name a few of the current members
Charles de Gaulle is one of them
European Council
They were informal summits of the leaders of the European Community, and were started due to then-French President Charles de Gaulle's resentment at the domination of supranational institutions (notably the European Commission) over the integration process, but petered out. 
who sits for ireland at the european council table UNANSWERABLE when was this council established? 1975 what's its purpose? It is a collegiate body that defines the overall political directions and priorities of the European Union where is their headquarters? UNANSWERABLE how many members are there? It comprises the heads of state or government of the EU member states, along with the President of the European Council and the President of the European Commission is there a certain number of members required? UNANSWERABLE
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European Council [SEP] History
The European Council officially gained the status of an EU institution after the Treaty of Lisbon in 2007, distinct from the Council of the European Union (Council of Ministers). Before that, the first summits of EU heads of state or government were held in February and July 1961 (in Paris and Bonn respectively). They were informal summits of the leaders of the European Community, and were started due to then-French President Charles de Gaulle's resentment at the domination of supranational institutions (notably the European Commission) over the integration process, but petered out. The first influential summit held, after the departure of de Gaulle, was the Hague summit of 1969, which reached an agreement on the admittance of the United Kingdom into the Community and initiated foreign policy cooperation (the European Political Cooperation) taking integration beyond economics.