However, since the 2007 Treaty of Lisbon, article 15 of Treaty on European Union states that the European Council appoints a full-time president for a two-and-a-half-year term, with the possibility of renewal once.
Siden Lissabontraktaten, artikel 15 i Traktaten om Den Europæiske Union hedder det, at Det Europæiske Råd udpeger en formand på fuld tid for en to-et-halt år, med mulighed for genvalg én gang.