Euro area leaders

Leaders of those EU countries that have euro as their currency meet regularly together with all EU leaders in the European Council.

In addition, dedicated euro area meetings are often held in the full European Council format.

Euro area only meetings, in the form of the Euro Summit, are enshrined in the Treaty on Stability, Coordination and Governance (TSCG).

The Euro Summit, chaired by the Euro Summit President, brings together euro area heads of state and goverment plus the President of the European Commission. The President of the European Central Bank is also invited.

The Eurogroup is charged with the preparation and follow-up of Euro Summit meetings, and the Eurogroup President may therefore be invited to attend meetings.

The President of the European Parliament may be invited to be heard at Euro Summit meetings. The Euro Summit President is also required to present a report to the European Parliament after each Euro Summit meeting. 

When appropriate and at least once a year, leaders of non-euro area member states that have ratified the Treaty on Stability, Coordination and Governance participate as well.

	Herman Van Rompuy, President of the European Council and the Euro Summit
	Werner Faymann, Federal Chancellor Austria
	Elio Di Rupo, Prime Minister Belgium
	Nicos Anastasiades, President of the Republic Cyprus
	Andrus Ansip, Prime Minister Estonia
	Jyrki Katainen, Prime Minister Finland
	François Hollande, President of the Republic France
	Angela Merkel, Federal Chancellor Gemany
	Antonis Samaras, Prime Minister Greece
	Enda Kenny, The Taoiseach Ireland
	Enrico Letta, Prime Minister Italy
	Jean-Claude Juncker, Prime Minister Luxembourg
	Joseph Muscat, Prime Minister Malta
	Mark Rutte, Prime Minister The Netherlands
	Pedro Passos Coelho, Prime Minister Portugal
	Robert Fico, Prime Minister Slovakia
	Alenka Bratušek, Prime Minister Slovenia
	Mariano Rajoy Brey, Prime Minister Spain
	José Manuel Barroso, President of the European Commission