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European Council press releases eEuropa institutional monitoring → Calendar & agenda European Council meetings ↗ European Council conclusions Decisions and agreed political orientations → Council newsroom Photos, videos and audiovisual material ↗
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International summit press releases eEuropa monitoring →
2025
9–10 November 2025 EU–CELAC summit 2 October 2025 European Political Community 19 May 2025 EU–UK summit 16 May 2025 European Political Community 4 April 2025 First EU–Central Asia summit 13 March 2025 EU–South Africa summit
2024
18 December 2024 EU–Western Balkans summit 18–19 November 2024 G20 summit · Rio de Janeiro 12–13 November 2024 COP29 leaders summit 7 November 2024 European Political Community 16 October 2024 First EU–Gulf Cooperation Council summit 24–30 September 2024 UN General Assembly 18 July 2024 European Political Community 13–15 June 2024 G7 summit · Apulia
2023
13 December 2023 EU–Western Balkans summit 7 December 2023 EU–China summit 1–2 December 2023 COP28 world climate action summit 23–24 November 2023 EU–Canada summit 20 October 2023 EU–US summit 5 October 2023 European Political Community · Spain 18–22 September 2023 UN General Assembly 9–10 September 2023 G20 · India 17–18 July 2023 EU–CELAC summit 19–21 May 2023 G7 summit · Hiroshima 3 February 2023 EU–Ukraine summit
2022 and earlier
14 December 2022 EU–ASEAN commemorative summit 6 December 2022 EU–Western Balkans summit · Tirana 15–16 November 2022 G20 summit 6 October 2022 European Political Community 26–28 June 2022 G7 summit · Schloss Elmau 17–18 February 2022 European Union–African Union summit 15 December 2021 Eastern Partnership summit 30–31 October 2021 G20 summit · Rome 15 June 2021 EU–US summit 8 May 2021 EU–India leaders’ meeting 15 July 2020 EU–India summit 22 June 2020 EU–China summit 28–29 June 2019 G20 summit · Osaka 9 April 2019 EU–China summit 15 November 2018 EU–South Africa summit 17 July 2018 EU–Japan summit · Tokyo
CURRENT PRESIDENCY · JULY–DECEMBER 2026
Ireland
Ireland holds the rotating Presidency of the Council until 31 December 2026. Open the Presidency website →
Cyprus January–June 2026 Denmark July–December 2025 Poland January–June 2025 Hungary July–December 2024 Belgium January–June 2024 Spain July–December 2023 Sweden January–June 2023 Czechia July–December 2022 France January–June 2022 Slovenia July–December 2021 Portugal January–June 2021 Germany July–December 2020 Croatia January–June 2020 Finland July–December 2019 Romania January–June 2019 Austria July–December 2018 Bulgaria January–June 2018
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INTERNATIONAL SUMMITS
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20 November 2023
EU-US summit
5 October 2023
European Political Community, Spain
18-22 September 2023
UN General Assembly, USA
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9-10 September 2023
​G20, India
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26 November 2020
EU-Australia meeting
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21-22 November 2020
​G20 Summit
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6 October 2020
EU-Ukraine Summit
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15 July 2020
​EU-India Summit
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8 July 2019
EU-Ukraine summit
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28/29 June 2019
G20 summit in Osaka
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25 April 2019
EU-Japan summit
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9 April 2019
​EU-China summit
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PRESIDENCIES OF THE COUNCIL OF THE EU (click on logos)
Polish Presidency
of the Council of the EU
I semester 2025
Hungarian Presidency
of the Council of the EU
II semester 2024
Belgian Presidency
of the Council of the EU
I semester 2024
Spanish Presidency
of the Council of the EU
II semester 2023
Sweden Presidency
of the Council of the UE
I semester 2023
​Czech Presidency
​of the Council of the EU
​II semester 2022
French Presidency
of the Council of the EU
I semester 2022
Slovenian Presidency
of the Council of the EU
II semester 2021
​Portuguese Presidency
​of the Council of the EU
I semester 2021
German Presidency
​of the Council of the EU
II semester 2020
Croatian Presidency
​of the Council of the EU
​I semester 2020
Finland Presidency
of the Council of the EU
I semester 2019)
​Romanian Presidency
of the Council of the EU
I semester 2019
​Austrian Presidency
of the Council of the EU
II semester 2018
​Bulgarian Presidency
of the Council of the
I semester 2018
EURO SUMMITS & EURO GROUP
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