Council of the European Union

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EU institution decision-making body legislative body

The Council of the European Union is one of the main decision-making institutions of the European Union, where government ministers from each member state meet to adopt laws and coordinate policies.

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All labels observed (26)

Label	Occurrences
Council of the European Union canonical	278
Council of the European Communities	9
European Union Foreign Affairs Council	3
European Union foreign affairs councils	3
Council of Ministers of the European Communities	2
Justice and Home Affairs Council	2
Competitiveness Council	1
Council of Ministers of the European Community	1
Council of Ministers of the European Economic Community	1
Council of the European Economic Community	1
Council of the European Union (as head of state of France)	1
Council of the European Union communication services	1
Council of the European Union delegations	1
Council of the European Union in 1993 (Maastricht Treaty context)	1
Council of the European Union in its Foreign Affairs configuration	1
Council of the European Union meeting	1
Council of the European Union on interparliamentary matters	1
Council of the European Union representatives	1
Council of the European Union services	1
EU Council	1
EU Council configuration for environment (when applicable)	1
EU Member State governments	1
Economic and Financial Affairs Council	1
Economic and Financial Affairs Council (ECOFIN)	1
European Parliament and Council	1
single Council of the European Communities	1

Statements (57)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	EU institution ⓘ decision-making body ⓘ legislative body ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Council of Ministers ⓘ the Council ⓘ
compositionBasedOn	one minister per member state ⓘ
country	European Union ⓘ
decisionMakingProcess	qualified majority voting ⓘ unanimity in specific areas ⓘ
distinctFrom	Council of Europe ⓘ European Council ⓘ
establishedIn	1958 ⓘ
hasConfiguration	Agriculture and Fisheries Council ⓘ Council of the European Union self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Competitiveness Council Eurogroup ⓘ surface form: Economic and Financial Affairs Council Education, Youth, Culture and Sport Council ⓘ Environment Council ⓘ Foreign Affairs Council ⓘ General Affairs Council ⓘ Council of the European Union self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Justice and Home Affairs Council Transport, Telecommunications and Energy Council ⓘ
hasMember	government ministers of EU member states ⓘ
headquartersLocation	Belgium ⓘ Brussels, Belgium ⓘ surface form: Brussels
legalBasis	Treaty of Rome ⓘ Treaty on European Union ⓘ Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union ⓘ
meetsIn	Paul-Henri Spaak building ⓘ surface form: Europa building Justus Lipsius building ⓘ
numberOfMembers	27 ⓘ
officialLanguagePolicy	multilingual with all official EU languages ⓘ
partOf	European Union ⓘ
policyArea	agriculture and fisheries ⓘ common foreign and security policy ⓘ consumer protection ⓘ economic policy coordination ⓘ education and culture ⓘ employment and social policy ⓘ environment policy ⓘ internal market ⓘ justice and home affairs ⓘ transport policy ⓘ
presidency	rotating presidency held by each member state in turn ⓘ
presidencyTermLength	six months ⓘ
primaryFunction	adopts EU legislation ⓘ adopts the EU budget with the European Parliament ⓘ concludes international agreements on behalf of the EU ⓘ coordinates policies of EU member states ⓘ
replaced	Special Council of Ministers of the ECSC ⓘ
represents	governments of the EU member states ⓘ
sharesBudgetaryPowerWith	European Parliament ⓘ
sharesLegislativePowerWith	European Parliament ⓘ
supportedBy	Committee of Permanent Representatives ⓘ General Secretariat of the Council ⓘ
votingSystem	double majority of member states and population ⓘ
website	https://www.consilium.europa.eu/ ⓘ
worksWith	European Commission ⓘ

Referenced by (317)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Belgium → hostsHeadquartersOf → Council of the European Union ⓘ

Emmanuel Macron → memberOf → Council of the European Union ⓘ

this entity surface form: Council of the European Union (as head of state of France)

European Union → hasLegislativeBody → Council of the European Union ⓘ

European Union crisis management operations → mandatedBy → Council of the European Union ⓘ

ERA Policy Agenda 2022–2024 → adoptedBy → Council of the European Union ⓘ

ERA Policy Agenda 2022–2024 → targetAudience → Council of the European Union ⓘ

this entity surface form: EU Member State governments

European Commission → cooperatesWith → Council of the European Union ⓘ

Brussels, Belgium → isSeatOf → Council of the European Union ⓘ

subject surface form: Brussels

Council of the European Union → hasConfiguration → Council of the European Union self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Justice and Home Affairs Council

Council of the European Union → hasConfiguration → Council of the European Union self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Competitiveness Council

European institutions → includes → Council of the European Union ⓘ

European Council → isDistinctFrom → Council of the European Union ⓘ

Eurogroup → parentOrganization → Council of the European Union ⓘ

Council of the European Union Justus Lipsius building → usedBy → Council of the European Union ⓘ

European Systemic Risk Board (before Brexit-related changes) → reportsTo → Council of the European Union ⓘ

subject surface form: European Systemic Risk Board

ACP Group of States → cooperatesWith → Council of the European Union ⓘ

Office of European Union and Regional Affairs → worksWith → Council of the European Union ⓘ

European Academies Science Advisory Council → worksWith → Council of the European Union ⓘ

European Court of Auditors → memberAppointmentBy → Council of the European Union ⓘ

European Court of Auditors → cooperatesWith → Council of the European Union ⓘ

United in diversity → adoptedBy → Council of the European Union ⓘ

European Union economic and monetary union → governedBy → Council of the European Union ⓘ

this entity surface form: Economic and Financial Affairs Council

European Parliament → coLegislatesWith → Council of the European Union ⓘ

European Parliament → oversees → Council of the European Union ⓘ

European Parliament → budgetaryAuthorityWith → Council of the European Union ⓘ

Eurojust → supervisedBy → Council of the European Union ⓘ

European integration → hasKeyFramework → Council of the European Union ⓘ

European Union in G7 finance ministers meetings → coordinatedWith → Council of the European Union ⓘ

this entity surface form: Economic and Financial Affairs Council (ECOFIN)

Withdrawal Agreement between the United Kingdom and the European Union → ratifiedBy → Council of the European Union ⓘ

European Economic and Social Committee → memberAppointmentBy → Council of the European Union ⓘ

European Economic and Social Committee → worksWith → Council of the European Union ⓘ

Europol → overseenBy → Council of the European Union ⓘ

Committee of the Regions → consultedBy → Council of the European Union ⓘ

Common Security and Defence Policy → decisionMakingBody → Council of the European Union ⓘ

European External Action Service → cooperatesWith → Council of the European Union ⓘ

Political and Security Committee → partOf → Council of the European Union ⓘ

Political and Security Committee → reportsTo → Council of the European Union ⓘ

European Peace Facility for military operations → adoptedBy → Council of the European Union ⓘ

EUFOR Althea in Bosnia and Herzegovina → launchedBy → Council of the European Union ⓘ

subject surface form: EUFOR Althea

EUTM Mali → mandateGivenBy → Council of the European Union ⓘ

EUNAVFOR Atalanta → mandatedBy → Council of the European Union ⓘ

EUAM Ukraine → governingBody → Council of the European Union ⓘ

EUCAP Sahel Niger → sponsor → Council of the European Union ⓘ

EUBAM Libya → establishedBy → Council of the European Union ⓘ

EUBAM Rafah → establishedBy → Council of the European Union ⓘ

EUBAM Rafah → governingBody → Council of the European Union ⓘ

EUMM Georgia → mandateFrom → Council of the European Union ⓘ

EUMM Georgia → reportsTo → Council of the European Union ⓘ

EU Member States armed forces → usedBy → Council of the European Union ⓘ

EUCAP Sahel Mali → mandateRenewedBy → Council of the European Union ⓘ