THE RENEWED EUROPEAN COUNCIL

The Aims of the Learning Object

The Topics Covered

A) The Reset Inter-institutional Balance in the EU

B) The Agenda-setting Role of the European Council

C) The Membership of the European Council

D) The Role and Fuctions of the President of the European Council

E) The Relation between the President of the European Council and the HR FASP

F) The Relation between the President of the European Council and Single Member States of the EU

G) The Relation between the European Council and the Supranational Institutions - Cooperation or Competition?

H) The Relation between the President of the European Council and the Rotating Presidency of the Council of the EU

I) Accountability of the European Council

J) References

THE RENEWED EUROPEAN COUNCIL

The author of the Learning Object is

Jaanika Erne

Researcher

Tallinn Law School, Tallinn University of Technology

The oriented toward international and Estonian students learning object aims at explaining the renewed by the Lisbon Treaty role of the European Council as a main political institution of the EU. (The elected President of the European Council is called the President of the EU.