Croatia held the presidency of the Council of the European Union (Croatian: Hrvatsko predsjedanje Vijećem Europske unije,[1] known by acronyms EU2020HR[2] and HRPRES 2020[3]) during the first half of 2020.

[2] Work called ”Typographic Chessboard” won, whose letters and numbers relative position evokes squares, forming an acronym "EU2020HR", with dark blue representing the Council of the European Union and red symbolising Croatia.

[2] The squares represent ”the multidimensionality and complexity of this project and the content it communicates” as well as "common Croatian and European cultural, social and political journey through the past, present and future”.

[11] The next day, prime minister of Croatia Andrej Plenković and president of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen held a press conference at the Congress Hall of the National and University Library.

[11] At the start of the presidency, two of Croatia's main priorities were dealing with issues arising from Brexit, and negotiating with Balkan countries that were interested in joining the European Union.