Every three years one of them is elected to be the president of the court, who is currently Vítor Manuel da Silva Caldeira.
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He has written articles and books on EU Foreign and Security Policy, EU Enlargement, EU Institutions and Comparative Politics.
However, during the negotiations for the EEA agreement, the European Court of Justice informed the Council of the European Union by way of letter that they considered that giving the EU institutions powers with respect to non-EU member states would be a violation of the treaties, and therefore the current arrangement was developed instead.