| 6th European Political Community Summit | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Host country | Albania |
| Date | Spring 2025 |
| Cities | Tirana |
| Participants | 47 expected |
| Chair | Prime Minister of Albania |
| Follows | 5th |
| Precedes | 7th |
The Sixth European Political Community Summit is a planned meeting of the European Political Community to be held in Spring 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 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]
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.
| Non-EU member |
Representatives of the Council of Europe, Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization have attended the previous two summits.
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