Thispaper aims to contribute to the ongoing debate on criteria for measuring theperformance of the rotating Presidencies of the Council of the EU. Thecomparison between Austria and Croatia, two countries that concluded the twomost recent Council Presidency Trios, can be illustrative in identifying themain factors that can influence the overall performance of rotating Presidencies.Based on the series of quantitative and qualitative indicators, the overallscore of both countries’ Presidencies turned to be positive, despite somefailures of these Presidencies to demonstrate a firm commitment to fundamentalEU values. In view of the lack of evaluations of the Council Presidencies basedon verifiable, measurable indicators, this paper seeks to contribute to thedevelopment of a more objective methodological framework for the assessment of thefuture Presidencies of the Council as a still under-researched area within EUstudies.

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衡量欧盟理事会主席的成功

本文旨在为正在进行的关于衡量欧盟理事会轮值主席绩效标准的辩论做出贡献。奥地利和克罗地亚这两个结束最近两次理事会主席三人组的国家之间的比较，可以说明影响轮值主席整体表现的主要因素。根据一系列定量和定性指标，两国的总体得分尽管这些主席未能表现出对基本欧盟价值观的坚定承诺，但主席转为积极。鉴于缺乏基于可验证、可衡量指标的理事会主席评价，