Zhodnocení českého předsednictví v Radě EU. Shrnutí a doporučení vyplývající z diskuze kulatého stolu Národního konventu o EU konaného dne 24. února 2023
Evaluation of the Czech Presidency of the Council of the EU. Summary and recommendations resulting from the round table discussion of the National Convention on the EU held on 24 February 2023

Author(s): Zuzana Kasáková, Vít Havelka
Subject(s): International relations/trade, EU-Approach / EU-Accession / EU-Development
Published by: EUROPEUM - Institut pro evropskou politiku
Summary/Abstract: The Czech Republic's presidency of the Council of the EU ended in December 2022. The Czech Republic took on its presidency for the second time and once again cooperated with France and Sweden within the presidency trio. However, the context in which the Czech Republic carried out its role changed. Russian aggression in Ukraine led to a fundamental reassessment of the program priorities of both the Czech presidency and the entire presidency trio. The European Union had to deal with the impacts of the war in Ukraine and still the impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic. Unlike in 2009, this time the Czech presidency took place in the post-Lisbon functioning of the EU, which, among other things, meant a limitation of the role of the rotating presidency in the European Council, where this authority was transferred to the permanent president, or the Foreign Affairs Council, which is chaired by the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy.

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