EU Council. HOW MANY MEMBERS ARE IN EU COUNCIL? 28 members are elected from each member states GermanySpainGreeceHungaryDenmarkCroatiaEstonia FrancePolandBelgiumSwedenSlovakiaLithuaniaCyprus.

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EU Council

HOW MANY MEMBERS ARE IN EU COUNCIL? 28 members are elected from each member states GermanySpainGreeceHungaryDenmarkCroatiaEstonia FrancePolandBelgiumSwedenSlovakiaLithuaniaCyprus UKRomaniaPortugalAustriaFinlandSloveniaLuxembourg ItalyNetherlandsCzech Republic BulgariaIrelandLatviaMalta

WHAT IS THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE GOVERNING BODY AND THEIR PRIMARY FUNCTION(S)? PASSING EU LAWS: The EU and Parliament share the final say on a new law COORDINATING ECONOMIC POLICIES: The fact that each country is responsible for their own economic policies is not changed. EU Council simply decided to set a common goal in order to learn from and help one another. SIGNING INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS: The EU Council signs agreements

WHAT IS THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE GOVERNING BODY AND THEIR PRIMARY FUNCTION(S)? APPROVING THE EU BUDGETU: The money that the EU can spend for a year is decided by the Council and European Parliament FOREIGN AND DEFENSE POLICY: The EU Council is the center of the “Common Foreign and Security Policy” JUSTICE: The Council is responsible to ensure that the law and the EU courts in each EU countries are functioning properly

IS THERE ANY MAJOR DECISIONS THAT HAVE BEEN MADE RECENTLY IN THE BODY?  Council approves mandate to start negotiating investment agreement with China  In order to balance the import and export amount of EU-China trade  Agreement on fisheries in the Baltic Sea  Signed the Fishing Opportunities  Fishing Opportunities: TACs, Quotas, and Fishing Efforts  The Council adopts external border surveillance system  To reinforce the security system of EU  To prevent illegal immigration undetected by EU

WHICH COUNTRIES ARE CURRENTLY MEMBERS OF THE BODY? 1.Austria (1995) 2.Belgium (1952) 3.Bulgaria (2007) 4.Croatia (2013) 5.Cyprus (2004) 6.Czech Republic (2004) 7.Denmark (1973) 8.Estonia (2004) 9.Finland (1995) 10.France (1952) 11.Germany (1952) 12.Greece (1981) 13.Hungary (2004) 14.Ireland (1973) 15.Italy (1952) 16.Latvia (2004) 17.Lithuania (2004) 18.Luxembourg (1952) 19.Malta (2004) 20.Netherlands (1952) 21.Poland (2004) 22.Portugal (1986) 23.Romania (2007) 24.Slovakia (2004) 25.Slovenia (2004) 26.Spain (1986) 27.Sweden (1995) 28.United Kingdom (1973)

WHAT POSITION DOES UK HOLD? UK is affiliated with two parties of EU 1.ALDE Party 1.Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe Party 2.A party composed of 55 national-level liberal parties from across Europe 2.AECR 1.Alliance of European Conservatives and Reformists 2.A center-right Eurosceptic European political party, defending broader conservative and economically liberal principles.

ALDE PARTY & AECR ALDE PARTYAECR PresidentSir Graham Watson (UK)Jan Zahradil (CZ) Secretary-General Daniel Hannan (GB) Sir Graham Watson Nationality: British Daniel Hannan Nationality: British Jan Zahradil Nationality: Czech

AECR  There is no specific party or group that requires AECR’s permission to make decisions  There is no specific party or group that AECR requires permission from to make decisions  AECR is cooperating with…  International Democrat Union (International)  European Conservatives and Reformists (European Parliament)

ALDE PARTY  EX-European Liberal Democrat and Reform Party (ELDR)  ALDE Party is cooperating with  Liberal International (International)  Group of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe (European Parliament)

JOINING EU The permission to join EU is also given by the Council Therefore, a nation that wants to newly join EU must get allowance from the Council

PRESIDENCY OF THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION  One of the member states becomes a Presidential state, rotating twice a year  The current Presidency belongs to Lithuania  2014: Greece / Italy  2015 Latvia / Luxemburg  2016: Netherlands / Slovakia  2017: Malta / UK  2018: Estonia / Bulgaria  2019: Austria / Romania  2020: Finland / ?