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Rotating EU presidency

The presidency of the different Council formations which negotiate and adopt EU laws rotates among the EU member states every six months. Within the long-term goals set by the three countries holding the presidency during a period of 18 months, each presidency prepares a detailed six-month programme.

At the beginning of each presidency, BusinessEurope presents its priorities for the semester during which the member state holding the EU presidency will lead the Council discussions.

Publications

Position papers Date
Warsaw declaration - BusinessEurope's Council of Presidents 29/11/2024
Budapest declaration - BusinessEurope's Council of Presidents 28/06/2024
Brussels declaration - BusinessEurope's Council of Presidents 24/11/2023
Madrid declaration - BusinessEurope's Council of Presidents 01/06/2023
Stockholm declaration - BusinessEurope's Council of Presidents 24/11/2022
BusinessEurope's priorities for the Czech presidency of the Council of the European Union 04/07/2022
Prague declaration - BusinessEurope's Council of Presidents 02/06/2022
Paris Declaration - BusinessEurope's Council of Presidents 26/11/2021
Press releases Date
Message to the Polish EU Presidency: A strong and competitive economy is the foundation for Europe’s security 29/11/2024
High time for a new European competitiveness deal: Business message to the Hungarian Presidency 28/06/2024
Business message to Belgian EU Presidency: Tackle the short-term challenges and empower the European economy for the future 24/11/2023
Business message to the Spanish EU Presidency: We need competitive companies to achieve economic and social progress 01/06/2023
Companies urgently need a game changing EU solution on energy and effective policies to improve competitiveness 25/11/2022
European business to future Portuguese EU presidency: Supporting the recovery of companies protects workers 27/11/2020
Industrial policy should be high up on the agenda 01/02/2018
Public letters Date
BusinessEurope's priorities for the French presidency of the Council of the European Union - Letter to Emmanuel Macron, President of the Republic of France 24/01/2022
BusinessEurope's priorities for the Slovenian Presidency of the Council of the European Union - Letter to Janez Janša, Prime Minister of the Republic of Slovenia 07/07/2021
BusinessEurope's priorities for the Portuguese Presidency of the Council of the European Union - Letter to António Costa, Prime Minister of Portugal 13/01/2021
BusinessEurope's priorities for the German Presidency of the Council of the European Union - Letter to Angela Merkel, Federal Chancellor of Germany 07/07/2020
BusinessEurope's priorities for the Croatian Presidency of the Council of the European Union - Letter to Andrej Plenković, Prime Minister of Croatia 19/12/2019
BusinessEurope's priorities for the Finnish Presidency of the Council of the European Union - Letter to Antti Rinne, Prime Minister of Finland 15/07/2019
BusinessEurope's priorities for the Romanian Presidency of the Council of the European Union - Letter from Pierre Gattaz and Markus J. Beyrer to Klaus Iohannis 21/01/2019
BusinessEurope's priorities for the Austrian Presidency of the Council of the European Union - Letter from Emma Marcegaglia and Markus J. Beyrer to Sebastian Kurz 26/06/2018
BusinessEurope's priorities for the Bulgarian Presidency of the Council of the European Union - Letter from Emma Marcegaglia and Markus J. Beyrer to Boyko Borissov 24/01/2018
Last updated: 7 July 2016