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Indicative programme All times are approximate and subject to change (local time) Tuesday 5 May 09:00 Welcome ceremony 09:10 Family photo 09:15 Restricted meeting (photo opportunity) 09:50 Plenary (photo opportunity) 11:05 Signing ceremony TBC 11:20 Joint press statements 12:00 Participation to the opening of the Yerevan Dialogue TBC At the end of the meeting, the press statements will...
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Indicative programme All times are approximate and subject to change (local time) Sunday 3 May 19:00 Leaders dinner hosted by Vahagn Khachaturyan, President of the Republic of Armenia, and Nikol Pashinyan, Prime Minister of the Republic of Armenia Monday 4 May 09:00 Arrivals (photo opportunity) 10:45 Opening ceremony Family photo (photo opportunity) 11:30 Opening plenary 12:45 Informal lu...
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It was a great pleasure to welcome the coalition of Mayors for Housing to Brussels once again, a pan European, cross-party alliance representing cities and towns from all corners of Europe. As you know, following our first meeting last year, the European Council had a first-ever exchange of views on affordable housing in October. The issue has since remained on top of the European Union agenda....
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L'Union européenne exprime sa profonde préoccupation face à la suspension de la Ligue tunisienne des droits de l'homme (LTDH), une organisation emblématique de la société civile tunisienne, un acteur essentiel pour la promotion et la protection des droits de l'homme en Tunisie, et co-récipiendaire du prix Nobel de la paix 2015. L'Union européenne réaffirme son engagement en faveur de son parten...
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Dear everybody, Dear Margus, Thank you for hosting us here in this wonderful castle. First, on the Middle East. There is no swift exit from the stand-off in the Strait of Hormuz in sight. And the consequences are negative across the board. The global economy is reeling. Russia is gaining fresh revenue from higher oil prices, and US weapons deliveries to Nordic and Baltic countries face delay...
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Indicative programme All times are approximate and subject to change 14:20 Arrivals Family photo (photo opportunity in the Europa Forum) 14:30 Meeting with the Coalition of Mayors on Housing +/- 15:15 Press conference President Costa will hold a press conference with the mayor of Barcelona, Jaume Collboni, mayor of Paris, Emmanuel Grégoire, and mayor of Rome, Roberto Gualtieri At ...
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On 30 April, the High Representative/Vice-President Kaja Kallas will attend the NB8 Ministerial session in Kuressaare, Estonia. It will be followed by a press conference at around 12:45 (CEST) broadcast on EBS. Audiovisual coverage of the High Representative/Vice-President’s engagements will be provided on EBS and X
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The EU welcomes yesterday's meeting of the Armenia-Türkiye bilateral working group in Kars to advance the restoration of rail connections between the two countries. The sustained momentum in the Armenia-Türkiye normalisation process reflects the broader positive dynamics taking hold in the region – essential for lasting peace and stability. The EU encourages the full normalisation between both ...
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It is an honour to speak before you after my first appearance in December 2024, when I shared my views about Europe’s competitiveness challenges. Our first discussion with President Boland, on his inauguration day, was about housing scarcity in Europe, to prepare the first-ever Leaders’ discussion on the European housing crisis. Housing is a key element of the cost-of-living crisis and a maj...
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The current pace of executions in Iran is appalling. The EU has a firm and principled opposition to the use of capital punishment in all cases and in all circumstances. The death penalty is incompatible with the inalienable right to life and the absolute prohibition of cruel, inhuman or degrading punishment. It fails to act as deterrent to crime and makes miscarriages of justice irreversible. The ...
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