Group photo of the final European Council attended by the Heads of State or Government of the Nine, as well as by the President of the Commission, held in Luxembourg on 1 and 2 December 1980. Front row: Pierre Werner, Luxembourg Prime Minister and President-in-Office of the European Council (centre), with the French Head of State, the Heads of Government and the President of the Commission (left). Second and third rows: Ministers of Foreign Affairs.

Group photo of the first European Council attended by the Heads of State or Government of the Ten, as well as by the President of the Commission, held in Maastricht on 23 and 24 March 1981. Front and second rows: Andries van Agt, Netherlands Prime Minister and President-in-Office of the European Council (centre), with the French Head of State, the Heads of Government and the President of the Commission (right). Third and fourth rows: Ministers for Foreign Affairs and the Vice-President of the Commission.

Group photo of the Heads of State or Government of the 10 Member States of the European Communities and the President of the Commission at the 1984 Fontainebleau European Council of 25 and 26 June 1984. Front row: François Mitterrand, French President and President-in-Office of the European Council (centre), with the Heads of Government and the President of the Commission (right). Second row: Ministers for Foreign Affairs.

Group photo of the final European Council attended by the Heads of State or Government of the Ten, as well as by the President of the Commission, held in Luxembourg on 2 and 3 December 1985. Front row: Jaques Santer, Luxembourg Prime Minister and President-in-Office of the European Council (centre), with the French Head of State, the Heads of Government and the President of the Commission (left). Second and third rows: Ministers of Foreign Affairs.

Group photo of the first European Council attended by the Heads of State or Government of the Twelve, as well as by the President of the Commission, held in The Hague on 26 and 27 June 1986. Front row: Ruud Lubbers, Netherlands Prime Minister and President-in-Office of the European Council (centre), with the French Head of State, the Heads of Government and the President of the Commission (third from the left). Second row: Ministers for Foreign Affairs and the Vice-President of the Commission.

Group photo of the Heads of State or Government of the 12 Member States of the European Communities and of the President of the Commission at the European Council meeting in Maastricht on 9 and 10 December 1991. Front and second rows: Ruud Lubbers, Netherlands Prime Minister and President-in-Office of the European Council, with the Netherlands and the French Heads of State, the Heads of Government and the President of the Commission (second row, centre). Third row: Ministers for Foreign Affairs. At this meeting, the European Council approves the Draft Treaty on European Union.

Group photo of the Heads of State or Government of the 12 Member States of the European Communities and of the President of the Commission at the European Council meeting in Essen on 9 and 10 December 1994. In the front row: Helmut Kohl (centre), German Chancellor and President-in-Office of the European Council, with the French Head of State, the Heads of Government and the President of the Commission. In the second row: the Ministers for Foreign Affairs. The European Council in Essen is the final Summit that Jacques Delors attends as President of the European Commission.

From 1995 to 2004, two Heads of State participate in European Councils. The photograph, taken at the Copenhagen European Council, held on 12 and 13 December 2002, shows: Jacques Chirac, President of France; and Tarja Halonen, President of Finland.

Group photo of the first European Council attended by the Heads of State or Government of the Twenty-Five, as well as by the President of the Commission, held in Brussels on 17 and 18 June 2004. Front row: Bertie Ahern, Ireland’s Prime Minister and President-in-Office of the European Council (centre), with the French, Finnish and Cypriot Heads of State, the Heads of Government and the President of the Commission (left) as well as the President of the European Parliament and the Secretary-General of the Council (right). Second row: Heads of Government. Third row: Ministers for Foreign Affairs and two other members of the Commission.

Draft plan indicating positions for the group photo of the Brussels European Council of 17 and 18 June 2004, drawn up by the Protocol Department of the General Secretariat of the Council of the European Union.

Plan indicating positions for the group photo of the Brussels European Council of 16 June 2005, drawn up by the Protocol Department of the General Secretariat of the Council of the European Union.