Charles Michel has been the President of the European Council since 1 December 2019. 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. It's a very diplomatic figure, and it's not like a head of state: the President does not have any power to make decisions about the European Union. [33][22][34], 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. President von der Leyen was appointed by national leaders and elected by the European Parliament after she presented her Political Guidelines. Even if our unity remains our strength, our diversity remains our wealth", he said, stressing the individuality of EU member states.[16]. The Spanish presidency unsuccessfully tried to challenge the European Council president's prominent post during the first rotating presidency of 2010,[24] while the second half of the year saw a Belgian rotating presidency marked by a weakened caretaker government which did not challenge Herman van Rompuy, himself a Belgian politician. [10], Since the creation of the European Council presidency, former president Van Rompuy and former Commission President Barroso 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. The outcome was that the president should enjoy the same conditions as the president of the Commission, with a basic salary of 138% of the highest civil service grade: that would be €24,874.62 per month (not including family and other allowances). On 1 July 2020, Germany took over the Presidency of the Council of the European Union (EU) from Croatia. Since the December European Council, Turkey has shown a more constructive attitude, including in its bilateral relations with several EU Member States. The President also chairs the ERC Board and Scientific Council meetings and prepares the agenda. Learn more here. 2016 EU Member States hold the presidency of the Council of the EU (one of the main EU institutions, in addition to the European Commission and the European Parliament) according to a rotation system determined in advance. Support the Council. In terms of economic policy, Van Rompuy saw the European Council as dealing with overall strategy and the Commission as dealing with the implementation. At a meeting of EU leaders in Sibiu, Romania, last week, the current president of the European Council, Donald Tusk, confirmed that the leaders would meet May 28, days after the European parliamentary elections, to start the nomination process to decide the EU’s new chiefs. He also has a housing allowance, rather than an official residence which was considered "too symbolic". The President of the European Council is a position that was created by the Treaty of Lisbon. Jean-Pierre Bourguignon, president of the European Research Council (ERC), told a committee hearing in Brussels that the “absolute minimum” required by the blue skies research agency would be €14.7 billion ($17.34 billion), based on 2018 prices, between 2021 and 2027. Finland chairs the formal Council meetings in Brussels and Luxembourg and the informal meetings of ministers held in Finland. Despite weekly breakfasts together there was a certain extent of rivalry between the two yet-defined posts. Concludes agreements between the EU and other countries or international organisations 5. [20] Some overlap between the roles of the president of the European Council, the President of the Commission, and the High Representative—notably in foreign policy—leaves uncertainty about how much influence the President of the European Council will acquire. President Michel has championed the call for an international treaty to make the world better prepared to respond to pandemics and health crises. [31], List of presidents of the European Council, Basic salary of grade 16, third step is €18,025.09. As the European Council is composed of national leaders, it was chaired by the head of state or government of the presidency state.[7][8][9]. The presidency of each Member State lasts six months. Persons connected to this position would be more charismatic leaders. The administrative support for both the European Council and its President is provided by the General Secretariat of the Council of the European Union. [11] One body of thought was that the president would stick to the administrative role as outlined by the treaty, a standard bearer who would simply chair meetings and ensure the smooth running of the body and its policies. Van Rompuy chose as his first chief of staff (chef de cabinet) Baron Frans van Daele, formerly Belgian ambassador to, variously, the US, the UN, the EU and NATO and chief of staff of several Belgian foreign ministers. A negotiation that ends with a defeated party is never a good negotiation. Biography of Charles Michel, President of the European Council The formal decision on the appointment was made after the Treaty of Lisbon came into force on 1 December 2009. Wed, Feb 10, 2021 10:30 AM. … 1. On the first day of his two-day visit, Michel will go to the east of Ukraine, the European Council said in an announcement on its website.. Read also Ukraine's envoy links increased shelling in Donbas with sanctions against Medvedchuk. The lack of accountability to MEPs or national parliamentarians has also cast doubt as to whether national leaders will in practice stand behind the president on major issues. Learn more here. The President convenes and chairs all meetings of the ENCJ organs. The complicated situation had renewed some calls to merge the posts, possibly at the end of Barroso's term in 2014. [23] Many of the changes introduced with the Lisbon Treaty need concretion through practical implementation by the current actors. The meeting was called to reflect on long term structural economic problems facing Europe, but was overtaken by the Greek economic crisis. Los Angeles Times. [3] His term was later extended with a second period ending on 30 November 2014. It will preside over the first 6 months of the new 18-month Trio Presidency together with Portugal and Slovenia. 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). The current President is Filippo Donati, a lay-member of the Consiglio Superiore della Magistratura of Italy. The President is the chairman of the European Council, which is the meeting of the leaders of all the member states. The presidency of the European Council was based on the Presidency of the Council of the European Union, with it being hosted by the member state holding the council presidency, rotating every six months. 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The office would hence be quickly fashioned, according to promoters, into a de facto "president of Europe" and, unlike the first model, would be seen on the world stage as speaking for the EU. [5], 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 31 May 2022. The European Constitution, drafted by the European Convention, outlined the "president of the European Council" as a longer term and full-time chairmanship. [17][18], 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 "at his level and in that capacity, ensure the external representation of the Union on issues concerning its common foreign and security policy, without prejudice to the powers of the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security". Ukrainian ambassador to the EU Andriy Veselovsky praised the framework and clarified it in his own terms: The president of the European Commission speaks as the EU's "government" while the new president of the European Council is a "strategist". President of the European Council Charles Michel will be visiting Ukraine on March 2 and March 3. Herman Van Rompuy, President of the European Council, and Wen Jiabao, Prime Minister of China, at the EU-China Summit 2012 Done AN #ACFRONTPAGE EVENT – His Excellency Charles Michel, President of the European Council, discusses the European Union and the outlook for transatlantic cooperation. Find news and background information, check the calendar of events, view videos, live streams and photos. [29], 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. 42. [33][34], 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. Coordinates EU countries' policies 3. The head of Donald Tusk's cabinet is Piotr Serafin. European Council President, Charles Michel (L) accompanied by the Portuguese Prime Minister Antonio Costa (R) during a visit to the Jerónimos Monastery. 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 PRESIDENCY OF THE COUNCIL The Treaty on European Union (TEU) and the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU) contain a number of provisions dealing with the role of the Council Presidency and the conditions under which it is exercised. To give a mandate to the European Council's president would signify a development of the Union's governance towards a presidential system, rather than a parliamentary system. [10] The Constitution was rejected by voters in two Member States during ratification but the changes envisaged to the European Council presidency were retained in the Treaty of Lisbon, which came into force on 1 December 2009. Overview. 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 presidency rotated every six months, meaning there was a new president of the European Council twice a year. Croatian Presidency of the Council of the European Union begins on 1 January and ends on 30 June 2020. Negotiates and adopts EU laws, together with the European Parliament, based on proposals from the European Commission 2. [6], The first meeting of all EU (then EC) heads of state or government was held in 1961 as an informal summit, but only became formalised in 1974, when it was baptised "European Council" by the then French president Valéry Giscard d'Estaing. 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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. Develops the EU's foreign & security policy, based on European Council guidelines 4. Van Rompuy's first council meeting was an informal gathering in the Solvay Library in Leopold Park, rather than the more usual formal gathering in the Justus Lipsius building nearby. 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). However some member states had expected to oppose the creation of such a high-profile post. The president of the European Council is the person presiding over and driving forward the work of the European Council, as well as a principal representative of the European Union (EU) on the world stage. Brussels, 29/09/2020 - 22:09, UNIQUE ID: 200929_21. [21], With the reorganisation of leading EU posts under the Lisbon Treaty, there was some criticism of each post’s vague responsibilities. Two years ago in Warsaw, we came together to strengthen EU-NATO cooperation aiming to promote peace and stability in the Euro-Atlantic area. It saw a large salary and extras as a symbolic signal that the post is intended to become more powerful, increasing intergovernmentalism at the Parliament's expense. 43. [1], From Simple English Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia, High Representative for Common Foreign and Security Policy, European Liberal Democrat and Reform Party, Alliance of European Conservatives and Reformists, Special meeting of the European Council (30 June, 1 and 2 July 2019) – Conclusions, "Poland's Donald Tusk takes over as EU Council president", https://simple.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=President_of_the_European_Council&oldid=6736508, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License. the President of the European Council the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy It supports their work and may sometimes be requested to perform certain duties for the high representative, such as representing the Foreign Affairs Council before the European Parliament or chairing the Foreign Affairs Council when it discusses common commercial policy issues. Appointments, as well as the removal of incumbents, require a double majority support in the European Council. [31], 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. This page was last changed on 2 December 2019, at 14:38. The President represents the Commission in European Council meetings, G7 and G20 summits, summits with non-EU countries and major debates in the European Parliament and the Council. Thank you so much, President Michel. President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy had a phone conversation with President of the European Council Charles Michel. The Chair of the Scientific Council is the President of the ERC and the formal representative of the ERC, including its Scientific Council, to the European Commission and other bodies. The Belgian rotating presidency announced it was taking a "backrow seat"[25] with regards to both the European Council president and the high representative, thus fuelling hopes as well as concerns for a more communitarian character in both the council and foreign policy. The European Council has welcomed the Presidency's preliminary report on "Strengthening the Common European Security and Defence Policy" which reflects the work carried forward by the Presidency, together with the Secretary-General/High Representative, within the General Affairs Council in accordance with the remit from Helsinki. Being primarily responsible for preparing and chairing the meetings of the European Council, the role had no executive powers and was in no sense equivalent to that of a head of state. Prior to that, he was Prime Minister of Belgium for 5 years. Kuwait: Joint Statement by the President of the European Council, the President of the European Commission and the High Representative / Vice President on the passing of late Emir Sheikh Sabah Al Ahmad al-Sabah . The purpose of the informal meetings is to discuss topical EU matters. 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. The European Council consists of the heads of government of each EU member state, the European Council President (currently Charles Michel) and the President of the European Commission (Ursula von der Leyen).It is the EU institution that … [15] At a press conference after his appointment, Van Rompuy commented: "Every country should emerge victorious from negotiations. The role as President-in-Office was merely a primus inter pares role among other European heads of state or government. [14] The British prime minister, Gordon Brown, said that he had unanimous backing from the 27 EU leaders at the summit in Brussels on the evening of 19 November 2009. Joint declaration by the President of the European Council, the President of the European Commission, and the Secretary General of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (.PDF/1076.17 kb) Video EU-NATO Signing Ceremony & Press Statements, 08 JUL 2016 08 Jul. The second and previous officeholder is former Polish prime minister Donald Tusk. Also in his team were the former UK Labour MEP Richard Corbett and Van Rompuy's long standing press officer Dirk De Backer. The High Representative specialises in "bilateral relations" while the European Commissioner for Enlargement and European Neighbourhood Policy deals in technical matters such as the free trade agreement with Ukraine. With some in the Council suggesting a staff of up to 60, the Committee on Constitutional Affairs has indicated it may drop the gentlemen's agreement that Parliament and Council will not interfere in each other's budget.[30]. Brown praised Van Rompuy as "a consensus builder" who had "brought a period of political stability to his country after months of uncertainty". Overview. Henry Chu: European Union settles on a Belgian and a Briton for top posts. He represents the ENCJ, especially in relation to dealings with the institutions of the European Union. On 2 July 2019, the European Council elected Belgian Prime Minister Charles Michel as the … 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 31 May 2022. Hence while the European Council president may have prestige, he/she lacks power and while the Commission president has power, he/she lacks the prestige of the former. The role of President-in-Office of the assembled European Council was performed by the head of state or government of the member state currently holding the presidency of the Council of the European Union. The priorities of Croatia's presidency are driven by its motto: "A strong Europe in a world of challenges". While it is comparable to the French model, where there is a president (the European Council president) and prime minister (the Commission president), the Council president does not hold formal powers such as the ability to directly appoint and sack the Commission president, or the ability to dissolve Parliament. [31], There have been calls by some, such as former German interior minister and current head of the Bundestag Wolfgang Schäuble,[32] for direct elections 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. For example, the president may be an MEP, or more significantly the Commission president (who already sits in the European Council). Van Rompuy took office when the Lisbon Treaty came into force on 1 December 2009 with a term stretching until 31 May 2012. Get involved. The official website of Germany's Presidency of the Council of the European Union (July through December 2020) Minor opposition to other leaders such as Juncker also led to their rejection. Portuguese Presidency of the Council of the EU 2021 is committed to transparency in all procurement processes. However, he faced large scale opposition for being from a large state outside the eurozone and the Schengen Area as well as being a leader who entered the Iraq War which had split Europe. [26][27][28][needs update], The president receives a chauffeured car and around 20 dedicated staff members. The more practical aspects of this task are the responsibility of the High Representative for Common Foreign and Security Policy, the Commissioner responsible for external affairs. Overview. Statement by the President of the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities Leen Verbeek on Europe Day 2021 Presidency Strasbourg, France 5 May 2021 Every year, in May Europe Day celebrates peace and unity in Europe. The president does have, however, his own private office (cabinet) of close advisers. summit conference of heads of state or government of the EU Member States. Learn more about the cultural programme of the Portuguese Presidency of the Council of the European Union. The president of the European Parliament meanwhile articulates the EU's values.[22]. Portuguese Presidency of the Council of the European Union will be dealing with the most pressing environmental. Ireland holds the Presidency of the Council of European Union in the first half of 2013. At international summits they continued previous practice of both going at the same time. [35] Some believe this problem would be increased further if the Council president were to be strengthened by a democratic mandate, as mentioned above. It is a pleasure to be joined today by my friend Charles Michel, President of the European Council. [2] 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). The members are appointed by the European Commission, on the recommendations of an independent Identification Committee. 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