European Council

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European Union institution supranational political body

The European Council is an EU institution that brings together the heads of state or government of member countries to define the European Union’s overall political direction and priorities.

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All labels observed (15)

Label Occurrences
European Council canonical 101
Euro Summit 1
European Council (in logistical and administrative matters) 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf European Union institution ⓘ
supranational political body ⓘ
adopts conclusions at the end of meetings ⓘ
appoints High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy ⓘ
President of the European Commission ⓘ
President of the European Council as chair ⓘ
surface form: President of the European Council
articleReference Treaty on European Union ⓘ
surface form: Article 15 of the Treaty on European Union
becameFormalEUInstitutionIn 2009 ⓘ
canDecideBy qualified majority in specific cases ⓘ
country European Union ⓘ
decidesBy consensus in most cases ⓘ
decisionMakingMode intergovernmental ⓘ
defines general priorities of the European Union ⓘ
overall political direction of the European Union ⓘ
doesNotExercise formal law‑making powers ⓘ
legislative functions ⓘ
establishedBy Treaty of Lisbon ⓘ
formedIn 1974 ⓘ
hasAbbreviation EUCO ⓘ
hasMember President of the European Commission ⓘ
President of the European Council ⓘ
heads of state or government of EU member states ⓘ
hasNo budgetary authority ⓘ
direct legislative initiative ⓘ
hasNonVotingParticipant High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy ⓘ
hasOfficialLanguage all official languages of the European Union ⓘ
hasTypeOfMembership one member per EU member state ⓘ
includes President of the European Council as chair ⓘ
isDistinctFrom Council of Europe ⓘ
Council of the European Union ⓘ
legalBasis Treaty on European Union ⓘ
locatedIn Belgium ⓘ
Brussels, Belgium ⓘ
surface form: Brussels
mayHold extraordinary meetings ⓘ
meetsAt Europa building ⓘ
meetsFrequency at least four times a year ⓘ
partOf institutional framework of the European Union ⓘ
predecessor summits of heads of state or government of the European Communities ⓘ
proposes candidate for President of the European Commission to the European Parliament ⓘ
recognizedAsInstitutionBy Treaty of Lisbon ⓘ
roleInCFSP defines general political directions and priorities of the Common Foreign and Security Policy ⓘ
roleInEMU provides strategic guidance for Economic and Monetary Union ⓘ
sets strategic agenda of the European Union ⓘ
usesWorkingLanguage English ⓘ
French ⓘ
German ⓘ
website https://www.consilium.europa.eu/european-council/ ⓘ

Referenced by (115)

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

Belgium → hostsHeadquartersOf → European Council ⓘ
Eurozone → hasInstitution → European Council ⓘ
this entity surface form: Euro Summit
European Union → hasCouncil → European Council ⓘ
Brexit → negotiatingParty → European Council ⓘ
Prime Minister of Poland → memberOf → European Council ⓘ
Lisbon Strategy → adoptedBy → European Council ⓘ
Lisbon Strategy → revisedBy → European Council ⓘ
European Commission → appointedBy → European Council ⓘ
Chancellor of Germany → participatesIn → European Council ⓘ
Brussels, Belgium → isSeatOf → European Council ⓘ
subject surface form: Brussels
Council of the European Union → distinctFrom → European Council ⓘ
Prime Minister of Portugal → memberOf → European Council ⓘ
Olaf Scholz → partOf → European Council ⓘ
European institutions → includes → European Council ⓘ
Council of the European Union Justus Lipsius building → usedBy → European Council ⓘ
Federal Chancellor of Austria → memberOf → European Council ⓘ
European Systemic Risk Board (before Brexit-related changes) → reportsTo → European Council ⓘ
subject surface form: European Systemic Risk Board
Office of European Union and Regional Affairs → worksWith → European Council ⓘ
United in diversity → adoptedBy → European Council ⓘ
European Parliament → oversees → European Council ⓘ
European integration → hasKeyFramework → European Council ⓘ
Withdrawal Agreement between the United Kingdom and the European Union → signedBy → European Council ⓘ
European Union (Notification of Withdrawal) Act 2017 → relatedInstitution → European Council ⓘ
EU Battlegroups → approvedBy → European Council ⓘ
EU Member States armed forces → usedBy → European Council ⓘ
Brussels-Capital Region → hosts → European Council ⓘ
European People’s Party → associatedWithInstitution → European Council ⓘ
President of Cyprus → participatesIn → European Council ⓘ
this entity surface form: European Council (when Cyprus is represented by the president)
European Union area of freedom, security and justice → developedBy → European Council ⓘ
Europe 2020 strategy → adoptedBy → European Council ⓘ
Europe 2020 strategy → adoptedAt → European Council ⓘ
this entity surface form: European Council meeting of June 2010
National Reform Programmes → reportedTo → European Council ⓘ
National Reform Programmes → evaluatedBy → European Council ⓘ
this entity surface form: European Council spring summit
European Commissioner → appointedBy → European Council ⓘ
Member States of the European Union → sharesInstitution → European Council ⓘ
President of the European Commission → appointedBy → European Council ⓘ
President of the European Commission → reportsTo → European Council ⓘ
Prime Minister of Norway → participatesIn → European Council ⓘ
this entity surface form: European Council (when applicable through EEA-related matters)
Foreign Affairs Council → worksWith → European Council ⓘ
Foreign Affairs Council → reportsTo → European Council ⓘ
this entity surface form: European Council on strategic foreign policy issues
Council of Ministers → worksWith → European Council ⓘ
subject surface form: Council of Ministers of the European Union
Justus Lipsius building → usedBy → European Council ⓘ
General Affairs Council → preparesForBody → European Council ⓘ
General Affairs Council → worksWith → European Council ⓘ
General Secretariat of the Council → serves → European Council ⓘ
the Council → worksWith → European Council ⓘ
President of the Council of Ministers of Spain → memberOf → European Council ⓘ
Europa building → operatedBy → European Council ⓘ
High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy → appointedBy → European Council ⓘ
High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy → reportsTo → European Council ⓘ