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six-monthl
basis b
each Member State. A
stint in the Presidenc
is
a duty and a contribution
that each Member State
makes to the
ro
e
functioning of the Com-
munit
institutions. A
resent, a Member State
holds the Presidenc
ever
seven and a half
years
In the context of the in-
stitutional as
ect of the
accession negotiations, it
has been established tha
the order of rotation be-
tween the 15 curren
Member States will be
maintained until 2006, in
order to give new mem-
ers a minimum
erio
in which to ada
t an
re
are for takin
on the
Presidency of the Coun-
cil themselves.
In any event, in the run-
u
to enlar
ement this
s
stem of rotation is
demonstratin
its limits,
and the 2004 Intergov-
ernmental Conference is
to propose an alternative:
a revolving but more sta-
le
residential team, a
lon
-term «President of
Europe» or various for-
mulae de
endin
on the
different formations (Sum-
mit, Council of Minis-
ters, Coreper); there are a
number of proposals.
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