EU Council President Donald Tusk congratulates Romania on Twitter

The President of the European Council, Donald Tusk, congratulates Romania on starting its first mandate at the rotating presidency of the Council of the European Union. 

''Happy New Year! I wish Romania all the best with your first EU [Council] presidency. I am confident you will deliver and look forward to working with you," the European official said on Tuesday on his official Twitter page. 

Between 1 January and 30 June 2019, Romania will exercise for the first time the rotating presidency of the EU Council on the background of a European agenda marked by political developments and files with a decisive impact on the future of the Union, including the United Kingdom's withdrawal from the European Union, negotiating the future European budget and elections for the European Parliament in May 2019.