Nav 3-2: The European Council and Council

Length	Browsing: 30 minutes Reporting: 30 minutes 500-1500 words. (Please do not fixate yourself on the amount of words specified. This is not a paper but an exercise.)
Goal	To get a better feel for the functions and tasks of the European Council and Council by looking at their recent activities. To locate relevant documents on recent activities of the European Council and Council.
Introduction	Chapter 3 gives a general outline of the tasks and functions of the European Council and the Council. In this exercise, you will look up agendas/ conclusions from meetings of these two institutions in order to get a better feel for their respective roles in EU politics.
Steps	Go to website of the European Council and Council of the European Union which has a dedicated page for both institutions. You can get a feel for what they are doing by looking at the conclusions of the European Council and the Council. Make sure to select a ‘real’ Council meeting – so not an informal meeting, or other meetings such as those of Association Councils etc. You may pick any configuration you like; if you have the time, you can look at two of them.
Questions	Read the conclusions and identify examples of the different roles of the European Council and Council as they are outlined in chapter 3 of the book. Does your review of the conclusions correspond to what the book says about these different roles? Are there any things in the conclusions that for some reason surprised you? Explain your answer.
Links	http://www.consilium.europa.eu/en/european-council/conclusions/ http://www.consilium.europa.eu/en/home/ http://www.consilium.europa.eu/en/council-eu/conclusions-resolutions/

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