After years of ungoing debate over the need – or not- of a European presidency, on November 19th, the European Union Heads of State or Government elected unanimously the first stable and permanent President of the European Council, under the Treaty of Lisbon entering into force two weeks later. On the website of the European Council, an animation video is available to everyone in order to make the functions of the President clear publicly.
This animation states that the President of the Council “convenes the European Council, he is elected for a term of two and a half years, renewable once. He chairs and drives forward the work of the European Council, he facilitates cohesion and consensus within the European Council, without taking part in the vote, and presents a report to the european parliament after each of the meetinfs of the European Council; he ensures the external representation of the Union (EU-US summit, ...) together with the President of the Commission and the High Representative”.
[...] pourquoi?, Le Taurillon magazine eurocitoyen, November 2009. Available at: http://www.taurillon.org/Herman-Van-Rompuy-nomme-president-du- Conseil-europeen-pourquoi FISS Joëlle, Background Information, Convention 15/05: Union Institutions, European Parliament: May 2003; available at: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//TEXT+PRESS+BI- 20030515-1+0+DOC+XML+V0//EN KOURLIANDSKY Jean-Jacques, Quatrième présidence espagnole de l'UE, un rendez-vous manqué par l'Espagne comme par l'Union, Analyse du Jour, Affaires Stratégiques: February 2010. [...]
[...] Also, the European Union has long suffered from a lack of visibility on the international scene, which had a negative effect on the leadership of the Union and on the communication with other world powers such as the United States. Indeed, we can recall Mr. Kissinger wondering about what Europe really is with his famous question I want to call Europe, who do I back when the European Union was made of much less Member States than it is nowadays. [...]
[...] What are these obstacles and to what extent do they threaten the well-functioning of the European Institutions? First, the indirect obstacles have to do with the legitimacy and transparency of the election of the President. Indeed, the first thing one can notice is that, although it is stated in the Lisbon treaty, Article 15§5 that European Council shall elect its President, by a qualified majority”, in fact the President has rather been chosen by consensus by the different members after a certain period of negotiations, where some heads of states or government like Merkel and Sarkozy tried to endorse him and convince others like the British head of government that Mr. [...]
[...] Bibliography Consolidated versions of the Treaty on European Union and the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (2008/C 115/1), Official Journal of the European Union, Vol May 2008; General Secretariat of the Council of the EU, Background, President of the European Council, Brussells: November 2009 Le Monde, Europe: entre l'Espagne et Van Rompuy, une présidence délicate, January 8th 2010. Available on: http://www.lemonde.fr/europe/portfolio/2010/01/08/europe-une-presidence- bicephale-qui-pourrait-etre-delicate_1289367_3214.html#ens_id=1286065; European Council, Year of renewal. Available at: http://www.european- council.europa.eu/home-page/highlights/year-of-renewal.aspx?lang=en BELIGH Nabil, Le président du Conseil européen: un choix symbolique et stratégique, Analyse du jour, Affaires Stratégiques: November 2009. Available at: http://www.affaires-strategiques.info/spip.php?article2295 BELIGH Nabil, Le choix du président du Conseil européen; une “affaire d'Etats”, Analyse du Jour, Affaires Stratégiques; November 2009. Available at: http://www.affaires-strategiques.info/spip.php?article2351 CAZENAVE Fabien, Herman Van Rompuy nommé président du Conseil européen . [...]
[...] In fact, the six months turning presidency has not been deleted despite the creation of the position of a permanent President of the European council. Hence, on December 15th 2009, Mr. Zapatero invited Mr Van Rompuy in Madrid, and the two said to have agreed on a co-management solution, where Van Rompuy would preside the heads of State or Government Council, while Mr Zapatero would be responsible of the more specific councils, especially those organized in Spain with foreign partners such as the US or Latin America. [...]
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