Press Releases

The tenth edition of Bright Brussels Festival lit up the Belgian capital, plunging visitors into a magical, illuminated atmosphere. More than 20 light installations and animations, by Belgian and international artists, showcased the historic centre. In addition to this rich and varied light trail, the brand new Bright Brussels Food, Bright Brussels Market, Bright Brussels Kids, guided tours and ma...
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The European Commission has decided to close its antitrust investigation into allegedly anticompetitive behaviour by Edwards Lifesciences, a producer of medical devices for cardiovascular applications. The closure of the investigation follows the company's withdrawal of its so-called Global Unilateral Pro-Innovation (Anti-Copycatting) Policy ('UPIP'). Hence, the UPIP is no longer applicable an...
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The European Union welcomes the holding of genuinely competitive parliamentary elections and referendum in Bangladesh in a peaceful atmosphere. The people of Bangladesh have exercised their democratic rights in large numbers. The EU deployed an Election Observation Mission, which presented its preliminary findings in a press conference on 14 February where it noted that the elections were cr...
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Please find below the European Data Protection Supervisor's (EDPS) latest press release, dated 13 February 2026, titled: EDPS strengthens DPO role: new guidance and binding rules to protect DPO independence across EU institutions. EDPS strengthens DPO role: new guidance and binding rules to protect DPO independence across EU institutions Under EU law, all EU institutions, bodies, offices and...
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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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