2020 German Presidency of the Council of the European Union
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Germany held the presidency of the Council of the European Union during the second half of 2020.[1][2] The presidency was the first of three presidencies making up a presidency trio, followed by the presidency of Portugal and that of Slovenia.[3]
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The German presidency occurred during the coronavirus pandemic.[1][4] It came near the end of longtime German chancellor Angela Merkel's time in office; Merkel had also held the chancellorship during Germany's previous presidency of the council, in 2007 [de].[5]