| 单词 | European Council |
| 释义 | European Council European Council a body both within and outside the EUROPEAN UNION. The European Council brings together the heads of state or of government of the MEMBER STATES and the President of the COMMIS- SION OF THE EUROPEAN UNION. They are assisted by the Ministers for Foreign Affairs and by a member of the Commission. It meets at least twice a year.Quite the most curious body in the EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, its ori- gins lie in the time when the COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION had given up voting by qualified majority and tried to seek unanimity. Decision-making became more difficult, and momentum was sought from the extra-Community intergovernmental Conference of Heads of State or Government because the parties at this gathering were eli- gible to be members of the Council proper. As a result of a resolution of that body, in 1974 the parties agreed to meet three times a year and whenever necessary to constitute themselves as the Council. When they meet, the President and senior vice-president of the Commis- sion attend. In practice, it does keep to overall policy and tries to con- sider issues of development and policy and the clearing of log jams. Its success has been rewarded by recognition in the SINGLE EUROPEAN ACT. |
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