On 1 January Bulgaria assumed the six-month presidency of the Council with Austria and Estonia in a supporting role. It was the first time Bulgaria had held the presidency and the occasion marked a decade since it joined the EU in 2007. The motto of the Bulgarian presidency was ‘United we stand strong’. Its three priorities were security, solidarity and stability. On 1 July Austria took over the presidency. The priorities of the Austrian presidency were increasing security at the EU’s external borders, fighting irregular (that is, illegal) immigration, securing a more prosperous and competitive Europe through digitalisation, as well as enhancing cooperation with neighbouring countries, particularly the Western Balkans and South-Eastern Europe with a view to promoting stability in the region. Jean-Claude Juncker, Commission President, paid tribute to Peter Sutherland, who died in January. Juncker described him as ‘a true European’ and one of the founding fathers of the Erasmus programme, said to be Sutherland’s own proudest policy achievement. Sutherland was also instrumental in shaping the internal market and EU competition policy as we know it today. He had a long and distinguished international career, serving as European Commissioner for Competition from 1985 to 1989 in the first Jacques Delors Commission. He later became Director General of the General Agree ment on Tariffs and Trade, becoming Director General of its

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欧盟，2018

1 月 1 日，保加利亚担任了为期 6 个月的理事会主席，奥地利和爱沙尼亚担任支持角色。这是保加利亚第一次担任主席，这一时刻标志着它自 2007 年加入欧盟以来的十年。保加利亚主席的座右铭是“团结我们坚强”。它的三个优先事项是安全、团结和稳定。7 月 1 日，奥地利接任总统职位。奥地利总统的首要任务是加强欧盟外部边界的安全，打击非正常（即非法）移民，通过数字化确保欧洲更加繁荣和有竞争力，以及加强与邻国的合作，特别是西巴尔干和南- 东欧以促进该地区的稳定。让-克洛德·容克，委员会主席，向一月份去世的彼得萨瑟兰致敬。容克将他描述为“真正的欧洲人”和伊拉斯谟计划的创始人之一，据说这是萨瑟兰自己最引以为豪的政策成就。正如我们今天所知，萨瑟兰还在塑造内部市场和欧盟竞争政策方面发挥了重要作用。他拥有漫长而杰出的国际职业生涯，1985 年至 1989 年在第一届雅克德洛委员会担任欧洲竞争事务专员。他后来成为关税和贸易总协定的总干事，成为其总干事 正如我们今天所知，萨瑟兰还在塑造内部市场和欧盟竞争政策方面发挥了重要作用。他拥有漫长而杰出的国际职业生涯，1985 年至 1989 年在第一届雅克德洛委员会担任欧洲竞争事务专员。他后来成为关税和贸易总协定的总干事，成为其总干事 正如我们今天所知，萨瑟兰还在塑造内部市场和欧盟竞争政策方面发挥了重要作用。他拥有漫长而杰出的国际职业生涯，1985 年至 1989 年在第一届雅克德洛委员会担任欧洲竞争事务专员。他后来成为关税和贸易总协定的总干事，成为其总干事