Presidency of the Council of the European Union

{{Short description|Rotating presidency of the Council of Ministers}} {{Distinguish|President of the European Council|President of the European Commission}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2020}} {{Infobox official post | post = Presidency | body = the Council of the European Union | insignia = Council of the EU and European Council.svg | insigniasize = | insigniacaption = Emblem of the Council | flag = Flag of Europe.svg | flagsize = | flagcaption = [[Flag of Europe|Flag of the European Union]] | image = Flag of Cyprus.svg | imagesize = 100 | imagecaption = '''Currently held by''' '''[[Cyprus]]''' since 1 January 2026 | department = [[Council of the European Union]] | status = | member_of = | termlength = Six months | seat = * Council of the EU: [[Europa building]], [[Brussels]], Belgium * [[Government of Belgium|Belgian Government]]: [[Brussels]] | formation = 1958 | appointer = Rotation among the [[EU member states]] | constituting_instrument = [[Treaties of the European Union]] | first = {{flagicon|Belgium|size=20px}} [[Belgium]] | website = {{URL|https://cyprus-presidency.consilium.europa.eu/}} | footnotes_title = Presidency trio | footnotes = {{flagicon|Poland|size=20px}} [[Poland]] • {{flagicon|Denmark|size=20px}} [[Denmark]] • {{flagicon|Cyprus|size=20px}} [[Cyprus]] | incumbent = }}

The '''presidency of the Council of the European Union'''<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.consilium.europa.eu/en/council-eu/presidency-council-eu/|title=The presidency of the Council of the EU|publisher= Council of the EU}}</ref> is responsible for the functioning of the [[Council of the European Union]], which is the co-legislator of the [[Legislature of the European Union|EU legislature]] alongside the [[European Parliament]]. It rotates among the [[Member state of the European Union|member states of the EU]] every six months. The presidency is not an individual, but rather the position is held by a national government. It is sometimes incorrectly referred to as the "[[president of the European Union]]". The presidency's function is to chair meetings of the council, determine its agendas, set a work program and facilitate dialogue both at Council meetings and with other [[Institutions of the European Union|EU institutions]]. The presidency is currently, as of January 2026, held by [[Cyprus]].

Three successive presidencies are known as ''presidency trios''. The current trio is made up of [[Poland]] (January–June 2025), [[Denmark]] (July–December 2025), and [[Cyprus]] (January–June 2026).<ref>{{cite web |title=Council of the European Union |url=https://www.consilium.europa.eu/en/council-eu/presidency-council-eu/ |access-date=2025-01-04 |publisher=Council of the EU |quote=The current trio is made up of the presidencies of Poland, Denmark and Cyprus.}}</ref> The 2020 German presidency began the second cycle of presidencies, after the system was introduced in 2007.<ref>{{cite web|title=Council of the European Union|url=http://www.consilium.europa.eu/en/council-eu/presidency-council-eu/|publisher=Council of the EU|access-date=14 May 2016}}</ref>

==History== When the council was established, its work was minimal and the presidency rotated between each of the then six members every six months. However, as the work load of the Council grew and the membership increased, the lack of coordination between each successive six-month presidency hindered the development of long-term priorities for the EU.

In order to rectify the lack of coordination, the idea of trio presidencies was put forward where groups of three successive presidencies cooperated on a common political program. This was implemented in 2007 and formally laid down in the [[Treaties of the European Union|EU treaties]] in 2009 by the [[Treaty of Lisbon]].

Until 2009, the Presidency had assumed political responsibility in all areas of European integration and it played a vital role in brokering high-level political decisions.

The Treaty of Lisbon reduced the importance of the Presidency significantly by officially separating the [[European Council]] from the [[Council of the European Union]]. Simultaneously it split the [[Foreign Affairs Council|foreign affairs Council configuration]] from the [[General Affairs Council|General Affairs configuration]] and created the position of [[High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy]].

After the [[Brexit|United Kingdom's vote to leave the European Union in 2016]] and its subsequent relinquishment of its scheduled presidency in the Council of the European Union which was due to take place from July to December 2017, the rotation of presidencies was brought six months forward. Estonia was scheduled to take over the UK's six-month slot instead.<ref>{{cite press release |title=Council rotating presidencies: decision on revised order |publisher=Council of the European Union |date=26 July 2016 |url=http://www.consilium.europa.eu/en/press/press-releases/2016/07/26-council-rotating-presidencies-revised-order/ |access-date=26 July 2016}}</ref> The presidency is currently (as of January 2026) held by [[Cyprus]].

==Functioning== {{more citations needed section|date=March 2011}} {{Politics of the European Union|legislature}}

The Council meets in various formations where its composition depends on the topic discussed. For example, the Agriculture Council is composed of the national ministers responsible for Agriculture.<ref name="Council configurations">{{cite web|publisher=Council of the EU|title=Council of the European Union configurations|url=http://www.consilium.europa.eu/council/council-configurations?lang=en|access-date=25 November 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111125124334/http://www.consilium.europa.eu/council/council-configurations?lang=en|archive-date=25 November 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref>

The primary responsibility of the Presidency is to organise and chair all meetings of the council, apart from the [[Foreign Affairs Council]] which is chaired by the [[High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy|High Representative]]. So, for instance, the Minister of Agriculture for the state holding the presidency chairs the Agriculture council. This role includes working out compromises capable of resolving difficulties.

[[s:Consolidated version of the Treaty on European Union/Title III: Provisions on the Institutions#Article 16|Article 16(9) of the Treaty on European Union]] provides: {{quote|The Presidency of Council configurations, other than that of Foreign Affairs, shall be held by Member State representatives in the Council on the basis of equal rotation, in accordance with the conditions established in accordance with [[s:Consolidated version of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union/Chapter 1: The Institutions#Article 236|Article 236 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union]]}}

Each three successive presidencies cooperate on a "triple-shared presidency" work together over an 18-month period to accomplish a common agenda by the current president simply continuing the work of the previous "lead-president" after the end of his/her term. This ensures more consistency in comparison to a usual single six-month presidency and each three includes a [[2004 enlargement of the European Union|new member state]]. This allows new member states to hold the presidency sooner and helps old member states pass their experience to the new members.

The role of the rotating Council Presidency includes: * [[Agenda-setting theory|agenda-setting]] powers: in its 6-month programme, it decides on the order to discuss propositions, after they have been submitted by the [[European Commission|Commission]] in its agenda monopoly powers * brokering inter-institutional compromise: [[Formal Trilogue meeting]]s between Commission, Parliament and Council are held to reach early consensus in the [[Legislature of the European Union|codecision]] legislative procedure; the Presidency takes part to the [[Trilogue meeting|Conciliation Committee]] between Parliament and Council in the third stage of the codecision legislative procedure * coordinating national policies and brokering compromise between member states in the council ("confessional system") * management and administration of the council, external and internal representation

Holding the rotating Council Presidency includes both advantages and disadvantages for member states; The opportunities include: # member states have the possibility to show their negotiating skills, as "honest brokers", thus gaining influence and prestige # member states gain a privileged access to information: at the end of their term, they know member states' preferences better than anyone else # the Council programme may enable member states to focus Council discussion on issues of particular national/regional interest (for example Finland and the [[Northern Dimension]] initiative)

The burdens include: # lack of administrative capacities and experience, especially for small and new member states; the concept of ''trio''/''troika'' has been introduced to enable member states to share experiences and ensure coherence on an 18-months base # expenses in time and money, needed to support the administrative machine # not being able to push through their own interests, as the role of Council Presidency is seen as an impartial instance; member states trying to push for initiatives of their own national interest are likely to see them failing in the medium run (for example the French 2008 Presidency and the [[Union for the Mediterranean]] project), as they need consensus and do not have enough time to reach it. This element is particularly substantial: holding the presidency may be, on balance, a disadvantage for member states

== List of rotations ==

{| class="wikitable" ! colspan=2 style="width:10px;"| Period ! style="width:10px;"| Trio ! style="width:200px;"| Holder ! style="width:200px;"| Head of government <ref group="note">Asterisk: Head of government is also head of state. This is the case for Cyprus and was the case for France until October 1958.</ref> |- ! rowspan=2 | 1958 ! January–June | rowspan=98 bgcolor=#eeeeee |  | {{Flag|Belgium}} | [[Achille Van Acker]] [[Gaston Eyskens]] (from 26 June) |- ! July–December | {{Flag|West Germany}} | [[Konrad Adenauer]] |- ! rowspan=2 | 1959 ! January–June | {{Flag|France}} | [[Charles de Gaulle]]* [[Michel Debré]] (from 8 January) |- ! July–December | {{Flag|Italy}} | [[Antonio Segni]] |- ! rowspan=2 | 1960 ! January–June | {{Flag|Luxembourg}} | [[Pierre Werner]] |- ! July–December | {{Flag|Netherlands}} | [[Jan de Quay]] |- ! rowspan=2 | 1961 ! January–June | {{Flag|Belgium}} | Gaston Eyskens [[Théo Lefèvre]] (from 25 April) |- ! July–December | {{Flag|West Germany}} | Konrad Adenauer |- ! rowspan=2 | 1962 ! January–June | {{Flag|France}} | Michel Debré [[Georges Pompidou]] (from 14 April) |- ! July–December | {{Flag|Italy}} | [[Amintore Fanfani]] |- ! rowspan=2 | 1963 ! January–June | {{Flag|Luxembourg}} | Pierre Werner |- ! July–December | {{Flag|Netherlands}} | Jan de Quay [[Victor Marijnen]] (from 24 July) |- ! rowspan=2 | 1964 ! January–June | {{Flag|Belgium}} | Théo Lefèvre |- ! July–December | {{Flag|West Germany}} | [[Ludwig Erhard]] |- ! rowspan=2 | 1965 ! January–June | {{Flag|France}} | Georges Pompidou |- ! July–December | {{Flag|Italy}} | [[Aldo Moro]] |- ! rowspan=2 | 1966 ! January–June | {{Flag|Luxembourg}} | Pierre Werner |- ! July–December | {{Flag|Netherlands}} | [[Jo Cals]] [[Jelle Zijlstra]] (from 22 November) |- ! rowspan=2 | 1967 ! January–June | {{Flag|Belgium}} | [[Paul Vanden Boeynants]] |- ! July–December | {{Flag|West Germany}} | [[Kurt Georg Kiesinger]] |- ! rowspan=2 | 1968 ! January–June | {{Flag|France}} | Georges Pompidou |- ! July–December | {{Flag|Italy}} | [[Giovanni Leone]] [[Mariano Rumor]] (from 12 December) |- ! rowspan=2 | 1969 ! January–June | {{Flag|Luxembourg}} | Pierre Werner |- ! July–December | {{Flag|Netherlands}} | [[Piet de Jong]] |- ! rowspan=2 | 1970 ! January–June | {{Flag|Belgium}} | Gaston Eyskens |- ! July–December | {{Flag|West Germany}} | [[Willy Brandt]] |- ! rowspan=2 | 1971 ! January–June | {{Flag|France}} | [[Jacques Chaban-Delmas]] |- ! July–December | {{Flag|Italy}} | [[Emilio Colombo]] |- ! rowspan=2 | 1972 ! January–June | {{Flag|Luxembourg}} | Pierre Werner |- ! July–December | {{Flag|Netherlands}} | [[Barend Biesheuvel]] |- ! rowspan=2 | 1973 ! January–June | {{Flag|Belgium}} | Gaston Eyskens [[Edmond Leburton]] (from 26 January) |- ! July–December | {{Flag|Denmark}} | [[Anker Jørgensen]] [[Poul Hartling]] (from 19 December) |- ! rowspan=2 | 1974 ! January–June | {{Flag|West Germany}} | Willy Brandt [[Walter Scheel]] (7–16 May) [[Helmut Schmidt]] (from 16 May) |- ! July–December | {{Flag|France|1974}} | [[Jacques Chirac]] |- ! rowspan=2 | 1975 ! January–June | {{Flag|Ireland}} | [[Liam Cosgrave]] |- ! July–December | {{Flag|Italy}} | Aldo Moro |- ! rowspan=2 | 1976 ! January–June | {{Flag|Luxembourg}} | [[Gaston Thorn]] |- ! July–December | {{Flag|Netherlands}} | [[Joop den Uyl]] |- ! rowspan=2 | 1977 ! January–June | {{Flag|United Kingdom}} | [[James Callaghan]] |- ! July–December | {{Flag|Belgium}} | [[Leo Tindemans]] |- ! rowspan=2 | 1978 ! January–June | {{Flag|Denmark}} | Anker Jørgensen |- ! July–December | {{Flag|West Germany}} | Helmut Schmidt |- ! rowspan=2 | 1979 ! January–June | {{Flag|France|1974}} | [[Raymond Barre]] |- ! July–December | {{Flag|Ireland}} | [[Jack Lynch]] [[Charles Haughey]] (from 11 December) |- ! rowspan=2 | 1980 ! January–June | {{Flag|Italy}} | [[Francesco Cossiga]] |- ! July–December | {{Flag|Luxembourg}} | Pierre Werner |- ! rowspan=2 | 1981 ! January–June | {{Flag|Netherlands}} | [[Dries van Agt]] |- ! July–December | {{Flag|United Kingdom}} | [[Margaret Thatcher]] |- ! rowspan=2 | 1982 ! January–June | {{Flag|Belgium}} | [[Wilfried Martens]] |- ! July–December | {{Flag|Denmark}} | Anker Jørgensen [[Poul Schlüter]] (from 10 September) |- ! rowspan=2 | 1983 ! January–June | {{Flag|West Germany}} | [[Helmut Kohl]] |- ! July–December | {{Flag|Greece}} | [[Andreas Papandreou]] |- ! rowspan=2 | 1984 ! January–June | {{Flag|France|1974}} | [[Pierre Mauroy]] |- ! July–December | {{Flag|Ireland}} | [[Garret FitzGerald]] |- ! rowspan=2 | 1985 ! January–June | {{Flag|Italy}} | [[Bettino Craxi]] |- ! July–December | {{Flag|Luxembourg}} | [[Jacques Santer]] |- ! rowspan=2 | 1986 ! January–June | {{Flag|Netherlands}} | [[Ruud Lubbers]] |- ! July–December | {{Flag|United Kingdom}} | Margaret Thatcher |- ! rowspan=2 | 1987 ! January–June | {{Flag|Belgium}} | Wilfried Martens |- ! July–December | {{Flag|Denmark}} | Poul Schlüter |- ! rowspan=2 | 1988 ! January–June | {{Flag|West Germany}} | Helmut Kohl |- ! July–December | {{Flag|Greece}} | Andreas Papandreou |- ! rowspan=2 | 1989 ! January–June | {{Flag|Spain}} | [[Felipe González]] |- ! July–December | {{Flag|France|1974}} | [[Michel Rocard]] |- ! rowspan=2 | 1990 ! January–June | {{Flag|Ireland}} | Charles Haughey |- ! July–December | {{Flag|Italy}} | [[Giulio Andreotti]] |- ! rowspan=2 | 1991 ! January–June | {{Flag|Luxembourg}} | Jacques Santer |- ! July–December | {{Flag|Netherlands}} | Ruud Lubbers |- ! rowspan=2 | 1992 ! January–June | {{Flag|Portugal}} | [[Aníbal Cavaco Silva]] |- ! July–December | {{Flag|United Kingdom}} | [[John Major]] |- ! rowspan=2 | 1993 ! January–June | {{Flag|Denmark}} | Poul Schlüter [[Poul Nyrup Rasmussen]] (from 25 January) |- ! July–December | {{Flag|Belgium}} | [[Jean-Luc Dehaene]] |- ! rowspan=2 | 1994 ! January–June | {{Flag|Greece}} | Andreas Papandreou |- ! July–December | {{Flag|Germany}} | Helmut Kohl |- ! rowspan=2 | 1995 ! January–June | {{Flag|France|1974}} | [[Édouard Balladur]] [[Alain Juppé]] (from 17 May) |- ! July–December | {{Flag|Spain}} | Felipe González |- ! rowspan=2 | 1996 ! January–June | {{Flag|Italy}} | [[Lamberto Dini]] [[Romano Prodi]] (from 17 May) |- ! July–December | {{Flag|Ireland}} | [[John Bruton]] |- ! rowspan=2 | 1997 ! January–June | {{Flag|Netherlands}} | [[Wim Kok]] |- ! July–December | {{Flag|Luxembourg}} | [[Jean-Claude Juncker]] |- ! rowspan=2 | 1998 ! January–June | {{Flag|United Kingdom}} | [[Tony Blair]] |- ! July–December | {{Flag|Austria}} | [[Viktor Klima]] |- ! rowspan=2 | 1999 ! January–June | {{Flag|Germany}} | [[Gerhard Schröder]] |- ! July–December | {{Flag|Finland}} | [[Paavo Lipponen]] |- ! rowspan=2 | 2000 ! January–June | {{Flag|Portugal}} | [[António Guterres]] |- ! July–December | {{Flag|France|1974}} | [[Lionel Jospin]] |- ! rowspan=2 | 2001 ! January–June | {{Flag|Sweden}} | [[Göran Persson]] |- ! July–December | {{Flag|Belgium}} | [[Guy Verhofstadt]] |- ! rowspan=2 | 2002 ! January–June | {{Flag|Spain}} | [[José María Aznar]] |- ! July–December | {{Flag|Denmark}} | [[Anders Fogh Rasmussen]] |- ! rowspan=2 | 2003 ! January–June | {{Flag|Greece}} | [[Costas Simitis]] |- ! July–December | {{Flag|Italy|2003}} | [[Silvio Berlusconi]] |- ! rowspan=2 | 2004 ! January–June | {{Flag|Ireland}} | [[Bertie Ahern]] |- ! July–December | {{Flag|Netherlands}} | [[Jan Peter Balkenende]] |- ! rowspan=2 | 2005 ! January–June | {{Flag|Luxembourg}} | Jean-Claude Juncker |- ! July–December | {{Flag|United Kingdom}} | [[Tony Blair]] |- ! rowspan=2 | 2006 ! January–June | {{Flag|Austria}} | [[Wolfgang Schüssel]] |- ! July–December | {{Flag|Finland}}<ref group="note">Germany was due to succeed Austria in 2006 but stepped aside as general elections were scheduled for that period. Finland, as next in line, took Germany's place. Eventually the [[2005 German federal election|German elections]] took place in 2005 due to a loss of confidence vote, but the re-arrangement remained.</ref> | [[Matti Vanhanen]] |- ! rowspan=2 valign=center | 2007 ! January–June | rowspan=3 valign=top | T1 | {{Flag|Germany}} | [[Angela Merkel]] |- ! July–December | {{Flag|Portugal}} | [[José Sócrates]] |- ! rowspan=2 valign=center | 2008 ! January–June | {{Flag|Slovenia}} | [[Janez Janša]] |- ! July–December | rowspan=3 valign=top | T2 | {{Flag|France|1974}} | [[François Fillon]] |- ! rowspan=2 valign=center | 2009 ! [[2009 Czech Presidency of the Council of the European Union|January–June]] | {{Flag|Czech Republic}} | [[Mirek Topolánek]] [[Jan Fischer (politician)|Jan Fischer]] (from 8 May) |- ! July–December | {{Flag|Sweden}} | [[Fredrik Reinfeldt]] |- ! rowspan=2 valign=center | 2010 ! {{nowrap|January–June}} | rowspan=3 valign=top | T3 | {{Flag|Spain}} | [[José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero]] |- ! July–December | {{Flag|Belgium}} | [[Yves Leterme]] |- ! rowspan=2 valign=center | 2011 ! January–June | {{Flag|Hungary}} | [[Viktor Orbán]] |- ! July–December | rowspan=3 valign=top | T4 | {{Flag|Poland}} | [[Donald Tusk]] |- ! rowspan=2 valign=center | 2012 ! January–June | {{Flag|Denmark}} | [[Helle Thorning-Schmidt]] |- ! July–December | {{Flag|Cyprus}} | [[Demetris Christofias]]* |- ! rowspan=2 valign=center | 2013 ! January–June | rowspan=3 valign=top | T5 | {{Flag|Ireland}} | [[Enda Kenny]] |- ! July–December | {{Flag|Lithuania}} | [[Algirdas Butkevičius]] |- ! rowspan=2 valign=center | 2014 ! January–June | {{Flag|Greece}} | [[Antonis Samaras]] |- ! July–December | rowspan=3 valign=top | T6 | {{Flag|Italy}} | [[Matteo Renzi]] |- ! rowspan=2 valign=center | 2015 ! January–June | {{Flag|Latvia}} | [[Laimdota Straujuma]] |- ! July–December | {{Flag|Luxembourg}} | [[Xavier Bettel]] |- ! rowspan=2 valign=center | 2016 ! January–June | rowspan="3" valign="top" | T7 | {{Flag|Netherlands}} | [[Mark Rutte]] |- ! July–December | {{Flag|Slovakia}} | [[Robert Fico]] |- ! rowspan="2" valign="center" | 2017 ! [[2017 Maltese Presidency of the Council of the European Union|January–June]] | {{Flag|Malta}} | [[Joseph Muscat]] |- ! [[2017 Estonian Presidency of the Council of the European Union|July–December]] | rowspan="3" valign=top |T8 | {{Flag|Estonia}}{{refn|group=note|It was originally intended for the [[United Kingdom]] to hold the presidency from 1 July to 31 December 2017, but after [[2016 United Kingdom European Union membership referendum|a referendum in June 2016 to leave the EU]], the [[Government of the United Kingdom|UK government]] informed the European Union that it would abandon its presidency for late 2017 and was replaced by [[Estonia]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/uk-gives-up-presidency-of-eu-council-to-focus-on-brexit-negotiations-a7145801.html |title= UK will no longer get EU council presidency next year because of Brexit, Theresa May says |work=The Independent |date= 20 July 2016 |access-date=22 February 2020}}</ref>}} | [[Jüri Ratas]] |- ! rowspan="2" |2018 ! [[2018 Bulgarian Presidency of the Council of the European Union|January–June]] | {{Flag|Bulgaria}} | [[Boyko Borisov]] |- ! [[2018 Austrian Presidency of the Council of the European Union|July–December]] | {{Flag|Austria}} | [[Sebastian Kurz]] |- ! rowspan=2 valign=center | 2019 ! [[2019 Romanian Presidency of the Council of the European Union|January–June]] | rowspan=3 valign=top | T9 | {{Flag|Romania}} | [[Viorica Dăncilă]] |- ! 2019 Finnish Presidency of the Council of the European Union|July–December | {{Flag|Finland}} | [[Antti Rinne]] [[Sanna Marin]] (from 10 December) |- ! rowspan=2 valign=center | 2020 ! [[2020 Croatian Presidency of the Council of the European Union|January–June]] | {{Flag|Croatia}} |[[Andrej Plenković]] |- ! [[2020 German Presidency of the Council of the European Union|July–December]] | rowspan=3 valign=top | T10 | {{Flag|Germany}} | Angela Merkel |- ! rowspan=2 valign=center | 2021 ! [[2021 Portuguese Presidency of the Council of the European Union|January–June]] | {{Flag|Portugal}} | [[António Costa]] |- ![[2021 Slovenian Presidency of the Council of the European Union|July–December]] | {{Flag|Slovenia}} | [[Janez Janša]] |- ! rowspan=2 valign=center | 2022 ! [[2022 French Presidency of the Council of the European Union|January–June]] | rowspan=3 valign=top | T11 | {{Flag|France}} | [[Jean Castex]] [[Élisabeth Borne]] (from 16 May) |- ! [[2022 Czech Presidency of the Council of the European Union|July–December]] | {{Flag|Czech Republic}} | [[Petr Fiala]] |- ! rowspan=2 valign=center | 2023 ! [[2023 Swedish Presidency of the Council of the European Union|January–June]] | {{Flag|Sweden}} | [[Ulf Kristersson]] |- ! [[2023 Spanish Presidency of the Council of the European Union|July–December]] | rowspan=3 valign=top | T12 | {{Flag|Spain}} | [[Pedro Sánchez]] |- ! rowspan=2 valign=center | 2024 ! [[2024 Belgian Presidency of the Council of the European Union|January–June]] | {{Flag|Belgium}} | [[Alexander De Croo]] |- ! [[2024 Hungarian Presidency of the Council of the European Union|July–December]] | {{Flag|Hungary}} | [[Viktor Orbán]] |- ! rowspan=2 valign=center | 2025 ! [[2025 Polish Presidency of the Council of the European Union|January–June]] | rowspan=3 valign=top bgcolor="#DDEEFF" | T13 | {{Flag|Poland}} | [[Donald Tusk]] |- ! [[2025 Danish Presidency of the Council of the European Union|July–December]] | {{Flag|Denmark}} | [[Mette Frederiksen]] |- ! rowspan=2 valign=center | 2026 ! [[2026 Cypriot Presidency of the Council of the European Union|January-June]] | {{Flag|Cyprus}} | [[Nikos Christodoulides]]* |- ! July–December | rowspan=3 valign=top | T14 | {{Flag|Ireland}} | TBD |- ! rowspan=2 valign=center | 2027 ! January–June | {{Flag|Lithuania}} | TBD |- ! July–December | {{Flag|Greece}} | TBD |- ! rowspan=2 valign=center | 2028 ! January–June | rowspan=3 valign=top | T15 | {{Flag|Italy}} | TBD |- ! July–December | {{Flag|Latvia}} | TBD |- ! rowspan=2 valign=center | 2029 ! January–June | {{Flag|Luxembourg}} | TBD |- ! July–December | rowspan=3 valign=top | T16 | {{Flag|Netherlands}} | TBD |- ! rowspan=2 valign=center | 2030 ! January–June | {{Flag|Slovakia}} | TBD |- ! July–December | {{Flag|Malta}} | TBD |}

==See also== * [[List of presidents of the institutions of the European Union]] ** [[President of the European Parliament]] ** [[President of the European Council]] ** [[President of the European Commission]] * [[President of the European Union]] * [[Council of the European Union]] * [[NATO summit]]

==Notes== {{reflist|group=note}}

==References== {{reflist}}

==External links== * [https://www.consilium.europa.eu/en/council-eu/presidency-council-eu/ Presidency of the Council of the European Union] * [http://www.euroesprit.org/eu_presidencies.html Logos of the Council Presidencies] EuroEsprit.org * [https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/dec/2009/881/oj European Council Decision 2009/881/EU of 1 December 2009 on the exercise of the Presidency of the Council] * [https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/dec/2009/908/2021-12-13 Council Decision 2009/908/EU of 1 December 2009 laying down measures for the implementation of the European Council Decision on the exercise of the Presidency of the Council, and on the chairmanship of preparatory bodies of the Council]

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