2021 Slovenian Presidency of the Council of the European Union

2021 Slovenian Presidency of the Council of the European Union will be Slovenia's second presidency of the Council held between 1 July and 31 December 2021. Slovenia held the first presidency from 1 January until 30 June 2008.

Slovenian Presidency of the Council of the European Union
Emblem of the Council
Slovenia
1 July 2021 - 31 December 2021
Council of the European Union
Seat
Term lengthSix months
Constituting instrumentTreaties of the European Union
WebsiteTBA
Presidency trio
Germany • Portugal • Slovenia

Slovenia is part of the 10th Presidency Trio, together with Germany and Portugal. This trio is the first in the second cycle of presidencies.[1]

Slovenia is currently actively preparing its presidency agenda in close trilateral cooperation with Germany and Portugal.

Presidency trio
Trio Member state Term
9  Croatia 1 January 2020 – 30 June 2020
10  Germany 1 July 2020 – 31 December 2020
 Portugal 1 January 2021 – 30 June 2021
 Slovenia 1 July 2021 – 31 December 2021
11  France 1 January 2022 – 30 June 2022

Political priorities

Political priorities of the Slovenian presidency of the council will be:[2]

  • Green EU,
  • Security of the EU and
  • Rule-of-Law-based EU.

Presidents-in-Office of the Council
Council configuration Presidents-in-Office[3]
(current office holders)
General Affairs GAC Anže Logar, Minister of Foreign Affairs
Foreign Affairs FAC Josep Borrell, High representative of the Union[4]
Responsible ministers Anže Logar, Minister of Foreign Affairs
Matej Tonin, Minister of Defence
Zvone Černač, Minister without Portfolio responsible for Development, Strategic Projects and Cohesion
Minister responsible for Trade Configuration (PiO)[5] FAC/Trade Zdravko Počivalšek, Minister of Economic Development and Technology
Economic and Financial Affairs ECOFIN Andrej Šircelj, Minister of Finance
Zdravko Počivalšek, Minister of Economic Development and Technology
Agriculture and Fisheries AGRIFISH Aleksandra Pivec, Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Food
Justice and Home Affairs JHA Lilijana Kozlovič, Minister of Justice
Aleš Hojs, Minister of Interior
Employment, Social Policy, Health and Consumer Affairs EPSCO Janez Cigler Kralj, Minister of Labour, Family and Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities
Tomaž Gantar, Minister of Health
Zdravko Počivalšek, Minister of Economic Development and Technology
Competitiveness COMPET Zdravko Počivalšek, Minister of Economic Development and Technology
Simona Kustec Lipicer, Minister of Education, Science and Sport
Transport, Telecommunications and Energy TTE Jernej Vrtovec, Minister of Infrastructure
Boštjan Koritnik, Minister of Public Administration
Environment ENV Andrej Vizjak, Minister of Environment and Spatial Planning
Education, Youth, Culture and Sport EYC Simona Kustec Lipicer, Minister of Education, Science and Sport
Vasko Simoniti, Minister of Culture

National government
Main article: 14th Government of Slovenia

Permanent mission to the EU
Function Name[6]
(current office holders)
Permanent Representative
Head of Coreper II		 Ambassador Iztok Jarc
Deputy Permanent Representative
Head of Coreper I		 Ambassador Tamara Weingerl-Požar
Representative in the Political and Security Committee Ambassador Marko Makovec
Antici
Coreper II and European Council		 Vesna Hojnik
Mertens
Coreper I		 Janja Pevec Živkovič
Nicolaidis
Political and Security Committee		 Dejan Vidic
Military Representative Brigadier David Humar
Deputy Military Representative Colonel Vincenc Arko
Source:[6]

Venues

Slovenian Presidency will be held at the following venues:

  • Slovenia
    • Brdo Castle, Kranj
    • Brdo Congress Centre, Kranj
    • Presidential Palace, Ljubljana
    • National Assembly Building, Ljubljana
  • Belgium
    • Justus Lipsius Building, Brussels
    • Europa Building, Brussels
    • European Parliament, Brussels
  • Luxembourg
    • European Congress Centre, Luxembourg
  • France
    • European Parliament, Strasbourg
  • Brdo Castle, Kranj, Slovenia
  • Presidential Palace, Ljubljana, Slovenia
  • National Assembly Building, Ljubljana, Slovenia
  • Europa Building, Brussels, Belgium
  • Justus Lipsius Building, Brussels, Belgium
  • European Luxembourg Centre, Luxembourg, Luxembourg
  • European Parliament, Strasbourg, France
  • European Parliament, Brussels, Belgium

References
  1. https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=CELEX:32016D1316&from=EN
  2. https://www.gov.si/assets/vlada/Projekti/PSEU2021/Predsedovanje_Svetu_EU_-_projektna_naloga.pdf
  3. Current government is expected to be in office during the presidency.
  4. FAC is the only configuration of the Council that is not presided over by the member states, its permanent president is the High Representative of the Union.
  5. When FAC meets in the configuration of ministers responsible for trade, national minister and not High Representative is the President of the Council.
  6. "Kontakti po področjih". www.brussels.representation.si. Retrieved 2019-09-09.
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