The Council of the European Union, sometimes informally called the Council of Ministers, goes back to the Treaties of Rome, signed in 1957, which created the European Economic Community and set up a Council to represent the member governments. It is made up of the ministers of each member state responsible for the subject being discussed, such as agriculture, finance or the environment, and it meets in Brussels and Luxembourg. Together with the European Parliament it adopts European legislation and approves the budget. The presidency of the Council rotates among the member states every six months. It received its present name in the Lisbon Treaty, which entered into force in 2009.
Before and after
- 1957Founding of European Economic and Social Committee
- 1957Founding of International Atomic Energy Agency
- 1957Creation of Fortran
- 1957Rise of Situationist International
- 1957Founding of Council of the European Union
- 10 January 1957Death of Gabriela Mistral
- 14 January 1957Death of Humphrey Bogart
- 8 February 1957Founding of Confederation of African Football
- 8 February 1957Death of John von Neumann
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- 22 March 1945Founding of Arab League
- 27 December 1945Founding of World Bank
- 14 September 1960Founding of Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries
- 1994Rise of Taliban
- 1 January 1995Founding of World Trade Organization
- 11 September 2001September 11 attacks
The era
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