European Council

institution of the European Union defining the EU's general political direction and priorities and consisting of heads of state or government of the EU's member states
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European Council

Summary

European Council is an institutions of the European Union[1]. It draws 1,316 Wikipedia views per month (institutions_of_the_european_union category, ranking #3 of 5).[2]

Key Facts

  • European Council is in the country of European Union[3].
  • European Council's image is recorded as European Council (38185339475).jpg[4].
  • European Council's instance of is recorded as institutions of the European Union[5].
  • European Council's instance of is recorded as executive branch[6].
  • European Council's instance of is recorded as council[7].
  • European Council's logo image is recorded as Council of the EU and European Council.svg[8].
  • European Council's headquarters location is recorded as Europa building[9].
  • European Council's flag is recorded as flag of Europe[10].
  • European Council's ISNI is recorded as 0000000122594047[11].
  • European Council's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 129714697[12].
  • European Council's GND ID is recorded as 5263681-1[13].
  • European Council's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n87111891[14].
  • European Council's Bibliothèque nationale de France ID is recorded as 124336395[15].
  • European Council's IdRef ID is recorded as 033474230[16].
  • European Council's Commons category is recorded as European Council[17].
  • European Council's chairperson is recorded as Q610788[18].
  • European Council's has part is recorded as head of government[19].
  • European Council's has part is recorded as President of the European Commission[20].
  • European Council's has part is recorded as President of the European Council[21].
  • +1974-12-09T00:00:00Z marks the founding of European Council[22].
  • European Council's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/02m1b[23].
  • European Council's NL CR AUT ID is recorded as xx0012458[24].
  • European Council's parent organization or unit is recorded as European Union[25].
  • European Council's official website is recorded as https://www.consilium.europa.eu/en/[26].
  • European Council's official website is recorded as https://www.consilium.europa.eu/fr/[27].

Body

Founding

+1974-12-09T00:00:00Z marks the founding of European Council[22].

Leadership

European Council's chairperson is recorded as Q610788[18].

Operations

European Council's headquarters location is recorded as Europa building[9]. Its parent organization or unit is recorded as European Union[25].

Why It Matters

European Council draws 1,316 Wikipedia views per month (institutions_of_the_european_union category, ranking #3 of 5).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

It has been cited as an influence by El Khomri law[30], a private member's bill[31], in France[32].

Works attributed to it include Directive on the re-use of public sector information[33], a directive of the European Union[34], written by European Parliament[35].

FAQs

Who did European Council influence?

European Council has been cited as an influence by El Khomri law[30].

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . BnF authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . BnF authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . consilium.europa.eu. consilium.europa.eu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [30] . wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [33] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [31] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [32] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [34] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [35] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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