List of European Council meetings

Not to be confused with Euro summit.

This is a list of meetings of the European Council (informally referred to as EU summits); the meetings of the European Council, an institution of the European Union (EU) comprising heads of state or government of EU member states. They started in 1975 as tri-annual meetings. The number of meetings grew to minimum four per year between 1996 and 2007, and minimum six per year since 2008. From 2008 to 2015, an average of seven council meetings per year took place (see list below).

Since 2008, an annual average of two special Euro summits were also organized in addition - and often in parallel - to the EU summits. As the agenda of Euro summits is restricted solely to discuss issues for the eurozone and only invite political leaders of the eurozone member states, such meetings are not counted as European Councils.

List

The first seven summit meetings were held between 1961 and 1974, but this was before the formal establishment of the European Council. Some sources however consider them to be the informal seven first meetings of the European Council.[1]

1975–2009

# Year Date Type EU Council presidency President-in-Office Commission President Host city Notes
1 1975 10–11 March ―  Ireland Liam Cosgrave François-Xavier Ortoli Dublin Inaugural formal Council
2 16–17 July ―  Italy Aldo Moro Brussels
3 1–2 December ― Rome Established TREVI
4 1976 1–2 April ―  Luxembourg Gaston Thorn Luxembourg

5 12–13 July ―  Netherlands Joop den Uyl Brussels
6 29–30 November ― The Hague
7 1977 25–27 March ―  UK James Callaghan Roy Jenkins Rome
8 29–30 June ― London
9 5–6 December ―  Belgium Leo Tindemans Brussels
10 1978 7–8 April ―  Denmark Anker Jørgensen Copenhagen
11 6–7 July ―  Germany Helmut Schmidt Bremen
12 4–5 December ― Brussels
13 1979 12–13 March ―  France Valéry Giscard d'Estaing Paris
14 21–22 June ― Strasbourg
15 29–30 November ―  Ireland Jack Lynch Dublin
16 1980 17–18 April ―  Italy Francesco Cossiga Luxembourg
17 12–13 June ― Venice
18 1–2 December ―  Luxembourg Pierre Werner Luxembourg
19 1981 23–24 March ―  Netherlands Dries van Agt Gaston Thorn Maastricht
20 29–30 June ― Luxembourg
21 26–27 November ―  UK Margaret Thatcher London
22 1982 29–30 March ―  Belgium Wilfried Martens Brussels
23 28–29 June ― Brussels
24 3–4 December ―  Denmark Poul Schlüter Copenhagen
25 1983 21–22 March ―  Germany Helmut Kohl Brussels
26 17–19 June ― Stuttgart
27 4–6 December ―  Greece Andreas Papandreou Athens
28 1984 19–20 March ―  France François Mitterrand Brussels
29 25–26 June ― Fontainebleau British rebate agreed
30 3–4 December ―  Ireland Garret FitzGerald Dublin
31 1985 29–30 March ―  Italy Bettino Craxi Jacques Delors Brussels Initiated the IGC leading to the Single European Act
32 28–29 June ― Milan
33 2–3 December ―  Luxembourg Jacques Santer Luxembourg
34 1986 26–27 June ―  Netherlands Ruud Lubbers The Hague
35 5–6 December ―  UK Margaret Thatcher London
36 1987 29–30 June ―  Belgium Wilfried Martens Brussels
37 4–5 December ―  Denmark Poul Schlüter Copenhagen
38 1988 11–13 February ―  Germany Helmut Kohl Brussels
39 27–28 June ― Hanover
40 2–3 December ―  Greece Andreas Papandreou Rhodes
41 1989 26–27 June ―  Spain Felipe González Madrid
42 18 November Informal  France François Mitterrand Paris
43 8–9 December ― Strasbourg European Council endorses German reunification
despite some Anglo-French opposition.
44 1990 28 April Extraordinary  Ireland Charles Haughey Dublin
45 25–26 June ― Dublin
46 27–28 October ―  Italy Giulio Andreotti Rome
47 14–15 December ― Rome
48 1991 8 April Informal  Luxembourg Jacques Santer Luxembourg
49 28–29 June ― Luxembourg
50 9–10 December ―  Netherlands Ruud Lubbers Maastricht Signing of the Treaty of Maastricht
51 1992 27 June ―  Portugal Aníbal Cavaco Silva Lisbon
52 16 October ―  UK John Major Birmingham
53 11–12 December ― Edinburgh
54 1993 21–22 June ―  Denmark Poul Nyrup Rasmussen Copenhagen Copenhagen criteria agreed
55 29 October ―  Belgium Jean-Luc Dehaene Brussels
56 10–11 December ― Brussels
57 1994 24–25 June ―  Greece Andreas Papandreou Corfu Signing of the Accession Treaty of Austria, Finland,
Sweden and Norway (Norway did not ratify)
58 15 July ―  Germany Helmut Kohl Brussels
59 9–10 December ― Essen
60 1995 26–27 June ―  France Jacques Chirac Jacques Santer Cannes
61 22–23 October Extraordinary  Spain Felipe González Majorca
62 15–16 December ― Madrid
63 1996 29–30 March ―  Italy Lamberto Dini Turin
64 21–22 June ― Romano Prodi Florence
65 5 October Extraordinary  Ireland John Bruton Dublin
66 13–14 December ― Dublin
67 1997 23 May Informal  Netherlands Wim Kok Noordwijk
68 16–17 June ― Amsterdam Signed Treaty of Amsterdam
69 20–21 November Extraordinary  Luxembourg Jean-Claude Juncker Luxembourg Special council on Employment
70 12–13 December ― Luxembourg
71 1998 3 May ―  UK Tony Blair Brussels Special Council on the Euro decides the 11 states
which would enter the third stage of EMU
72 15–16 June ― Cardiff
73 24–25 October Informal  Austria Viktor Klima Pörtschach
74 11–12 December ― Vienna
75 1999 26 February Informal  Germany Gerhard Schröder Königswinter
76 25–26 March ― Manuel Marin (Interim) Berlin
77 14 April Informal Brussels
78 3–4 June ― Cologne Details below table
79 15–16 October ―  Finland Paavo Lipponen Romano Prodi Tampere Agreement on institutional reform
80 10–11 December ― Helsinki
81 2000 23–24 March ―  Portugal António Guterres Lisbon Agreed Lisbon Strategy
82 19–20 June ― Santa Maria da Feira Agreement to allow entry of Greece to the Eurozone
83 13–14 October Informal  France Jacques Chirac Biarritz
84 7–9 December ― Nice Signed Treaty of Nice
85 2001 23–24 March ―  Sweden Göran Persson Stockholm
86 15–16 June ― Gothenburg Enlargement, sustainable development, economic growth
and structural reform, in addition to an EU-US summit
87 21 September Informal  Belgium Guy Verhofstadt Brussels Emergency council – Terrorism
88 19 October Informal Ghent
89 14–15 December ― Laeken Details below table
90 2002 15–16 March ―  Spain José María Aznar López Barcelona
91 21–22 June ― Seville Decided to reorganise the Council formations
to achieve greater focus and efficiency
92 24–25 October ―  Denmark Anders Fogh Rasmussen Brussels
93 12–13 December ― Copenhagen
94 2003 17 February Extraordinary  Greece Costas Simitis Brussels Iraq crisis - Presidency conclusions
95 20–21 March ― Brussels Presidency conclusions
96 16–17 April Informal Athens Signing of the Treaty of Accession 2003,[2]
Declaration on Iraq European Convention
97 20 June ― Thessaloniki Presidency conclusions of the June 2003 meeting
98 4 October Extraordinary  Italy Silvio Berlusconi Rome Beginning of IGC on EU Constitution
99 16–17 October ― Brussels Presidency conclusions of the October 2003 meeting
100 12–13 December ― Brussels Presidency conclusions of the December 2003 meeting
101 2004 25–26 March ―  Ireland Bertie Ahern Brussels Declaration on combating terrorism
Presidency conclusions of the March 2004 meeting
102 17–18 June ― Brussels Presidency conclusions of the June 2004 meeting
103 4–5 November ―  Netherlands Jan Peter Balkenende Brussels Presidency conclusions of the November 2004 meeting
104 16–17 December ― José Manuel Barroso Brussels Presidency conclusions of the December 2004 meeting
105 2005 22–23 March ―  Luxembourg Jean-Claude Juncker Brussels Presidency conclusions of the March 2005 meeting
106 16–17 June ― Brussels Declaration on the ratification of
the Treaty establishing a Constitution for Europe
Presidency conclusions of the June 2005 meeting
107 27 October Informal  UK Tony Blair Hampton Court Globalisation
108 15–16 December ― Brussels Presidency conclusions of the December 2005 meeting
109 2006 23–24 March ―  Austria Wolfgang Schüssel Brussels Presidency conclusions of the March 2006 meeting
110 15–16 June ― Brussels Agreement to allow entry of Slovenia to the Eurozone
Presidency conclusions of the June 2006 meeting
111 20 October Informal  Finland Matti Vanhanen Lahti Meeting with Vladimir Putin held in Sibelius Hall
112 14–15 December ― Brussels Presidency conclusions of the December 2006 meeting
113 2007 8–9 March ―  Germany Angela Merkel Brussels Presidency conclusions of the March 2007 meeting
114 21–22 June ― Brussels Agreement on basis for the Treaty of Lisbon
Agreement to allow entry of Malta and Cyprus to the Eurozone
Presidency conclusions of the June 2007 meeting
115 18–19 October Informal  Portugal José Sócrates Lisbon Agreement reached on the Reform Treaty
Discussed climate change and the US economic crisis.[3]
116 14 December ― Brussels Signature of Reform Treaty in Lisbon on 13/12
European Council in Brussels the next day
Presidency conclusions of the December 2007 meeting
117 2008 13–14 March ―  Slovenia Janez Janša Brussels Agreed timeframe and principles of energy/climate change policy
Presidency conclusions of the March 2008 meeting
118 19–20 June ― Brussels Presidency conclusions of the June 2008 meeting
119 13–14 July Extraordinary  France Nicolas Sarkozy Paris Barcelona process for the Mediterranean
120 1 September Extraordinary Brussels Extraordinary summit on EU-Russia relations (Georgia crisis)[4]
Presidency conclusions of the September 2008 meeting
― 12 October Euro summit Paris Eurozone summit conclusions of October 2008 meeting
121 15–16 October ― Brussels Presidency conclusions of the October 2008 meeting
122 7 November Informal Brussels Informal summit on the global financial crisis
Conclusions from meeting on the Global Financial Crisis
123 11–12 December ― Brussels Presidency conclusions of the December 2008 meeting
124 2009 1 March Informal  Czech Republic Mirek Topolánek Brussels Informal summit on the global financial crisis
Conclusions of the Global Financial Crisis meeting on 1 March 2009
125 19–20 March ― Brussels Presidency conclusions of the March 2009 meeting
126 5 April Informal
(EU-USA summit)		 Jan Fischer Prague US President Barack Obama in Prague
Conclusions of the EU-USA relations meeting in April 2009
127 18–19 June ― Brussels Icelandic application accepted
Presidency conclusions of the June 2009 meeting
Press conference video: 1 and 2
128 17 September Informal  Sweden Fredrik Reinfeldt Brussels Preparation for the 2009 G-20 Pittsburgh summit
[5] Presidency conclusions of the September 2009 meeting
Press conference video
129 29–30 October ― Brussels Presidency conclusions of the October 2009 meeting
Press conference video
130 19 November Informal Brussels Chose the first President of the European Council (Herman Van Rompuy) and the first
High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy (Catherine Ashton)
Presidency conclusions of the November 2009 meeting
Press conference video
131 10–11 December — Brussels Presidency conclusions of the December 2009 meeting
Press conference video: 1 and 2

2010–present

Since 2010, all Council meetings took place in Brussels. In February 2010 the exact location was the Solvay Library, while all subsequent meetings took place at the Justus Lipsius building.

# Year Date Type EU Council presidency Council President Commission President Agenda and Conclusions Press conference
132 2010 11 February Informal  Spain Herman Van Rompuy
(1st term)[6]		 José Manuel Barroso
(2nd term)		 Statement. Video
― 25 March Euro summit Statement.
133 25-26 March Scheduled Conclusions. Video: 1 and 2
― 7 May Euro summit Statement. Video
134 17 June Scheduled Conclusions. Video
135 16 September Extraordinary (special)  Belgium Conclusions, (note: the Ministers of Foreign Affairs were also present in this special European Council)[7]. Video
136 28-29 October Scheduled Conclusions. Video: 1 and 2
137 16-17 December Scheduled Conclusions. Video
138 2011 4 February Scheduled  Hungary Conclusions. Video
― 11 March Euro summit Statement. Video
139 11 March Extraordinary Declaration on EU policy for actions in Libya and the Southern Neighbourhood region. Video
140 24-25 March Scheduled[8] Conclusions. Video: 1 and 2
141 23-24 June Scheduled[8] Website, Conclusions. Video: 1 and 2
― 21 July Euro summit  Poland Statement. Video
142 23 October Scheduled Conclusions. Video
― 23-26 October Euro summit Statement. Video: 1 and 2
143 26 October Informal Website, Statement.
144 8-9 December Scheduled[9] Website, Conclusions. Video: 1 and 2
― 9 December Euro summit Statement.
― 2012 30 January Euro summit  Denmark Agreed lines of communication.
145 30 January Informal Website, Statement on growth and jobs, Growth and competitiveness, Foreign policy issues,Fiscal discipline and convergence, Treaty on Stability, Coordination and Governance. Video
146 1-2 March Scheduled[10] Website, Conclusions, Implementation of the European Semester, Fiscal Compact signed, Van Rompuy re-elected president. Video: 1 and 2
― 2 March Euro summit Statement.
147 23 May Informal[10] Website 1 and 2, Greece: euro area press lines, Tackling youth unemployment. Video
148 28-29 June Scheduled[10] Herman Van Rompuy
(2nd term)[6]		 Website, Conclusions, Towards a genuine EMU (Council edition), European Council programme July 2012 to Dec.2014. Video: 1 and 2
― 28-29 June Euro summit Statement. Video
149 18-19 October Scheduled[11]  Cyprus Website, Conclusions, Conclusions on completing EMU, Towards a genuine EMU (interim report), Statement on Greece. Video: 1 and 2
150 22‑23 November Extraordinary Website, Minutes, Statement on EU's Multiannual Financial Framework 2014-20. Video
151 13-14 December Scheduled[11] Website, Conclusions, Conclusions on completing EMU, Towards a genuine EMU (final report), Agreed position on bank supervision (SSM). Video 1 and 2
152 2013 7-8 February Scheduled[12]  Ireland Website, Conclusions, Multiannual Financial Framework. Video
― 14 March Euro summit Adopted rules of procedure for Euro summits, Remarks by President.
153 14-15 March Scheduled[12] Website, Conclusions. Video: 1 and 2
154 22 May Scheduled[12] Website, Conclusions (Taxation and Energy), EC member numbers. Video
155 27-28 June Scheduled[12] Website, Conclusions, EP in 2014-19, Genuine EMU. Video: 1 and 2
156 24-25 October Scheduled[13]  Lithuania Website, Conclusions. Video: 1 and 2
157 19-20 December Scheduled[13] Website, Conclusions, Security & Defense conclusions. Video: 1 and 2
158 2014 6 March Extraordinary  Greece Website, Statement on Ukraine, EU stands by Ukraine. Video: Ukrainian PM and Council
159 20-21 March Scheduled[14] Website, Conclusions, Conclusions on Ukraine, EU sanctions against Russia, Signing of EU-Ukraine Association Agreement. Video: 1 and 2
160 27 May Informal[14] Website, Statement on Ukraine. Video
161 26-27 June Scheduled[14] Website, Conclusions, Conclusions on Ukraine, Strategic agenda for the Union, World War I commemoration, Signing of Association Agreements with Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine. Video
162 16 July Extraordinary  Italy Website, Conclusions, Conclusions on Ukraine and Gaza. Video
163 30 August Extraordinary Website, Conclusions, Nomination of next European Council president and Foreign Affairs High Representative, Sanctions against Russia over Ukraine crisis. Video: 1 and 2, Ukrainian President 1a and 1b
164 23-24 October Scheduled[15] Website, Conclusions, New Commission appointed, 2030 climate and energy policy framework, EU response on Ebola. Video: 1 and 2
― 24 October[16] Euro summit Statement
165 18 December Scheduled[15] Donald Tusk Jean-Claude Juncker Website, Conclusions, Crimea and Sevastopol: further EU sanctions. Video
166 2015 12 February Informal[17]  Latvia Website, Results of the informal meeting, Statement on the fight against terrorism, Next Steps on Better Economic Governance in the Euro Area (analytical note), Remarks about Ukrainian ceasefire. Video, Ukrainian ceasefire agreement
167 19-20 March Scheduled[17] Website, Conclusions, Energy Union, Relations with Russia, European Semester 2015, Statement on Tunisia, Statement on Greece. Video: 1 and 2
168 23 April Extraordinary Website, Statement, 10 point action plan to combat Mediterranean migratory pressures Video
– 22 June[18] Euro summit Website, Presidential remarks 1 and 2 Video
169 25-26 June Scheduled[17] Website, Conclusions, European Fund for Strategic Investments, Completing Europe's Economic and Monetary Union. Video: 1 and 2
– 7 July[19] Euro summit  Luxembourg Website, Preparing Eurogroup meeting, Presidential Remarks Video
– 12 July Euro summit Website, Preparing Eurogroup meeting, Presidential Remarks, Statement Video
170 23 September Extraordinary Website, Presidential Remarks, Statement Video
171 15-16 October Scheduled Conclusions
172 17‑18 December Scheduled Conclusions
173 2016 18‑19 February Scheduled  Netherlands Conclusions
174 2016 17-18 March[20] Scheduled[20]  Netherlands
175 23-24 June[20] Scheduled[20]
176 20-21 October[21] Scheduled[21]  Slovakia
177 15-16 December[21] Scheduled[21]
  Upcoming meetings

Meetings are always called and organized to the extent found needed by the European Council president. The upcoming ordinary meetings are scheduled by the end of each semester for the third following semester (minimum one year in advance), and can take form either as "scheduled ordinary meetings" (resulting in a published document entitled "conclusions") or "informal ordinary meetings" (resulting in a published document entitled "statement"). A called scheduled/informal ordinary upcoming meeting might occasionally be moved or cancelled within a short notice, with such change then being notified by the Council president through the issue of a revised calendar plan for the ordinary meetings within the semester in concern. If extra meetings are called outside the procedure of notification minimum a half year in advance, they are referred to as being "extraordinary meetings".

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Cologne 1999

The European Council met in Cologne, Germany, on 3–4 June 1999 to consider issues after the Treaty of Amsterdam came into force. Romano Prodi presented his plan for the future Commission's work and reform program. The Council called for an EU Charter of Fundamental Rights.

The Council designated Javier Solana for the post of Secretary-General of the Council of the European Union (with Pierre de Boissieu as his deputy) and High Representative for the Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP). It decided on a common policy on Russia (first use of the CFSP). Adopted the declaration on Kosovo. In relation to the European Security and Defence Policy, a major element of the CFSP, the council declared that the EU "must have the capacity for autonomous action, backed up by credible military forces, the means to decide to use them, and a readiness to do so, in order to respond to international crises without prejudice to actions by NATO". (Declared in St Malo by France and Great Britain)

Laeken 2001

The Laeken European Council was held at the royal palace at Laeken, Belgium, on 14–15 December 2001.

The Laeken European Council dealt with:

The Laeken Declaration on the Future of Europe established the European Convention, presided over with former President of France, Valéry Giscard d'Estaing, as President of the Convention, and former Italian Prime Minister Giuliano Amato and former Belgian Prime Minister Jean-Luc Dehaene as Vice-Presidents. The Convention was tasked with drafting the Treaty establishing a Constitution for Europe, and would have about 60 members, drawn from national governments, national parliamentarians, the European Parliament, and the European Commission, and include representatives from the candidate countries. The declaration reviews the progress of European integration over the last fifty years, tracing it back to its origins in the horrors of World War II, and poses a number of questions to be answered by the Convention.[22][23]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "The European Council: 50 years of summit meetings" (PDF). General Secretariat of the Council of the European Union. 17 December 2010. Retrieved 6 May 2013.
  2. ↑ http://www.consilium.europa.eu/uedocs/cms_data/docs/pressdata/en/ec/75509.pdf
  3. ↑ Informal European Council Lisbon, 18–19 October 2007 Presidency Press Release
  4. ↑ Russian threats loom over historic EU summit
  5. ↑ http://www.consilium.europa.eu/uedocs/cms_data/docs/pressdata/en/ec/110166.pdf
  6. 1 2 "Herman Van Rompuy re-elected president" (PDF). Council of the European Union. 1 March 2012. Retrieved 5 May 2013.
  7. ↑ "The European Council in 2010". General Secretariat of the Council. 11 January 2011.
  8. 1 2 "European Council meetings in the first semester of 2011" (PDF). European Council. 8 December 2009.
  9. ↑ "European Council meetings in the second semester of 2011" (PDF). European Council. 24 June 2010.
  10. 1 2 3 "European Council meetings in the first semester of 2012" (PDF). European Council. 17 December 2010.
  11. 1 2 "European Council meetings in the second semester of 2012" (PDF). European Council. 27 June 2011.
  12. 1 2 3 4 "European Council meetings in the first semester of 2013 (EUCO 150/2/11 REV 2)" (PDF). European Council. 14 December 2012.
  13. 1 2 "European Council meetings in the second semester of 2013" (PDF). European Council. 25 June 2012.
  14. 1 2 3 "European Council meetings in the first semester of 2014 (EUCO 231/3/12 REV 3)" (PDF). European Council. 3 February 2014.
  15. 1 2 "European Council meetings in the second semester of 2014" (PDF). European Council. 3 July 2013.
  16. ↑ "Euro Summit (24 October 2014) - Annotated Draft Agenda" (PDF). General Secretariat of the Council. 26 September 2014.
  17. 1 2 3 "European Council meetings in the first semester of 2015" (PDF). European Council. 20 December 2013.
  18. ↑ "President Donald Tusk convenes a Euro Summit on Greece Monday 22 June at 19h00" (PDF). General Secretariat of the Council. 18 June 2015.
  19. ↑ "Invitation letter by President Donald Tusk to the Euro Summit" (PDF). General Secretariat of the Council. 6 July 2015. line feed character in |title= at position 55 (help)
  20. 1 2 3 4 "European Council meetings in the first semester of 2016" (PDF). European Council. 22 December 2014.
  21. 1 2 3 4 "European Council meetings in the second semester of 2016" (PDF). European Council. 27 April 2015.
  22. ↑ EU2001.be
  23. ↑ "Press Releases, Council of the European Union"

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