Arraiolos group
The Arraiolos Group is an informal association of currently nine non- executive heads of state within the European Union that has existed since 2003 . As a rule, the state presidents in parliamentary systems of government are non-executive ; they usually only perform representative functions. The group was founded in 2003 on the initiative of Jorge Sampaio and holds a meeting once a year. It was named after the Portuguese city of Arraiolos , where the first meeting took place. The heads of state of Bulgaria , Germany , Finland , Italy , Latvia , Malta , Austria , Poland , Portugal , Slovenia and Hungary (except for Italy and Austria all since 2003) are currently members of the group.
To meet
No. | year | city | country | Attendees |
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1. | 2003 | Arraiolos | Portugal | Johannes Rau , Tarja Halonen , Vaira Vīķe-Freiberga , Aleksander Kwaśniewski , Jorge Sampaio , Janez Drnovšek , Ferenc Mádl |
2. | 2005 | Helsinki | Finland | Horst Köhler , Tarja Halonen, Carlo Azeglio Ciampi , Vaira Vīķe-Freiberga, Heinz Fischer , Aleksander Kwaśniewski, Jorge Sampaio, Janez Drnovšek, Ferenc Mádl |
3. | 2006 | Dresden | Germany | Horst Köhler, Tarja Halonen, Giorgio Napolitano , Vaira Vīķe-Freiberga, Heinz Fischer, Lech Kaczyński , Aníbal Cavaco Silva , Janez Drnovšek, László Sólyom |
4th | 2007 | Riga | Latvia | Horst Köhler, Tarja Halonen, Giorgio Napolitano, Valdis Zatlers , Heinz Fischer, Lech Kaczyński, Aníbal Cavaco Silva, Janez Drnovšek, László Sólyom |
5. | 2008 | Graz | Austria | Horst Köhler, Tarja Halonen, Giorgio Napolitano, Valdis Zatlers, Heinz Fischer, Lech Kaczyński, Aníbal Cavaco Silva, Danilo Türk , László Sólyom |
6th | 2009 | Naples | Italy | Horst Köhler, Tarja Halonen, Giorgio Napolitano, Valdis Zatlers, Heinz Fischer, Lech Kaczyński, Aníbal Cavaco Silva, Danilo Türk, László Sólyom |
7th | 2011 | Budapest | Hungary | Christian Wulff , Tarja Halonen, Giorgio Napolitano, Valdis Zatlers, Heinz Fischer, Bronisław Komorowski , Aníbal Cavaco Silva, Danilo Türk, Pál Schmitt |
8th. | 2012 | Helsinki | Finland | Christian Wulff, Tarja Halonen, Giorgio Napolitano, Andris Bērziņš , Heinz Fischer, Bronisław Komorowski, Aníbal Cavaco Silva, Danilo Türk, Pál Schmitt |
9. | 2013 | Krakow | Poland | Joachim Gauck , Rosen Plewneliew, Toomas Hendrik Ilves, Sauli Niinistö, Andris Bērziņš, Bronisław Komorowski , Aníbal Cavaco Silva, Borut Pahor |
10. | 2014 | Braga | Portugal | Joachim Gauck, Sauli Niinistö , Giorgio Napolitano, Andris Bērziņš, Heinz Fischer, Bronisław Komorowski, Aníbal Cavaco Silva, Borut Pahor , János Áder , Rossen Plewneliew |
11. | 2015 | Erfurt and Eisenach , Wartburg | Germany | Joachim Gauck, Sauli Niinistö, Sergio Mattarella , Raimonds Vējonis , Heinz Fischer, Andrzej Duda , Aníbal Cavaco Silva, Borut Pahor, János Áder, Toomas Hendrik Ilves, Rossen Plewneliew |
12. | 2016 | Sofia and Plovdiv | Bulgaria | Rossen Plewneliew, Joachim Gauck, Sauli Niinistö, Sergio Mattarella, Raimonds Vējonis, Marie Louise Coleiro Preca, Andrzej Duda, Aníbal Cavaco Silva, Borut Pahor, János Áder, Toomas Hendrik Ilves |
13. | 2017 | Valletta | Malta | Marie-Louise Coleiro Preca (Malta), Alexander van der Bellen (Austria), Rumen Radew (Bulgaria), Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović (Croatia), Kersti Kaljulaid (Estonia), Frank-Walter Steinmeier (Germany), Prokopis Pavlopoulos (Greece) , János Áder (Hungary), Sergio Matterella (Italy), Raimonds Vējonis (Latvia), Andrzej Duda (Poland), Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa (Portugal), Borut Pahor (Slovenia) |
14th | 2018 | Riga | Latvia | Rumen Radew, Frank-Walter Steinmeier, Kersti Kaljulaid, Sauli Niinistö, Prokopis Pavlopoulos, Sergio Mattarella, Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović, Raimonds Vējonis, Marie Louise Coleiro Preca, Alexander Van der Bellen, Andrzej Duda, Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, Borut Pahor |
15th | 2019 | Athens | Greece | Rumen Radew (Bulgaria), Kersti Kaljulaid (Estonia), Prokopis Pavlopoulos (Greece), Michael D. Higgins (Ireland), Sergio Mattarella (Italy), Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović (Croatia), Egils Levits (Latvia), George Vella (Malta ), Andrzej Duda (Poland), Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa (Portugal), Borut Pahor (Slovenia), János Áder (Hungary), Frank-Walter Steinmeier (Germany) |
Individual evidence
- ↑ word garlands: Presidents' meeting in Helsinki , the press , February 10, 2010. Retrieved on February 17 2012th
- ↑ Deutschlandfunk.de , Informations am Morgen , September 21, 2015, Henry Bernhard : Presidents meet at the Wartburg (February 16, 2016)
- ↑ www.bundespraesident.de: The Federal President / Calendar / "Arraiolos-Meeting" on Malta. Retrieved November 26, 2017 .
- ↑ www.bundespraesident.de: The Federal President / Travel and Dates / Arraiolos meeting in Greece. Retrieved October 29, 2019 .