is a problem that EU domestic policies at times undermine EU development cooperation policies. CEPS has analysed the policy-making process in the EU Council in the 12 areas that are mentioned in the May 2005 Council Conclusions on Policy Coherence for Development: trade, environment, climate change, security, agriculture, fisheries, employment and social affairs, migration, research and innovation, information society, transport and energy. In addition, six in-depth case studies were made in the areas of agriculture, fisheries, trade, climate change, migration and security. Since EU policies are generally (co-) decided in the Council, this institution is of vital importance for ensuring policy coherence in general and PCD in particular. CEPS analysed whether policy-making processes in the EU Council sufficiently allow ‘development-related’ inputs to be made. In addition, where appropriate, the influence of the other institutions, notably the European Commission, has been analysed. On the basis of the empirical research conducted by a team of CEPS researchers and a development specialist of the Overseas Development Institute, the report draws general conclusions and sets out a strategy for strengthening policy coherence for development in the EU Council.