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2022 Czech Presidency of the Council of the European Union

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2022 Czech Presidency of the Council of the European Union will be Czechia's second presidency of the Council held between 1 July and 31 December 2022. Czech Republic held the first presidency from 1 January until 30 June 2009.[1][2]

Czech Republic will be part of the 11th Presidency Trio, together with France and Sweden. This trio is the first in the third cycle of presidencies.[3]

Presidency is expected to occur under leadership of Petr Fiala's Cabinet.[4] Preparations started under government of Andrej Babiš.[5] After 2021 Czech legislative election Babiš was replaced by Fiala as Prime Minister. Fiala had Mikuláš Bek appointed as Minister for European Affairs to help Fiala heading the presidency. Minister of Foreign Affairs Jan Lipavský is also expected to help with management of Presidency.[4]


References

  1. ^ Zachová, Aneta; Faltusová, Eva (4 October 2021). "České předsednictví 2022: Co by měla dělat nová vláda?". euractiv.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 3 February 2022.
  2. ^ "Vláda mapuje aktuální stav příprav českého předsednictví Radě EU". www.vlada.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 3 February 2022.
  3. ^ "Předsednictví ČR Radě EU 2022". www.euroskop.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 3 February 2022.
  4. ^ a b "Blíží se evropský reparát Česka. Předsednictví je "žvanírna s chlebíčky", říkal Babiš". Aktuálně.cz - Víte, co se právě děje (in Czech). 3 January 2022. Retrieved 3 February 2022.
  5. ^ "Opozice: Přípravy na české předsednictví v EU mají zpoždění, Babiš radši řeší volby". Aktuálně.cz - Víte, co se právě děje (in Czech). 27 June 2021. Retrieved 3 February 2022.