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However, on the world stage, the principal representative of the EU is considered to be the President of the European Council, [3] but the President of the European Commission, as head of the executive branch of the European Union, takes part in the G7 and other international summits as well. [1]
The Treaty of Lisbon reduced the importance of the Presidency significantly by officially separating the European Council from the Council of the European Union. Simultaneously it split the foreign affairs Council configuration from the General Affairs configuration and created the position of High Representative of the Union for Foreign ...
This is a list of presidents of the institutions of the European Union (EU). Each of the institutions is headed by a president or a presidency, with some being more prominent than others. Both the President of the European Council and the President of the European Commission are sometimes wrongly termed the President of the European Union. Most ...
The European Union (EU) is a supranational political and economic union of 27 member states that are located primarily in Europe. [9] [10] [11] The Union has a total area of 4,233,255 km 2 (1,634,469 sq mi) and an estimated total population of over 449 million.
The president of the European Council is the person presiding over and driving forward the work of the European Council on the world stage. [2] This institution comprises the college of heads of state or government of EU member states as well as the president of the European Commission, and provides political direction to the European Union (EU).
The General Secretariat of the Council of the European Union, also known as Council Secretariat, assists the Council of the European Union, the Presidency of the Council of the European Union, the European Council and the President of the European Council. [8] The Secretariat is headed by the Secretary-General of the Council of the European ...
On 9 December 2021, the French presidency outlined the key priorities for its presidency of the Council of the European Union. These priorities include establishing political oversight for border management and an emergency support mechanism in times of crisis, organising a summit bringing together the leaders of the European Union and the African Union focused on youth and migration flows ...
Germany held the presidency of the Council of the European Union during the second half of 2020. [1] [2] The presidency was the first of three presidencies making up a presidency trio, followed by the presidency of Portugal and that of Slovenia. [3] The German presidency occurred during the coronavirus pandemic.