EU Law Blog

The Presidency of the EU Council rotates every 6 months. On 1 January 2006 Austria took over from the UK. For Austria’s description of what the Presdiency involves see this page. This is the second time that Austria has held the Presidency since joining the EU in 1995. With 25 Member States (the current number) on the current basis of allocation a Member State would hold the Presidency every 12.5 years.