October 16, 2023 - Often characterised as a European UN General Assembly, a marketplace for ideas and unscripted speed-dating between leaders of nearly 50 countries and four EU bodies, the European Political Community (EPC) is increasingly rudderless and unable to meet expectations. President Macron’s brainchild, ...

As a result, the bureaucratic machines ... it would do. Emmanuel Macron called for a ‘European Political Community’ (EPC), a club to foster co-operation between the EU and its neighbours....

October 6, 2022 - Besides the 27 member states of ... so-called "EU+" gathering. The brainchild of French President Emmanuel Macron, the EPC serves as a platform for political coordination for European countries....

May 16, 2023 - Aging institution battles for relevance in the modern age

October 6, 2022 - Besides the 27 member states of ... so-called "EU+" gathering. The brainchild of French President Emmanuel Macron, the EPC serves as a platform for political coordination for European countries....

July 20, 2024 - The grouping was the brainchild of Macron, who oversaw its first meeting in Prague in 2022. He designed the gathering as an informal platform to discuss shared concerns without the need for black and white deals or statements at the end: a kind of talking shop on steroids.

July 8, 2024 - Macron seemed to draw a distinction with his idea for an EPC, which he says will not “prejudge” membership of the EU but rather offers closer integration for countries which are realistically “years” or “decades” away from EU membership.

October 6, 2022 - A brainchild of French President Emmanuel Macron, the EPC brings together the 27 member states of the European Union and 17 other countries

This links up to his plea about ... Europe is and should ‘never be the vassal of the US’, Macron argued. Moreover, Macron mentions the European Political Community (EPC), one of his flagship initiatives launched in 2022, as the appropriate instance to build this ...

October 6, 2022 - Leaders of 44 European countries ... Emmanuel Macron, the EPC brings together the 27 member states of the European Union and 17 other countries, including several waiting to join the bloc and the only one ever to leave it, the United Kingdom....

'Beyond enlargement': European Political Community and enlargement policy reform

On Thursday, October 6, European leaders will gather in Prague to launch a new association for European states adjacent to the European Union. Shortly after his re-election, French President Emmanuel Macron announced a new initiative, the European Political Community (EPC), in a speech to the ...

October 3, 2022 - PARIS, Oct 3 (Reuters) - UK Prime ... a boost to the initiative, a brainchild of French President Emmanuel Macron that some have written off already as just another talking shop. The summit in Prague of the European Political Community (EPC) will bring together the 27 leaders ...

October 4, 2022 - The European Political Community (EPC) has been derided as a deceptive ploy to sideline the enlargement process, or simply a characteristically grandiose but vague proposal coming from the French. What should it be?

October 8, 2024 - On October 6, 44 European leaders gathered in a new format called the European Political Community (EPC). The EPC was introduced as a platform for political coordination between Europeans on issues such as security and energy. What are the takeaways of this first meeting?

Seven years after the speech at Sorbonne University for a sovereign, united and democratic Europe

October 3, 2022 - UK Prime Minister Liz Truss's decision ... a brainchild of French President Emmanuel Macron that some have written off already as just another talking shop. ... British Prime Minister Liz Truss attends the annual Conservative Party conference in Birmingham, Britain, October 2, 2022. © Hannah McKay, Reuters · The summit in Prague of the European Political Community (EPC) will bring ...

Emmanuel Macron sets high ambitions for the next strategic agenda

The European Union wants the 44 ... (EPC) on Thursday to highlight Russia's international isolation over Moscow's war in Ukraine, the bloc's top diplomat said. However, the summit will likely be dominated by differences about how to cap gas prices to contain soaring energy costs driven by the war that are taking the air out of the post-COVID economic recovery. A brainchild of French President Emmanuel Macron, the EPC brings ...

PARIS, Oct 3 (Reuters) – UK Prime ... a boost to the initiative, a brainchild of French President Emmanuel Macron that some have written off already as just another talking shop. The summit in Prague of the European Political Community (EPC) will bring together the 27 leaders ...