Gymnich meeting

A Gymnich meeting is an informal meeting of the foreign ministers of the member states of the European Union, organized according to the rotating Presidency of the Council of the European Union since 1974 (every six months). The ministers are not accompanied by their assistants, which makes the condition easier for informal and frank exchange of views. This type of meeting received its name from the first of such events held at Schloss Gymnich in Erftstadt, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.

Schloss Gymnich, location of the first informal meeting of EU foreign ministers

Meetings
Meeting of the European Union foreign ministers (Gymnich) at the Park Hotel in Bremen, March 2007

2023
  • Stockholm: 12 and 13 May[1]

2022
  • Prague: 30 and 31 August[2]
  • Brest: 13 and 14 January[3]

2020
  • Berlin: 27 and 28 August[4]

2019
  • Bucharest: 31 January–1 February[5][6]
  • Helsinki: 29–30 August[7]

2018
  • Sofia: 15–16 February[8]
  • Vienna: 30–31 August[9]

2017
  • Valletta: 28 April[10]
  • Tallinn: 7–8 September[11]

2016
  • Amsterdam: 5–6 February[12]
  • Bratislava: 2–3 September[13]

2015
  • Riga: 6–7 March[14]
  • Luxembourg: 4–5 September[15]

2012
  • Aphrodite Hills Resort, Pafos: 7 and 8 September[16]

See also

References
  1. "Informal meeting of foreign affairs ministers – Gymnich".
  2. "Informal Meeting of Foreign Ministers (Gymnich)in Prague".{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  3. "Informal Meeting of Foreign Ministers (Gymnich)".{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  4. Auswärtiges Amt. "Explaining the EU: What is a Gymnich meeting?". Germany's Presidency of the Council of the European Union.
  5. "Updated information – The Informal meeting of the EU foreign affairs ministers (Gymnich)". January 30, 2019.
  6. https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-statements/detail/2019-02-11/hcws1318
  7. "INFORMAL MEETING OF MINISTERS FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS (GYMNICH)".{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  8. "Informal meeting of European Union (EU) Foreign Ministers (Gymnich): 15-16 February 2018:Written statement - HLWS468".
  9. "Informal meeting of European Union (EU) Foreign Ministers (Gymnich): 30-31 August 2018:Written statement - HCWS950".
  10. https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-statements/detail/2017-10-16/hcws166
  11. https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-statements/detail/2017-10-16/hcws169
  12. https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-statements/detail/2016-02-11/hcws531
  13. https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-statements/detail/2016-09-12/hcws141
  14. https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-statements/detail/2015-03-16/hcws415
  15. https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-statements/detail/2015-10-12/hcws219
  16. "Informal Meeting of Foreign Affairs Ministers (GYMNICH)". www.cy2012.eu.

Further reading
  • Patrick Roger, « La très couteuse présidence française de l'Union européenne », Le Monde, 2009-10-29
  • William Wallace: "Regional Integration: The West European Experience Transaction Publishers 1994 ISBN 0815792247 p. 46
  • Clifford P. Hackett: "Cautious Revolution: The European Union Arrives" ISBN 0313295271 p. 175
  • Christopher Hill, Karen Elizabeth Smith: "European Foreign Policy: Key Documents" ISBN 0415158222 p. 97
  • Jeremy John Richardson: "European Union: Power and Policy-making" ISBN 0415358140 p. 154
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