Portugal: EU Presidency, July-December 2007

Note: The available link to the Portuguese Presidency's website relies on a web archive name 'Wayback Machine', which captured its last version. The website itself is no longer available.

Priorities of the Portuguese EU Presidency:

+ Future of the Union;
+ Lisbon Strategy;
+ Strengthening the area of freedom, security and justice;
+ Europe and the World.

Portugal took over the rotating presidency of the Council of the European Union between July and December 2007. It was the third time the country held the responsibility for the functioning of this institution.

• Primary Source

Portugal: Ministry for Science, Technology and Higher Education: Conclusions from the Portuguese Presidency of the European Union on science and technology, information society and higher education http://www.fct.pt/eu2007/index.phtml.en

CoR: The Portuguese Presidency of the European Union. The Political Agenda of the Committee of the Regions http://cor.europa.eu/en/documentation/brochures/Documents/portuguese-presidency-european-union/portuguese-presidency-european-union_English.pdf

EurActiv, 16.05.07: Portuguese foreign minister outlines presidency priorities http://www.euractiv.com/section/future-eu/news/portuguese-foreign-minister-outlines-presidency-priorities/

Deutsche Welle, 01.07.07: Socrates Faces Daunting Task As Portugal Heads EU Presidency http://p.dw.com/p/B7Vq

EUObserver, 28.12.07: Proud Portugal leaves mixed EU presidency record https://euobserver.com/political/25372

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