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"We have brought the EU back on track"
29 December 13:39
Economic and financial crisis, disagreement on the climate change issue, institutional insecurity and government crisis in the country holding the Presidency at the time, the Czech Republic. When Sweden took over the Presidency of the EU Council of Ministers in 2009, the challenges were many. Looking back on a hectic autumn, Swedish Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt notes that the Swedish Presidency has achieved what it set out to achieve.
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The Stockholm Programme: Focus on the citizen 23 December 12:15
What has the 2009 Swedish Presidency achieved in the area of justice and hom...
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Webcast: Foreign Minister summarises foreign policy issues 30 December 10:51
At a press conference in Brussels on 21 December, Swedish Minister for Forei...
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“The devil is in the details” 30 December 15:20
112 meetings in 135 days with more than 20 000 delegates in over 65 differen...
Ambassador Christian Danielsson on the Swedish Presidency of the EU
EU Council configurations
On the Council pages, you can find information, news and events.
Major meetings taking place during the Presidency
- 29–30 October European Council Brussels
- 19 November Extra informal summit Brussels
- 16–17 November General Affairs and External Relations Council including defence and development ministers, 16–17 November Brussels
- 22–24 October European Development Days (EDD) Stockholm
- 8 December Meeting of foreign ministers within the Eastern Partnership Brussels
- 24–25 September The Swedish EU Presidency at the G20 meeting in Pittsburgh Pittsburgh
- 2 December Economic and Financial Affairs Council Brussels
- 30 November–1 December Justice and Home Affairs Council Brussels
- 30 November–1 December Employment, Social Policy, Health and Consumer Affairs Council Brussels
- 14–16 October Informal Meeting of Competitiveness Ministers Umeå
- 9–10 November Visby Agenda: creating impact for an eUnion 2015 Visby
- 13–15 September Informal Meeting of Agriculture and Fisheries Ministers Växjö
- 7–18 December United Nations Climate Change Conference, COP 15 Copenhagen
- 24–25 July Informal meeting of environment ministers Åre
- 16–17 December Create. Innovate. Grow. Closing conference of the European Year of Creativity and Innovation Stockholm
- 3 November EU-USA Summit Washington DC
- 30 November EU-China Summit, 30 November Nanjing
- 14–17 December Meeting of the European Parliament Strasbourg
