Remarks by Eurogroup President Kyriakos Pierrakakis on Bulgaria’s euro adoption, the Eurogroup’s work on euro area priorities, global economic challenges discussed at G7 level, and the endorsement on a candidate for ECB Vice-President.

Information about accreditation requirements for the Informal meeting of the members of the European Council taking place in Brussels on 22 January 2026

António Costa, voorzitter van de Europese Raad, bracht een verklaring uit over Groenland.

António Costa, voorzitter van de Europese Raad, en Ursula von der Leyen, voorzitter van de Europese Commissie, brachten een gezamenlijke verklaring over Groenland uit.

On 17 January 2026, President António Costa travelled to Asunción, Paraguay, to attend the signing ceremony for the EU-Mercosur agreements, where he delivered a speech.

Weekly schedule of President António Costa, 19-25 January 2026.

De Raad keurt de gewijzigde EuroHPC-verordening definitief goed.

Het betreft sancties tegen wie gewelddadige acties door Hamas en de Palestijnse Islamitische Jihad steunt, faciliteert of mogelijk maakt.

On 14 January 2026, European Council President António Costa delivered a speech at the New Year's reception co-hosted by the Presidents of the European Council and the European Commission.

Op 17 januari 2026 wonen Raadsvoorzitter Costa en Commissievoorzitter Von der Leyen de EU-Mercosur-ondertekeningsceremonie in Asuncion (Paraguay) bij. De dag voordien ontmoeten zij de Braziliaanse president Lula in Rio de Janeiro.

President of the Eurogroup, Kyriakos Pierrakakis, issued a statement on the nominations for the post of ECB Vice-President.

De Raad besluit de partnerschaps- en interim-handelsovereenkomst tussen de EU en Mercosur te ondertekenen. Hierdoor wordt meer politieke samenwerking, handel en duurzame ontwikkeling tussen beide blokken mogelijk.

Weekly schedule of President António Costa, 12-18 January 2026.

European Council President António Costa and President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen met with the President of Lebanon, Joseph Aoun, in Beirut, Lebanon, as part of the official visit to Lebanon on 9 January 2026.

European Council President António Costa and President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen met with the President of Syria, Ahmed al-Sharaa in Damascus, Syria, as part of the official visit to Syria on 9 January 2026.

De beperkende maatregelen lopen nu tot 13 januari 2027.

On 8 January 2026, European Council President António Costa attended the EU-Jordan summit in Amman, Jordan. In his opening remarks, he emphasised that EU-Jordan relations are strong and will only get stronger. Our strategic and comprehensive partnership is a key milestone. 

At the Jordan-EU summit in Amman, Jordan on 8 January 2026, the President of the European Council, António Costa, and the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, representing the EU, and King Abdullah II of Jordan, issued a joint statement.

President António Costa travelled to Nicosia (Cyprus) to attend the opening ceremony of the Cyprus Presidency of the Council of the European Union where he delivered a speech.