The first meeting of all European Communities 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 Valéry Giscard d'Estaing. įurther information: List of European Councils On 2 July 2019 the European Council elected Belgian prime minister Charles Michel as the successor to Donald Tusk as President of the European Council for the period from 1 December 2019 to. He was originally elected to serve a term from 1 December 2014 to, and was subsequently re-elected on 9 March 2017 to a second term running from 1 June 2017 until 30 November 2019. The second holder of the office was former Polish prime minister Donald Tusk. His term was later extended with a second period ending on 30 November 2014. Van Rompuy took office when the Lisbon Treaty came into force on 1 December 2009 with a term stretching until. On 19 November 2009, the European Council agreed that its first president under the Lisbon Treaty would be Herman Van Rompuy ( European People's Party). Appointments, as well as the removal of incumbents, require a double majority support in the European Council. However, since the 2007 Treaty of Lisbon, article 15 of Treaty on European Union states that the European Council appoints a full-time president for a two-and-a-half-year term, with the possibility of renewal once. This institution comprises the college of heads of state or government of EU member states as well as the president of the European Commission, and provides political direction to the European Union (EU).įrom 1975 to 2009, the head of the European Council was an unofficial position (often referred to as the President-in-Office) held by the head of state or government of the member state holding the semiannually rotating presidency of the Council of the European Union at any given time. The president of the European Council is the person presiding over and driving forward the work of the European Council (composed of 27 heads of state), as well as a principal representative of the European Union (EU) on the world stage. Presiding and chief administrative officer
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