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	Presidency of the Council of the European Union - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Presidency of the Council of the European Union refers to the responsibility of presiding over all aspects of the Council of the European Union, when exercised collectively by a government, on a pre-established rota of the member states, of the European Union.
		The post as President of the Council of the European Union is for each separate meeting held by the responsible government minister of the member state holding the Presidency.
		The task as President of the assembled European Council, is similarly performed by the head of government or head of state of the member state holding the Presidency.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Presidency_of_the_Council_of_the_European_Union (437 words)

	Presidency - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The word presidency is often used to describe the collective administrative and governmental entity that exists around an office of president of a state or nation.
		The presidency of the European Union is held on a rotating basis by the various national governments of the member states.
		The presidency of British crown colonies is held by the office of the United Kingdom colonial secretary.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Presidency (258 words)

	EU@UN - EU Presidency Statement - First Committee General Debate
		The EU policy is to pursue the implementation and universalisation of the existing disarmament and non-proliferation norms.
		EU policy is to work towards the introduction of bans on biological and chemical weapons being declared universally binding rules of international law.
		The EU believes that it will not be easy to achieve in the short run political solutions to all of the different problems, fears and ambitions of countries in the most dangerous regions for proliferation.
	www.europa-eu-un.org /articles/en/article_3870_en.htm (2259 words)

	CNN Specials - The French presidency: Europe's next steps
		Under this scheme, advocated by French President Jacques Chirac, groups of EU countries were to be allowed to go ahead with faster integration and greater co-ordination of their policies, even if some other countries had reservations about them doing so.
		It fell to the French presidency to ensure that the changes, to be embodied in a new European treaty, were agreed in Nice.
		On taking the EU chair, the French had ambitions to develop a "social agenda," with governments, employers and trade unions combining to reinforce welfare and increase employment.
	edition.cnn.com /SPECIALS/2000/eurounion/story/french.presidency (1343 words)

	Presidency, Section I (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		Focusing on the process of EU enlargement, Schüssel declared after meetings with President Milan Kucan, Prime Minister Janez Drnovsek and Foreign Minister Boris Frlec that the position papers to be presented by the future member countries would have to be ready by September in order to allow the start of accession negotiations in November.
		The EU continues to be very concerned about the situation in Myanmar/Burma and very much hopes that the Burmese authorities will enter into a meaningful dialogue with the opposition, release all political prisoners and hold democratic elections, as the government has announced.
		In the light of the forthcoming EU Troika mission to Kosovo, to be headed by the Secretary General of the Austrian Foreign Ministry, Albert Rohan, Schüssel and Albright discussed the main political aspects of the mission and agreed on close cooperation and a full exchange of information.
	www.austria.org /book/presidency_1.html (6022 words)

	EU presidency priorities - Features news
		Reinforcing the EU also means providing it with the resources to become a knowledge-based society with a competitive economy that can also fulfil its citizens’ social and environmental ambitions.
		The Luxembourg Presidency will strive to ensure that this instrument of European integration, which is beneficial to both citizens and consumers as well as to economic operators and social partners, continues to generate positive effects.
		Under the Luxembourg Presidency, the EU will in particular have to agree on the level of aid it will be able to make available after 2006.
	www.sofiaecho.com /article/eu-presidency-priorities/id_10641/catid_29 (3008 words)

	EUABC A dictionary on words related to the EU (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		The Council is led by a presidency that is rotated between the EU member states every six months.
		Those who advocate the abolition of rotation and the introduction of permanent EU presidencies have used the enlargement to propogate their argument.
		In the Convention on the Future of Europe, France and Germany proposed that the members of the European Council should appoint a President of the EU for five year terms, or else 2½ years, with the option of re-election.
	www.euabc.com /index.phtml?word_id=731 (361 words)

	Austrian Presidency (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		President Klestil, who views the trip as a contribution of Austria’s EU Presidency to the enlargement negotiations of the European Union, called the enlargement "particularly urgent." Klestil said: "The enlargement of the European Union is the fulfillment of a promise.
		The ratio of the EU budget to the GDP of the EU in 1999 is 1.1 percent, lower than its 1998 ratio of 1.13 percent and far beyond the budget ceiling of 1.27 percent, which has been approved by the EU member states in the past.
		EU Foreign Ministers reached a consensus on principle concerning the basic economic assumptions established by the Commission, the creation of a new heading for pre-accession aid in the financial forecast, and the concentration of the structural funds.
	www.austria.org /book/presidency.html (19894 words)

	Anarchism, Ireland in the European Union and the Dublin EU summit protests
		The EU is continuing the exploitation of the people of North Africa through creating a special trade zone of some of the North African countries similar to the free trades zones North America has created in Mexico.
		The EU is one of the motors of capitalist globalisation, the rule that all decisions should be made on the basis of profitability alone.
		EU decisions are driven not by the needs of the people of Europe but by the wishes of the European based corporations.
	struggle.ws /wsm/eu.html (2400 words)

	CNN.com - EU places Berlusconi in spotlight - Jun. 30, 2003
		Among the challenges facing him during the six-month rotating presidency will be a flagging continent-wide economy, controversial pension reforms and negotiations to decide the final wording of the EU's historic first constitution.
		But Italy's presidency will thrust Berlusconi into the international limelight at a time when his legal problems are attracting more attention than his government policies.
		Berlusconi says his priorities for the EU include stemming illegal immigration in the region, rebuilding trans-Atlantic ties frayed by the U.S.-led war in Iraq, and completing a new constitution ahead of the bloc's enlargement in 2004.
	www.cnn.com /2003/WORLD/europe/06/30/berlusconi.eu (918 words)

	Presidency of the Council 2006
		Federal Chancellor Schüssel on the EU Presidency: joined-up thinking and action on a European level
		The President in office of the European Council, Wolfgang Schüssel, Vice-Chancellor Hubert Gorbach, and EU Council President and Foreign Minister Ursula Plassnik reviewed Austria’s Presidency of the EU at a joint press conference.
		The Concert for Europe scheduled for 2 June, which had to be cancelled because of bad weather, took place on 30 June 2006, the last day of the Austrian Presidency, in the park of Schönnbrunn Palace.
	www.eu2006.at /en (235 words)

	Finland’s EU Presidency : Frontpage
		Third-country meetings between the EU and China and between the EU and the Republic of Korea took place in Helsinki on Saturday.
		On Saturday, the EU Ministers of Finance, attending the meeting of the ECOFIN Council in Helsinki, emphasised that Europe should reduce the vulnerability of its energy system.
		EU Presidency statement on the situation in Sudan/ Darfur
	www.eu2006.fi (394 words)

	Tony Blair - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		In April 2004, Blair announced that a referendum would be held on the ratification of the EU Constitution.
		It fell to Blair to broker a deal on the EU budget during the UK's Presidency of the European Union during the latter half of 2005.
		His style is sometimes said to resemble that of a president and head of state rather than that of a prime minister in a parliamentary system of government.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Tony_Blair (9541 words)

	EU Presidency: frontend (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		The EU Presidency website is of major international importance, both as a means of imparting policy information accross the EU and as a cultural snapshot of the host country.
		Frontend were commissioned by the Irish Government to analyse the previous EU Presidential websites, identifying the key tasks and performing a gap analysis on the functionality available to the end users.
		Tests were conducted on-site in the various EU institutions, and in a dedicated test facility with members of the general public.
	www.frontend.com /eupres.html (502 words)

	Finnish EU presidency to target globalisation, climate change - EUbusiness - EU law, politics and finance
		Finland's priorities when it takes over the EU presidency in July will be globalisation, ageing, purchasing power, global warming, and security in Europe, the government said Wednesday.
		It also wishes to ensure energy supplies to the EU from Russia, on which it is itself highly dependent.
		The final programme of the Finnish presidency will be set at the end of the Austrian presidency in June.
	www.eubusiness.com /Environ/060524133012.aocig8dl (456 words)

	EU@UN - EU Presidency Statement - HIV/AIDS
		Together with the international community, the EU commits itself to strengthen the efforts to combat these major threats to life and development and to contribute significantly to the Fund once agreement has been reached on the establishment of such a fund.
		The EU recognises and emphasises the vital role and essential contribution of civil society actors in the fight against HIV/AIDS, in particular people living with HIV/AIDS.
		Accordingly the EU attaches great importance to be able at this Special Session to listen to the contributions of representatives of civil society.
	europa-eu-un.org /articles/en/article_262_en.htm (1486 words)

	UK EU Presidency
		On 20 September, the head of the Embassy’s EU and internal market team, Paul Heardman, attended a session of the Lower Saxony Assembly's committee for federal and European affairs to brief members on the priorities for the UK Presidency of the EU.
		On 18 October, the head of the Embassy's EU and internal market team, Paul Heardman, attended a session of the Hamburg Assembly's European committee to brief members on the priorities for the UK Presidency of the EU.
		The Head of the EU and Internal Market Team at the British Embassy, Paul Heardman, gave an introduction to the main features of the British EU Presidency to the members of the Executive Committee responsible for European policy.
	www.britischebotschaft.de /en/news/eu_presidency/index.htm (1917 words)

	The UK's EU Presidency
		EU Statement on Outcome of the Trial of Ayman Nour in Egypt
		EU Presidency Statement by the Presidency on the Elections in Tanzania
		The UK held the Presidency of the European Union from July 1 to December 31, 2005.
	www.britainusa.com /sections/index_nt1.asp?i=60058&L1=41012&L2=41012 (565 words)

	UK EU Presidency 2005 Home (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		The United Kingdom held the Presidency of the Council of the European Union from 1 July until 31 December 2005.
		The official website of the UK EU Presidency 2005 will remain online for reference but will no longer be updated.
		All documents published during the Presidency will continue to be available via the 'News' section.
	www.eu2005.gov.uk (103 words)

	Luxembourg Presidency - Headlines
		The Luxembourg Presidency of the Council of the European Union came to an end at midnight on 30 June 2005.
		Full text of Jean-Claude Juncker’s speech, current President of the Council of the European Union, at the European Parliament, on the outcome of the Luxembourg Presidency and the European Council held on 16-17 June – Brussels, 22 June 2005
		Jean-Claude Juncker, current President of the European Council spoke at the European Parliament on 22 June 2005 about the positive results of the Luxembourg Presidency (reform of the Growth and Stability Pact, relaunch of the Lisbon Strategy, more ambitious objectives for development aid, improvements in transatlantic relations and a new framework for relations with Russia).
	www.eu2005.lu /en (445 words)

	The Finnish Presidency of the European Union (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		The Finnish Presidency of the European Union was a rewarding and demanding experience.
		The positive picture was further enhanced by the successful organisation of two demanding summits and dozens of major meetings held all over the country.
		Finland sought to emphasise openness and a businesslike approach at all levels during the Presidency, which will leave its mark in the work of the EU in this sense, too.
	presidency.finland.fi (211 words)

	Defra, UK - International events - UK Presidency of EU 2005 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		The UK must ensure that policy initiatives from the previous Presidency (Luxembourg) are carried forward and handed successfully over to the succeeding Presidency (Austria).
		The UK will be leading for the EU in international negotiations, and therefore Defra will be leading on behalf of the EU in global discussions on the environment, such as climate change.
		The role of the Presidency also involves facilitating a common EU approach in, for example, the important World Trade Organisation negotiations on agriculture.
	www.defra.gov.uk /corporate/international/eu-presidency/index.htm (267 words)

	Finland's EU Presidency 2006 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		The Government Secretariat for EU Affairs prepares the subject matters to be focused on during the Presidency whereas technical meeting arrangements is handled by the EU Presidency Secretariat.
		The official website for Finland’s EU Presidency was opened on 31 May at www.eu2006.fi.
		Preliminary agenda for Finland’s Presidency of the EU
	www.vn.fi /eu/suomi-ja-eu/2006/en.jsp (399 words)

	PM's EU Presidency press conference
		To that end we have agreed that it would be sensible for the Presidency to hold an informal summit in the autumn, at which the leaders of Europe can come together and discuss how Europe makes progress in the future, how we give the energy and commitment to the European project.
		And we are now going on this exercise and we hope that during the British Presidency we will come with the first results on that very important exercise, because I think it will reinforce the confidence, not only of the business community, but all citizens in the European institutions.
		All countries have got their positions that are very clear, the President has just spoken about the so-called rendezvous, or a review clause, to try and set a new direction in which everything is considered.
	www.number-10.gov.uk /output/Page7782.asp (2521 words)

	Amnesty International urges the Dutch EU presidency to close the gap between rhetoric and practice in EU Human Rights ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		Amnesty International's 18-page document: "Closing the gap between rhetoric and practice: Amnesty International's recommendations to the Dutch EU Presidency" will be available on www.amnesty-eu.org from 10.00 on Tuesday 29 June, 2004.
		Amnesty International's detailed recommendations include a call for the proposed EU Human Rights Agency to concentrate on human rights compliance within the EU, and the appointment of an EU Special Representative for Human Rights to improve delivery on human rights goals around the world.
		· The Dutch Presidency should clearly stipulate which concrete improvements are required in the human rights conduct of the Chinese government for the EU to consider lifting the arms embargo against China.
	web.amnesty.org /library/Index/ENGEUR010032004 (768 words)

	RIA Novosti - Russia - Austria's EU presidency to boost Russia-EU relations - Putin
		The president added that trade turnover between Russia and Austria might reach $2.5 billion this year, a record high in the history of bilateral economic relations.
		Schuessel said that Austria, as EU chair, would continue cooperation with Russia in the spheres of the economy, environment, security, and transportation, and said he would like to discuss several international issues, including the situation involving Iran, developments in the Middle East, and Afghanistan.
		The chancellor said the EU and Russia should make preparations for 2007, when their partnership and cooperation treaty would expire.
	en.rian.ru /russia/20051202/42292928.html (364 words)

	Planet Ark : INTERVIEW - Belgian EU presidency will push for energy tax
		Deleuze said Belgium would carry on diplomatic efforts started by the Swedes, who will relinquish the EU presidency at the end of June, to get the unanimous agreement between the 15 EU countries which is required for changes to EU tax policy.
		The EU's executive Commission proposed setting minimum EU tax levels on energy products such as coal, gas and electricity in 1997.
		Deleuze, a member of the ecologist faction of Belgium's Liberal-Socialist-Green coalition, said energy tax was a key policy for reducing greenhouse gases blamed for causing global warming and that harmonising them within the EU was essential to prevent unfair competition between member states.
	www.planetark.org /dailynewsstory.cfm?newsid=11273 (679 words)

	EU Presidency 2004 Website > The Presidency (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		Ireland will hold the Presidency of the European Union from 1 January until 30 June 2004. Click here to find out more about what the Presidency means for Ireland and for Europe.
		For the Presidency, Irish Government Ministers will take on the role of Chairing all meetings of the Council of Ministers and the Taoiseach will chair the European Council. Click the title above to find brief biographical details on the Irish Government.
		The Lisbon Strategy, to make Europe the most competitive and dynamic economy in the world, is a major priority for the Irish Presidency of the EU and preparations are underway for the Spring European Council on 25/26 March 2004 at which the strategy will be reviewed.
	www.eu2004.ie /templates/subhome2.asp?sNavlocator=5 (176 words)

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