General Affairs Council

Meetings bring together the Foreign Ministers of the Member States.

Ministers responsible for European Affairs also participate depending on the items on agenda.

[verify] It was created in 2009 by the Treaty of Lisbon by splitting it from the "General Affairs and External Relations Council" with the other part becoming the Foreign Affairs Council.

It co-ordinates preparation for and follow-up to meetings of the European Council.

It also exercises a role in co-ordinating work on different policy areas carried out by the Councils other configurations, and handles any dossier entrusted to it by the European Council.