Facebookhttps://www.facebook.com/share/1BPiEa3YVa/ Instagram rise_for_climatehttps://www.instagram.com/p/DO74J3EjKZB/?igsh=M3Zlb2Q0dGxuN3pt Petition for stronger European climate legislation https://c.org/RxGfpYYRvf Our European climate march on 27 January 2019 in Brussels https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2019/01/27/over-70-000-march-for-the-climate-in-brussels Website: www...
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On Tuesday, Follow the Money won the 2025 Daphne Caruana Galizia Prize for Journalism for exposing the hidden financial networks enabling Russia’s sanction-evading oil trade. The investigation, coordinated by the platform for investigative journalism “Follow the Money” in collaboration with media from Belgium, Denmark, Germany, Greece, Italy, Norway, the Netherlands, and the...
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On 22 October, the President of the European Council, António Costa will meet the President of the Committee of the Regions Kata Tüttő and Economic and Social Committee’s outgoing President Oliver Röpke and incoming President Séamus Boland. The meeting will focus on how to address the housing crisis across the EU. It takes place ahead of the Tripartite Social Summit and the European Council dis...
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Meeting with Presidents of European Committee of the Regions and European Economic and Social Committee, 22 October 2025 +/- 10.05 Official welcome (photo opportunity) +/- 10.05 Beginning of the meeting on affordable housing At the end of the meeting (+/- 10.30) - Press conference in the Europa building press room in live streaming by: President of the European Council, António Costa...
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The European Union congratulates the people and electoral authorities of the Plurinational State of Bolivia for the democratic and orderly presidential elections held on 19 October. The provisional results from the Supreme Electoral Tribunal show a clear outcome, acknowledged by both contenders. The EU congratulates Rodrigo Paz Pereira on his victory and looks forward to collaborating with the ...
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We are all united in our desire for a just and lasting peace, deserved by the people of Ukraine. We strongly support President Trump’s position that the fighting should stop immediately, and that the current line of contact should be the starting point of negotiations. We remain committed to the principle that international borders must not be changed by force. Russia’s stalling tactics have...
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Good afternoon, everybody. European foreign ministers just concluded the discussions on a range of issues. First, on Ukraine, the fundamentals have not changed. Ukraine has been ready for an unconditional ceasefire already since February, but Russia has no genuine interest in peace. We all support President Trump's efforts to end the war, but Putin will only negotiate seriously if he thinks ...
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The press briefing ahead of the European Council meeting of 23 October 2025 will take place on Tuesday, 21 October 2025 at 14.00 in the Justus Lipsius building press room. It will also touch upon the upcoming EU-Egypt Summit taking place on 22 October 2025. This briefing will be "off the record". The press briefing will take place in a hybrid format: EU accredited journalists or journalists ...
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Good to be in Luxembourg. Today we have a Foreign Affairs Council, and then afterwards we have a big ministerial coming up with our partners from Central Asia and South Caucasus. But first on the FAC. Of course, we first talk about Ukraine. We see President Trump's efforts to bring peace to Ukraine. Of course, all these efforts are welcomed, but we do not see Russia really wanting peace. ...
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Good evening. It is really a pleasure to meet you again here. We have met several times in the past, so thank you for coming to Luxembourg. This is the fourth EU-Iraq Cooperation Council. Iraq is a valued partner for the European Union. We cooperate closely on energy, on security, on migration. The EU's assistance mission has been instrumental in supporting the Iraqi authorities in streng...
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