2023 Spanish Presidency of the Council of the European Union
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Spain held the presidency of the Council of the European Union during the second half of 2023.[1] The presidency was the first of three presidencies making up a presidency trio, followed by the presidency of Belgium, and scheduled to be followed by that of Hungary.[2] It was the fifth time Spain had held the presidency.[1]
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On the first day of the presidency, Spanish prime minister Pedro Sánchez took the train to Kyiv in a highly symbolic visit, where he met with Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy and addressed the Verkhovna Rada.[3][4][5][lower-alpha 1] During the visit, Sánchez stated that one of the priorities of the Spanish presidency would be working with Ukraine in its bid to accede to the European Union.[7][5]