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This website provides a record of the events which occurred during the 2010 Spanish Presidency of the Council of the EU

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The President of the Spanish Government, José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero, during his review of the first six months of the year at the European Parliament in Strasbourg.

The Presidency

6-07-2010

The President of the Spanish Government, José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero, highlighted that the Spanish Presidency has tried to generate “confidence and unity” in the EU, as well as making “substantial progress” in the economic union, during his review of the first six months of the year at the European Parliament in Strasbourg.

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The flamenco guitarist Niño Josele and the Hungarian singer Márta Sebestyén, during the closing ceremony of the cultural program of the Spanish Presidency of the EU.

Culture

27-06-2010

Madrid witnessed the closing ceremony of the cultural program of the Spanish Presidency of the EU, with 40 musicians from Spain, Belgium and Hungary participating in the "Europe en vivo 2010" ("Europe live 2010") festival. The grand concert is already stamped in the permanent memory of European culture.

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The President of the Spanish Government, José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero, during the press conference after his address to the Plenary of the European Parliament. EFE

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6-07-2010

Address of the President of the Spanish Government to the Plenary of the European Parliament [6 July]

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Summary of the President of the Spanish Government's address to the European Parliament [06-07-10]

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Buzek “pays tribute” to work of Spanish Presidency

06-07-2010

The President of the European Parliament, Poland's Jerzy Buzek, said that the new collaboration methods introduced between Parliament and the rotating Spanish Presidency will set "a very good example" for countries taking up the baton over the next year and a half: Belgium, Hungary and Poland.
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The Government is "reasonably satisfied" with the progress made during the Presidency of the EU

01-07-2010

The Spanish Government has resolved "in a satisfactory manner" an especially ambitious and complex Presidency for its reach and the range of challenges faced.
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Spain hands over to Belgium

01-07-2010

The Spanish Secretary of State for the EU, Diego López Garrido, declared that the EU already has monetary union and is on a “clear path” towards economic union. His statement was made during an event at the representation offices of the European Commission in Madrid to mark the end of the Spanish Presidency and the beginning of the Belgian Presidency.
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Evaluation of the six-month Presidency

01-07-2010

The Spanish Rotational Presidency, along with all the other European institutions, has managed to introduce the “new economic and political direction desired by EU citizens for this Europe of the 21st Century,” said the Spanish Minister for Foreign Affairs, Miguel Ángel Moratinos, this Wednesday.
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Lopez Garrido describes Spanish Presidency of EU as "effective and reliable"

30-06-2010

The Spanish Secretary of State for the EU, Diego Lopez Garrido, described the Spanish Presidency as "effective and reliable," after a half-year in which 100% of the objectives that depended on Spain were achieved.
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-SUMARY- Response to economic crisis, implementation of new institutions and 2020 Strategy: Evaluation of Spanish EU Presidency

30-06-2010

This six-month period has seen an immediate response to the economic and financial crisis; the design and approval of a strategy for growth and employment, including reforms with indicators, commitments and obligations capable of changing the economic growth model by the 2020 horizon, and the implementation of institutional changes introduced by the Treaty of Lisbon, among other achievements summarised below:
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Trio Presidency "an excellent experience" which will continue with Belgium and Hungary

28-06-2010

The Spanish Secretary of State for the EU, Diego Lopez Garrido, met his Belgian and Hungarian counterparts in Madrid to take stock of the Spanish Presidency and analyse the future priorities of the Trio Presidency's joint agenda
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Zapatero describes Spanish Presidency as "good"

23-06-2010

The President of the Spanish Government, José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero, speaking in the Spanish Congress of Deputies, gave an overview of the six-month period of the Spanish Presidency, which he described as "positive" and "useful".
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