The Presidency is opened by Commission's visit and official Opening Ceremony
In this week the first meetings at the political level will be held in Denmark during the Danish Presidency. The main event is the meeting between the Danish Government and the European Commission on...
View ArticleTogether at work
The European Commission visited Denmark on Wednesday January 11 and Thursday January 12.
View ArticleThe Prime Minister presents the Presidency programme in Strasbourg
Wednesday 18 January 2012 at the European Parliament’s plenary session, Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt will present the Danish Presidency programme.
View ArticleThe Danish Prime Minister’s speech in the European Parliament January 18th 2012
CHECK AGAINST DELIVERY Mr. President of the European Parliament, Mr. President of the European Commission, Distinguished Leaders of the Political Groups, Members of the European Parliament and the...
View ArticleThe Danish Crown Prince couple participates in the Presidency’s opening...
The Danish presidency is already well on its way when Danish Radio’s Big Band plays in Brussels on January 26. The Crown Prince couple takes part in the opening concert.
View ArticleDanish art and design in Brussels
Classic and contemporary Danish furniture design combined with modern Danish art and crafts are exhibited at the Council building in Brussels during the Danish Presidency of the Council of the European...
View ArticleThe Danish EU Presidency’s photo competition: EU Snapshots of Your Life
Under the headline “EU Snapshots of Your Life”, the Danish EU Presidency has held a photo competition primarily aimed at young people who have taken photos of how the EU affects their daily lives.
View ArticlePresentation of the Presidency priorities in the Committees of the European...
24 presentations by 15 ministers in 16 EP Committees over 3 days
View ArticleHow to innovate a Council Meeting
Director of Innovation in Mindlab Christian Bason gives an insight into the thoughts behind the untraditional ministerial meeting which is to be held in Copenhagen 3 February.
View ArticlePrime Minister Thorning-Schmidt meets with President Sarkozy
Monday 20 February 2012 Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt will meet the French President Nicolas Sarkozy in Paris.
View ArticleMinister for the Environment Ida Auken strengthens relations between Europe...
"We have established very important relations to the African countries", says the Danish Minister for Environment Ida Auken. Representing the EU as the head of the delegation of the rotating EU...
View ArticleThe digital road to growth and jobs
Next week's European High Level Conference in Copenhagen will focus on the Digital Single Market as a driver for economic growth and jobs across Europe. Decision makers from all corners of the...
View ArticleWammen: Important step on Serbia’s road toward the EU
Serbia and Kosovo have reached an agreement on two important issues that have so far created problems in their relations.
View ArticlePrime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt's speech at the Centre for European...
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View ArticleSøvndal and Bildt open the EU Presidency’s lecture series with a lecture on...
While recession is dominating European politics, democratisation is high on the agenda when the Arab Spring is the topic of debate. But can the EU deal with its own problems and financial crisis and...
View ArticleMinister for Foreign Affairs Søvndal and Minister for European Affairs Wammen...
Minister for Foreign Affairs Villy Søvndal will participate in three debates in the European Parliament on Wednesday 14 March on behalf of High Representative, Vice-President of the Commission...
View ArticleThe Danish Presidency launches the EU's Citizen Initiative in Copenhagen and...
When the Citizens' Initiative enters into force on 1 April 2012, the EU citizens gain a new op-portunity to influence the EU agenda. This is celebrated by the Danish EU Presidency with a public debate...
View ArticleDebating the Future of Europe
To stimulate the debate about the challenges facing Europe the Danish newspaper Politiken has invited a number of prominent European opinion leaders to write an essay on Europe. Also, a series of...
View ArticleIncreased safety for neighbours to hazardous industrial sites
The Danish EU Presidency has brokered a new agreement with the European Parliament. European citizens will in the near future be able to see if they have Seveso sites in their neighbourhood on the...
View ArticleShow me the money: Welfare and European economies
Can the Euro survive the economic turmoil in Greece, Spain and Italy? To what extend will the richer countries accept the burden of debt? Will the European welfare state survive under the current...
View ArticleOpen opportunities for an EU career
The EU institutions employ nearly 40,000 people widely representing the EU. They put their mark on the European political work with their different approaches and spectrum of solutions.
View ArticleThe Future of the EU - moving forward together?
How can we trigger European economic growth? What divides and what unifies? What reforms are needed? And are the member states willing to make the necessary changes to move forward as a union? These...
View ArticleMinister for European Affairs had UV rays on the menu
"Health, Environment and Climate Change are at the heart of the Danish EU Presidency," said Minister for European Affairs Nicolai Wammen, when he, together with Her Royal Highness Crown Princess Mary...
View ArticleGreen snapshots of EU in your daily life
Europe Day, 9 May, is the last chance to participate in the Danish EU Presidency’s photo competition 'EU Snapshots of Your Life' and win tablets.
View ArticleDanish cinema across Europe
Movie buffs in Sofia will soon get to see two Danish Oscar Winners at close range. In Copenhagen, young European filmmakers met in April during the film festival CPH PIX for five days of inspiration...
View ArticleEU candidate country: A strategic and existential choice
The door is ajar for a number of countries' membership of the EU, but what are the prospects of the new countries' accession and what does it means for the countries to join and for the EU to have more...
View ArticleEU pedalling on Europe Day
Denmark boosts bicycling in the capitals of Europe, when Europe Day on 9 May is celebrated with green events throughout the EU.
View ArticlePrime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt meets the President of the European...
Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt will meet with the President of the European Council, Herman Van Rompuy today in Copenhagen. The main themes of the meeting will be the informal meeting of the...
View ArticleMinisters ride the bike to Danish Meetings
In a nation, where 95 pct. of the population own a bike it is only natural, that a two-wheel ride is offered to EU delegates as well.
View ArticleParliamentarians from far and near gather in Horsens
Denmark is hosting the presidency of the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly 23-30 May in Horsens. The meeting will be the biggest event on Danish soil during the EU Presidency, counting more than 400...
View ArticleThe EU opened its doors to the public
In celebration of the 20th Festival of Europe, the European institutions opened their doors to the public on Open Day 12 May. Among the debates, dancing, music and street art, the Danish EU...
View ArticleMinister for European Affairs discusses growth in the European Parliament
Today Nicolai Wammen will discuss ways to generate investment, growth and jobs in the EU with the parliamentarians. The debate takes place ahead of the informal meeting among the Heads of State or...
View ArticlePhoto Gallery: Behind the scenes of the Danish Presidency
Behind every result, decision and compromise negotiated by a Council Presidency, is hard work by many people. People that set the policy, people working out the nitty-gritty details, people that...
View ArticleThe Prime Minister welcomes politicians from 78 developing countries in Horsens
Today, Monday 28 May, Prime Minster Helle Thorning-Schmidt and President of the Danish Parliament Mogens Lykketoft welcomed politicians from 78 developing countries as well as from the European...
View ArticleHedegaard and Lidegaard: The need to form alliances across continents to...
Today, Tuesday 29 May, the EU Commissioner for Climate Action, Connie Hedegaard, and the Minister for Climate, Energy and Buildings, Martin Lidegaard, discussed climate change and its impact on...
View ArticleDanish Development Minister Friis Bach engaged in lively debate on EU...
160 parliamentarians from African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) countries and Europe had a number of questions for the Danish Minister for Development Cooperation Christian Friis Bach during the ACP-EU...
View ArticleA hectic last month for the Presidency
The Danish Presidency is now entering a decisive phase. The Presidency has already reached agreement on several important files to the benefit of both European citizens and businesses, but despite that...
View ArticleEurope and European life captured by photographic lenses
Under the headline ‘EU Snapshots of Your Life’, the Danish EU Presidency has organized a photo competition primarily aimed at young people taking photos of how the EU and Europe affects their daily...
View ArticleLast Plenary Session in the European Parliament during the Danish Presidency
The Minister for European Affairs, Mr Wammen, will attend the European Parliament’s plenary session in Strasbourg the 12th – 13th of June. It is the last out of nine plenary sessions during the Danish...
View ArticleCome and meet the Presidency at the annual political festival on Bornholm
Meet the Presidency for a chat about the six months as chair of the EU Council of Ministers and join when Minister for European Affairs Nicolai Wammen debate the results of the Presidency with...
View ArticleThe Presidency debriefs in the European Parliament’s committees
The Danish Presidency ends in a few weeks. As an established tradition, the Presidency will debrief the European Parliament on the results obtained during the presidency. In the week to come, six...
View ArticleDenmark organises the EU’s first sustainable Presidency
The Danish Presidency of the Council has been certified as sustainable under the new international ISO20121 standard for sustainable events. The standard is developed for large events such as the...
View ArticleLast Presidency meeting is not the end for Horsens
150 km of cords and cables are to be rolled up and packed away. Flowers and plants are placed carefully in boxes. They are not to be thrown out, but in line with the sustainability profile of the...
View ArticleDenmark launches the world’s first nation branding smartphone application...
Denmark launches a new journalistic shortcut to Denmark: Denmark Stay Tuned.
View ArticlePreliminary list of selected results achieved during the Danish Presidency of...
A Responsible Europe Conclusion of the first phase of the European Semester Agreement with the European Parliament on the regulation aimed at increasing transparency and reducing risk in the...
View ArticleThe Presidency in numbers
For six months, Denmark has held the Presidency of the Council of the European Union. This has meant a lot of hard work not only for Danish ministers, but also for employees at ministries, government...
View ArticlePrime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt will speak at the European Parliament's...
On 3 July Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt will participate in the European Parliament’s plenary session where the Prime Minister is invited to take stock of the Danish EU Presidency. During the...
View ArticleEurope at work - The results of the Danish Presidency
After six months as President of the Council, the Danish Government has today released a publication of the facts and results of the Presidency.
View ArticlePrime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt's speech in the European Parliament on...
Check against delivery President of the European Parliament President of the European Commission Distinguished Leaders of the Political Groups Members of the European Parliament and the European...
View ArticleFarewell message from Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt
The Danish EU Presidency has been about creating growth and new jobs. Unemployment, absent growth and financial instability are the great challenges of Europe right now. Our Presidency has worked for...
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