European Council Summits

Giscard hosted the Paris summit that created the European Council as a regular forum for national leaders.

Represents Germany at the Paris summit where leaders establish regular meetings under the name European Council.

Supports the Paris decision creating the European Council and advancing direct European Parliament elections.

Supports the agreement creating the European Council and advancing direct European Parliament elections.

Represents Germany at the first meeting formally held under the title European Council.

Hosts the first formal meeting of the European Council at Dublin Castle.

Giscard represented France at the first meeting of the newly created European Council in Dublin.

Hosts the European Council as leaders discuss direct elections, a common passport and Community representation at G7 summits.

Hosts the European Council as leaders develop plans for a European Monetary System.

Represents Ireland as leaders develop plans for a European Monetary System.

Represents Italy as leaders develop plans for a European Monetary System.

Hosts the European Council as leaders debate the United Kingdom's Community budget contribution.

Represents Germany at the Venice European Council during discussions on economic policy and European political cooperation.

Represents Ireland as leaders discuss economic conditions and European political cooperation.

Hosts the European Council as Italy leads discussions on foreign policy, energy and economic cooperation.

Represents newly admitted Greece at its first year of European Council participation.

Mitterrand represented France at a European Council soon after becoming President and reaffirmed France's role in Community affairs.

Represents Germany as leaders discuss the Community budget, agriculture and renewed European integration.

Represents Greece at his first European Council after taking office as prime minister.

Represents Ireland as leaders consider budget disputes and renewed European integration.

Represents Greece as leaders consider economic recovery and Community budget questions.

Represents Greece as leaders address enlargement, budgetary disputes and future Community development.

Represents Ireland as leaders address enlargement, finances and future Community development.

Attends his first European Council as chancellor while the Community addresses budgetary and institutional questions.

Represents Greece as leaders adopt the Solemn Declaration on European Union.

Hosts the European Council as leaders adopt the Solemn Declaration on European Union.

Represents Ireland as leaders adopt the Solemn Declaration on European Union.

Hosts the European Council as leaders confront unresolved disputes over spending, agriculture and budget contributions.

Mitterrand chaired the Fontainebleau European Council, which settled major budget disputes and relaunched institutional reform.

Represents Germany as leaders seek a durable settlement of Community budget disputes and institutional reform.

Represents Greece as leaders settle major budget disputes and revive institutional reform.

Hosts the European Council as leaders resolve issues involving wine production, budget discipline and enlargement.

Represents Greece as leaders prepare for treaty reform and completion of the internal market.

Mitterrand supported launching treaty negotiations intended to deepen Community integration and complete the internal market.

Represents Germany as the Milan European Council considers institutional reform and completion of the internal market.

Represents Greece as leaders consider institutional reform and the internal-market programme.

Represents Ireland as leaders consider the internal market and institutional reform.

Hosts the European Council that sets the objective of completing the internal market by the end of 1992.

Represents Greece as negotiations on the Single European Act approach completion.

Represents Greece as leaders discuss implementation of the internal market and Community development.

Represents Greece as leaders review economic policy, enlargement and the Community's external role.

Represents Greece at the special summit that reaches agreement on Community financing and agricultural reform.

Hosts the European Council as leaders discuss monetary integration and the next stage of the internal market.

Represents Greece as leaders discuss monetary integration and establish the Delors Committee.

Represents Ireland as leaders establish the Delors Committee to study monetary union.

Represents Italy as leaders discuss monetary integration and establish the Delors Committee.

Mitterrand backed the decision to study a staged path toward European Economic and Monetary Union.

Hosts the European Council during Greece's Presidency as leaders discuss the internal market and monetary cooperation.

Represents Germany as leaders approve launching the first stage of economic and monetary union in July 1990.

Papandreou backs the Madrid timetable beginning the first phase of monetary union in July 1990.

Represents Ireland as leaders approve launching the first stage of economic and monetary union.

Represents Italy as leaders approve launching the first stage of economic and monetary union in July 1990.

Represents Germany as leaders consider monetary union, political change in Europe and future treaty negotiations.

Represents Greece as leaders consider monetary union and political transformation in Europe.

Represents Italy as leaders consider monetary union and the political changes reshaping Europe.

Mitterrand hosted European leaders as they agreed to convene negotiations on Economic and Monetary Union.

Supports Irish participation in preparations for treaty negotiations on monetary and political union.

Represents Germany at the special European Council discussing German unification and the changing political order in Europe.

Represents Greece as leaders discuss German unification and Europe's changing political order.

Hosts the special European Council that agrees a common approach to German unification.

Represents Italy at the special European Council discussing German unification and Europe's changing political order.

Hosts the European Council as leaders agree to launch conferences on political union and monetary union.

Represents Germany as leaders advance preparations for the second stage of economic and monetary union.

Mitsotakis joins the Rome summit as governments design the institutions and timetable for the next monetary-union phase.

Hosts the special European Council that advances plans for political union and monetary union.

Represents Greece as leaders open intergovernmental conferences on political union and monetary union.

Represents Ireland as the intergovernmental conferences on political and monetary union formally open.

Hosts the European Council that opens intergovernmental conferences on political union and monetary union.

Backs simultaneous negotiations on political union and economic and monetary union.

Represents Denmark as Community leaders review preparations for the intergovernmental conferences on political union and economic and monetary union.

Represents German foreign policy as leaders review the intergovernmental conferences preparing the Maastricht settlement.

Represents Greece as leaders review progress in the political and monetary union conferences.

Represents Ireland as leaders review progress in the two intergovernmental conferences.

Represents Italy as leaders review progress in the two intergovernmental conferences.

Represents Belgium during negotiations on the Treaty on European Union.

Represents Denmark as the Maastricht European Council opens the final negotiations on European Union.

Delors supported the Maastricht settlement on deeper political and economic integration.

Supports agreement on deeper political and economic integration.

Mitterrand worked with Helmut Kohl to secure agreement at the Maastricht European Council.

Works with Helmut Kohl to secure agreement on the treaty.

Represents Germany as the Maastricht European Council opens the decisive negotiations on European Union.

Represents Greece as the Maastricht European Council opens the decisive negotiations on European Union.

Represents Ireland as the Maastricht European Council opens the decisive negotiations on European Union.

Represents Italy as the Maastricht European Council opens the decisive negotiations on European Union.

Represents Luxembourg during the negotiations completed at Maastricht.

Hosts the European Council that reaches agreement on the new treaty.

Represents Portugal in the European Council treaty negotiations.

Represents Spain during negotiations establishing the European Union.

Represents Denmark as Community leaders discuss the ratification crisis created by the Danish referendum result.

Represents Greece as leaders review Maastricht ratification, economic policy and enlargement prospects.

Represents Denmark as European leaders address public confidence, subsidiarity and the continuing Maastricht ratification problem.

Represents Denmark as the European Council considers special arrangements intended to resolve the Danish Maastricht ratification problem.

Represents Greece as leaders address Maastricht ratification and future Community financing.

Represents Ireland as leaders address Maastricht ratification, financing and future enlargement.

Represents Germany as leaders formulate conditions that future candidate countries must meet before joining the European Union.

Represents Greece as leaders establish conditions for future enlargement to Central and Eastern Europe.

Represents Germany as leaders discuss enlargement, institutional development and preparation for the next intergovernmental conference.

Hosts the European Council as leaders address enlargement, institutional development and external policy.

Represents Ireland as leaders discuss enlargement and preparation for further institutional reform.

Represents Italy as leaders discuss enlargement and preparation for the next institutional reform conference.

Supports the Greek Presidency as the Corfu summit prepares future institutional reform.

Hosts the European Council as leaders develop a pre-accession strategy for Central and Eastern European applicant states.

Represents Greece as leaders develop a pre-accession strategy for Central and Eastern Europe.

Represents Ireland as leaders develop a pre-accession strategy for Central and Eastern Europe.

Represents Italy as leaders develop a pre-accession strategy for Central and Eastern Europe.

Chirac hosted European leaders at Cannes as they addressed enlargement, Mediterranean policy and preparations for monetary union.

Represents Germany as leaders agree the timetable for monetary union and choose euro as the single currency's name.

Represents Greece as leaders choose euro as the name of the future single currency.

Represents Ireland as leaders choose euro as the name of the future single currency.

Represents Italy as leaders choose euro as the name of the future single currency.

Represents Greece as the intergovernmental conference opens negotiations that later produce the Amsterdam Treaty.

Hosts the special European Council that opens the intergovernmental conference to revise Maastricht.

Represents Greece as leaders review progress in institutional reform and enlargement.

Hosts the European Council concluding Italy's presidency and reviewing the first stage of treaty-reform negotiations.

Hosts the European Council as leaders negotiate monetary rules and treaty reform.

Represents Germany as European leaders begin the Amsterdam summit that reaches political agreement on treaty reform.

Represents Greece as leaders reach political agreement on the Amsterdam Treaty.

Represents Ireland as leaders reach political agreement on the Amsterdam Treaty.

Represents Italy as leaders reach political agreement on the Amsterdam Treaty.

Represents Germany as leaders prepare for the launch of the euro and discuss employment and institutional reform.

Hosts the European Council that reaches an overall agreement on Agenda 2000 and future Union financing.

Hosts the European Council as leaders address employment, security policy and future institutional development.

Represents Greece as leaders take major enlargement decisions and recognise Turkey as a candidate country.

Represents Germany as leaders launch the Lisbon strategy for employment, economic reform and knowledge-based growth.

Represents Greece as leaders launch the Lisbon strategy for employment, innovation and economic reform.

Represents Ireland as leaders launch the Lisbon strategy for employment, innovation and economic reform.

Represents Italy as leaders launch the Lisbon strategy for employment, economic reform and innovation.

Participates as leaders negotiate institutional changes intended to prepare the Union for a major enlargement.

Represents Greece as leaders negotiate institutional changes intended to prepare the Union for enlargement.

Represents Irish diplomacy as leaders negotiate institutional reforms for enlargement.

Represents Italy as leaders negotiate institutional reforms intended to prepare the Union for enlargement.

Chirac chaired the Nice European Council, which reached agreement on institutional reforms for future enlargement.

Represents Greece as leaders review economic reform, employment and enlargement.

Represents Germany as leaders launch a broader debate on the future constitutional structure of the Union.

Represents Greece as leaders launch the Convention on the Future of Europe.

Hosts an informal European Council during the Greek Presidency as leaders discuss the future of Europe.

Hosts the European Council that strengthens the Union's commitment to the Western Balkans.

Represents Italy as leaders discuss the Union's future after the constitutional treaty ratification crisis.

Leads the European Council under the German Presidency as negotiations begin on a mandate for a new reform treaty.

Supports the compromise mandate that enables an intergovernmental conference to draft the Lisbon reform treaty.

Seeks assurances addressing Irish concerns over taxation, neutrality, ethical issues and retention of a national Commissioner.