Spanish presidency of the Council of the EU - 2023

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On 1 July 2023, Spain takes over the presidency of the Council of the European Union for six months.

The European Economic and Social Committee develops a set of activities in cooperation with the presidency, mainly preparing exploratory opinions at the request of the presidency and organising events on topics of common interest in cooperation with the presidency. In this webpage, you can find all the information of these EESC activities.

The main priorities of the Spanish presidency of the Council of the European Union are the following:

  • Reindustrialise the EU and ensure its open strategic autonomy
  • Advance in the green transition and the environmental adaptation
  • Promoting greater social and economic justice
  • Strengthening European unity

More information on the Spanish presidency priorities is available here:
https://spanish-presidency.consilium.europa.eu/en/programme/priorities/

More information on the trio of presidency priorities is available here:
https://spanish-presidency.consilium.europa.eu/en/programme/trio-programme/