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Today the Leaders held a strategic brainstorming on Europe’s competitiveness. On how to build a more competitive and resilient economy that will promote our prosperity, create high quality jobs, and ensure affordability. Today’s discussions in Alden Biesen brought new energy and a shared sense of urgency around that objective. And, most importantly, today we paved the way to agree on concrete a...
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Good morning. Today we are going to discuss competitiveness and of course that is the basis for all. Because in terms of geopolitics, if you want to be a geopolitical power, you are either a strong economic power or a strong military power. We are a strong economic power, but we need to be stronger, that is for sure. We need to work with our simplification processes. We need to work with everyth...
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From 13 to 15 February, High Representative/Vice-President (HR/VP) Kaja Kallas will attend the Munich Security Conference (MSC), where she is scheduled to participate in several sessions and meetings. On Friday, 13 February, the HR/VP will take part in the conference’s opening panel with the title "Breaking Point: The International Order Between Reform and Destruction”. On Saturday, she will...
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Welcome to Alden Biesen for this Leaders' retreat with the participation of Mario Draghi and Enrico Letta. Today, our retreat is on competitiveness. We have a clear priority – to strengthen economic growth in Europe. This is essential for our prosperity, to create quality jobs, and to sustain our economic social model. Four main priorities. First of all, we need to deepen and complete our sing...
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Good afternoon, everybody, We have the Defence Ministers’ meeting coming up, and there is a lot to discuss. First, of course, we have the new Defence Minister Fedorov, of Ukraine, who is known for its defence innovation. He is participating in the meeting. What is important is to know that Russia is not winning this war, the casualty rates are surging, their economy is not doing well. Of course,...
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The press briefing ahead of the Eurogroup meeting will take place on Friday, 13 February at 10.30. The briefing will be "off the record" and will be given by Tuomas Saarenheimo, President of the Eurogroup Working Group. The press briefing will take place in a hybrid format: EU accredited journalists will be able to participate and ask questions either remotely or in person at the Justus Lips...
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The new steps approved by Israel’s security cabinet for the West Bank are counterproductive and incompatible with international law. They risk undermining ongoing international efforts aimed at stabilization and the advancement of peaceful efforts in the region. The EU has a long-standing position of non-recognition of Israel’s sovereignty over the territories occupied since June 1967, in line ...
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Last Monday, this icon of Belgian cuisine was once again in the spotlight for the sixth edition of the competition to find the best shrimp croquette in Brussels, powered by èggo. After a blind tasting, the jury, composed of food journalists, the winner of the previous edition and chaired by Lionel Rigolet, made its decision and awarded the prize to Journal. He/she/they will be joining the line-up ...
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The meeting of the European Council will take place on 19 and 20 March 2026 in the Europa building in Brussels. Address: Rue de la Loi 155/Wetstraat 155, 1040-Brussels. Registration Media representatives wishing to cover the meeting in person are required to register in advance, following this link. The deadline to register is Friday 27 February 2026 at 14:00 CEST. IMPORTANT: Media repr...
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This badge is intended for journalists residing in Belgium and gives access, during the whole calendar year 2026, to the Council premises during summits and high-level meetings, as well as on regular working days. Application deadline: Friday 27 February 2026 at 14:00 Apply for the one-year badge More information on the one-year badge (PDF) Procedure Before starting the online procedure ple...
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