Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Three successive presidencies are known as presidency trios. The current trio is made up of Spain (July-December 2023), Belgium (January–June 2024), and Hungary (July-December 2024). The 2020 German presidency began the second cycle of presidencies, after the system was introduced in 2007.
The Belgian presidency plans to focus on six main areas of interest: (1) bolstering the union's work on society and its health, (2) following a proper green transition, (3) improving the union's economic competitiveness, (4) protecting democracy and the rule of law, (5) securing the union's people and its borders, and (6) strengthening the union's place in the world.
Vice-President of the European Commission Josep Borrell responded by saying that Viktor Orbán "does not represent the EU in any way". President of the European Council Charles Michel said that "Russia is the aggressor, Ukraine is the victim, the rotating EU presidency has no mandate to engage in dialogue with Russia on behalf of the EU".
As a part of the Court of Justice of the European Union it is tasked with interpreting EU law and ensuring its equal application across all EU member states. [4] The Court is based in Luxembourg and is composed of one judge per member state – currently 27 – although it normally hears cases in panels of three, five or thirteen judges.
The President of the European Council is elected by the heads of state/government of the 27 EU member states for a 2.5-year, once renewable term. [ 1 ] The President of the European Commission is officially proposed by the European Council, taking into account the latest European Parliament elections and subsequently elected by the European ...
The 3rd EU–CELAC summit took place in Brussels on 17–18 July. [10] [11] The 3rd European Political Community Summit between the members of the European Political Community took place in Granada on 5 October. [12] An informal meeting of the European Council took place at the same venue in Granada the following day, on 6 October. [13]
EU countries as a whole and the European Parliament would have to approve any trade deal agreed. European farmers have repeatedly protested against it, saying it will lead to cheap imports of ...
This is a list of the next general elections around the world in sovereign states. The general elections listed are for the government of each jurisdiction. These elections determine the prime minister and makeup of the legislature in a parliamentary democracy, or the president and then the legislature in a system where separate votes are taken for different tiers of government.