Madrid European Council, 15-16/12/1995 ; Group photo with the Spanish royal family, from left to right: 1st row: Helmut Kohl, German Federal Chancellor; Jean-Luc Dehaene, Belgian Prime Minister; Jacques Santer, President of the EC; ?; Martti Ahtisaari, President of Finland; ?; Felipe de Borbon, Prince of Asturias; Sofia, Queen of Spain; Juan Carlos, King of Spain; ?; Felipe González, Spanish Prime Minister and President in office of the Council; Jacques Chirac, President of the French Republic; ?; Klaus Hänsch, President of the EP; Poul Nyrup Rasmussen, Danish Prime Minister 2nd row: John Major, British Prime Minister; Paavo Tapio Lipponen, Finnish Prime Minister; ?; ?; ?; Lamberto Dini, Italian Prime Minister; Wim Kok, Dutch Prime Minister; António Guterres, Portuguese Prime Minister; Ingvar Carlsson, Swedish Prime Minister; Marcelino Oreja, Member of the EC in charge of Relations with the European Parliament, Relations with the Members States (Transparency, Communication and Information), Culture and Audiovisual Policy, the Office for Official Publications, Institutional Matters and Preparations for the 1996 Intergovernmental Conference (in agreement with the President); Apostolos-Athanasios Tsohatzopoulos, Greek Minister for Internal Affairs 3rd row: Jaime Gama, Portuguese Minister for Foreign Affairs; Hans van den Broek, membre de la CE chargé des Relations extérieures avec les pays de l'Europe centrale et orientale et les pays issus de l'ancienne Union soviétique, la Mongolie, la Turquie, Chypre, Malte et autres pays européens, de la Politique étrangère et de sécurité commune et des Droits de l'homme (en accord avec le président) et du Service extérieur (2nd and 3rd from the right)

The European Council met in Madrid under the Presidency of Felipe González, Spanish Prime Minister. Followed by a meeting of Heads of State and Government and Foreign Affairs Ministers of Associated Countries of Central and Oriental Europe, including the Baltic countries, as well as Cyprus and Malta. The European Council considered that job creation is the main objective for the EU and has declared its’ intention to pursue all measures necessary to reduce unemployment. Moreover, the European Council has adopted the scenario for the introduction of the single currency and has confirmed that thi... Mehr ...