Figure 8 – Number of tweets by EU Heads of State or Government by meeting format

Figure 8 shows that normal European Council meetings, the Special European Council on appointments to a package of top jobs in European institutions of June/July 2019 and the Special European Council on the multiannual financial framework of 21-22 February 2020, were most tweeted about. The regular European Council meetings of October and December 2019 were the subject of many tweets, perhaps also because the former was the last meeting presided by Donald Tusk, and the latter, the first meeting presided by Charles Michel. There were far fewer tweets reporting on the results of the informal meetings and the video-conferences.