Talk:List of presidents of the institutions of the European Union

bettino craxi was from pse, it should be corrected --SquallLeonhart_ITA (talk) 17:50, 20 March 2010 (UTC)

the list should be expanded. the presidents of the central bank and the court of auditors are missing.79.224.18.81 (talk) 23:23, 31 July 2011 (UTC)

eurozone councils
The presidents of Euro Group and Euro summit aren't listed yet. Japinderum (talk) 15:05, 20 December 2011 (UTC)


 * The Euro Group and the Euro summit aren't institutions of the European Union. — Blue-Haired Lawyer t 20:30, 20 December 2011 (UTC)
 * The Euro Group is institutionalized by the Treaty of Lisbon (you can see the sources and exact treaty articles in ToL and EG articles).
 * About the Euro summit - it's not yet enshrined in a treaty, but there are European council decisions (both at EU and at Eurozone levels) about this meeting format to be regularized from now on. See and . As you can see both links are from the official council website. Japinderum (talk) 08:02, 21 December 2011 (UTC)
 * On a side note - the European Council itself (since 1961) and later the Euro group were informal non-institutionalized irregular meetings, which during the years gained on regularity, formality and institutionalization until the Treaty of Lisbon when they were fully enshrined in an EU treaty - just like the Euro summit began in 2008 and now gained endorsement by the European Council and most probably will be enshrined in a future treaty. Japinderum (talk) 08:16, 21 December 2011 (UTC)
 * The ECB also wasn't "institution" of the EU until ToL, but it was nevertheless important and notable EU structure. I propose simply to mention the presidents of Euro Group and Euro summit either as a side note in the respective council sections or in the others section. Japinderum (talk) 08:37, 21 December 2011 (UTC)


 * My point stands. There are only seven EU institutions (per Article 13 of Treaty on European Union as amended by Lisbon) and the euro summit isn't one of them. — Blue-Haired Lawyer t 16:30, 21 December 2011 (UTC)
 * Euro Group is a treaty enshrined Eurozone-related sub-unit of ECOFIN Council of EU configuration. Euro summit is an Eurozone-related sub-unit of the European Council established by its own decision. Both sub-units have presidents and what I'm proposing is to mention these presidents in the respective sections (or separately). Do you agree? Japinderum (talk) 12:58, 22 December 2011 (UTC)


 * No, for the reasons already stated. While I do see you point on the European Council not being a institution prior to 2009, the conclusion I come to is that presidents prior to 2009 should be removed.
 * I can find little in the treaties which justify describing the euro summit as a sub-set of the European Council. What you describe as a decision of the European Council quite clearly isn't. A fact easily demonstrated by the fact that the document you link to is entitled "STATEMENT BY THE EURO AREA HEADS OF STATE OR GOVERNMENT". All the treaties say is that:
 * "The Ministers of the Member States whose currency is the euro shall meet informally. Such meetings shall take place, when necessary, to discuss questions related to the specific responsibilities they share with regard to the single currency. The Commission shall take part in the meetings. The European Central Bank shall be invited to take part in such meetings, which shall be prepared by the representatives of the Ministers with responsibility for finance of the Member States whose currency is the euro and of the Commission."
 * The words "European Council" don't appear. Moreover, that the Euro Summit has its own president is in itself indicative of it being a separate body to the European Council. — Blue-Haired Lawyer t 15:05, 22 December 2011 (UTC)
 * There is no need to be so literal with the "institution" word. Both ECB and European Council were established structures of the EU - even during the time this wasn't yet mentioned as "institution" in the treaty. Also, as you see the article starts listing the presidents of the European Council from 1975 and not from 1961 when the first "informal gathering" was held. That's because as said above - during the years this "informal gathering" has gradually gained in formalization, being enshrined in the treaties (without "institution" word) and finally getting this "title". But this is simply a last step in a long process. I think the article is fine as it is (starting from 1975) or can be expanded to include also the precursor "informal gatherings".
 * The document I link to starts with "European Council, Brussels, 9 December 2011". About separate presidents - Euro Group also has separate president from ECOFIN. Anyway, I think I wasn't clear what I'm proposing. I don't suggest adding two more columns in "historic office holders" for Euro Group and Euro summit. I suggest only to mention these in the "current office holders" or in a separate section.


 * What do you think about making a separate article for the four councils - focused on the EC-ES, CM/ECOFIN-EG, EC-CM arrangements? The historical steps in establishing those, the presidents, etc. Japinderum (talk) 08:05, 23 December 2011 (UTC)

example head of legislature, executive and judicial
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