| 6th European Political Community Summit | |
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| Host country | Albania |
| Date | 16 May 2025 |
| Motto | A New Europe in a New World: Unity – Cooperation – Joint Action |
| Venue(s) | Skanderbeg Square |
| Cities | Tirana |
| Participants | 45 countries |
| Chair | Prime Minister of Albania |
| Follows | 5th |
| Precedes | 7th |
| Website | epctiranasummit.al |
The Sixth European Political Community Summit was a meeting of the European Political Community held on 16 May 2025 in Albania. [1] [2]
The European Political Community (EPC) was founded as an intergovernmental platform aimed at facilitating political and economic coordination among European states, with a principal objective on strengthening cooperation in areas such as security, economic stability, and democratic governance. The platform emerged in response to the increasing geopolitical instability heightened by the Russian invasion of Ukraine, and was proposed by French President Emmanuel Macron in May 2022. It was planned as a flexible, inclusive framework that would enable both EU members and non-EU members, including the United Kingdom, the Western Balkans, to engage in collaborative dialogue, without the requirement of EU membership.
Albania was announced as the host of the sixth summit of the European Political Community by British Prime Minister Keir Starmer during the closing press conference of the fourth summit held in the United Kingdom in July 2024. [3]
In December 2024, it was announced that the summit would take place on 16 May 2025. [4]
The summit is to focus on four strategic topics: [5]
The summit is to be held on Friday 16 May 2025. Three thematic round table meetings are to be held focusing on Europe’s security and democratic resilience; competitiveness and economic security; and mobility challenges and youth empowerment. [6]
The schedule and agenda was as follows: [7] [5]
The summit is expected to be attended by the heads of state or government of the states participating in the European Political Community along with the president of the European Council, the president of the European Commission and the president of the European Parliament. [10]
| Non-EU member | |
| Absent |
The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe passed a resolution in March 2025 encouraging host countries to ensure that the Council of Europe systematically participates in future EPC summits. [11] The Secretaries-General of the Council of Europe, Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization were invited to attend the summit. [7]
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer held talks with EU leaders to finalise a reset of post-Brexit relations ahead of a EU–UK summit on 19 May in London; Both sides remain locked in discussions over fisheries, youth mobility or Erasmus+ membership, student access, and a new agrifood trade deal. [12] Meetings were held on the fringes of the summit with President Macron and Von de Leyen, though no immediate breakthroughs occurred, discussions continued at the first EU-UK summit on 19 May 2025. [13]
