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	European Council - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The European Council, sometimes informally called the European Summit, is a meeting of the heads of state or government of the European Union, and the President of the European Commission (not to be confused with the Council of the European Union, or the Council of Europe).
		The decision was further justified by the increasing violence at European Council meetings, which culminated in the shooting of a protester at the Gothenburg European Council in Sweden in June 2001.
		The role of President of the assembled European Council is performed by the head of government or head of state of the member state currently holding the Presidency of Council the European Union.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/European_Council (552 words)

	President of the European Commission - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The President of the European Commission is notionally the highest ranking unelected official within the European Union.
		The President of the Commission is selected by consensus among members of the European Council and must subsequently be approved by the European Parliament, along with the remainder of the Commission.
		As the head of the European Commission, effectively the executive branch of the European Union, it is sometimes argued that it would be appropriate for the President to be elected by the European Parliament, or directly elected by citizens, rather than being chosen by national governments.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/President_of_the_European_Commission (282 words)

	[Council] TREATY ESTABLISHING A CONSTITUTION FOR EUROPE
		The President of the European Council shall, at his or her 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 Union Minister for Foreign Affairs.
		European laws and framework laws adopted under the ordinary legislative procedure shall be signed by the President of the European Parliament and by the President of the Council.
		European decisions relating to the common foreign and security policy shall be adopted by the European Council and the Council unanimously, except in the cases referred to in Part III.
	law-ref.org /EU/kw-council.html (5306 words)

	George Bush Presidential Library and Museum (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		A number of European nations are cooperating with the United States in airlifting these supplies to Turkey and to concentrations of refugees in the largest relief effort mounted in modern military history.
		It is the very first time that the President of the United States receives both the President of the European Council and the President of the European Commission in the new context created by the Transatlantic Declaration of November 1990.
		In my capacity as acting President of the European Council, I am particularly pleased with the fact that the United States of America and the European Community have many points of convergence, especially in the regard of the reorganization of Europe after the political upheavals in the countries of Central and Eastern Europe.
	bushlibrary.tamu.edu /research/papers/1991/91041101.html (933 words)

	ARCHIVE OF EUROPEAN INTEGRATION - SUMMITS AND THE EUROPEAN COUNCIL (1961-1995)
		Dossier: background on the meeting, address by Commission President Jean Rey to the Parliament, the memorandum of the Commission of November 19, the final communique, report of the Dutch government, the resolution adopted by the Parliament on November 3, and the opening statements at the meeting.
		Council conclusion of 30 May 1980 on the United Kingdom contribution to the financing of the Community budget, OJ C 158, 27.6.80.
		Interim report from the Commission to the European Council on the effects on the policies of the European Union of enlargement to the associated countries of central and eastern Europe, 6 December 1995.
	aei.pitt.edu /summit_guide.html (3778 words)

	President Of The European Commission (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The President of the European Commission is the nominally highest ranking unelected official within the European Union.
		The President of the Commission is currently selected by the European Council.
		Under the Treaty establishing a constitution for Europe, agreed but not yet ratified by all member states, future candidates for the President of the Commission will be put forward by the European Council and elected by the European Parliament, who have the final say.
	www.wikiverse.org /president-of-the-european-commission (248 words)

	European Council (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The European Council brings together the heads of state or government of the European Union and the president of the Commission.
		The decisions taken at the European Council meetings are a major impetus in defining the general political guidelines of the European Union.
		The Netherlands as President of the European Council in Brussels on 4 and 5 November
	www.eu2004.nl /default.asp?CMS_ITEM=B69477428EFE4940B0A97C707EA9F70FX1X58602X6 (286 words)

	PRESIDENCY CONCLUSIONS HELSINKI EUROPEAN COUNCIL 10 AND 11 DECEMBER 1999 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Moreover, the European Council recalls that compliance with the political criteria laid down at the Copenhagen European Council is a prerequisite for the opening of accession negotiations and that compliance with all the Copenhagen criteria is the basis for accession to the Union.
		The European Council invites the Commission to prepare, in cooperation with the Council and in consultation with the partner countries, an Action Plan for the Northern Dimension in the external and cross-border policies of the European Union with a view to presenting it for endorsement at the Feira European Council in June 2000.
		The European Council is deeply concerned at the threat the continuing conflict poses to the stability of the Caucasus region and possible spill-over from the fighting in Chechnya to Georgia and the effects on her territorial integrity.
	www.europa.eu.int /council/off/conclu/dec99/dec99_en.htm (18714 words)

	[affair] TREATY ESTABLISHING A CONSTITUTION FOR EUROPE
		If a member of the Council declares that, for vital and stated reasons of national policy, it intends to oppose the adoption of a European decision to be adopted by a qualified majority, a vote shall not be taken.
		If he or she does not succeed, the Council may, acting by a qualified majority, request that the matter be referred to the European Council for a European decision by unanimity.
		However, if the Council considers that the conditions of participation have not been fulfilled, it shall indicate the arrangements to be adopted to fulfil those conditions and shall set a deadline for re-examining the request for participation.
	law-ref.org /EU/kw-affair.html (3474 words)

	Berlin European Council 24-25.03.1999: Presidency Conclusions
		The European Council confirms the requirement set out in the conclusions of the Cardiff European Council that a clear distinction must be made in the presentation and implementation in the financial framework relating to the Union as currently constituted, and that reserved for the future acceding countries, including after enlargement.
		The European Council considers that this reform can be implemented within a financial framework of an average level of 40.5 billion euros plus 14 billion euros (1) over the period for rural development as well as veterinary and plant health measures.
		The European Council considers that the basic objectives of the Cohesion Fund, which was set up to further economic and social cohesion in the Union and solidarity among the Member States by providing a financial contribution to projects in the field of the environment and trans-European networks, are still relevant today.
	www.europarl.eu.int /summits/ber1_en.htm (4151 words)

	[25 Sep 1997]: PRESS CONFERENCE BY PRESIDENT OF EUROPEAN UNION'S COUNCIL OF MINISTERS
		Poos said that at the European Council meeting to be held in December in Luxembourg there would be decisions made regarding the ways to proceed.
		The European Union was further developing its relationship with the Russian Federation and the Ukraine, Mr.
		Poos said the European Union had consistently maintained that it was necessary to put an end to the settlement of the occupied territories.
	www.un.org /News/briefings/docs/1997/19970925.eu092597.html (975 words)

	G8 - LearnThis.Info Enclyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The Group of Eight (G8) is coalition of eight of the world's leading industrialized nations: the United Kingdom, France, Germany (West Germany to 1991), Italy, Japan, and the United States, (the G6, 1975), Canada (the G7, 1976), and Russia (1998), as well as the European Union.
		The hallmark of the G8 is an annual economic and political summit of the heads of state with international officials, though there are numerous subsidiary meetings and policy research.
		European Union - President of the European Council, President of the European Commission and President of the European Parliament
	encyclopedia.learnthis.info /g/g8/g8.html (313 words)

	The Council
		European Council—the meetings of the Heads of State at least 2 times a year; the body responsible for major decisions about expansion of competence.
		It may be true that most issues are not decided at this level—difficult issues are decided by the European Council and less difficult ones decided by COREPER and ratified by the Council of Ministers.
		The President hosts a European Council meeting, and acts important symbolical role generally speaking for the EU during this period.
	facstaff.gallaudet.edu /David.Penna/Council.htm (540 words)

	European Council, Gothenburg, 15-16 June 2001 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The European Council expects to complete negotiations with the countries that are ready by the end of 2002.
		During the afternoon’s session the European Council concentrated on economic and social issues and on sustainable development.
		Speech by Romano Prodi, President of the European Commission: "For a strong Europe, with a grand design and the means of action".
	europa.eu.int /comm/gothenburg_council/index_en.htm (335 words)

	UTLink.THE ECONOMIC SUMMIT AND THE EUROPEAN COMMUNIT: Pascal Lamy
		This is true for the recent European Council held in Brussels in February 1988, which decided on a reform package covering: the budgetary resources of the Community, and policies to accompany the creation of the Common Agricultural Policy.
		The President of the European Council is the Head of State or Government of the member state which holds the Presidency of the Council of Ministers.
		When summits coincide with the Presidency of the Council being held by one of the smaller member states who are not present in their own right at the summit, there is thus an extra participant.
	www.g7.utoronto.ca /scholar/lamy1988/lamtext2.htm (657 words)

	DJ->Opinion
		The common foreign and security policy, appointment of an EU foreign Minister, the President of the European Council, formation of the European Commission are some of the core issues, the Convention for Enlargement was confronted with.
		The European Council’s status is cardinal since it comprises all the heads of State or Government of the member states together with its president and the president of the European Commission.
		The European Council President shall be elected by qualified majority, for a term of two and a half years, renewable once.
	www.defencejournal.com /2003-07/opi-l.htm (1403 words)

	Bush seeks cooperation on U.S. war funds - Boston.com
		President Bush said Monday he wants to work with Democrats on compromise legislation to pay for the Iraq war but will carry through on his threat to veto any spending bill that sets a timetable for U.S. troop withdrawal.
		President Bush, center, accompanied by German Chancellor Angela Merkel who is President of the European Council, left, and European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso, gestures during their joint news conference in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, Monday, April 30, 2007.
		Bush met with European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso and German Chancellor Angela Merkel, the president of the European Union.
	www.boston.com /news/nation/washington/articles/2007/04/30/bush_vows_to_work_with_dems_on_war_funds (750 words)

	Modbee.com \| The Modesto Bee :: Bush seeks cooperation on U.S. war funds (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		President Bush takes a question during a joint news conference with German Chancellor Angela Merkel, who is President of the European Council, and European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso, not shown, on Monday, April 30, 2007 in the Rose Garden of the White House.
		President Bush, center, along with German Chancellor Angela Merkel, left, and European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso, walk into the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, Monday, April 30,2007, prior to the start of their joint news conference.
		President Bush, center, and German Chancellor Angela Merkel, left, look on as European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso speaks during their joint news conference in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, Monday, April 30, 2007.
	www.modbee.com /24hour/front/story/3610505p-12900638c.html (853 words)

	Comparative Federalism Newsletter
		A European Council’s President elected by qualified majority of its members and a Commission’s President elected by the European Parliament on the Council’s proposal, two legitimacies which reinforce the authority of the two institutions.
		The election of the President by the European Parliament and the parliamentary investiture of the Commission aims to boost its authority.
		This is the primary task of the European Constitution in conditioning the future of the European Union.
	www.indiana.edu /~speaweb/IPSA/vol18_2/article10.html (1423 words)

	Speech by Nicole Fontaine, President of the European Parliament at the European Council in Lisbon (23.03.2000) - Speech ...
		Speech by Nicole Fontaine, President of the European Parliament at the European Council in Lisbon (23.03.2000) - Speech by Mrs Nicole Fontaine, President of the European Parliament at the European Council in Lisbon (23.03.2000)
		That face of the European Union is unacceptable to men and women who wake up one morning to discover that the company they work for has changed hands and that they are at the mercy of their employer’s economic strategy options.
		I would also hope that your European Council meeting would show due concern for a section of the population in Europe which for what are often complex and extremely diverse reasons, finds itself willingly or unwillingly on the fringes of organised society.
	www.europarl.eu.int /summits/lis-pres_en.htm (1445 words)

	Embassy of France in the US - French German Relations
		The European Council elects its president for a term of five years or for a term of two and a half years after which he/she may be re-elected.
		After the election of the President of the Commission by the European Parliament by a qualified majority of its members, he/she is approved by the European Council ruling by qualified majority.
		The chairmanship of the General Affairs Council, for instance, is held by the Secretary-General of the Council; the External Relations Council is chaired by the European Minister of Foreign Affairs; the ECOFIN, Eurogroup and JHA Councils elect their chairmen for two years from amongst their members.
	www.info-france-usa.org /news/statmnts/2003/elysee011503.asp (1783 words)

	News from the Presidency
		Tassos Giannitsis and President of the Republic of Korea, Mr.
		Statement by the President of the European Council, Greek Prime Minister Costas Simitis on the eve of the European Council meeting in Brussels
		President of the EU Council George Papandreou’s statement to the meeting of Arab League foreign ministers in Cairo
	www.greekembassy.org /Embassy/content/en/Folder.aspx?office=8&folder=167 (889 words)

	Archawski \| The Constitution for Europe: Waht Next?
		The constitutional project adopted by consensus by the European Convention on June 13 and July 10, 2003 was submitted to the President of the European Council in Rome on July 18, 2003.
		The President of the constitutional convention, Valery Giscard d'Estaing, former President of the Republic of France (1974-1981) has presented the project in a book of 378 pages including 68 pages of introduction, 274 pages of constitutional text and 36 pages of appendixes.
		It is also said that due to its complexity, the interpretation and the understanding of that text opens it to the manipulation of the electorate by skilled politicians eager to promote their own interests and ideological views without too much concern for the actual intentions spelled out in the proposal.
	www.unc.edu /depts/diplomat/item/2005/0103/arch/archawski_const.html (1253 words)

	Statewatch News online: Council offer to EP
		This so-called "compromise proposal" by the Council of the European Union did not impress the Conference of Presidents (leader of the political groups) who voted to proceed with the court case.
		In the event of a crisis or at the request of the President of the European Parliament, it shall be provided at shorter intervals.
		Council Decision of 14 August 2000 amending Decision 93/731/EC on public access to Council documents and Council Decision 2000/23/EC on the improvement of information on the Council's legislative activities and the public register of Council documents (OJ L 212, 23.8.2000, p.
	www.statewatch.org /news/oct00/10coun-ep.htm (591 words)

	President of the European Council \| Current Affairs \| Deutsche Welle \| 10.12.2002
		Each member state of the European Union is entitled to take the helm of the European Council Presidency for a rotating term of six months.
		The council presidency, a role assumed by the head of state or government from the appointed member state, is responsible for key organizational tasks of the European Council.
		It is responsible for conveying the Council's wishes to other EU institutions, including parliament and the European Commission and setting the dates for European Council summits and meetings and making sure they go smoothly.
	www.dw-world.de /dw/article/0,,710547,00.html (209 words)

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