"On 26 July 2016, the Council adopted a decision establishing a revised order in which the member states will hold the presidency of the Council of the EU until 2030. Following the UK decision to relinquish the Council presidency in the second half of 2017, the Council decided to bring forward by six months the order of presidencies, starting from 1 July 2017," the statement said.
The statement added that the Croatia, which was not an EU member state, when the previous decision on the presidencies' order was made, was also added to the list and would hold the presidency of the Council for the first half of 2020.
On June 23, the United Kingdom held a referendum to determine whether or not the country should leave the European Union. According to the final results, 51.9 percent of voters decided to support Brexit. Soon after the referendum, London announced that it would not hold the presidency of the Council of the European Union that was scheduled for the second half of 2017.
