What is President of the European Council?
{{Infobox official post | post = President | body = the European Council | insignia = Council of the EU and European Council.svg | insigniasize = | insigniacaption = Emblem of European Council | flag = Flag of Europe.svg | flagsize = 130 | flagcaption = [[Flag of Europe]] | image = Antonio Costa Portrait 2024 (cropped).jpg | incumbent = [[António Costa]] | incumbentsince = 1 December 2024 | department = [[European Council]] | style = [[Mr. President (title)|Mr. President]] | status = Presiding and [[chief administrative officer]] | member_of = [[European Council]] (non-voting) | residence = [[Europa building]] | seat = [[Brussels]], [[Belgium]] | appointer = European Council | appointer_qualified = by [[Qualified Majority Voting|qualified majority]] | termlength = 2.5 years, renewable once | constituting_instrument = [[Treaties of the European Union]] | precursor = Chairman of the European Council | formation = 1 December 2009 | first = [[Herman Van Rompuy]] | website = {{url|http://www.consilium.europa.eu/en/european-council/president/|consilium.europa.eu}} }} The '''President of the European Council''' is a position that was created by the [[Treaty of Lisbon]]. The President is the chairman of the [[European Council]], which is the meeting of the leaders of all the member states. ==Background== It's a very diplomatic figure, and it's not like a head of state: the President does not have any power to make decisions about the European Union. The Union has several other presidents, such as the president of the [[European Parliament]] and the president of the [[European Commission]]. But the President of the European Council, casually but wrongly known as The President of Europe, is the face by which the [[European Union]] is known to the rest of the world. The more practical aspects of this task are the responsibility of the [[High Representative for Commo