Brussels, 27/07/2016 (Agence Europe) - On Tuesday 26 July, the Council of the EU adopted a decision establishing a revised order of the member states' rotating presidencies of the Council, up to 2030.
Following the decision of the United Kingdom to relinquish the Council presidency in the second half of 2017, the Council has decided to bring forward by six months the order of the presidencies already laid down, with effect from 1 July 2017 (see other article). It has also added Croatia, which was not yet a member at the time the initial decision was made, in 2007. Zagreb will hold the presidency from January to June 2020.
Finally, whereas the order of the presidencies laid down in the decision of 2007 only covered the period up to June 2020, this revised order determines the six-month presidencies until the end of 2030. The Council will make a decision before 31 December 2029 regarding the order of the presidencies from 1 January 2031, the Council press release explains.
New order of presidencies. 2017: Malta in the first half (January-June) and Estonia in the second half (July-December); 2018: Bulgaria and Austria; 2019: Romania and Finland; 2020: Croatia and Germany; 2021: Portugal and Slovenia; 2022: France and the Czech Republic; 2023: Sweden and Spain; 2024: Belgium and Hungary; 2025: Poland and Denmark; 2026: Cyprus and Ireland; 2027: Lithuania and Greece; 2028: Italy and Latvia; 2029: Luxembourg and the Netherlands; 2030: Slovakia and Malta. (Original version in French by Camille-Cerise Gessant)