English Dictionary

Definition of “European Council”

European Council

an executive body of the European Union, made up of the President of the European Commission and representatives of the member states, including the foreign and other ministers. The Council acts at the request of the Commission

He will seek a declaration on Ireland's military neutrality from his EU partners at the European Council in Seville later this month.

Irish Times (2002)

Ministers would have to discuss their plans with peers ahead of European Council meetings.

Sun, News of the World (1999)

Mr Ahern was speaking during a short debate on the European Council meeting last week in Barcelona.

Irish Times (2002)

The Delors Group was to report back to the June 1989 European Council - that is in a year's time.

Thatcher, Margaret The Downing Street Years

The European Council of Ministers is in theory accountable to national populations, in so far as ministers are elected representatives.

Spiked (2005)

The gathering of leaders and foreign ministers of EU states came on the first day of a two-day European Council meeting in Gothenburg.

Sun, News of the World (2001)

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