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The Council of the European Union, often referred to in the treaties and other official documents simply as the Council, [a] and informally known as the Council of Ministers, is the third of the seven Institutions of the European Union (EU) as listed in the Treaty on European Union. [2]
The Council of Europe is not to be confused with the Council of the European Union (the "Council of Ministers") or the European Council, which belong to the European Union, an entirely separate body from the Council of Europe, [107] although they have shared the same European flag and anthem since the 1980s since they both work for European ...
This involves 'traditional tasks', such as planning, convening and organizing the meetings (around 100 sessions of the Council, and more than 3500 meetings of working parties and other gatherings every year, e.g. extraordinary Council meetings or EU meetings with other states), arranging rooms and translation, making the minutes, acting as the ...
The European Parliament (EP) shares the legislative and budgetary authority of the Union with the Council of the European Union (of relevant national government ministers). Its 705 [ 16 ] members are elected every five years by universal suffrage and sit according to political allegiance .
Prior to this, the venue for European Council summits was in the member state that held the rotating Presidency of the Council of the European Union. [35] In order to make room for additional meeting space a number of renovations were made, including the conversion of an underground carpark into additional press briefing rooms. [36] However, in ...
The European Council officially gained the status of an EU institution after the Treaty of Lisbon in 2007, distinct from the Council of the European Union (Council of Ministers). Before that, the first summits of EU heads of state or government were held in February and July 1961 (in Paris and Bonn respectively).
The Presidency of Council configurations, other than that of Foreign Affairs, shall be held by Member State representatives in the Council on the basis of equal rotation, in accordance with the conditions established in accordance with Article 236 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union
BRUSSELS (Reuters) -Charles Michel, the president of the council of European Union leaders, on Friday abandoned a run for a seat in the European Parliament in the face of criticism that the move ...