CIAO DATE: 01/2011
December 2010
Finnish Institute for International Affairs
The presidency of the Council of the European Union1 is still alive and rotating, albeit in a somewhat modified form, after the entering into force of the Treaty of Lisbon on 1 December 2009. At the same time as the prerogatives of the Council presidency were decreased in number by the new treaty, it was overshadowed by two new political figures with presidential mandates—the President of the European Council and the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy.
Resource link: The belittled trio: Towards a new managerial identity for the rotating EU Council presidency [PDF] - 1.8M