Diagram showing the rotating presidencies of the Council from a historical perspective (EEC and EAEC Councils, Council of the European Communities and Council of the European Union), including the names of the presidents-in-office.

Interactive diagram on the various configurations of the Council of the European Union and their composition.

Interactive diagram showing how the preparatory work of the Council is organised within working parties, committees and Coreper before a final decision is taken at ministerial level.

During the Council sessions and those of its preparatory bodies, the delegations change place every six months, on the first day of January and of July, moving one seat to the left in accordance with the order of rotation followed by the presidencies. This interactive diagram shows the order of succession of the presidencies of the Fifteen, from 1 July 1998 to 31 December 2005, following the end of the second ‘round of twelve' and before the start of the ‘round of twenty-five'.

Diagram illustrating the organisation of the Secretariat General of the Council in November 2003.