Spain

2023

Commemorative coin

The Spanish Presidency of the Council of the EU

Official Journal of the European Union

The design shows two images. The first one is the logo of the Spanish Presidency of the Council of the EU. Surrounding the logo are the captions: “ESPANA 2023 – PRESIDENCIA ESPANOLA and ‘CONSEJO DE LA UNION EUROPEA’ (Spain 2023 – Spanish Presidency and Council of the European Union). The second image, in the lower part, represents the mint mark of the Fabrica Nacional de Moneda y Timbre Real Casa de la Moneda with the crowned ‘M’. The coin’s outer ring depicts the 12 stars of the European flag.

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On 1 July, Spain will take over the rotating presidency of the Council of the European Union for six months. During this time, further rounds of sanctions against Russia are on the agenda, as well as important environmental and climate legislation and, above all, new rules for dealing with refugees. There is little room for manoeuvre, because when Belgium takes over the Council Presidency in January, the countdown to the European elections in June 2024 has already begun. Spain, however, could now be temporarily unable to act, because Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez, after the disastrous election results of his socialist party PSOE (Partido Socialista Obrero Español / Spanish Socialist Workers' Party) in the local and regional elections, surprisingly announced the dissolution of parliament and new elections on 29 May, which will now take place on 23 July.

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