Portugal entered the European Economic Community on 1 January 1986, together with Spain. In the following years the economy of the Portugal progressed considerably as a result of the EU structural and cohesion funds.

On 1 December 2009, the Treaty of Lisbon, signed by European Member States on 13 December 2007 in the Jeronimos Monastery in Lisbon, entered into force. Portugal has 21 MEPs in the EP and has 12 votes in the European Council.

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António COSTA, Portuguese Prime Minister, is the third EU leader to debate the future of Europe with MEPs and Jean-Claude Juncker, President of the EC, on Wednesday morning.

The Europeans want the EU to change. This is why the European Parliament is taking the leadership over a reform of the EU.

Parliament set out its vision for the future of Europe in three resolutions voted in plenary session on 16 February 2017. MEPs suggested, among other things:

<ul>
	<li>turning the Council of Ministers into a genuine second legislative chamber, and its configurations into preparatory bodies similar to Parliament’s committees,</li>
	<li>appointing an EU finance minister and giving the EU Commission the power to formulate and give effect to a common EU economic policy, backed up by a euro-area budget, and</li>
	<li>creating a fiscal capacity consisting of the European Stability Mechanism (ESM) and specific additional budgetary capacity for the euro area, funded by its members as a part of the EU budget.</li>
</ul>

Debate on the Future of Europe with António COSTA, Portuguese Prime Ministe

From January to June 2021, Portugal held the Presidency of the EU Council, following the German Presidency and preceding the Slovenian Presidency.

Portugal presided over the Council of the European Union for the fourth time, since 1992.

Portuguese Presidency of the Council declared the importance of strengthening Europe's resilience and its citizens' confidence in the European social model, promoting a Union based on shared values of solidarity, convergence and cohesion – a Union capable of coordinated action to recover from the crisis.

Portuguese Presidency

President Metsola meets the President of the Assembleia da República of Portugal, José Pedro Aguiar-Branco? the Prime Minister of Portugal, Luís Montenegro and they hold a press conference. President Metsola also meets the President of Portugal, Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa.

Official visit by Roberta METSOLA, EP President to Portugal

Roberta METSOLA, EP President meets with Paulo RANGEL,l Minister for Foreign Affairs of Portugal

Roberta METSOLA, EP President meets with Paulo RANGEL, Minister of State and Foreign Affairs of Portugal

Roberta METSOLA, EP President meets with José Manuel FERNANDES, Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries of Portugal

Official visit by Roberta METSOLA, EP President to Portugal - Press point by Roberta METSOLA, EP President and Luís MONTENEGRO, Portuguese Prime Minister

Official visit by Roberta METSOLA, EP President to Portugal - Meeting with Luís MONTENEGRO, Portuguese Prime Minister

Official visit by Roberta METSOLA, EP President to Portugal - Meeting with Marcelo REBELO de SOUSA, President of Portugal

Official visit by Roberta METSOLA, EP President to Portugal - Tram Talk with Portuguese youth and Carlos MOEDAS, Mayor of Lisbon

Official visit by Roberta METSOLA, EP President to Portugal - Meeting with José Pedro AGUIAR-BRANCO, President of the Assembly of the Republic of Portugal and Visit at the Assembly of the Republic of Portugal

Official visit by Roberta METSOLA, EP President to Portugal - Receiving an honorary degree from the University of Lisbon, at the University of Lisbon

Roberta METSOLA, EP President meets with Portuguese Prime Minister designate, Luís MONTENEGRO

Roberta METSOLA, EP President meets with Antonio COSTA, Portuguese Prime Minister

Official visit by Roberta METSOLA, EP President to Lisbon (Portugal) - Youth conference organized by Francisco Manuel dos Santos Foundation

Official visit by Roberta METSOLA, EP President to Lisbon (Portugal) - Meeting with Afghan refugees and with the EU Ambassadors

Official visit by Roberta METSOLA, EP President to Lisbon (Portugal) - Arrival at the European Center Jean Monnet building

Roberta METSOLA, EP President meets with Tiago ANTUNES, Portugal State Secretary for EU Affairs

REGI Committee

Official visit by Roberta METSOLA, EP President to Portugal - Meeting of the Council of State

Official visit by Roberta METSOLA, EP President to Portugal - Interaction with Young People

Official visit by Roberta METSOLA, EP President to Portugal - Meeting with Carlos MOEDAS, Mayor of Lisbon

The European Parliament, together with the Portuguese Parliament, organise remotely the European Parliamentary Week 2021. Extracts from the conclusions by the chairs: Irene TINAGLI (S&D, IT), Chair of the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs (ECON), Luís CAPOULAS SANTOS, Chair of the European Affairs Committee of the Portuguese Parliament, Pascal CANFIN (RE, FR), Chair of the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety (ENVI), Luis GRACA, Deputy Chair of the Committee on Environment, Energy and Territorial Planning of the Portuguese Parliament, Johan VAN OVERTVELDT, Chair of Committee on Budgets (BUDG), Filipe NETO BRANDAO, Chair of the Committee on Budget and Finance of the Portuguese Parliament, Lucia ĎURIŠ NICHOLSONOVÁ, Chair of the Committee on Employment and Social Affairs (EMPL), and Pedro ROQUE, Chair of the Committee on Labour and Social Security, Portuguese Parliament Copyright: ARTV, Canal Parlamento

European Semester Conference - Inter-parliamentary Conference on Stability, Economic Coordination and Governance in the EU: conclusions by the chairs

25 -28 January, the ministers outlined the priorities of the Portuguese Presidency of the Council of the EU to parliamentary committees, in a series of hearings. Ricardo Serrão SANTOS, Portuguese Maritime Affairs Minister, participating to the PECH Committee (26/01), Maria do Céu ANTUNES, Portuguese Minister for Agriculture participating remotely to the AGRI Committee (26/01), Augusto Santos SILVA, Portuguese Foreign Affairs Minister participating to the AFET Committee (26/01), Rita MARQUES, Portuguese Secretary of State for Tourism, participating remotely to the TRAN Committee (26/01), João Pedro Matos FERNANDES, Portuguese Minister of Environment and Energy Transition, participating to the ENVI Committee (25/01), Graça FONSECA, Portuguese Minister of Culture, participating remotely to the CULT Committee (26/01), Francisca VAN DUNEM, Portuguese Minister for Justice, participating remotely to the JURI Committee.

Presentation of the EU Council's priorities by Portuguese ministers: extracts from the EP committee meetings

David SASSOLI, EP President, Antonio COSTA, Portuguese Prime Minister and President in office of the Council of the EU, and Ursula von der LEYEN, President of the European Commission, give a joint press conference on pPolitical priorities for the EU under the Portuguese presidency, in the European Parliament in Brussels. Questions and answers session

Press conference by David SASSOLI, EP President, Antonio COSTA, Portuguese Prime Minister and Ursula von der LEYEN, President of the European Commission, on political priorities for the EU under the Portuguese presidency: Questions and answers

During the plenary session of the European Parliament in Brussels (18-21 January 2021), MEPs debate on the presentation of the programme of activities of the Portuguese Presidency. Closing statements by Maroš ŠEFČOVIČ, Vice-President of the European Commission in charge of Interinstitutional relations and Foresight and by Antonio COSTA, Portuguese Prime Minister

Presentation of the programme of activities of the Portuguese Presidency: closing statements by Maroš ŠEFČOVIČ, Vice-President of the European Commission, and Antonio COSTA, Portuguese Prime Minister

During the plenary session of the European Parliament in Brussels (18-21 January 2021), MEPs debate on the presentation of the programme of activities of the Portuguese Presidency (continuation part 3)

Presentation of the programme of activities of the Portuguese Presidency: MEPs debate (continuation part 3)

David SASSOLI, EP President, Antonio COSTA, Portuguese Prime Minister and President in office of the Council of the EU, and Ursula von der LEYEN, President of the European Commission, give a joint press conference on political priorities for the EU under the Portuguese presidency, in the European Parliament in Brussels. Opening statements by David SASSOLI, EP President, by Antonio COSTA, Portuguese Prime Minister and by Ursula von der LEYEN, President of the European Commission. This transcription speech is the result of an automatic process. Check against delivery.

Joint press conference by David SASSOLI, EP President, Antonio COSTA, Portuguese Prime Minister, and Ursula von der LEYEN, President of the European Commission, on political priorities for the EU under the Portuguese presidency: Opening statements

During the plenary session of the European Parliament in Brussels (18-21 January 2021), MEPs discuss the programme for the next six-month Portuguese presidency of the Council of the EU with Portugal’s Prime Minister António Costa. Statements by António COSTA, Portuguese Prime Minister, Ursula VON DER LEYEN, President of the EC, Manfred WEBER (EPP, DE), EPP Group leader, Iratxe GARCÍA PÉREZ (S&D, ES), S&D Group leader, Dacian CIOLOŞ (RE, RO), Renew Europe Group leader, Philippe LAMBERTS (Greens/EFA, BE), Greens/EFA Group leader.

Presentation of the programme of activities of the Portuguese Presidency: extracts from the debate

During the plenary session of the European Parliament in Brussels (18-21 January 2021), MEPs debate on the presentation of the programme of activities of the Portuguese Presidency. Part 2

Presentation of the programme of activities of the Portuguese Presidency: MEPs debate (part 2)

During the plenary session of the European Parliament in Brussels (18-21 January 2021), MEPs debate on the presentation of the programme of activities of the Portuguese Presidency. Part 3

Presentation of the programme of activities of the Portuguese Presidency: MEPs debate (part 3)

David SASSOLI, EP President meets with Antonio COSTA, Portuguese Prime Minister, ahead the debate on the presentation of the programme of activities of the Portuguese Presidency, in the European Parliament in Brussels: arrival and welcome, roundtable and visit of the temporary exhibition of Portuguese artwork at the European Parliament.

David SASSOLI, EP President meets with Antonio COSTA, Portuguese Prime Minister: arrival, welcome and roundtable

During the plenary session of the European Parliament in Brussels (18-21 January 2021), MEPs debate on the presentation of the programme of activities of the Portuguese Presidency. Part 1

Presentation of the programme of activities of the Portuguese Presidency: MEPs debate (part 1)

During the plenary session of the European Parliament in Brussels (18-21 January 2021), MEPs debate on the presentation of the programme of activities of the Portuguese Presidency, António COSTA, Portuguese Prime Minister. Opening statements by Antonio COSTA and Ursula VON DER LEYEN, President of the European Commission. This transcription speech is the result of an automatic process. Check against delivery.

Presentation of the programme of activities of the Portuguese Presidency: opening statements by Antonio COSTA, Portuguese Prime Minister and Ursula VON DER LEYEN, President of the European Commission

During the plenary session of the European Parliament in Brussels (18-21 January 2021), MEPs debate on the Presentation of the programme of activities of the Portuguese Presidency. One round political group Leaders

Presentation of the programme of activities of the Portuguese Presidency: one round political group Leaders

Opening of the first voting session during the debate on the presentation of the programme of activities of the Portuguese Presidency, in the European Parliament in Brussels.

Opening of the first voting session

This infoclip shows general views of Lisbon, Portugal

Infoclip: Portuguese Presidency - General views of Lisbon

In the framework of the Portuguese EU Council Presidency starting on 1 January 2021, David SASSOLI, EP President meets with Ferro RODRIGUES, President of the Portuguese Parliament, in video from the European Parliament in Brussels.

David SASSOLI, EP President meets with Ferro RODRIGUES, President of the Portuguese Parliament: extracts from the video meeting

David SASSOLI, EP President, and António COSTA, Portuguese Prime Minister both meet together by video meeting, before joining the meeting with the political group leaders to discuss the priorities of the Portuguese EU Council Presidency, starting on 1 January 2021, in the European Parliament in Brussels. After the meeting, David SASSOLI, EP President, and António COSTA, Portuguese Prime Minister, hold a press conference.

Portuguese Presidency: extracts from the video meetings between David SASSOLI, EP President and António COSTA, Portuguese Prime Minister and between EP Conference of Presidents and Portuguese Presidency and from the press conference

David SASSOLI, EP President and Antonio COSTA, Portuguese Prime Minister speak to the press on the priorities of the Portuguese Presidency, in the European Parliament in Brussels.

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