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running of the body and its policies. This would attract semi-retired leaders seeking a fitting climax to their career and would leave most work to the Commission rather than wield power within the institutions. However another opinion envisaged a more pro-active President within the Union and speaking for it abroad. The office would hence be quickly fashioned, according to promoters, into a
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government to run (a growing problem as the number of members to negotiate with expanded with EU enlargemnt). And when representing the EU externally at G7 or G20 summits, they were often simultaneously representing their own country. Allowing the European Council to choose a full time, longer-term President who was not simultaneously a national head of government avoided these problems.
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concretion through practical implementation by the current actors. The Spanish presidency unsuccessfully tried to challenge the European Council president's prominent post during the first rotating presidency of 2010, while the second half of the year saw a Belgian rotating presidency marked by a weakened
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which did not challenge Herman van Rompuy, himself a Belgian politician. The Belgian rotating presidency announced it was taking a "backrow seat" with regards to both the European Council president and the high representative, thus fuelling hopes as well as concerns for a more communitarian character
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There were in any case a number of practical reasons for having the new style President The previous rotating presidency meant a new chair every second or third meeting. There was no choice as to who it would be. Incumbants had little time to devote to preparing meetings, as they had a national
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had begun to compete with each other as Van Rompuy had benefited from the general shift in power from the Commission to the European Council yet with Barroso still holding the real powers. At international summits they continued previous practice of both going at the same time. The complicated
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The European Council president also extended his influence into financial policy, the most important area left to the rotating Council presidency, with the rotating presidency seeing a greater decrease in power than previously planned. Many of the changes introduced with the Lisbon Treaty need
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The first president was expected to define the role for future office holders, as there was no clear idea of how the post would evolve. One body of thought was that the president would stick to a quasi-administrative role, a standard bearer who would simply chair meetings and ensure the smooth
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The possibility of there being greater perks for the European Council president than Commission president prompted Parliament to threaten a rejection of the 2009 budget. It saw a large salary and extras as a symbolic signal that the post is intended to become more powerful, increasing
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There had been disagreement and concern over competition between the former president of the European Council Van Rompuy and the former Commission president Barroso, due to the vague language of the treaty. Some clarifications saw Van Rompuy as the "strategist" and Barroso as a
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which was considered "too symbolic". Likewise, the idea of a private jet was also rejected for being symbolic and, as one diplomat pointed out, a discrepancy in privileges between the European Council and Commission presidents may only fuel rivalry between the two.
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to take place to give the President a mandate, this would strengthen the post within the European Council allowing for stronger leadership in addition to addressing the question of democratic legitimacy in the EU. However, this might cause conflict with
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The president's role is largely political, preparing the work of the European Council, organising and chairing its meetings, seeking to find consensus among its members and reporting to the European Parliament after each meeting; the president will also
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does not define a nomination process for the president of the Council and initially several official and unofficial candidates were proposed. At the final European Council meeting on the treaty in Lisbon, on 19 November 2007, French president
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Although the European Council is, under the terms of the Lisbon treaty, a separate institution of the EU, it does not have its own administration. The administrative support for both the European Council and its President is provided by the
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Corbett, Richard. ‘President of the European Council, new kid on the block: asset or complication?'. In 'The European Union after the Lisbon Treaty, Maastricht Centre for European Governance, Maastricht Monnet Lecture Series Vol. 3
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as the successor to Donald Tusk as President of the European Council for the period from 1 December 2019 to 31 May 2022. He was re-elected in March 2022 for a second term for period from 1 June 2022 to 30 November 2024.
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Although the president of the European Council may not hold a national office, such as a prime minister of a member state, there is no such restraint on European offices. For example, the president may be an
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The basic monthly salary of the President of the European Council shall be equal to the amount resulting from application of 138% to the basic salary of an official of the European Union at grade 16 third
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states that the European Council appoints a full-time President for a two-and-a-half-year term, with the possibility of renewal once. Appointments, as well as the removal of incumbents, require a
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situation had renewed some calls to merge the posts, possibly at the end of Barroso's term in 2014. However some member states had expected to oppose the creation of such a high-profile post.
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holding the Council presidency, rotating every six months. As the European Council is composed of national leaders, it was chaired by the head of state or government of the presidency state.
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If the posts are not to be combined, some believe that the dual-presidential system could lead to "cohabitation" and infighting between the two offices. While it is comparable to the
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heads of state or government was held in 1961 as an informal summit, but only became formalised in 1974, when it was dubbed "European Council" by the then French president
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democratic mandate or a potential mandate for the Commission (see section below). To give a mandate to the European Council's president would signify a development of the
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has also cast doubt as to whether national leaders will in practice stand behind the president on major issues. Under the rotational system, the presidents simply had the
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The President the European Council is elected by the European Council by a qualified majority. He is elected for a 2.5-year term, which is renewable once.
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came into force on 1 December 2009 with a term stretching until 31 May 2012. His term was later extended with a second period ending on 30 November 2014.
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role among other European heads of state or government. However, the president-in-office represented the European Council externally and reported to the
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Formal negotiations on the salary and privileges of the permanent presidency began in April 2008 as part of the draft of the 2009
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The president receives a chauffeured car and around 20 dedicated staff members. He also has a housing allowance, rather than an
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The formal decisions on these appointments will be taken once the Treaty of Lisbon has entered into force, on 1 December 2009.
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nearby. The meeting was called to reflect on long term structural economic problems facing Europe, but was overtaken by the
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at the Parliament's expense. With some in the Council suggesting a staff of up to 60, one MEP has argued in 2008 that the
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of their member states, while the new permanent president is chosen by the members of the European Council.
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On 19 November 2009, the European Council agreed that its first President under the Lisbon Treaty would be
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From 1975 to 2009, the chair of the European Council was an unofficial position (often referred to as the
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Treaty of Lisbon amending the Treaty on European Union and the Treaty establishing the European Community
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There have been calls by some, such as former German interior minister and former head of the Bundestag
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speaks as the EU's "government" while the new president of the European Council is a "strategist". The
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which had split Europe. Minor opposition to other leaders such as Juncker also led to their rejection.
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Henry Chu: European Union settles on a Belgian and a Briton for top posts. Los Angeles Times.
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comprises the college of heads of state or government of EU member states as well as the
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grade: that would be €24,874.62 per month (not including family and other allowances).
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English Style Guide: A handbook for authors and translators in the European Commission
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Van Rompuy's first council meeting was an informal gathering in the Solvay Library in
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Basic salary of grade 16, third step is €18,025.09. 138% of €18,025.09 = €24,874,62
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On 2 July 2019 the European Council elected the until then Belgian prime minister
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after its meetings as well as at the beginning and at the end of the presidency.
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deals in technical matters such as the free trade agreement with Ukraine. The
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vote for a once-renewable term of two and a half years. Article 15 of the
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The President of the European Council is elected by its members through a
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Since the creation of the European Council presidency, former president
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that Parliament and Council will not interfere in each other's budget.
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European Commissioner for Enlargement and European Neighbourhood Policy
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The second holder of the office was (until then) Polish prime minister
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in 1993, the presidency of the European Council was based on the
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is the person presiding over and driving forward the work of the
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came into force on 1 December 2009. The British prime minister,
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and Van Rompuy's long standing press officer Dirk De Backer.
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praised the framework and clarified it in his own terms: The
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or government of the member state currently holding the
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of the assembled European Council was performed by the
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Index

Presidency of the Council of the European Union
President of the European Commission


Flag of Europe

Charles Michel
European Council
Style
chief administrative officer
European Council
Residence
Europa building
Seat
Brussels
qualified majority
Term length
Treaties of the European Union
Herman Van Rompuy
consilium.europa.eu
European Council
institution
president of the European Commission
European Union
president-in-office
head of state
government
member state
presidency of the Council of the European Union
Treaty of Lisbon

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