From July 1, the Czech Republic holds the presidency of the Council of the European Union
The member states follow in a specific order with six-month periods. The current, the previous and the next presiding country form the Presidential Troika.
Since the Treaty of Lisbon, the country holding the presidency has had technical and organizational tasks, and its decisive role appears in the Council's political agenda. The task of the presidency is to mediate and to create compromises.
Hungary held the presidency of the EU from January 1 to June 30, 2011. In the period between July 1 and December 31, 2024, our country will once again perform the duties of the EU presidency in the trio formed with Belgium and Poland.
In honour of the start of the Czech Presidency of the EU starting today, Ambassador Pável Bílek gave a reception in Pristina, where he explained the priorities of the Czech Presidency.
Their priorities:
- handling the refugee crisis.
- reconstruction after the war against Ukraine,
- EU energy security,
- increasing defense capacities and cyber security,
- increasing the resilience of the European economy, and
- consolidation of democratic institutions.
Ambassador Tomas Szunyog, President Vjosa Osmani and Prime Minister Albin Kurti spoke at the reception.
We wish them success in achieving their realistic goals, because their success is the success of all the member states of the European Union.
