List of European Council meetings
1975–2009
Columns: Year | Date | Type | EU Council presidency | President-in-Office | Host city
1975 | 10–11 March | ― | Ireland | Liam Cosgrave | Dublin | 1975 | 16–17 July | ― | Italy | Aldo Moro | Brussels | 1975 | 1–2 December | ― | Italy | Aldo Moro | Rome | 1976 | 1–2 April | ― | Luxembourg | Gaston Thorn | Luxembourg | 1976 | 12–13 July | ― | Netherlands | Joop den Uyl | Brussels | 1976 | 29–30 November | ― | Netherlands | Joop den Uyl | The Hague | 1977 | 25–27 March | ― | UK | James Callaghan | Rome | 1977 | 29–30 June | ― | UK | James Callaghan | London | 1977 | 5–6 December | ― | Belgium | Leo Tindemans | Brussels | 1978 | 7–8 April | ― | Denmark | Anker Jørgensen | Copenhagen | 1978 | 6–7 July | ― | Germany | Helmut Schmidt | Bremen | 1978 | 4–5 December | ― | Germany | Helmut Schmidt | Brussels | 1979 | 12–13 March | ― | France | Valéry Giscard d'Estaing | Paris | 1979 | 21–22 June | ― | France | Valéry Giscard d'Estaing | Strasbourg | 1979 | 29–30 November | ― | Ireland | Jack Lynch | Dublin | 1980 | 17–18 April | ― | Italy | Francesco Cossiga | Luxembourg | 1980 | 12–13 June | ― | Italy | Francesco Cossiga | Venice | 1980 | 1–2 December | ― | Luxembourg | Pierre Werner | Luxembourg | 1981 | 23–24 March | ― | Netherlands | Dries van Agt | Maastricht | 1981 | 29–30 June | ― | Netherlands | Dries van Agt | Luxembourg | 1981 | 26–27 November | ― | UK | Margaret Thatcher | London | 1982 | 29–30 March | ― | Belgium | Wilfried Martens | Brussels | 1982 | 28–29 June | ― | Belgium | Wilfried Martens | Brussels | 1982 | 3–4 December | ― | Denmark | Poul Schlüter | Copenhagen | 1983 | 21–22 March | ― | Germany | Helmut Kohl | Brussels | 1983 | 17–19 June | ― | Germany | Helmut Kohl | Stuttgart | 1983 | 4–6 December | ― | Greece | Andreas Papandreou | Athens | 1984 | 19–20 March | ― | France | François Mitterrand | Brussels | 1984 | 25–26 June | ― | France | François Mitterrand | Fontainebleau | 1984 | 3–4 December | ― | Ireland | Garret FitzGerald | Dublin | 1985 | 29–30 March | ― | Italy | Bettino Craxi | Brussels | 1985 | 28–29 June | ― | Italy | Bettino Craxi | Milan | 1985 | 2–3 December | ― | Luxembourg | Jacques Santer | Luxembourg | 1986 | 26–27 June | ― | Netherlands | Ruud Lubbers | The Hague | 1986 | 5–6 December | ― | UK | Margaret Thatcher | London | 1987 | 29–30 June | ― | Belgium | Wilfried Martens | Brussels | 1987 | 4–5 December | ― | Denmark | Poul Schlüter | Copenhagen | 1988 | 11–13 February | ― | Germany | Helmut Kohl | Brussels | 1988 | 27–28 June | ― | Germany | Helmut Kohl | Hanover | 1988 | 2–3 December | ― | Greece | Andreas Papandreou | Rhodes | 1989 | 26–27 June | ― | Spain | Felipe González | Madrid | 1989 | 18 November | Informal | France | François Mitterrand | Paris | 1989 | 8–9 December | ― | France | François Mitterrand | Strasbourg | 1990 | 28 April | Extraordinary | Ireland | Charles Haughey | Dublin | 1990 | 25–26 June | ― | Ireland | Charles Haughey | Dublin | 1990 | 27–28 October | ― | Italy | Giulio Andreotti | Rome | 1990 | 14–15 December | ― | Italy | Giulio Andreotti | Rome | 1991 | 8 April | Informal | Luxembourg | Jacques Santer | Luxembourg | 1991 | 28–29 June | ― | Luxembourg | Jacques Santer | Luxembourg | 1991 | 9–10 December | ― | Netherlands | Ruud Lubbers | Maastricht | 1992 | 27 June | ― | Portugal | Aníbal Cavaco Silva | Lisbon | 1992 | 16 October | ― | UK | John Major | Birmingham | 1992 | 11–12 December | ― | UK | John Major | Edinburgh | 1993 | 21–22 June | ― | Denmark | Poul Nyrup Rasmussen | Copenhagen | 1993 | 29 October | ― | Belgium | Jean-Luc Dehaene | Brussels | 1993 | 10–11 December | ― | Belgium | Jean-Luc Dehaene | Brussels | 1994 | 24–25 June | ― | Greece | Andreas Papandreou | Corfu | 1994 | 15 July | ― | Germany | Helmut Kohl | Brussels | 1994 | 9–10 December | ― | Germany | Helmut Kohl | Essen | 1995 | 26–27 June | ― | France | Jacques Chirac | Cannes | 1995 | 22–23 October | Extraordinary | Spain | Felipe González | Majorca | 1995 | 15–16 December | ― | Spain | Felipe González | Madrid | 1996 | 29–30 March | ― | Italy | Lamberto Dini | Turin | 1996 | 21–22 June | ― | Italy | Romano Prodi | Florence | 1996 | 5 October | Extraordinary | Ireland | John Bruton | Dublin | 1996 | 13–14 December | ― | Ireland | John Bruton | Dublin | 1997 | 23 May | Informal | Netherlands | Wim Kok | Noordwijk | 1997 | 16–17 June | ― | Netherlands | Wim Kok | Amsterdam | 1997 | 20–21 November | Extraordinary | Luxembourg | Jean-Claude Juncker | Luxembourg | 1997 | 12–13 December | ― | Luxembourg | Jean-Claude Juncker | Luxembourg | 1998 | 3 May | ― | UK | Tony Blair | Brussels | 1998 | 15–16 June | ― | UK | Tony Blair | Cardiff | 1998 | 24–25 October | Informal | Austria | Viktor Klima | Pörtschach | 1998 | 11–12 December | ― | Austria | Viktor Klima | Vienna | 1999 | 26 February March | Informal | Germany | Gerhard Schröder | Königswinter | 1999 | 25–26 March | ― | Germany | Gerhard Schröder | Berlin | 1999 | 14 April | Informal | Germany | Gerhard Schröder | Brussels | 1999 | 3–4 June | ― | Germany | Gerhard Schröder | Cologne | 1999 | 15–16 October | ― | Finland | Paavo Lipponen | Tampere | 1999 | 10–11 December | ― | Finland | Paavo Lipponen | Helsinki | 2000 | 23–24 March | ― | Portugal | António Guterres | Lisbon | 2000 | 19–20 June | ― | Portugal | António Guterres | Santa Maria da Feira | 2000 | 13–14 October | Informal | France | Jacques Chirac | Biarritz | 2000 | 7–9 December | ― | France | Jacques Chirac | Nice | 2001 | 23–24 March | ― | Sweden | Göran Persson | Stockholm | 2001 | 15–16 June | ― | Sweden | Göran Persson | Gothenburg | 2001 | 21 September | Informal | Belgium | Guy Verhofstadt | Brussels | 2001 | 19 October | Informal | Belgium | Guy Verhofstadt | Ghent | 2001 | 14–15 December | ― | Belgium | Guy Verhofstadt | Laken | 2002 | 15–16 March | ― | Spain | José María Aznar López | Barcelona | 2002 | 21–22 June | ― | Spain | José María Aznar López | Seville | 2002 | 24–25 October | ― | Denmark | Anders Fogh Rasmussen | Brussels | 2002 | 12–13 December | ― | Denmark | Anders Fogh Rasmussen | Copenhagen | 2003 | 17 February | Extraordinary | Greece | Costas Simitis | Brussels | 2003 | 20–21 March | ― | Greece | Costas Simitis | Brussels | 2003 | 16–17 April | Informal | Greece | Costas Simitis | Athens | 2003 | 20 June | ― | Greece | Costas Simitis | Thessaloniki | 2003 | 4 October | Extraordinary | Italy | Silvio Berlusconi | Rome | 2003 | 16–17 October | ― | Italy | Silvio Berlusconi | Brussels | 2003 | 12–13 December | ― | Italy | Silvio Berlusconi | Brussels | 2004 | 25–26 March | ― | Ireland | Bertie Ahern | Brussels | 2004 | 17–18 June | ― | Ireland | Bertie Ahern | Brussels | 2004 | 4–5 November | ― | Netherlands | Jan Peter Balkenende | Brussels | 2004 | 16–17 December | ― | Netherlands | Jan Peter Balkenende | Brussels | 2005 | 22–23 March | ― | Luxembourg | Jean-Claude Juncker | Brussels | 2005 | 16–17 June | ― | Luxembourg | Jean-Claude Juncker | Brussels | 2005 | 27 October | Informal | UK | Tony Blair | Hampton Court | 2005 | 15–16 December | ― | UK | Tony Blair | Brussels | 2006 | 23–24 March | ― | Austria | Wolfgang Schüssel | Brussels | 2006 | 15–16 June | ― | Austria | Wolfgang Schüssel | Brussels | 2006 | 20 October | Informal | Finland | Matti Vanhanen | Lahti | 2006 | 14–15 December | ― | Finland | Matti Vanhanen | Brussels | 2007 | 8–9 March | ― | Germany | Angela Merkel | Brussels | 2007 | 21–22 June | ― | Germany | Angela Merkel | Brussels | 2007 | 18–19 October | Informal | Portugal | José Sócrates | Lisbon | 2007 | 14 December | ― | Portugal | José Sócrates | Brussels | 2008 | 13–14 March | ― | Slovenia | Janez Janša | Brussels | 2008 | 19–20 June | ― | Slovenia | Janez Janša | Brussels | 2008 | 13–14 July | Extraordinary | France | Nicolas Sarkozy | Paris | 2008 | 1 September | Extraordinary | France | Nicolas Sarkozy | Brussels | 2008 | 12 October | Euro summit | France | Nicolas Sarkozy | Paris | 2008 | 15–16 October | ― | France | Nicolas Sarkozy | Brussels | 2008 | 7 November | Informal | France | Nicolas Sarkozy | Brussels | 2008 | 11–12 December | ― | France | Nicolas Sarkozy | Brussels | 2009 | 1 March | Informal | Czech Republic | Mirek Topolánek | Brussels | 2009 | 19–20 March | ― | Czech Republic | Mirek Topolánek | Brussels | 2009 | 5 April | Informal (EU-USA summit) | Czech Republic | Jan Fischer | Prague | 2009 | 18–19 June | ― | Czech Republic | Jan Fischer | Brussels | 2009 | 17 September | Informal | Sweden | Fredrik Reinfeldt | Brussels | 2009 | 29–30 October | ― | Sweden | Fredrik Reinfeldt | Brussels | 2009 | 19 November | Informal | Sweden | Fredrik Reinfeldt | Brussels | 2009 | 10–11 December | — | Sweden | Fredrik Reinfeldt | Brussels