4th European Political Community Summit

The Fourth European Political Community Summit is a planned meeting of the European Political Community to be held in Spring 2024 in the United Kingdom.

4th European Political Community Summit
Host countryUnited Kingdom
DateTBA
Venue(s)TBA
CitiesTBA
Participants47 states expected
ChairPrime Minister of the United Kingdom
Follows3rd
Precedes5th

Aims

Following a bilateral summit meeting between the leaders of the United Kingdom and France on 10 March 2023, it was stated in the joint declaration that the EPC should focus on energy, infrastructures, connectivity, cybersecurity, countering disinformation and migration.[1][2]

On the eve of the second EPC summit which was held on 1 June 2023, British prime minister Rishi Sunak issued a statement saying "Stopping migration and securing our borders should be at the top of the agenda for European leaders" suggesting that immigration and asylum will be on the agenda at the fourth EPC summit which will be hosted by the UK in spring 2023.[3][4]

Preparation

The United Kingdom was announced as the host of the fourth EPC summit in October 2022.[5]

Participants
Countries participating in the European Political Community

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.

Key
Non-EU member
Member Represented by Title
Albania Albania
Andorra Andorra
Armenia Armenia
Austria Austria
Azerbaijan Azerbaijan
Belgium Belgium
Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bulgaria Bulgaria
Croatia Croatia
Cyprus Cyprus
Czech Republic Czech Republic
Denmark Denmark
Estonia Estonia
Finland Finland
France France
Georgia (country) Georgia
Germany Germany
Greece Greece
Hungary Hungary
Iceland Iceland
Republic of Ireland Ireland
Italy Italy
Kosovo Kosovo
Latvia Latvia
Liechtenstein Liechtenstein
Lithuania Lithuania
Luxembourg Luxembourg
Malta Malta
Moldova Moldova
Monaco Monaco
Montenegro Montenegro
Netherlands Netherlands
North Macedonia North Macedonia
Norway Norway
Poland Poland
Portugal Portugal
Romania Romania
San Marino San Marino
Serbia Serbia
Slovakia Slovakia
Slovenia Slovenia
Spain Spain
Sweden Sweden
Switzerland Switzerland
Turkey Turkey
Ukraine Ukraine
United Kingdom United Kingdom (host)
European Union European Union

See also

References
  1. "UK-France Joint Leaders' Declaration". GOV.UK.
  2. "Déclaration conjointe – 36ème Sommet franco-britannique". elysee.fr. March 10, 2023.
  3. "Prime Minister: The security of our borders must be Europe's top priority".
  4. https://www.eureporter.co/world/moldova/2023/06/02/as-the-european-political-community-meets-again-its-role-starts-to-take-shape/
  5. "Informal meeting of heads of state or government, Prague, 6 October 2022". www.consilium.europa.eu. Retrieved 2022-09-08.
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