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Union">Slovenia</a></li></ul></div> <hr /> <div style="width:100%"><div style="float: left; text-align:left;padding-right:0.5em;" class="noprint">← <a href="/wiki/2020_Croatian_Presidency_of_the_Council_of_the_European_Union" title="2020 Croatian Presidency of the Council of the European Union">2020 Croatia</a></div><div style="float: right; text-align:right;padding-left:0.5em;" class="noprint"><a href="/wiki/2021_Portuguese_Presidency_of_the_Council_of_the_European_Union" title="2021 Portuguese Presidency of the Council of the European Union">2021 Portugal</a> →</div></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><a href="/wiki/Germany" title="Germany">Germany</a> held <a href="/wiki/Presidency_of_the_Council_of_the_European_Union" title="Presidency of the Council of the European Union">the presidency</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Council_of_the_European_Union" title="Council of the European Union">Council of the European Union</a> during the second half of 2020.<sup id="cite_ref-consilium_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-consilium-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-dw_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dw-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The presidency was the first of three presidencies making up a presidency trio, followed by the <a href="/wiki/2021_Portuguese_Presidency_of_the_Council_of_the_European_Union" title="2021 Portuguese Presidency of the Council of the European Union">presidency of Portugal</a> and <a href="/wiki/2021_Slovenian_Presidency_of_the_Council_of_the_European_Union" title="2021 Slovenian Presidency of the Council of the European Union">that of Slovenia</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-euractiv_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-euractiv-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The German presidency occurred during the <a href="/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic" title="COVID-19 pandemic">coronavirus pandemic</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-consilium_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-consilium-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-politico.grade_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-politico.grade-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It came near the end of longtime German chancellor <a href="/wiki/Angela_Merkel" title="Angela Merkel">Angela Merkel</a>'s time in office; Merkel had also held the chancellorship during Germany's previous presidency of the council, <a href="/w/index.php?title=2007_German_Presidency_of_the_Council_of_the_European_Union&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2007 German Presidency of the Council of the European Union (page does not exist)">in 2007</a><span class="noprint" style="font-size:85%; font-style: normal;"> [<a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deutsche_EU-Ratspr%C3%A4sidentschaft_2007" class="extiw" title="de:Deutsche EU-Ratspräsidentschaft 2007">de</a>]</span>.<sup id="cite_ref-france24_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-france24-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Overview">Overview</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2020_German_Presidency_of_the_Council_of_the_European_Union&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Overview"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The pandemic shifted the goals of the presidency, and Merkel opened the term with a desire to establish a coronavirus fund to weather the economic impact of the pandemic.<sup id="cite_ref-france24_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-france24-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-politico.pivot_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-politico.pivot-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Initially agreed to in July, the <a href="/wiki/Next_Generation_EU" title="Next Generation EU">Next Generation EU</a> fund, consisting of 750 billion <a href="/wiki/Euro" title="Euro">EUR</a> in grants and loans, was held up when <a href="/wiki/Poland" title="Poland">Poland</a> and <a href="/wiki/Hungary" title="Hungary">Hungary</a> vetoed the <a href="/wiki/European_Union" title="European Union">European Union</a>'s proposed <a href="/wiki/Multiannual_Financial_Framework" title="Multiannual Financial Framework">seven-year budget</a>, as they both opposed how the distribution of funds was conditional upon respecting the <a href="/wiki/Rule_of_law" title="Rule of law">rule of law</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-dw_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dw-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-fund.guardian_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-fund.guardian-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-fund.hungary_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-fund.hungary-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-fund.veto_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-fund.veto-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-fund.yale_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-fund.yale-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The budget was eventually passed in December, after the other member states agreed to delay the implementation of the rule-of-law mechanism.<sup id="cite_ref-dw_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dw-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-fund.agreement_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-fund.agreement-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>At the end of the term, <i><a href="/wiki/Politico_Europe" title="Politico Europe">Politico Europe</a></i> gave the German presidency a <a href="/wiki/Grading_in_education" title="Grading in education">grade</a> of B+, praising how the presidency addressed health care, but finding it lacking in the areas of transport and migration.<sup id="cite_ref-politico.grade_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-politico.grade-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Deutsche_Welle" title="Deutsche Welle">Deutsche Welle</a>'s review of the presidency was also mixed, highlighting the response to the pandemic and progress on environmental issues, but noting that some goals that had originally been set by the presidency had been left untackled.<sup id="cite_ref-dw_2-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dw-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Gallery">Gallery</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2020_German_Presidency_of_the_Council_of_the_European_Union&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Gallery"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1248256098">@media all and (max-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .mod-gallery{width:100%!important}}.mw-parser-output .mod-gallery{display:table}.mw-parser-output .mod-gallery-default{background:transparent;margin-top:4px}.mw-parser-output .mod-gallery-center{margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto}.mw-parser-output .mod-gallery-left{float:left}.mw-parser-output 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discussion in <a href="/wiki/Brussels" title="Brussels">Brussels</a> during a European Union summit, <span data-sort-value="000000002020-12-10-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">10 December 2020</span></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 385px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 380px; height: 210px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:2480_Berlin.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="The Federal Chancellery in Berlin during the presidency, with a flag featuring the logo of the council presidency flying in front of the building, next to a flag of Germany and one of Europe"><img alt="The Federal Chancellery in Berlin during the presidency, with a flag featuring the logo of the council presidency flying in front of the building, next to a flag of Germany and one of Europe" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c6/2480_Berlin.jpg/240px-2480_Berlin.jpg" decoding="async" width="240" height="180" class="mw-file-element" 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