List of European Council 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. They started in 1975 as tri-annual meetings. The number of meetings grew to minimum four per year between 1996 and 2007, and minimum six per year since 2008. From 2008 to 2015, an average of seven council meetings per year took place (see list below).

Since 2008, an annual average of two special Euro summits were also organized in addition - and often in parallel - to the EU summits. As the agenda of Euro summits is restricted solely to discuss issues for the eurozone and only invite political leaders of the eurozone member states, such meetings are not counted as European Councils.

List[edit]

The first seven summit meetings were held between 1961 and 1974, but this was before the formal establishment of the European Council. Some sources however consider them to be the informal seven first meetings of the European Council.^[1]

1975–2009[edit]

#	Year	Date	Type	EU Council presidency	President-in-Office	Commission President	Host city	Notes
1	1975	10–11 March	―	Ireland	Liam Cosgrave	François-Xavier Ortoli	Dublin	[1] Inaugural formal Council
2		16–17 July	―	Italy	Aldo Moro		Brussels	[2]
3		1–2 December	―				Rome	[3] Established TREVI
4	1976	1–2 April	―	Luxembourg	Gaston Thorn		Luxembourg	[4]
5		12–13 July	―	Netherlands	Joop den Uyl		Brussels	[5]
6		29–30 November	―				The Hague	[6]
7	1977	25–27 March	―	UK	James Callaghan	Roy Jenkins	Rome	[7]
8		29–30 June	―				London	[8]
9		5–6 December	―	Belgium	Leo Tindemans		Brussels	[9]
10	1978	7–8 April	―	Denmark	Anker Jørgensen		Copenhagen	[10]
11		6–7 July	―	West Germany	Helmut Schmidt		Bremen	[11]
12		4–5 December	―				Brussels	[12]
13	1979	12–13 March	―	France	Valéry Giscard d'Estaing		Paris	[13]
14		21–22 June	―				Strasbourg	[14]
15		29–30 November	―	Ireland	Jack Lynch		Dublin	[15]
16	1980	17–18 April	―	Italy	Francesco Cossiga		Luxembourg	[16]
17		12–13 June	―				Venice	[17]
18		1–2 December	―	Luxembourg	Pierre Werner		Luxembourg	[18]
19	1981	23–24 March	―	Netherlands	Dries van Agt	Gaston Thorn	Maastricht	[19]
20		29–30 June	―				Luxembourg	[20]
21		26–27 November	―	UK	Margaret Thatcher		London	[21]
22	1982	29–30 March	―	Belgium	Wilfried Martens		Brussels	[22]
23		28–29 June	―				Brussels	[23]
24		3–4 December	―	Denmark	Poul Schlüter		Copenhagen	[24]
25	1983	21–22 March	―	West Germany	Helmut Kohl		Brussels	[25]
26		17–19 June	―				Stuttgart	[26]
27		4–6 December	―	Greece	Andreas Papandreou		Athens	[27]
28	1984	19–20 March	―	France	François Mitterrand		Brussels	[28][29]
29		25–26 June	―				Fontainebleau	[30] British rebate agreed
30		3–4 December	―	Ireland	Garret FitzGerald		Dublin	[31]
31	1985	29–30 March	―	Italy	Bettino Craxi	Jacques Delors	Brussels	[32] Initiated the IGC leading to the Single European Act
32		28–29 June	―				Milan	[33]
33		2–3 December	―	Luxembourg	Jacques Santer		Luxembourg	[34]
34	1986	26–27 June	―	Netherlands	Ruud Lubbers		The Hague	[35]
35		5–6 December	―	UK	Margaret Thatcher		London	[36]
36	1987	29–30 June	―	Belgium	Wilfried Martens		Brussels	[37]
37		4–5 December	―	Denmark	Poul Schlüter		Copenhagen	[38]
38	1988	11–13 February	―	West Germany	Helmut Kohl		Brussels	[39]
39		27–28 June	―				Hanover	[40]
40		2–3 December	―	Greece	Andreas Papandreou		Rhodes	[41]
41	1989	26–27 June	―	Spain	Felipe González		Madrid	[42]
42		18 November	Informal	France	François Mitterrand		Paris	[43]
43		8–9 December	―				Strasbourg	[44][45] European Council endorses German reunification despite some Anglo-French opposition.
44	1990	28 April	Extraordinary	Ireland	Charles Haughey		Dublin	[46]
45		25–26 June	―				Dublin	[47]
46		27–28 October	―	Italy	Giulio Andreotti		Rome	[48]
47		14–15 December	―				Rome	[49]
48	1991	8 April	Informal	Luxembourg	Jacques Santer		Luxembourg	[50]
49		28–29 June	―				Luxembourg	[51]
50		9–10 December	―	Netherlands	Ruud Lubbers		Maastricht	[52] Signing of the Treaty of Maastricht
51	1992	27 June	―	Portugal	Aníbal Cavaco Silva		Lisbon	[53]
52		16 October	―	UK	John Major		Birmingham	[54]
53		11–12 December	―				Edinburgh	[55]
54	1993	21–22 June	―	Denmark	Poul Nyrup Rasmussen		Copenhagen	[56] Copenhagen criteria agreed
55		29 October	―	Belgium	Jean-Luc Dehaene		Brussels	[57]
56		10–11 December	―				Brussels	[58]
57	1994	24–25 June	―	Greece	Andreas Papandreou		Corfu	[59] Signing of the Accession Treaty of Austria, Finland, Sweden and Norway (Norway did not ratify)
58		15 July	―	Germany	Helmut Kohl		Brussels
59		9–10 December	―				Essen	[60]
60	1995	26–27 June	―	France	Jacques Chirac	Jacques Santer	Cannes	[61]
61		22–23 October	Extraordinary	Spain	Felipe González		Majorca
62		15–16 December	―				Madrid	[62]
63	1996	29–30 March	―	Italy	Lamberto Dini		Turin
64		21–22 June	―		Romano Prodi		Florence
65		5 October	Extraordinary	Ireland	John Bruton		Dublin
66		13–14 December	―				Dublin
67	1997	23 May	Informal	Netherlands	Wim Kok		Noordwijk
68		16–17 June	―				Amsterdam	Signed Treaty of Amsterdam
69		20–21 November	Extraordinary	Luxembourg	Jean-Claude Juncker		Luxembourg	Special council on Employment
70		12–13 December	―				Luxembourg
71	1998	3 May	―	UK	Tony Blair		Brussels	Special Council on the Euro decides the 11 states which would enter the third stage of EMU
72		15–16 June	―				Cardiff
73		24–25 October	Informal	Austria	Viktor Klima		Pörtschach
74		11–12 December	―				Vienna
75	1999	26 February	Informal	Germany	Gerhard Schröder		Königswinter
76		25–26 March	―			Manuel Marin (Interim)	Berlin
77		14 April	Informal				Brussels
78		3–4 June	―				Cologne	Details below table
79		15–16 October	―	Finland	Paavo Lipponen	Romano Prodi	Tampere	Agreement on institutional reform
80		10–11 December	―				Helsinki
81	2000	23–24 March	―	Portugal	António Guterres		Lisbon	Agreed Lisbon Strategy
82		19–20 June	―				Santa Maria da Feira	Agreement to allow entry of Greece to the Eurozone
83		13–14 October	Informal	France	Jacques Chirac		Biarritz
84		7–9 December	―				Nice	Signed Treaty of Nice
85	2001	23–24 March	―	Sweden	Göran Persson		Stockholm
86, EU Summit 2001		15–16 June	―				Gothenburg	Enlargement, sustainable development, economic growth and structural reform, in addition to an EU-US summit
87		21 September	Informal	Belgium	Guy Verhofstadt		Brussels	Emergency council – Terrorism
88		19 October	Informal				Ghent
89		14–15 December	―				Laeken	Details below table
90	2002	15–16 March	―	Spain	José María Aznar López		Barcelona
91		21–22 June	―				Seville	Decided to reorganise the Council formations to achieve greater focus and efficiency
92		24–25 October	―	Denmark	Anders Fogh Rasmussen		Brussels
93		12–13 December	―				Copenhagen
94	2003	17 February	Extraordinary	Greece	Costas Simitis		Brussels	Iraq crisis - Presidency conclusions
95		20–21 March	―				Brussels	Presidency conclusions
96		16–17 April	Informal				Athens	Signing of the Treaty of Accession 2003,[2] Declaration on Iraq European Convention
97		20 June	―				Thessaloniki	Presidency conclusions of the June 2003 meeting
98		4 October	Extraordinary	Italy	Silvio Berlusconi		Rome	Beginning of IGC on EU Constitution
99		16–17 October	―				Brussels	Presidency conclusions of the October 2003 meeting
100		12–13 December	―				Brussels	Presidency conclusions of the December 2003 meeting
101	2004	25–26 March	―	Ireland	Bertie Ahern		Brussels	Declaration on combating terrorism Presidency conclusions of the March 2004 meeting
102		17–18 June	―				Brussels	Presidency conclusions of the June 2004 meeting
103		4–5 November	―	Netherlands	Jan Peter Balkenende		Brussels	Presidency conclusions of the November 2004 meeting
104		16–17 December	―			José Manuel Barroso	Brussels	Presidency conclusions of the December 2004 meeting
105	2005	22–23 March	―	Luxembourg	Jean-Claude Juncker		Brussels	Presidency conclusions of the March 2005 meeting
106		16–17 June	―				Brussels	Declaration on the ratification of the Treaty establishing a Constitution for Europe Presidency conclusions of the June 2005 meeting
107		27 October	Informal	UK	Tony Blair		Hampton Court	Globalisation
108		15–16 December	―				Brussels	Presidency conclusions of the December 2005 meeting
109	2006	23–24 March	―	Austria	Wolfgang Schüssel		Brussels	Presidency conclusions of the March 2006 meeting
110		15–16 June	―				Brussels	Agreement to allow entry of Slovenia to the Eurozone Presidency conclusions of the June 2006 meeting
111		20 October	Informal	Finland	Matti Vanhanen		Lahti	Meeting with Vladimir Putin held in Sibelius Hall
112		14–15 December	―				Brussels	Presidency conclusions of the December 2006 meeting
113	2007	8–9 March	―	Germany	Angela Merkel		Brussels	Presidency conclusions of the March 2007 meeting
114		21–22 June	―				Brussels	Agreement on basis for the Treaty of Lisbon Agreement to allow entry of Malta and Cyprus to the Eurozone Presidency conclusions of the June 2007 meeting
115		18–19 October	Informal	Portugal	José Sócrates		Lisbon	Agreement reached on the Reform Treaty Discussed climate change and the US economic crisis.[3]
116		14 December	―				Brussels	Signature of Reform Treaty in Lisbon on 13/12 European Council in Brussels the next day Presidency conclusions of the December 2007 meeting
117	2008	13–14 March	―	Slovenia	Janez Janša		Brussels	Agreed timeframe and principles of energy/climate change policy Presidency conclusions of the March 2008 meeting
118		19–20 June	―				Brussels	Presidency conclusions of the June 2008 meeting
119		13–14 July	Extraordinary	France	Nicolas Sarkozy		Paris	Barcelona process for the Mediterranean
120		1 September	Extraordinary				Brussels	Extraordinary summit on EU-Russia relations (Georgia crisis)[4] Presidency conclusions of the September 2008 meeting
―		12 October	Euro summit				Paris	Eurozone summit conclusions of October 2008 meeting
121		15–16 October	―				Brussels	Presidency conclusions of the October 2008 meeting
122		7 November	Informal				Brussels	Informal summit on the global financial crisis Conclusions from meeting on the Global Financial Crisis
123		11–12 December	―				Brussels	Presidency conclusions of the December 2008 meeting
124	2009	1 March	Informal	Czech Republic	Mirek Topolánek		Brussels	Informal summit on the global financial crisis Conclusions of the Global Financial Crisis meeting on 1 March 2009
125		19–20 March	―				Brussels	Presidency conclusions of the March 2009 meeting
126		5 April	Informal (EU-USA summit)		Jan Fischer		Prague	US President Barack Obama in Prague Conclusions of the EU-USA relations meeting in April 2009
127		18–19 June	―				Brussels	Icelandic application accepted Presidency conclusions of the June 2009 meeting Press conference video: 1 and 2
128		17 September	Informal	Sweden	Fredrik Reinfeldt		Brussels	Preparation for the 2009 G-20 Pittsburgh summit [5] Presidency conclusions of the September 2009 meeting Press conference video
129		29–30 October	―				Brussels	Presidency conclusions of the October 2009 meeting Press conference video
130		19 November	Informal				Brussels	Chose the first President of the European Council (Herman Van Rompuy) and the first High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy (Catherine Ashton) Presidency conclusions of the November 2009 meeting Press conference video
131		10–11 December	—				Brussels	Presidency conclusions of the December 2009 meeting, Minutes Press conference video: 1 and 2

2010–present[edit]

This section needs to be updated. Please update this article to reflect recent events or newly available information. (June 2018)

Since 2010, all formal (scheduled or extraordinary) European Council meetings took place in Brussels. 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.

#	Year	Date	Type	EU Council presidency	Council President	Commission President	Agenda, Conclusions and Minutes	Press conference
132	2010	11 February	Informal	Spain	Herman Van Rompuy (1st term)[6]	José Manuel Barroso (2nd term)	Statement.	Video
―		25 March	Euro summit				Statement.
133		25–26 March	Scheduled				Conclusions, Minutes	Video: 1 and 2
―		7 May	Euro summit				Statement.	Video
134		17 June	Scheduled				Conclusions, Minutes	Video
135		16 September	Extraordinary (special)	Belgium			Conclusions, Minutes, (note: the Ministers of Foreign Affairs were also present in this special European Council)[7]	Video
136		28–29 October	Scheduled				Conclusions, Minutes	Video: 1 and 2
137		16–17 December	Scheduled				Conclusions, Minutes	Video
138	2011	4 February	Scheduled	Hungary			Conclusions, Minutes	Video
―		11 March	Euro summit				Statement.	Video
139		11 March	Extraordinary				Declaration on EU policy for actions in Libya and the Southern Neighbourhood region, Minutes	Video
140		24–25 March	Scheduled[8]				Conclusions, Minutes	Video: 1 and 2
141		23–24 June	Scheduled[8]				Website, Conclusions, Minutes and corrigendum	Video: 1 and 2
―		21 July	Euro summit	Poland			Statement.	Video
142		23 October	Scheduled				Conclusions, Minutes	Video
―		23–26 October	Euro summit				Statement.	Video: 1 and 2
143		26 October	Informal				Website, Statement.
144		8–9 December	Scheduled[9]				Website, Conclusions, Minutes	Video: 1 and 2
―		9 December	Euro summit				Statement
―	2012	30 January	Euro summit	Denmark			Agreed lines of communication.
145		30 January	Informal				Website, Statement on growth and jobs, Growth and competitiveness, Foreign policy issues, Fiscal discipline and convergence, Treaty on Stability, Coordination and Governance.	Video
146		1–2 March	Scheduled[10]				Website, Conclusions, Implementation of the European Semester, Fiscal Compact signed, Van Rompuy re-elected president, Minutes and corrigendum	Video: 1 and 2
―		2 March	Euro summit				Statement.
147		23 May	Informal[10]				Website 1 and 2, Greece: euro area press lines, Tackling youth unemployment.	Video
148		28–29 June	Scheduled[10]		Herman Van Rompuy (2nd term)[6]		Website, Conclusions, Towards a genuine EMU (Council edition), European Council programme July 2012 to Dec.2014, Minutes	Video: 1 and 2
―		28–29 June	Euro summit				Statement	Video
149		18–19 October	Scheduled[11]	Cyprus			Website, Conclusions, Conclusions on completing EMU, Towards a genuine EMU (interim report), Statement on Greece, Minutes	Video: 1 and 2
150		22‑23 November	Extraordinary				Website, Statement on EU's Multiannual Financial Framework 2014-20, Minutes	Video
151		13–14 December	Scheduled[11]				Website, Conclusions, Conclusions on completing EMU, Towards a genuine EMU (final report), Agreed position on bank supervision (SSM), Minutes	Video 1 and 2
152	2013	7–8 February	Scheduled[12]	Ireland			Website, Conclusions, Multiannual Financial Framework.	Video
―		14 March	Euro summit				Adopted rules of procedure for Euro summits, Remarks by President.
153		14–15 March	Scheduled[12]				Website, Conclusions.	Video: 1 and 2
154		22 May	Scheduled[12]				Website, Conclusions (Taxation and Energy), EC member numbers.	Video
155		27–28 June	Scheduled[12]				Website, Conclusions, EP in 2014-19, Genuine EMU.	Video: 1 and 2
156		24–25 October	Scheduled[13]	Lithuania			Website, Conclusions.	Video: 1 and 2
157		19–20 December	Scheduled[13]				Website, Conclusions, Security & Defense conclusions.	Video: 1 and 2
158	2014	6 March	Extraordinary	Greece			Website, Statement on Ukraine, EU stands by Ukraine.	Video: Ukrainian PM and Council
159		20–21 March	Scheduled[14]				Website, Conclusions, Conclusions on Ukraine, EU sanctions against Russia, Signing of EU-Ukraine Association Agreement.	Video: 1 and 2
160		27 May	Informal[14]				Website, Statement on Ukraine.	Video
161		26–27 June	Scheduled[14]				Website, Conclusions, Conclusions on Ukraine, Strategic agenda for the Union, World War I commemoration, Signing of Association Agreements with Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine.	Video
162		16 July	Extraordinary	Italy			Website, Conclusions, Conclusions on Ukraine and Gaza.	Video
163		30 August	Extraordinary				Website, Conclusions, Nomination of next European Council president and Foreign Affairs High Representative, Sanctions against Russia over Ukraine crisis.	Video: 1 and 2, Ukrainian President 1a and 1b
164		23–24 October	Scheduled[15]				Website, Conclusions, New Commission appointed, 2030 climate and energy policy framework, EU response on Ebola.	Video: 1 and 2
―		24 October[16]	Euro summit				Statement
165		18 December	Scheduled[15]		Donald Tusk (1st term)[17]	Jean-Claude Juncker	Website, Conclusions, Crimea and Sevastopol: further EU sanctions.	Video
166	2015	12 February	Informal[18]	Latvia			Website, Results of the informal meeting, Statement on the fight against terrorism, Next Steps on Better Economic Governance in the Euro Area (analytical note), Remarks about Ukrainian ceasefire.	Video, Ukrainian ceasefire agreement
167		19–20 March	Scheduled[18]				Website, Conclusions, Energy Union, Relations with Russia, European Semester 2015, Statement on Tunisia, Statement on Greece.	Video: 1 and 2
168		23 April	Extraordinary				Website, Statement, 10 point action plan to combat Mediterranean migratory pressures, Minutes	Video
–		22 June[19]	Euro summit				Website, Presidential remarks 1 and 2	Video
169		25–26 June	Scheduled[18]				Website, Conclusions, European Fund for Strategic Investments, Completing Europe's Economic and Monetary Union.	Video: 1 and 2
–		7 July[20]	Euro summit	Luxembourg			Website, Preparing Eurogroup meeting, Presidential Remarks	Video
–		12 July	Euro summit				Website, Preparing Eurogroup meeting, Presidential Remarks, Statement	Video
170		23 September	Informal				Website, Presidential Remarks, Statement	Video
171		15 October	Scheduled				Website, Conclusions
172		12 November	Informal				Website, Presidential Remarks
173		17‑18 December	Scheduled				Website, Conclusions
174	2016	18‑19 February	Scheduled	Netherlands			Website, Conclusions
175		17–18 March	Scheduled				Website, Conclusions, Minutes and corrigendum
176		28 June	Scheduled (postponed due to Brexit Referendum)				Website, Conclusions, Minutes
		29 June	Informalwithout UK				Website, Statement
177		16 September	Informalwithout UK	Slovakia			Website, Declaration and Roadmap
178		20–21 October	Scheduled				Website, Conclusions
179		15 December	Scheduled				Website, Conclusions
180	2017	3 February, a.m.	Informal	Malta			Website, Statement and remarks
		3 February, p.m.	Informalwithout UK				Website: "Main results: Preparations for the 60th anniversary of the Rome Treaties"
181		9 March	Scheduled				Website, Conclusions by the President, Minutes
		10 March	Informalwithout UK				Website: "Informal meeting"
182		29 April	Extraordinarywithout UK				Website, European Council (Art. 50) guidelines for Brexit negotiations, Minutes
183		22–23 June	Scheduled		Donald Tusk (2nd term)[17]		Website, Annotated agenda, Conclusions
		22 June, evening	Extraordinarywithout UK				Website, Annotated agenda, Decision by Heads of State and Government: Procedure leading up to a decision on the relocation of the EMA and the EBA in the context of the UK's withdrawal from the Union
184		19–20 October	Scheduled	Estonia			Website, Conclusions
185		14–15 December	Scheduled				Website, Conclusions
186	2018	22–23 March	Scheduled	Bulgaria			Website, Conclusions
187		28–29 June	Scheduled				Website, Conclusions
188		18–19 October	Scheduled	Austria
189		13–14 December	Scheduled

Meetings are always called and organized to the extent found needed by the European Council president. The upcoming ordinary meetings are scheduled by the end of each semester for the third following semester (minimum one year in advance),^[21] and can take form either as "scheduled ordinary meetings" (resulting in a published document entitled "conclusions") or "informal ordinary meetings" (resulting in a published document entitled "statement"). A called scheduled/informal ordinary upcoming meeting might occasionally be moved or cancelled within a short notice, with such change then being notified by the Council president through the issue of a revised calendar plan for the ordinary meetings within the semester in concern. If extra meetings are called outside the procedure of notification minimum a half year in advance, they are referred to as being "extraordinary meetings".

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Cologne 1999[edit]

The European Council met in Cologne, Germany, on 3–4 June 1999 to consider issues after the Treaty of Amsterdam came into force. Romano Prodi presented his plan for the future Commission's work and reform program. The Council called for an EU Charter of Fundamental Rights.

The Council designated Javier Solana for the post of Secretary-General of the Council of the European Union (with Pierre de Boissieu as his deputy) and High Representative for the Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP). It decided on a common policy on Russia (first use of the CFSP). Adopted the declaration on Kosovo. 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". (Declared in St Malo by France and Great Britain)

Laeken 2001[edit]

The Laeken European Council was held at the royal palace at Laeken, Belgium, on 14–15 December 2001.

The Laeken European Council dealt with:

• New measures in the area of Justice and Home Affairs: the European arrest warrant, a common definition of "terrorism", and EUROJUST
• 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)
• Progress of EU enlargement
• The adoption of the Laeken Declaration on the Future of Europe

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. 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 declaration reviews the progress of European integration over the last fifty years, tracing it back to its origins in the horrors of World War II, and poses a number of questions to be answered by the Convention.^[22][23]

See also[edit]

• Euro summit
• President of the European Council
• Protests during the EU summit in Gothenburg 2001

References[edit]

External links[edit]

• European Council official homepage
• Council meeting conclusions (2004-today) – European Council official homepage
• 50 years of summit meetings - history of European Council meetings (1961-2010) - General Secretariat of the Council of the EU
• The European Council in 2010 - annual presidential summary report of the European Council meeting activities
• The European Council in 2011 - annual presidential summary report of the European Council meeting activities
• The European Council in 2012 - annual presidential summary report of the European Council meeting activities
• The European Council in 2013 - annual presidential summary report of the European Council meeting activities
• The European Council in 2014 - annual presidential summary report of the European Council meeting activities
• List of European Councils (1961-2014) – European NAvigator