Two out of five families live in countries where more money is spent on debt service than on national health and education services combined. We do not have a finance problem, but an allocation problem. Year on year, $4 trillion are missing in our efforts to implement the Sustainable Development Goals. To overcome this financing gap, we need to reform the international financial institutions. M...
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Today, the European jury has announced its decision for the European Capital of Culture 2030, and Molenbeek for Brussels 2030 (MB2030) was not selected. While this moment may feel like a pause in our adventure, it is not an ending. What we have built together over these years is too strong, too alive, and too necessary to stop here. We applaud the titleholder, and we will contribute with all our g...
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As of today, candidates can submit their applications for the visit.brussels Awards. Anyone who has made the capital shine at home or abroad this year with a creative Brussels-based initiative, is invited to submit an entry.   Read the press release
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First of all, I would like to thank the South Korean Presidency for convening this meeting. Ukraine is fighting for the very principles of the United Nations Charter. Sovereignty. Territorial integrity, the respect for internationally recognized borders. The right to choose its own destiny. We cannot rewrite history. This war started with an unjustified and illegal attack by Russia. There is...
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Je veux remercier de cette initiative la France et l’Arabie saoudite, de nous réunir à un moment critique pour la paix au Moyen-Orient. La région a connu trop de guerres. Trop de violence. Trop de terrorisme. Trop de morts. Aujourd’hui, à Gaza, nous sommes devant une catastrophe humanitaire qui défie les mots. Des villes rasées. Des familles brisées. La famine utilisée comme arme de guerre. Ce ...
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Good afternoon, It is good to be in New York. We just finished the Foreign Affairs Council meeting together with Brazilian, Mexican and Indian colleagues. It was an important discussion ahead of the United Nations General Assembly. So, a few topics, basically in a broader picture two: Middle East and Ukraine. First, on the Middle East. The situation in Gaza is a devastating failure of hum...
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The Chairperson of the African Union Commission, Mahmoud Ali Youssouf; the President of the European Council, António Costa; the President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen; and the Secretary-General of the United Nations, António Guterres, met on 21 September 2025 at the United Nations Headquarters in New York on the margins of the 80th Session of the United Nations General Assembly...
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The Eurogroup discussed and adopted its work programme for the rest of 2025 and the first half of 2026. Ministers also provided political guidance on the digital euro’s institutional framework and received an update on the legislative package from the Council Presidency. Finally, President Donohoe briefed ministers on recent G7 discussions  
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The President of the European Council, António Costa, will travel to New York to represent the European Union at the 80th United Nations High Level Week between 21 and 25 September 2025. He will address the UN General Assembly on behalf of the EU on 25 September and will speak at the UN Security Council on 24 September. In his first UNGA as President of the European Council, Costa will reaffirm EU...
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