Council rotating presidencies: decision on revised order

Met dank overgenomen van Raad van de Europese Unie (Raad) i, gepubliceerd op dinsdag 26 juli 2016.

On 26 July 2016, the Council adopted a decision establishing a revised order in which the member states will hold the presidency of the Council of the EU until 2030.

Following the UK decision to relinquish the Council presidency in the second half of 2017, the Council decided to bring forward by six months the order of presidencies, starting from 1 July 2017.

It also decided to add Croatia, which was not yet a member state at the time of the original decision, for the period January-June 2020.

The revised order of the presidencies of the Council runs until 2030 (the previous decision covered only until June 2020) and is set out below:

MaltaJanuary-June2017

EstoniaJuly-December2017

BulgariaJanuary-June2018

AustriaJuly-December2018

RomaniaJanuary-June2019

FinlandJuly-December2019

CroatiaJanuary-June2020

GermanyJuly-December2020

PortugalJanuary-June2021

SloveniaJuly-December2021

FranceJanuary-June2022

Czech RepublicJuly-December2022

SwedenJanuary-June2023

SpainJuly-December2023

BelgiumJanuary-June2024

HungaryJuly-December2024

PolandJanuary-June2025

DenmarkJuly-December2025

CyprusJanuary-June2026

IrelandJuly-December2026

LithuaniaJanuary-June2027

GreeceJuly-December2027

ItalyJanuary-June2028

LatviaJuly-December2028

LuxembourgJanuary-June2029

NetherlandsJuly-December2029

SlovakiaJanuary-June2030

MaltaJuly-December2030

Regarding the order of presidencies as from 1 January 2031, the Council is required to take a decision before 31 December 2029.

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