EU Council Transfer Of Power Ceremony

BRUSSELS, BELGIUM - NOVEMBER 29 : President of the European Council Charles Michel gives a departure speech during a Transfer of power ceremony in the Justus Lipsius, the EU Council headquarter on November 29, 2024 in Brussels, Belgium. The European Council is made up of the heads of state or government of all EU countries, the European Council President, and the European Commission President. It is convened and chaired by its President, who is elected by the European Council itself for a once-renewable two-and-a-half-year term. Among other things, the President represents the EU to the outside world. (Photo by Thierry Monasse/Getty Images)