EU Leaders Costa and Jetten Push for Future Ready Budget Amid Geopolitical Uncertainty

An excellent meeting with Rob Jetten in The Hague, as I complete my #TourdesCapitales. 🇳🇱 In the new geopolitical reality, the EU needs the resources to be an anchor of security, autonomy and prosperity for our…

An excellent meeting with PM Rob Jetten in The Hague, as I complete my #TourdesCapitales. 🇳🇱

🇪🇺 President Costa has concluded his four weeks of meetings with EU leaders.

After meeting the Finnish and Danish Prime Ministers in 📍Rovaniemi in the margins of the European Arctic summit, President Costa travelled to:
📍Vienna
📍Rome
📍Paris
📍Brussels
📍Dublin

#TourDesCapitales

The EU’s next long-term budget was one of the key topics on @eucopresident.consilium.europa.eu's #TourdesCapitales. 🇪🇺

Member states are negotiating the budget for 2028–2034, setting how much the EU can spend and on which priorities. How does it work? ➡️ link.europa.eu/3GR4Pr

A great meeting with Bart De Wever here in Brussels, on my #TourdesCapitales. 🇧🇪

Dear Giorgia Meloni, thank you for the warm welcome and good exchange in Rome on my #TourdesCapitales. 🇮🇹

As we face a stark new geopolitical reality, unity matters now more than ever. It requires us to accelerate our work for a safe, prosperous and competitive Europe.

An excellent exchange with Christian Stocker in beautiful Vienna on my #TourdesCapitales. 🇦🇹

We are working together for a more resilient, secure and competitive Europe.

Costa and Frederiksen Discuss Stronger European Security and Arctic Defence

At the margins of the European Arctic Summit, I had an excellent exchange with Denmark’s Statsministeriet Mette Frederiksen, as part of my #TourdesCapitales mission to speak with each leader in person. 🇩🇰 We discussed our…

At the margins of the European Arctic Summit, I had an excellent exchange with Denmark’s Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen, as part of my #TourdesCapitales mission to speak with each leader in person. 🇩🇰

Thank you Petteri Orpo for welcoming me to Rovaniemi on my #TourdesCapitales. 🇫🇮

Week 3 of my #TourdesCapitales has come to an end ✅

I will continue my discussions with my #EUCO colleagues next week.

My itinerary for week 4: link.europa.eu/Nc4kC4

Muito boa reunião, como sempre, com Luís Montenegro em Lisboa ontem à noite, na última paragem da semana na minha #TourdesCapitales. 🇵🇹

Uma Europa competitiva é um elemento crucial da nossa autonomia estratégica.

A very good exchange with Robert Abela in Valletta as I continue my #TourdesCapitales 🇲🇹

Geopolitical developments in recent years have shown us one thing clearly: Europe needs to accelerate its path towards greater strategic autonomy.

Thank you, Chancellor Friedrich Merz, for our excellent meeting in Berlin as I continue my #TourdesCapitales. 🇩🇪

European unity matters now more than ever.

António Costa (@eucopresident.consilium.europa.eu)

Thank you, dear Prime Minister Rumen Radev, for our very useful exchange of views in Sofia, on my #TourdesCapitales. 🇧🇬

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Thank you, dear Prime Minister Rumen Radev, for our very useful exchange of views in Sofia, on my #TourdesCapitales. 🇧🇬

António Costa (@eucopresident.consilium.europa.eu)

With Nicușor Dan in Bucharest, on my #TourdesCapitales. 🇷🇴 We discussed the security situation on our Eastern border and the Black Sea, and I thanked Nicușor Dan and Romania...

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With Nicușor Dan in Bucharest, on my #TourdesCapitales. 🇷🇴

We discussed the security situation on our Eastern border and the Black Sea, and I thanked Nicușor Dan and Romania for an unwavering commitment to Europe’s security.