Council of the European Union

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The Council of the European Union is made up of EU government ministers who meet to discuss, amend and adopt laws. Skiptomaincontent Home…Institutions,law,budgetInstitutionsandbodiesInstitutionsandbodiesprofilesCounciloftheEuropeanUnionEUinstitutionCounciloftheEuropeanUnion OverviewRole:VoiceofEUmembergovernments,adoptingEUlawsandcoordinatingEUpoliciesMembers:GovernmentministersfromeachEUcountry,accordingtothepolicyareatobediscussedPresident:EachEUcountryholdsthepresidencyona6-monthrotatingbasisEstablishedin:1958(asCounciloftheEuropeanEconomicCommunity)Location:Brussels(Belgium)Website: CounciloftheEUIntheCounciloftheEU,informallyalsoknownastheCouncil, governmentministersfromeachEUcountry meettodiscuss,amendandadoptlaws,andcoordinatepolicies.Theministershavetheauthorityto committheirgovernments totheactionsagreedoninthemeetings.CouncilmeetingstakeplaceinBrussels,exceptforthreemonths(April,JuneandOctober)whentheyareheldinLuxembourg.Togetherwiththe EuropeanParliament,theCouncilisthe maindecision-makingbody oftheEU.Nottobeconfusedwith:EuropeanCouncil -quarterlysummits,whereEUleadersmeettosetthebroaddirectionofEUpolicymakingCouncilofEurope -notanEUbodyatallWhatdoestheCouncildo?negotiatesandadoptsEUlaws,togetherwiththe EuropeanParliament,basedonproposalsfromthe EuropeanCommissioncoordinates EUcountries'policiesdevelopstheEU's foreign&securitypolicy,basedon EuropeanCouncil guidelinesconcludes agreements betweentheEUandothercountriesorinternationalorganisationsadoptstheannual EUbudget -jointlywiththeEuropeanParliamentCompositionThereare nofixedmembers oftheEUCouncil.Instead,theCouncilmeetsin 10differentconfigurations,eachcorrespondingtothepolicyareabeingdiscussed.Dependingontheconfiguration,eachcountrysendstheirministerresponsibleforthatpolicyarea.Forexample,whentheCouncilmeetingoneconomicandfinancialaffairs(the"EcofinCouncil")isheld,itisattendedbyeachcountry'sfinanceminister.Whochairsthemeetings?TheForeignAffairsCouncilhasapermanentchairperson-the EUHighRepresentativeforForeignAffairsandSecurityPolicy.AllotherCouncilmeetingsarechairedbytherelevantministerofthecountryholdingthe rotatingEUpresidency.Forexample,anyEnvironmentCouncilmeetingintheperiodwhenEstoniaholdsthepresidencywillbechairedbytheEstonianenvironmentminister.Overallconsistency isensuredbytheGeneralAffairsCouncil-whichissupportedbythePermanentRepresentativesCommittee.ThisiscomposedofEUcountries' PermanentRepresentativestotheEU,whoare,ineffect,nationalambassadorstotheEU.EurozonecountriesEurozonecountriescoordinatetheir economicpolicy throughthe Eurogroup, whichconsistsoftheireconomyandfinanceministers.ItmeetsthedaybeforeEconomic&FinancialAffairsCouncilmeetings.AgreementsreachedinEurogroupgatheringsareformallydecideduponintheCouncilthenextday,withonlyministersofEurozonecountriesvotingonthoseissues.HowdoestheCouncilwork?EUministersmeetinpublicwhentheydiscussorvoteondraftlegislativeactstobepassed,decisionsusuallyrequirea qualifiedmajority: 55%ofcountries(with27currentmembers,thismeans 15countries)representingatleast65%oftotalEUpopulationYoucan watchtheCouncil'spublicsessionslive inallEUlanguages.WhenaCouncilmeetingispublic,soareits minutes and votes.To blockadecision,atleast4 countries areneeded(representingatleast35%oftotalEUpopulation)exception -sensitivetopicslikeforeignpolicyandtaxationrequirea unanimousvote (allcountriesinfavour).Simplemajority isrequiredforprocedural&administrativeissuesTheCouncilandyouYoucanput generalquestions tothe Council'spublicinformationservice.AccesstodocumentsAccesstoinformationCounciloftheEUmeetingagendasFurtherinformationWho'swhoDatesofCouncilPresidenciesVisittheCounciloftheEUPublicationsCouncillibraryJobs Contact NameCounciloftheEuropeanUnionWebsitehttp://www.consilium.europa.eu/en/Phonenumber+3222816111Faxnumber+3222817397/81Postaladdress RuedelaLoi/Wetstraat,175,1048Bruxelles/Brussel,Belgium SocialmediaFacebookTwitterYouTube Sharethispage

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