Parliamentary dimension of the EU Council Presidency

Parallel to the EU Council Presidency of the governments of the EU member states , the national parliaments of the European Union agreed in 2000 to establish a separate parliamentary dimension for the EU Council Presidency . The parliaments are free as to how they shape the dimension. However, some standards have been established: for example, the Parliament or the addresses of parliament of a Member State, the President of the Parliament Conference of the EU Member States, whose country held the EU presidency in the second half of last year. The national chambers of parliament adopted their own rules of procedure for this purpose during the conference of EU parliamentary presidents in Rome in 2000. The aim is to preserve the role of the national parliaments and promote it as a whole. The international parliamentary exchange should also be strengthened.

Previous locations of the EU Parliament Presidents' Conference

2010: Rome
2011: Brussels
2012: Warsaw
2013: Nicosia
2014: Vilnius
2015: Rome
2016: Luxembourg
2017: Bratislava
2018: Tallinn
2019: Vienna

German holdings

Germany is represented at a high level at the conferences of the EU Parliament Presidents. Both the President of the Bundesrat and the President of the Bundestag take part in the conferences on a regular basis. In 2018, for example, Michael Müller as President of the Federal Council and Wolfgang Schäuble as President of the Bundestag took part in the conference in Tallinn .

Austrian participation

Austria has already held the EU Council Presidency twice. The Parliament of the Republic of Austria has put its own website online for the parliamentary dimension of the EU Council Presidency.

Observer states

The parliamentary dimension of the EU Council Presidency is also observed by other states outside the European Union. For example, the Presidents of the Parliaments of Bosnia and Herzegovina , Iceland , Norway and Switzerland , as well as the presidents of some candidate countries , including Albania , Montenegro , North Macedonia , Serbia and Turkey, also took part in the 2019 Conference of the Presidents of Parliament in Vienna .

Web links

parleu2020.de (Homepage on the German EU Council Presidency 2020)

Individual evidence

↑ Presidents of Parliament of the EU states: Rules of Procedure of the Conference of the Presidents of Parliament of the EU states. May 15, 2010, p. 2 , accessed January 17, 2020 .
↑ EU Speakers Page. Retrieved January 17, 2020 .
↑ President of the Federal Council Müller at the Conference of Speakers of Parliament in Tallinn. Retrieved January 17, 2020 .
↑ Secretariat of the EU Parliament Presidents' Conference 2018: Minutes. EU Parliament Presidents Conference 2018, accessed on January 17, 2020 .
^ The Austrian EU Council Presidency and the role of the Austrian Parliament. Retrieved January 17, 2020 .
^ Secretariat of the Conference of the Presidents of Parliament of the European Union: List of participants. Secretariat of the Conference of Presidents of Parliaments of the European Union, accessed on 17 January 2020 .

[1] Presidents of Parliament of the EU states: Rules of Procedure of the Conference of the Presidents of Parliament of the EU states. May 15, 2010, p. 2 , accessed January 17, 2020 .

[2] EU Speakers Page. Retrieved January 17, 2020 .

[3] President of the Federal Council Müller at the Conference of Speakers of Parliament in Tallinn. Retrieved January 17, 2020 .

[4] Secretariat of the EU Parliament Presidents' Conference 2018: Minutes. EU Parliament Presidents Conference 2018, accessed on January 17, 2020 .

[5] The Austrian EU Council Presidency and the role of the Austrian Parliament. Retrieved January 17, 2020 .

[6] Secretariat of the Conference of the Presidents of Parliament of the European Union: List of participants. Secretariat of the Conference of Presidents of Parliaments of the European Union, accessed on 17 January 2020 .