Portuguese Presidency of the Council of the European Union 1992

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The Portuguese Presidency of the Council of the European Union in 1992 was Portugal’s first term leading the EU’s main decision-making body, during which it helped steer the Union’s agenda in the early post-Maastricht period.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Presidency of the Council of the European Union ⓘ
rotating EU Council presidency ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction European Communities ⓘ
European Union ⓘ
chronologicalPosition first Portuguese term leading the Council of the European Union ⓘ
continent Europe ⓘ
countryHoldingPresidency Portugal ⓘ
diplomaticFunction mediating between member states in Council negotiations ⓘ
representing the Council in international fora ⓘ
endTime 1992-06-30 ⓘ
followedBy United Kingdom Presidency of the Council of the European Union 1992 ⓘ
follows Dutch Presidency of the Council of the European Union 1991 ⓘ
governingBody Council of the European Union ⓘ
hasCharacteristic held by a single member state ⓘ
rotating every six months ⓘ
hasMeetingType European Council meetings ⓘ
linked to: European Council

sectoral Council meetings ⓘ
hasObjective advancing European integration after Maastricht Treaty ⓘ
coordinating policies among EC member states ⓘ
preparing for Maastricht Treaty ratification by member states ⓘ
hasPolicyArea economic policy coordination ⓘ
external relations of the European Communities ⓘ
preparation for Economic and Monetary Union ⓘ
single market ⓘ
hasRole chairing Council configurations ⓘ
representing the Council in relations with other EU institutions ⓘ
steering EU legislative agenda ⓘ
hasTemporalLocation early 1990s ⓘ
historicalSignificance contributed to shaping the EU agenda immediately after the Maastricht Treaty ⓘ
first time Portugal led the EU’s main decision-making body ⓘ
isFirstPresidencyOf Portugal ⓘ
languageUsed English ⓘ
French ⓘ
Portuguese ⓘ
legalBasis Treaty establishing the European Economic Community ⓘ
linked to: Treaty of Rome

Treaty on European Union ⓘ
locatedIn Brussels ⓘ
linked to: Brussels, Belgium

Luxembourg ⓘ
Portugal ⓘ
memberStateCount 12 ⓘ
partOf Council of the European Union ⓘ
partOfSeries Presidencies of the Council of the European Union ⓘ
precededByEvent signing of the Maastricht Treaty ⓘ
startTime 1992-01-01 ⓘ
supervises Council working parties and committees ⓘ
temporalContext post-Maastricht period ⓘ

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Centro Cultural de Belém → significantEvent → Portuguese Presidency of the Council of the European Union 1992 ⓘ