Note élaborée par le secrétariat d'État pour l'Union Européenne et publiée le 4 novembre 2009 pour présenter le cadre général et les traits marquants de la présidence espagnole de l'Union européenne au cours du premier semestre 2010, présidence marquée surtout par la crise économique et les changements induits par l'entrée en vigueur du Traité de Lisbonne et par le Trio des présidences.

Draft summary of the framework strategy for the Team Presidency of Spain, Belgium and Hungary, the first to be conducted according to the new system of a trio of rotating Presidencies over 18 months, from 1 January 2010 to 30 June 2011. The document emphasises the importance of unity in the European Union to enable it to face the challenges of the modern world, especially the effects of the economic and financial crisis.

On 14 May 2009, HRH Juan Carlos I (on the right) receives José Manuel Barroso, President of the European Commission, for a bilateral meeting.

Address given by Diego López Garrido, Spanish State Secretary for the European Union, to the European Parliament on 15 December 2009 with the aim of highlighting the challenges and opportunities of the Spanish Presidency of the European Union in 2010, in a European and global climate marked by the economic and financial crisis, climate change, and the entry into force of the Lisbon Treaty and the resulting institutional changes.

Issue of the newspaper Aquí Europa devoted to the Spanish proposals on external relations, the economy, politics and other issues affecting society that were to be put forward during the first six months of 2010 when Spain holds the Presidency of the Council of the European Union for the fourth time.

The State Secretariat for the European Union publishes the programme for the fourth Spanish Presidency of the European Union, to be held in the first six months of 2010, which would be particularly dominated by the economic crisis and the implementation of the Lisbon Treaty.