Talk:European Council

This is the complete list of presidents of the european council taken from the official website http://ue.eu.int/en/presid.htm, I think it is too big to be included, maybe a link is enough.

• First half-year 1958 BELGIUM Mr Larock
• Second half-year 1958 GERMANY Mr Balke
• First half-year 1959 FRANCE Mr Couve de Murville
• Second half-year 1959 ITALY Mr Pella
• First half-year 1960 LUXEMBOURG Mr Schaus
• Second half-year 1960 NETHERLANDS Mr Luns
• First half-year 1961 BELGIUM Mr Spaak
• Second half-year 1961 GERMANY Mr Schroeder
• First half-year 1962 FRANCE Mr Couve de Murville
• Second half-year 1962 ITALY Mr Colombo
• First half-year 1963 LUXEMBOURG Mr Schaus
• Second half-year 1963 NETHERLANDS Mr Luns
• First half-year 1964 BELGIUM Mr Fayat
• Second half-year 1964 GERMANY Mr Schroeder
• First half-year 1965 FRANCE Mr Couve de Murville
• Second half-year 1965 ITALY Mr Fanfani
• First half-year 1966 LUXEMBOURG Mr Werner
• Second half-year 1966 NETHERLANDS Mr Biesheuvel
• First half-year 1967 BELGIUM Mr Van Elslande
• Second half-year 1967 GERMANY Mr Brandt
• First half-year 1968 FRANCE Mr Couve de Murville
• Second half-year 1968 ITALY Mr Medici
• First half-year 1969 LUXEMBOURG Mr Gregoire
• Second half-year 1969 NETHERLANDS Mr Luns
• First half-year 1970 BELGIUM Mr Harmel
• Second half-year 1970 GERMANY Mr Scheel
• First half-year 1971 FRANCE Mr Schuman
• Second half-year 1971 ITALY Mr Moro
• First half-year 1972 LUXEMBOURG Mr Thorn
• Second half-year 1972 NETHERLANDS Mr Schmelzer
• First half-year 1973 BELGIUM Mr Harmel
• Second half-year 1973 DENMARK Mr Nørgaard
• First half-year 1974 GERMANY Mr Scheel
• Second half-year 1974 FRANCE Mr Sauvagnargues
• First half-year 1975 IRELAND Mr Fitzgerald
• Second half-year 1975 ITALY Mr Rumor
• First half-year 1976 LUXEMBOURG Mr Thorn
• Second half-year 1976 NETHERLANDS Mr Van der Stoel
• First half-year 1977 UNITED KINGDOM Mr Crosland, then Mr Owen
• Second half-year 1977 BELGIUM Mr Simonet
• First half-year 1978 DENMARK Mr Andersen
• Second half-year 1978 GERMANY Mr Genscher
• First half-year 1979 FRANCE Mr François-Poncet
• Second half-year 1979 IRELAND Mr Lynch
• First half-year 1980 ITALY Mr Ruffini
• Second half-year 1980 LUXEMBOURG Ms Flesh
• First half-year 1981 NETHERLANDS Mr Van der Klaauw
• Second half-year 1981 UNITED KINGDOM Mr Carrington
• First half-year 1982 BELGIUM Mr Tindemans
• Second half-year 1982 DENMARK Mr Ellemann-Jensen
• First half-year 1983 GERMANY Mr Genscher
• Second half-year 1983 GREECE Mr Varfis
• First half-year 1984 FRANCE Mr Dumas
• Second half-year 1984 IRELAND Mr Barry
• First half-year 1985 ITALY Mr Andreotti
• Second half-year 1985 LUXEMBOURG Mr Poos
• First half-year 1986 NETHERLANDS Mr Van den Broek
• Second half-year 1986 UNITED KINGDOM Mr Howe
• First half-year 1987 BELGIUM Mr Tindemans
• Second half-year 1987 DENMARK Mr Ellemann-Jensen
• First half-year 1988 GERMANY Mr Genscher
• Second half-year 1988 GREECE Mr Pangalos
• First half-year 1989 SPAIN Mr Fernández Ordóñez
• Second half-year 1989 FRANCE Mr Dumas
• First half-year 1990 IRELAND Mr Collins
• Second half-year 1990 ITALY Mr de Michelis
• First half-year 1991 LUXEMBOURG Mr Poos
• Second half-year 1991 NETHERLANDS Mr Van den Broek
• First half-year 1992 PORTUGAL Mr de Deus Pinheiro
• Second half-year 1992 UNITED KINGDOM Mr Hurd
• First half-year 1993 DENMARK Mr Rasmussen
• Second half-year 1993 BELGIUM Mr Claes
• First half-year 1994 GREECE Mr Papoulias
• Second half-year 1994 GERMANY Mr Kinkel
• First half-year 1995 FRANCE Mr Juppé
• Second half-year 1995 SPAIN Mr Solana
• First half-year 1996 ITALY Mr Dini
• Second half-year 1996 IRELAND Mr Spring
• First half-year 1997 NETHERLANDS Mr Van Mierlo
• Second half-year 1997 LUXEMBOURG Mr Poos
• First half-year 1998 UNITED KINGDOM Mr Cook
• Second half-year 1998 AUSTRIA Mr Schüssel
• First half-year 1999 GERMANY Mr Fischer
• Second half-year 1999 FINLAND Ms Halonen
• First half-year 2000 PORTUGAL Mr Gama
• Second half-year 2000 FRANCE Mr Védrine
• First half-year 2001 SWEDEN Ms Lindh
• Second half-year 2001 BELGIUM Mr Michel
• First half-year 2002 SPAIN Mr Piqué i Camps
• Second half-year 2002 DENMARK Mr Møller
• First half-year 2003 GREECE Mr Papandreou
• Second half-year 2003 ITALY Mr Frattini

These are foreign ministers of the member states (I think; at least I recognize some of the names). According to the article, the president of the council is the head of government of a member state (like Berlusconi in second half 2003). Do you know who is right? I presume the website of the council is accurate, but I'm not sure. Eugene van der Pijll 19:51, 30 Dec 2003 (UTC)

You are right, those are the presidents of the Council of the European Union:

"The European Council brings together the Heads of State or Government of the fifteen Member States of the European Union and the President of the European Commission. It should not be confused with the Council of Europe (which is an international organisation) or with the Council of the European Union." http://ue.eu.int/en/info/main.htm

This is the function of the Council of the European Union: http://ue.eu.int/en/info/main1.htm

The proper place for this list is Presidency of the Council of the European Union. A version has been posted there. -- Mic 11:28, Mar 7, 2004 (UTC)

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The Dutch link points to the »Raad van de Europese Unie« (Council of the European Union), while it should in fact point to (as yet non-existant) »Europese Raad«. --Peterlin 14:31, 10 Mar 2004 (UTC)