7th European Political Community Summit

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7th European Political Community Summit
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Host country Denmark
Date2 October 2025
Cities Copenhagen
Venues Bella Center [1]
Participants43 countries
Chair Mette Frederiksen, Prime Minister of Denmark
Follows 6th
Precedes 8th
Website 7th European Political Community Summit

The Seventh European Political Community Summit was a meeting of the European Political Community held on 2 October 2025 in Copenhagen, Denmark. [2]

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Background

Denmark was announced as the host of the seventh 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]

Aims

The summit will focus on how to strengthen Ukraine, the general security situation in Europe and how to make our Europe stronger and more secure in the geopolitical situation we face. The plenary will be followed by several roundtable discussions focusing on different aspects of the security situation in Europe including; traditional & hybrid threats, economic security, migration. [4]

Schedule and agenda

The summit was held on Thursday 2 October 2025.

The schedule and agenda was as follows: [5]

Attendees

Countries participating in the European Political Community European Political Community.svg
Countries participating in the European Political Community

The summit was 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, the president of the European Parliament as well as the Secretaries General of the Council of Europe and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). The prime ministers of Denmark's overseas territories, Greenland and the Faroe Islands, were represented for the first time within the ECP at this summit. [6] British Prime Minister Keir Starmer left the summit early in order to chair a COBR meeting on a Manchester synagogue attack which occured during the summit. [7]

Participating states
Key
Absent
MemberRepresented byTitle
Flag of Albania.svg Albania Edi Rama Prime Minister
Flag of Andorra.svg Andorra Xavier Espot Zamora Prime Minister
Flag of Armenia.svg Armenia Nikol Pashinyan Prime Minister
Flag of Austria.svg Austria Christian Stocker Chancellor
Flag of Azerbaijan.svg Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev President
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Belgium Bart De Wever Prime Minister
Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg Bosnia and Herzegovina Željko Komšić Chairman of the Presidency
Flag of Bulgaria.svg Bulgaria Rosen Zhelyazkov Prime Minister
Flag of Croatia.svg Croatia Andrej Plenković Prime Minister
Flag of Cyprus.svg Cyprus Nikos Christodoulides President
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czech Republic
Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark Mette Frederiksen Prime Minister
Flag of Estonia.svg Estonia Kristen Michal Prime Minister
Flag of Europe.svg European Union
Kaja Kallas High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy
António Costa President of the European Council
Ursula von der Leyen President of the European Commission
Roberta Metsola President of the European Parliament
Flag of Finland.svg Finland Petteri Orpo Prime Minister
Flag of France.svg France Emmanuel Macron President
Flag of Georgia.svg Georgia Irakli Kobakhidze Prime Minister
Flag of Germany.svg Germany Friedrich Merz Chancellor
Flag of Greece.svg Greece Kyriakos Mitsotakis Prime Minister
Flag of Hungary.svg Hungary Viktor Orbán Prime Minister
Flag of Iceland.svg Iceland Kristrún Frostadóttir Prime Minister
Flag of Ireland.svg Ireland Micheál Martin Taoiseach
Flag of Italy.svg Italy Giorgia Meloni Prime Minister
Flag of Kosovo.svg Kosovo Vjosa Osmani President
Flag of Latvia.svg Latvia Evika Siliņa Prime Minister
Flag of Liechtenstein.svg Liechtenstein Brigitte Haas Prime Minister
Flag of Lithuania.svg Lithuania Gitanas Nausėda President
Flag of Luxembourg.svg Luxembourg Luc Frieden Prime Minister
Flag of Malta.svg Malta Robert Abela Prime Minister
Flag of Moldova.svg Moldova Maia Sandu President
Flag of Monaco.svg Monaco Albert II Sovereign Prince
Flag of Montenegro.svg Montenegro Jakov Milatović President
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands Dick Schoof Prime Minister
Flag of North Macedonia.svg North Macedonia Gordana Siljanovska-Davkova President
Flag of Norway.svg Norway Jonas Gahr Støre Prime Minister
Flag of Poland.svg Poland Donald Tusk Prime Minister
Flag of Portugal (official).svg Portugal Luís Montenegro Prime Minister
Flag of Romania.svg Romania Nicușor-Daniel Dan President
Flag of San Marino.svg San Marino
Flag of Serbia.svg Serbia Aleksandar Vučić President
Flag of Slovakia.svg Slovakia
Flag of Slovenia.svg Slovenia Robert Golob Prime Minister
Flag of Spain.svg Spain Pedro Sánchez Prime Minister
Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden Ulf Kristersson Prime Minister
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Switzerland Karin Keller-Sutter President
Flag of Turkey.svg Turkey
Flag of Ukraine.svg Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy President
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom Keir Starmer Prime Minister
Invited delegates
EntityRepresented byTitle
Flag of Greenland.svg Greenland Jens-Frederik Nielsen Prime Minister
Flag of the Faroe Islands.svg Faroe Islands Aksel V. Johannesen Prime Minister
Flag of NATO.svg North Atlantic Treaty Organization Mark Rutte Secretary General
Logo of the Council of Europe (no lettering).svg Council of Europe Alain Berset Secretary General
Flag of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe.svg Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe Feridun Hadi Sinirlioğlu Secretary-General
Flag of Belarus (1918, 1991-1995).svg United Transitional Cabinet of Belarus Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya [8] Head

See also

References

  1. "Denmark assumes the Presidency of the Council of the European Union". The Prime Minister's Office. 4 June 2025.
  2. "Meeting of the European Political Community".
  3. "Meeting of the European Political Community, 18 July 2024". European Council (EUCO). 18 July 2024. Archived from the original on 17 July 2024. Retrieved 16 November 2024.
  4. https://www.consilium.europa.eu/en/meetings/international-summit/2025/10/02/
  5. https://danish-presidency.consilium.europa.eu/media/2ftn3gpb/media-guide-epc.pdf
  6. https://danish-presidency.consilium.europa.eu/en/news/european-security-is-on-the-agenda-at-the-european-political-community-in-copenhagen/
  7. Thompson, George (2 October 2025). "PM leaves gathering of European political leaders early after synagogue attack". The Standard . Archived from the original on 3 October 2025. Retrieved 3 October 2025.
  8. https://x.com/Tsihanouskaya/status/1973840950855115132