The foreign ministers meeting held during Germany s EU Council presidency produced the Nuremberg Declaration, which established a framework for closer EU ASEAN partnership.

Sarkozy regards an EU economic government as a way to preserve his leadership in the EU beyond France s Council presidency, which is now ending.

Sweden s assumption of the EU Presidency this month should help these efforts.

The presidency of the EU would mark the twilight of her career.

So the British, under Tony Blair s current presidency of the EU Council of Ministers, have gotten their way for now, and the Americans keen backers of Turkey s EU aspirations have once again succeeded in acting as a European power.

The rotating presidency of the EU is about to shed a spotlight on one of these countries.

The current EU presidency was able to convince the US administration that reviving the Quartet could be useful.

In 2015 Latvia hold the presidency of Council of the European Union.

The Presidency Council has now been elected and the Prime Minister named.

The Swedish EU Presidency will concentrate on starting up the concrete work the nuts and bolts of the Partnership.

We would also like to associate ourselves with the statement made by the presidency of the European Union (EU).

The rotating presidency will be replaced by an elected President of the Council.

Assessment of the work of the Security Council during Spain's presidency (September 2004)

The research results will be presented in September 2004, during a two day European conference during the Netherlands EU Presidency.

The aim is to leave to Germany s successors in the EU presidency Slovenia, Portugal, and France a roadmap for future reform.

Thus it is vitally important that Germany has made this a central issue for its EU presidency, which is just beginning.

Indeed, Erdoğan s has warned of a diplomatic rupture with the EU if Cyprus accedes to the Union s rotating presidency in 2012.

Assessment of the work of the Security Council during the presidency of Argentina (January 2005)

I hope that the Spanish EU Presidency will build on this experience to champion the launch of a comprehensive European Roma strategy.

Belgian Prime Minister Yves Leterme, as current holder of the rotating EU presidency, now speaks of greater European policy unity and coordination.

Although the Czech Republic will assume the EU presidency in January, this has not prevented the French President from convening a new EU summit under Sarkozy s leadership in the first half of 2009.

If he is able to return to New York, perhaps in January the current presidency of the Security Council would be happy to explore with the incoming presidency, Tanzania, whether they might consider holding such a meeting under their presidency.

Italy, as a member of the European Union (EU) and as the holder of its presidency two years ago, when the revitalization process was initiated, recalls the role played by the EU and notes that many EU proposals are reflected in resolution 59 95.

Whatever is decided about Zimbabwe s participation at the Cannes summit will also have an impact on plans for a major EU Africa Summit in Lisbon this fall, during Portugal s presidency of the EU. During the last Portuguese Presidency (January June 2000), the EU Africa Summit had to be cancelled because of a visa ban on Zimbabwean officials and the reluctance of Africans to attend if Mugabe was excluded.

France s presidency of the EU during the second half of 2008 showed that dynamic leadership is a quality widely appreciated by the European public.

The EU presidency represents us so well and so fully that it is difficult for us to find anything we would like to add.

The General Secretariat of the Council of the European Union, also known as Council Secretariat , assists the Council of the European Union, the Presidency of the Council of the European Union, the European Council and the President of the European Council.

Ms. Løj (Denmark) Allow me to formally congratulate Argentina on becoming a member of the Security Council and on assuming the presidency of the Council.

Assessment of the work of the Security Council during the presidency of the Republic of Benin (February 2005)

And allow me to thank the Permanent Representative of France for his presidency of the Council last month.

Mr. Carvell (United Kingdom) said that, as his country currently held the presidency of the EU, he would like to consult fellow EU member States before giving a considered response to the concerns that had been expressed.

For once, the faltering Czech presidency of the EU reflected a European consensus when it defined Obama s astronomic financial stimulus as a road to hell.

French and British leaders engaged in a heated quarrel that derailed the subsequent summit, before Britain assumed the rotating six month EU presidency in July.

When negotiations started six months ago, it was Britain s turn to take over the Presidency of the European Council.

We would like to congratulate Benin once again on its assuming the presidency of the Council for this month.

We therefore fully support the British presidency in its intention to submit a new draft resolution to the Council.

Indeed, while talking tough under the guidance of Nicolas Sarkozy s France, which currently holds the EU presidency, Europe has de facto resigned itself to Georgia s dismemberment.

Romania welcomes the recent confirmation of such a policy by the EU Council.

Mr. Carvell (United Kingdom), speaking as a representative of the current holder of the presidency of the European Union (EU), said that the delegations of EU member States had held informal consultations on the queries that had been raised at the previous meeting regarding possible EU ratification of the draft convention.

That summit comes at an auspicious time, as the EU reviews its European Neighborhood Policy (launched in 2004) and the Eastern Partnership (launched in 2009), ahead of a second grand summit in Budapest under the Hungarian EU presidency in May 2011.

France must show during its presidency that it truly cares for Europe and its role in the world, and that the EU is more than a French tool. Building a new leadership team for the EU will be Sarkozy s main task.

Croatia became a member of the United Nations Security Council for the 2008 2009 term, assuming presidency in December 2008.

We also congratulate Denmark on its exemplary handling of the presidency of the Security Council for the month of May.

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It is the Czech Republic s task, and that of the Swedish EU presidency that will follow our own, to maintain this unity as the PCA negotiations move forward.