Calendar of EU presidencies
- Belgian EU Presidency flag at Genval, September 2001 (Photo: Lisbeth Kirk)
Calendar of EU presidenciess
The Lisbon Treaty established the post of permanent president of the European Council, a so-called "European Council President". Furthermore, the rotation system for the Council of Ministers has been changed to a system of team presidencies composed of three countries consisting of the current, the previous and the incoming presidency. Each Member State will still preside over most councils for 6 months.
The Council of Ministers is led by
Italy: July-December 2014
Latvia:
January-June 2015
Luxembourg:
July-December 2015
Netherlands:
January-June 2016
Slovakia:
July-December 2016
Malta:
January-June 2017
United Kingdom:
July-December 2017
Estonia:
January-June 2018
Bulgaria:
July-December 2018
Austria:
January-June 2019
Romania:
July-December 2019
Finland:
January-June 2020
Here is the former list of Presidencies:
2003: Greece and Italy
2004: Ireland and the Netherlands
2005: Luxembourg and United Kingdom
2006: Austria and Finland
2007: Germany and Portugal
2008: Slovenia and France
2009: Czech Republic and Sweden
2010: Spain and Belgium
2011: Hungary and Poland
2012: Denmark and Cyprus
2013: Ireland and Lithuania
2014: Greece and Italy
2015: Latvia and Luxembourg
2016: The Nederlands and Slovakia
2017: Malta and the United Kingdoma
Links
http://www.consilium.europa.eu......what-is-the-presidency?lang=en
