During the press conference held at the end of the European Council meeting of 23 October 2025, President António Costa presented the main results of the discussions.

1. The European Council held an exchange of views with Volodymyr Zelenskyy, President of Ukraine.

Before the start of the European Council meeting of 23 October 2025, European Council President António Costa and President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy addressed the press.

COMPETITIVENESS AND TWIN TRANSITION. 32. The European Council held an in-depth discussion on how to further reinforce EU competitiveness, building on its conclusions of March ...

24. The European Council acknowledges the progress made on the Defence Readiness Omnibus, welcomes progress on the proposal on incentivising defence related investments in the EU budget and looks ...

The Council adopted a 19th package of economic and individual restrictive measures designed to target vital sectors of the Russian economy such as energy and finance, further weakening the regime’s ...

EU leaders and social partners met in Brussels and held a discussion focused on making Europe stronger in a changing world ...

President of the European Council António Costa presented the main results of the discussions of the leaders during the EU-Egypt summit held in Brussels on 22 October 2025.

The Council today approved conclusions on COP30, reinforcing the EU's commitment to keeping 1.5°C within reach, scaling up ...

The Council today approved conclusions on the European water resilience strategy, reinforcing the EU’s commitment to ...

European Council President António Costa met with the Presidents of European Committee of the Regions and European Economic and Social Committee on 22 October 2025. They main topic of their discussion ...

Today, the Council gave its green light to Switzerland joining Union programmes, such as Horizon Europe, Euratom Research and ...