European Council
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European Council
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European Union
The European Council (ER, informally also Euco, from the English European Council) is the committee of the heads of state and government of the European Union.
According to Art. 15 EU contract, the European Council of the EU "gives the impulses required for its development and determines the general political goals and priorities for this". In addition, the European Council also deals with important questions for which no consensus could be found at the ministerial level (i.e. in the Council of the European Union). The common foreign and security policy (GASP) is also often discussed.
The European Council is officially made up of the Union heads of state and government, the President of the European Council (President of the Council) and the President of the Commission, whereby the latter have no voting rights.
According to Art. 15 EU contract, the European Council of the EU "gives the impulses required for its development and determines the general political goals and priorities for this". In addition, the European Council also deals with important questions for which no consensus could be found at the ministerial level (i.e. in the Council of the European Union). The common foreign and security policy (GASP) is also often discussed.
The European Council is officially made up of the Union heads of state and government, the President of the European Council (President of the Council) and the President of the Commission, whereby the latter have no voting rights.
European Council
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Präsident des Europäischen Rates
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European Council
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Vorsitz im Rat der Europäischen Union
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European Council
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High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy
According to the Lisbon Treaty, the high representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy is also an external representative of the Euopean Council.
European Council
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Roderich Kiesewetter
In his first use of general staff, he was employed in the Federal Ministry of Defense (BMVG) and then in the Balkans (SFOR). This was followed by uses as a speaker at the European Council and the NATO headquarters in Brussels and Mons.