List of European Council meetings
1975–2009

List of European Council meetings

Section Title: 1975–2009
Table Section Text: None

#	Year	Date	Type	EU Council presidency	President-in-Office	Commission President	Host city	Notes

1	1975	10–11 March	―	Ireland	Liam Cosgrave	François-Xavier Ortoli	Dublin	[1] Inaugural formal Council

2	16–17 July	―	Italy	Aldo Moro	Brussels	[2]

3	1–2 December	―	Rome	[3] Established TREVI

4	1976	1–2 April	―	Luxembourg	Gaston Thorn	Luxembourg	[4]

5	12–13 July	―	Netherlands	Joop den Uyl	Brussels	[5]

6	29–30 November	―	The Hague	[6]

7	1977	25–27 March	―	UK	James Callaghan	Roy Jenkins	Rome	[7]

8	29–30 June	―	London	[8]

9	5–6 December	―	Belgium	Leo Tindemans	Brussels	[9]

10	1978	7–8 April	―	Denmark	Anker Jørgensen	Copenhagen	[10]

11	6–7 July	―	West Germany	Helmut Schmidt	Bremen	[11]

12	4–5 December	―	Brussels	[12]

13	1979	12–13 March	―	France	Valéry Giscard d'Estaing	Paris	[13]

14	21–22 June	―	Strasbourg	[14]

15	29–30 November	―	Ireland	Jack Lynch	Dublin	[15]

16	1980	17–18 April	―	Italy	Francesco Cossiga	Luxembourg	[16]

17	12–13 June	―	Venice	[17]

18	1–2 December	―	Luxembourg	Pierre Werner	Luxembourg	[18]

19	1981	23–24 March	―	Netherlands	Dries van Agt	Gaston Thorn	Maastricht	[19]

20	29–30 June	―	Luxembourg	[20]

21	26–27 November	―	UK	Margaret Thatcher	London	[21]

22	1982	29–30 March	―	Belgium	Wilfried Martens	Brussels	[22]

23	28–29 June	―	Brussels	[23]

24	3–4 December	―	Denmark	Poul Schlüter	Copenhagen	[24]

25	1983	21–22 March	―	West Germany	Helmut Kohl	Brussels	[25]

26	17–19 June	―	Stuttgart	[26]

27	4–6 December	―	Greece	Andreas Papandreou	Athens	[27]

28	1984	19–20 March	―	France	François Mitterrand	Brussels	[28][29]

29	25–26 June	―	Fontainebleau	[30] British rebate agreed

30	3–4 December	―	Ireland	Garret FitzGerald	Dublin	[31]

31	1985	29–30 March	―	Italy	Bettino Craxi	Jacques Delors	Brussels	[32] Initiated the IGC leading to the Single European Act

32	28–29 June	―	Milan	[33]

33	2–3 December	―	Luxembourg	Jacques Santer	Luxembourg	[34]

34	1986	26–27 June	―	Netherlands	Ruud Lubbers	The Hague	[35]

35	5–6 December	―	UK	Margaret Thatcher	London	[36]

36	1987	29–30 June	―	Belgium	Wilfried Martens	Brussels	[37]

37	4–5 December	―	Denmark	Poul Schlüter	Copenhagen	[38]

38	1988	11–13 February	―	West Germany	Helmut Kohl	Brussels	[39]

39	27–28 June	―	Hanover	[40]

40	2–3 December	―	Greece	Andreas Papandreou	Rhodes	[41]

41	1989	26–27 June	―	Spain	Felipe González	Madrid	[42]

42	18 November	Informal	France	François Mitterrand	Paris	[43]

43	8–9 December	―	Strasbourg	[44][45] European Council endorses German reunification despite some Anglo-French opposition.

44	1990	28 April	Extraordinary	Ireland	Charles Haughey	Dublin	[46]

45	25–26 June	―	Dublin	[47]

46	27–28 October	―	Italy	Giulio Andreotti	Rome	[48]

47	14–15 December	―	Rome	[49]

48	1991	8 April	Informal	Luxembourg	Jacques Santer	Luxembourg	[50]

49	28–29 June	―	[51]

50	9–10 December	―	Netherlands	Ruud Lubbers	Maastricht	[52] Signing of the Treaty of Maastricht

51	1992	27 June	―	Portugal	Aníbal Cavaco Silva	Lisbon	[53]

52	16 October	―	UK	John Major	Birmingham	[54]

53	11–12 December	―	Edinburgh	[55]

54	1993	21–22 June	―	Denmark	Poul Nyrup Rasmussen	Copenhagen	[56] Copenhagen criteria agreed

55	29 October	―	Belgium	Jean-Luc Dehaene	Brussels	[57]

56	10–11 December	―	Brussels	[58]

57	1994	24–25 June	―	Greece	Andreas Papandreou	Corfu	[59] Signing of the Accession Treaty of Austria, Finland, Sweden and Norway (Norway did not ratify)

58	15 July	―	Germany	Helmut Kohl	Brussels

59	9–10 December	―	Essen	[60]

60	1995	26–27 June	―	France	Jacques Chirac	Jacques Santer	Cannes	[61]

61	22–23 October	Extraordinary	Spain	Felipe González	Majorca

62	15–16 December	―	Madrid	[62]

63	1996	29–30 March	―	Italy	Lamberto Dini	Turin

64	21–22 June	―	Romano Prodi	Florence

65	5 October	Extraordinary	Ireland	John Bruton	Dublin

66	13–14 December	―	Dublin

67	1997	23 May	Informal	Netherlands	Wim Kok	Noordwijk

68	16–17 June	―	Amsterdam	Signed Treaty of Amsterdam

69	20–21 November	Extraordinary	Luxembourg	Jean-Claude Juncker	Luxembourg	Special council on Employment

70	12–13 December	―

71	1998	3 May	―	UK	Tony Blair	Brussels	Special Council on the Euro decides the 11 states which would enter the third stage of EMU

72	15–16 June	―	Cardiff

73	24–25 October	Informal	Austria	Viktor Klima	Pörtschach

74	11–12 December	―	Vienna

75	1999	26 February	Informal	Germany	Gerhard Schröder	Königswinter

76	25–26 March	―	Manuel Marin (Interim)	Berlin

77	14 April	Informal	Brussels

78	3–4 June	―	Cologne	Details below table

79	15–16 October	―	Finland	Paavo Lipponen	Romano Prodi	Tampere	Agreement on institutional reform

80	10–11 December	―	Helsinki

81	2000	23–24 March	―	Portugal	António Guterres	Lisbon	Agreed Lisbon Strategy

82	19–20 June	―	Santa Maria da Feira	Agreement to allow entry of Greece to the Eurozone

83	13–14 October	Informal	France	Jacques Chirac	Biarritz

84	7–9 December	―	Nice	Signed Treaty of Nice

85	2001	23–24 March	―	Sweden	Göran Persson	Stockholm

86, EU Summit 2001	15–16 June	―	Gothenburg	Enlargement, sustainable development, economic growth and structural reform, in addition to an EU-US summit

87	21 September	Informal	Belgium	Guy Verhofstadt	Brussels	Emergency council – Terrorism

88	19 October	Informal	Ghent

89	14–15 December	―	Laeken	Details below table

90	2002	15–16 March	―	Spain	José María Aznar López	Barcelona

91	21–22 June	―	Seville	Decided to reorganise the Council formations to achieve greater focus and efficiency

92	24–25 October	―	Denmark	Anders Fogh Rasmussen	Brussels

93	12–13 December	―	Copenhagen

94	2003	17 February	Extraordinary	Greece	Costas Simitis	Brussels	Iraq crisis - Presidency conclusions

95	20–21 March	―	Brussels	Presidency conclusions

96	16–17 April	Informal	Athens	Signing of the Treaty of Accession 2003, Declaration on Iraq European Convention

97	20 June	―	Thessaloniki	Presidency conclusions of the June 2003 meeting

98	4 October	Extraordinary	Italy	Silvio Berlusconi	Rome	Beginning of IGC on EU Constitution

99	16–17 October	―	Brussels	Presidency conclusions of the October 2003 meeting

100	12–13 December	―	Brussels	Presidency conclusions of the December 2003 meeting

101	2004	25–26 March	―	Ireland	Bertie Ahern	Brussels	Declaration on combating terrorism Presidency conclusions of the March 2004 meeting

102	17–18 June	―	Brussels	Presidency conclusions of the June 2004 meeting

103	4–5 November	―	Netherlands	Jan Peter Balkenende	Brussels	Presidency conclusions of the November 2004 meeting

104	16–17 December	―	José Manuel Barroso	Brussels	Presidency conclusions of the December 2004 meeting

105	2005	22–23 March	―	Luxembourg	Jean-Claude Juncker	Brussels	Presidency conclusions of the March 2005 meeting

106	16–17 June	―	Brussels	Declaration on the ratification of the Treaty establishing a Constitution for Europe Presidency conclusions of the June 2005 meeting

107	27 October	Informal	UK	Tony Blair	Hampton Court	Globalisation

108	15–16 December	―	Brussels	Presidency conclusions of the December 2005 meeting

109	2006	23–24 March	―	Austria	Wolfgang Schüssel	Brussels	Presidency conclusions of the March 2006 meeting

110	15–16 June	―	Brussels	Agreement to allow entry of Slovenia to the Eurozone Presidency conclusions of the June 2006 meeting

111	20 October	Informal	Finland	Matti Vanhanen	Lahti	Meeting with Vladimir Putin held in Sibelius Hall

112	14–15 December	―	Brussels	Presidency conclusions of the December 2006 meeting

113	2007	8–9 March	―	Germany	Angela Merkel	Brussels	Presidency conclusions of the March 2007 meeting

114	21–22 June	―	Brussels	Agreement on basis for the Treaty of Lisbon Agreement to allow entry of Malta and Cyprus to the Eurozone Presidency conclusions of the June 2007 meeting

115	18–19 October	Informal	Portugal	José Sócrates	Lisbon	Agreement reached on the Reform Treaty Discussed climate change and the US economic crisis.

116	14 December	―	Brussels	Signature of Reform Treaty in Lisbon on 13/12 European Council in Brussels the next day Presidency conclusions of the December 2007 meeting

117	2008	13–14 March	―	Slovenia	Janez Janša	Brussels	Agreed timeframe and principles of energy/climate change policy Presidency conclusions of the March 2008 meeting

118	19–20 June	―	Brussels	Presidency conclusions of the June 2008 meeting

119	13–14 July	Extraordinary	France	Nicolas Sarkozy	Paris	Barcelona process for the Mediterranean

120	1 September	Extraordinary	Brussels	Extraordinary summit on EU-Russia relations (Georgia crisis) Presidency conclusions of the September 2008 meeting

―	12 October	Euro summit	Paris	Eurozone summit conclusions of October 2008 meeting

121	15–16 October	―	Brussels	Presidency conclusions of the October 2008 meeting

122	7 November	Informal	Brussels	Informal summit on the global financial crisis Conclusions from meeting on the Global Financial Crisis

123	11–12 December	―	Brussels	Presidency conclusions of the December 2008 meeting

124	2009	1 March	Informal	Czech Republic	Mirek Topolánek	Brussels	Informal summit on the global financial crisis Conclusions of the Global Financial Crisis meeting on 1 March 2009

125	19–20 March	―	Brussels	Presidency conclusions of the March 2009 meeting

126	5 April	Informal (EU-USA summit)	Jan Fischer	Prague	US President Barack Obama in Prague Conclusions of the EU-USA relations meeting in April 2009

127	18–19 June	―	Brussels	Icelandic application accepted Presidency conclusions of the June 2009 meeting Press conference video: 1 and 2

128	17 September	Informal	Sweden	Fredrik Reinfeldt	Brussels	Preparation for the 2009 G-20 Pittsburgh summit Presidency conclusions of the September 2009 meeting Press conference video

129	29–30 October	―	Brussels	Presidency conclusions of the October 2009 meeting Press conference video

130	19 November	Informal	Brussels	Chose the first President of the European Council (Herman Van Rompuy) and the first High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy (Catherine Ashton) Presidency conclusions of the November 2009 meeting Press conference video

131	10–11 December	—	Brussels	Presidency conclusions of the December 2009 meeting, Minutes Press conference video: 1 and 2

Sentence(s)

The European Council was held at Laeken, Belgium, on 14–15 December 2001.
On 14–15 December 2001, the European Council was held at Laeken,Belgium.
The Laeken European Council was held in the Belgium, on 14–15 December 2001.

final_sentence: The European Council was held at Laeken, Belgium, on 14–15 December 2001.
final_sentence: On 14–15 December 2001, the European Council was held at Laeken,Belgium.
final_sentence: The Laeken European Council was held in the Belgium, on 14–15 December 2001.