It was established during meetings at the December 1974 Paris Summit on the initiative of the President of the French Republic, Giscard d’Estaing. Meetings requiring physical presence; informal videoconferences of Ministers with presence in a listening room • COREPER II (full day) • COREPER I (full day) • Budget Committee (a.m.) • EU Military Committee (p.m.) • COAFR Working Party (full day) Informal teleconferences … The police had long prepared for disturbances and also had many different intelligence services directed at the groups participating in the planning of demonstrations. It represents the highest level of political cooperation between EU countries. 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. In February 2010 the exact location was the Solvay Library, subsequent meetings took place at the Justus Lipsius building and since March 2017 at the Europa Building. The police subsequently fired shots at the demonstrators. Later in the evening during the Reclaim the City demonstration, a police unit came under attack by demonstrators throwing projectiles. We will use this data to improve your experience on our website. Three persons were injured by gunshots, one of whom was seriously injured. Since the Lisbon Treaty, however, its meetings have taken place in Brussels. It helps organise and ensure the coherence of the Council's work and the implementation of its 18-month programme. The first of these ‘European summits’ took place in Paris in 1961 and they have become more frequent since 1969. The Council of the EU meets in different configurations depending on the topic discussed. Since 2010, all formal (scheduled or extraordinary) European Council meetings have taken place in Brussels and been chaired by a permanent President, as introduced by the Treaty of Lisbon. The Council of Ministers should not be confused either with the European Council or the Council of Europe. The former is a distinct EU institution that is discussed under below. According to the police, more than 50,000 demonstrators gathered in Gothenburg during the three days of the summit,[24] among them a smaller amount with foreign nationality. Meetings are always called and organized to the extent found needed by the European Council president. The Council of the EU meets in different configurations depending on the topic discussed. The Commission of the European Union (EU) and the Council of Europe decided on 26 May 1994 to create a network of official medicines control laboratories (OMCLs). Their venue is usually the Justus Lipsius building in Brussels, the headquarters of the Council, which is directly across the street from the European Commission’s HQ in the Berlaymont Building. The European Council at the signing of the Treaty of Lisbon in 2007. [citation needed], One of the most noticed cases is the so-called information central, which was stormed by Nationella insatsstyrkan during the first day of the summit. The press office is the first point of contact for all media requests. The first one occurred on 14 June after the police had surrounded and enclosed the Hvitfeldtska gymnasiet where demonstrators had been invited by the city to stay during the summit. Search for meetings by date, filters or using the tabs below. We use cookies in order to ensure that you can get the best browsing experience possible on the Council website. They started in 1975 as tri-annual meetings. Meetings requiring physical presence; informal videoconferences of Ministers with presence in a listening room • COREPER II (full day) • COREPER I (full day) • EU Military Committee (p.m.) • Working Party on Tax Questions (attachés) (full day) Informal teleconferences or videoconferences, without physical presence American police tactics against protesters were in use such as a psycho-tactic unit that was supposed to have a dialogue with demonstrating organisations. The European Council brings together EU leaders at least four times a year. Follow the latest developments on policy-making and on legislation under negotiation. Find out more about documents and publications. The European Council provides the EU with the necessary impetus for its development. The political background to the protests was a conjuncture of three forces. They started in 1975 as tri-annual meetings. The Council for European Studies is pleased to announce the CES Professional Development webinar series, a new monthly online program devoted to digital tools in academia. The indicated location and the format of each meeting (physical or virtual) are subject to change. It identifies major issues to be dealt with by the Council in each of the policy areas under its responsibility. [26] This was the first use of firearms against Swedish demonstrators since the Ådalen shootings in 1931. It decided on a common policy on Russia (first use of the CFSP). 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 Swedish Police Union strongly criticised the way the police actions had been led and managed. One of the EU's 7 official institutions, the European Council takes the form of (usually quarterly) summit meetings between EU leaders, chaired by a permanent president. The European Council brings together EU leaders at least four times a year. Small associations like ours depend heavily on our members’ support. Committees and working parties handle the preparatory work on files before they are discussed at Council meetings. The meetings of the European Council, still commonly referred to as EU summits, are chaired by its president and take place at least twice every six months; usually in the Europa building in Brussels. The European Council met in Cologne, Germany, on 3–4 June 1999 to consider issues after the Treaty of Amsterdam came into force. The Council called for an EU Charter of Fundamental Rights. The number of meetings grew to minimum four per year between 1996 and 2007, and minimum six per year since 2008. The first seven summit meetings were held between 1961 and 1974, but this was before the formal establishment of the European Council. Meetings. The European Council brings together EU leaders at least four times a year. If extra meetings are called outside the procedure of notification minimum a half-year in advance, they are referred to as being "extraordinary meetings". WHO/Europe and the WHO European Healthy Cities Network work together continually and in annual meetings to discuss new initiatives, consider progress and share new evidence or inspiration from the field. The demonstrating organisations arranged many conferences, the biggest conference (besides, of course, the EU summit itself) being Fritt forum (Free Forum) which hosted 50 lectures and seminars and was funded by the city of Gothenburg, the Swedish justice department and Sweden's foreign ministry department among others. Committees and working parties handle the preparatory work on files before they are discussed at Council meetings. The Council of the EU meets in different configurations depending on the topic discussed. As a reaction to this, protesters from all over the world planned to gather in Gothenburg to demonstrate under different banners. The European Council officially gained the status of an EU institution after the Treaty of Lisbon in 2007, distinct from the Council of the European Union (Council of Ministers). The latter is an international body, completely separate from the EU, set up in 1949 with the aim of promoting democracy, human rights and the rule of law within its 40 member states. You can get in contact to arrange a visit, ask questions about the work of both institutions, and request a document, among other services. There were differing opinions amongst the police forces involved. The police planned and gathered their forces in anticipation of the meeting. They started in 1975 as tri-annual meetings. 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. Traduzioni in contesto per "at the meeting of the European Council" in inglese-italiano da Reverso Context: Terrorism will also be discussed in more detail at the meeting of the European Council … The security police did not want the Hvitfeldtska gymnasiet to be used as they felt it was too close to the EU Summit while the Gothenburg police insisted on having the demonstrators there. [24] The summit was guarded by approximately 2500 police officers.[25]. 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. With your permission, we will use AT internet cookies to produce aggregated, anonymous data about our visitors' browsing and behaviour on our website. Before that, the first summits of EU heads of state or government were held in February and July 1961 (in Paris and Bonn respectively). Besides a number of encounters and skirmishes there were a number of riots. [28] In its report "Chaos" – regarding the Command in Gothenburg in June 2001 it is stated that a majority of the police who were on duty during the time felt they did not have enough resources to carry out their duties in a proper manner and that orders were confusing. Decisions of the European Council are taken by consensus. [28], The total sum of the sentences following the riots during the EU summit was roughly 50 years in prison, which according to the journalist Erik Wijk is 12 times more than earlier riots. Council of Europe. related to events during the EU-summit) persons injured (treated by hospitals in the region of Västra Götaland): 143, The seats of ten new EU agencies (after hours of disagreement, the European Council failed to reach an agreement and decided to leave the decision until next year), Impending introduction of Euro cash (the European Council met with the Finance ministers to consider this), The adoption of the Laeken Declaration on the Future of Europe, This page was last edited on 1 February 2021, at 10:22. The main protests were organised by three broad coalitions, a local coalition Bush Go home that opposed U.S. foreign policy, a Sweden-based coalition Network Gothenburg 2001 which opposed Swedish membership in the EU and EMU and an international coalition Gothenburg Action 2001, a proponent of "another Europe", opponent of EU militarisation, the Schengen Agreement, and defending the public sector and the environment from becoming trade commodites and EMU. It was the first U.S. presidential visit to Sweden, and was intended as an opportunity to discuss differences on climate negotiations, WTO and Middle East issues with the EU leaders. In 1995, the EDQM took upon itself this new responsibility and subsequently set it up. At the special European Council meeting of 1-2 October 2020, Charles Michel, President of the European Council, presented a new Leaders’ Agenda outlining his view of ‘the key challenges confronting the Union’ and setting a timetable for the Heads of State or Government to address these issues at meetings between October 2020 and June 2021. Traduzioni in contesto per "European Council meetings of" in inglese-italiano da Reverso Context: having regard to the conclusions of the European Council meetings of Cologne, Helsinki, Lisbon, Feira, Laeken and Nice on the European security and defence policy, The latest ESA Ministerial Council took place on December 2nd, 2014 in Luxembourg, where Ministers of ESA's Member States agreed on the development of new launchers Ariane 6 and Vega C and approved funding for the International Space Station and space exploration. Search results for : From 08/04/2021 To 08/04/2022. A common list of COVID-19 rapid antigen tests that are considered appropriate for use in the context of the situations described in the Council Recommendation, that are in line with countries’ testing strategies and that: a. carry CE marking; b. 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". The European Council. 24. Read more about the role of the European Council, Informal video conference of economic and finance ministers, Presidency Event: Informal video conference of energy ministers, Presidency event: Informal video conference of environment ministers, Informal meeting of agriculture and fisheries ministers, Informal meeting of heads of state or government, Porto, Education, Youth, Culture and Sports Council, 17-18 May 2021, Informal meeting of ministers responsible for cohesion policy, Informal meeting of economic and financial affairs ministers, 21-22 May 2021. 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