The Lisbon Treaty delivered substantial institutional changes to the EU’s institutional set-up. It decapitated the rotating Council Presidency but at the same time strengthened the legislative role of the Council of Ministers. Two years after its coming into force the time has come to take stock and to evaluate the impact of the EU’s new rule-book on the Council Presidency. Given the ongoing euro crisis that hits the EU as never before, does the rotating Presidency still matter? Was the Belgian Presidency able to set precedents for future presidencies? How did Hungary and Poland perform and what is to be expected from Denmark and Cyprus?

On the occasion of the publication of ‘Readjusting the Council Presidency: Belgian Leadership in the EU’ (edited by Steven Van Hecke and Peter Bursens) a lunch conference is organised hosted by the Permanent Representation of Belgium to the EU. The Conference will take place on 23 January 2012, at the Permanent Representation of Belgium to the EU, 12.30-14.30.

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