Laeken European Council

The Laeken European Council was held at the royal palace at Valéry Giscard d'Estaing, as President of the Convention, and former Italian Prime Minister Giuliano Amato and former Belgian Prime Minister Jean-Luc Dehaene as Vice-Presidents; the Convention will have about 60 members, drawn from national governments, national Parliamentarians, the European Parliament, and the European Commission, and will in addition include representatives from the candidate countries; the declaration reviews the progress of European integration over the last fifty years, tracing it back to its origins in the horrors of World War II, and poses a number of questions to be answered by the Convention.

The Presidency Conclusions are available () from the Presidency website.

The Laken Declaration on the Future of Europe is available in English () from the website of the Council of the European Union.