Iers voorzitterschap in cijfers (en)

Met dank overgenomen van Iers voorzitterschap Europese Unie eerste helft 2013 i, gepubliceerd op vrijdag 28 juni 2013.

As our Presidency quickly comes to a close, here are some interesting numbers about our 6 months.

 

181

Days of the Irish Presidency

200

Estimated number of policy commitments achieved, including more than 80 in legislative form.

€960bn

Agreed amount for the 7 year EU Budget (MFF) including:

 

€6bn Youth Guarantee to tackle youth unemployment

 

€360bn on a reformed Common Agricultural Policy (CAP)

 

€70bn Horizon2020 Programme for research and innovation

 

€30bn for the Connecting Europe Facility targeting enhancements in transport, energy and telecoms networks

 

€16bn Erasmus+ Programme for education and training

 

€2bn for the COSME programme to boost competitiveness of the EU’s 20million SMEs

 

€3bn for the LIFE programme to fund projects in the environmental area

   

2,477

Meetings and events were chaired by the Presidency across Europe including…

349

Trilogues were held with the European Commission and European Parliament

54

Council meetings chaired by Irish Ministers during the Presidency

185

Presidency events in Ireland

24,000+

Visitors brought to Ireland

11

Informal Council meetings held in Ireland

97%

of delegates visiting Ireland in April for the Presidency rated experience as very good or good

37%

of delegates in the same survey had never visited Ireland before

   

111

Hours were spent by the Taoiseach, Tánaiste and Irish Ministers in European Parliament

76

European Parliament debates in which Irish Ministers participated

141

Presidency speeches by the Taoiseach, Tánaiste and Irish Ministers

11

Record hours of European Parliament debate in a single sitting, set by Minister for European Affairs, Lucinda Creighton

36

Record hours spent chairing Council discussions, set by Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Simon Coveney

106

Associated Presidency events (average of 4 per week) held across Ireland and Europe

   

120,000

Air miles traveled by Minister Creighton as she visited 44 countries

1,042

Litres of tea and coffee consumed in the Media Centre during Dublin ECOFIN informal alone

55,000

Stamps commemorating Ireland’s 40 years of EU membership were sold

512,003

Visits to eu2013.ie as of this morning

1,525,163

Pages viewed

213

Number of countries recorded as visiting eu2013.ie website

335

Press releases published on eu2013.ie in 4 languages

13,816

Twitter followers of the Presidency twitter accounts @eu2013ie and @IrelandRepBru, the most followed Presidency to date on Twitter

   

14,000

Votes cast for the Irish Presidency logo

100

European Year of Citizens events in Ireland where…

30,000

People participated in European Year of Citizens discussions

929

Presidency Culture Programme (Culture Connect) Events took place around the world of which…

509

took place across Ireland

420

were International Culture Connect events in other EU Member states and Croatia, Australia, Bosnia, Serbia, China, Norway, Switzerland, the Russian Federation, Turkey and Hong Kong

175,000

Visitors to the Eileen Gray exhibition in Paris, an average of 2,200 per day

Figures correct as at 12.15pm, 28 June