2020 German Presidency of the Council of the European Union information
From July to December, first of a trio
German Presidency of the Council of the European Union
Logo of the 2020 German presidency 1 July – 31 December 2020
Council of the European Union
Website
https://www.eu2020.de
Presidency trio
Germany
Portugal
Slovenia
← 2020 Croatia
2021 Portugal →
Germany held the presidency of the Council of the European Union during the second half of 2020.[1][2] The presidency was the first of three presidencies making up a presidency trio, followed by the presidency of Portugal and that of Slovenia.[3]
The German presidency occurred during the coronavirus pandemic.[1][4] It came near the end of longtime German chancellor Angela Merkel's time in office; Merkel had also held the chancellorship during Germany's previous presidency of the council, in 2007 [de].[5]
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