Iers voorzitterschap in cijfers (en)
As our Presidency quickly comes to a close, here are some interesting numbers about our 6 months.
181 |
Days of the Irish Presidency |
200 |
Estimated number of policy commitments achieved, including more than 80 in legislative form. |
€960bn |
Agreed amount for the 7 year EU Budget (MFF) including: |
€6bn Youth Guarantee to tackle youth unemployment |
|
€360bn on a reformed Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) |
|
€70bn Horizon2020 Programme for research and innovation |
|
€30bn for the Connecting Europe Facility targeting enhancements in transport, energy and telecoms networks |
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€16bn Erasmus+ Programme for education and training |
|
€2bn for the COSME programme to boost competitiveness of the EU’s 20million SMEs |
|
€3bn for the LIFE programme to fund projects in the environmental area |
|
2,477 |
Meetings and events were chaired by the Presidency across Europe including… |
349 |
Trilogues were held with the European Commission and European Parliament |
54 |
Council meetings chaired by Irish Ministers during the Presidency |
185 |
Presidency events in Ireland |
24,000+ |
Visitors brought to Ireland |
11 |
Informal Council meetings held in Ireland |
97% |
of delegates visiting Ireland in April for the Presidency rated experience as very good or good |
37% |
of delegates in the same survey had never visited Ireland before |
111 |
Hours were spent by the Taoiseach, Tánaiste and Irish Ministers in European Parliament |
76 |
European Parliament debates in which Irish Ministers participated |
141 |
Presidency speeches by the Taoiseach, Tánaiste and Irish Ministers |
11 |
Record hours of European Parliament debate in a single sitting, set by Minister for European Affairs, Lucinda Creighton |
36 |
Record hours spent chairing Council discussions, set by Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Simon Coveney |
106 |
Associated Presidency events (average of 4 per week) held across Ireland and Europe |
120,000 |
Air miles traveled by Minister Creighton as she visited 44 countries |
1,042 |
Litres of tea and coffee consumed in the Media Centre during Dublin ECOFIN informal alone |
55,000 |
Stamps commemorating Ireland’s 40 years of EU membership were sold |
512,003 |
Visits to eu2013.ie as of this morning |
1,525,163 |
Pages viewed |
213 |
Number of countries recorded as visiting eu2013.ie website |
335 |
Press releases published on eu2013.ie in 4 languages |
13,816 |
Twitter followers of the Presidency twitter accounts @eu2013ie and @IrelandRepBru, the most followed Presidency to date on Twitter |
14,000 |
Votes cast for the Irish Presidency logo |
100 |
European Year of Citizens events in Ireland where… |
30,000 |
People participated in European Year of Citizens discussions |
929 |
Presidency Culture Programme (Culture Connect) Events took place around the world of which… |
509 |
took place across Ireland |
420 |
were International Culture Connect events in other EU Member states and Croatia, Australia, Bosnia, Serbia, China, Norway, Switzerland, the Russian Federation, Turkey and Hong Kong |
175,000 |
Visitors to the Eileen Gray exhibition in Paris, an average of 2,200 per day |
Figures correct as at 12.15pm, 28 June