presidency of the Council of the European Union

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institutional role of the European Union position in the Council of the European Union rotating presidency

The presidency of the Council of the European Union is the rotating leadership role held by an EU member state that organizes and chairs Council meetings, sets agendas, and helps drive the legislative and policy work of the Council.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
French Presidency of the Council of the European Union	1
Presidency of the Council of the European Union	1
President of the Council of the European Union when meeting in its capacity as EIB Board of Governors	1
presidency of the Council of the European Union canonical	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	institutional role of the European Union ⓘ position in the Council of the European Union ⓘ rotating presidency ⓘ
appliesTo	all Council configurations except Foreign Affairs Council ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction	European Union ⓘ
cooperatesWith	European Commission ⓘ European Parliament ⓘ President of the European Council ⓘ two subsequent presidencies in a trio ⓘ
excludes	Foreign Affairs Council chairing by the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy ⓘ
hasComponent	presidency trio ⓘ
hasObjective	advance the common interests of the European Union ⓘ ensure continuity of the EU legislative process ⓘ ensure effective functioning of the Council ⓘ
hasOutput	Council conclusions and decisions ⓘ agreed negotiating positions for the Council in trilogues with the European Parliament ⓘ
hasRole	chairing Council meetings ⓘ coordinating work of Council preparatory bodies ⓘ drafting compromise texts for Council negotiations ⓘ driving legislative work of the Council ⓘ driving policy work of the Council ⓘ ensuring continuity of the Council’s work ⓘ ensuring proper cooperation between EU institutions ⓘ facilitating compromise among member states ⓘ managing legislative dossiers at Council level ⓘ organizing Council meetings ⓘ organizing informal ministerial meetings ⓘ organizing meetings of working parties and committees ⓘ planning and chairing meetings of most Council configurations ⓘ preparing Council agendas in cooperation with the General Secretariat of the Council ⓘ preparing Council conclusions ⓘ representing the Council in international conferences on specific policy areas ⓘ representing the Council in negotiations with the European Parliament ⓘ representing the Council in relations with other EU institutions ⓘ setting Council agendas ⓘ
hasTemporalCoverage	six-month periods ⓘ
isHeldBy	European Union member state ⓘ national government of the presiding member state ⓘ
legalBasis	Treaty on European Union ⓘ Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union ⓘ
partOf	Council of the European Union ⓘ institutions of the European Union ⓘ
rotationOrder	pre-established order of EU member states ⓘ
rotationSystem	rotates among EU member states ⓘ
startOfTerm	1 January ⓘ 1 July ⓘ
supportedBy	General Secretariat of the Council ⓘ
termLength	six months ⓘ
usesMechanism	18‑month presidency trio programme ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

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

General Affairs Council → chairedBy → presidency of the Council of the European Union ⓘ

Environment Council → hasMember → presidency of the Council of the European Union ⓘ

this entity surface form: Presidency of the Council of the European Union

Board of Governors of the European Investment Bank → isChairedBy → presidency of the Council of the European Union ⓘ

this entity surface form: President of the Council of the European Union when meeting in its capacity as EIB Board of Governors

Six-Point Ceasefire Agreement of August 2008 → mediatedBy → presidency of the Council of the European Union ⓘ

this entity surface form: French Presidency of the Council of the European Union