Gymnich meeting

A Gymnich meeting is an informal meeting of the foreign ministers of the member states of the European Union, organized every six months according to the rotating Presidency of the Council of the European Union since 1974. The ministers are not accompanied by their assistants, which makes the environment easier for informal and frank exchanges of views. This type of meeting received its name from the first of such events held at in Erftstadt, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, owned by the Kelly Family.

Meetings

2026

Lemesos (Cyprus): 27 and 28 May Wicklow (Ireland): 1 and 2 September

2025

Warsaw: 7 and 8 May Copenhagen: 30 August

2024

Brussels (Egmont Palace): 2 and 3 February Brussels: 29 August*

*Hungary held the Presidency in the second half of 2024, and wanted to organise a meeting in Budapest on this date. High Representative Borell decided to organise an informal meeting in Brussels as a "punishment for Hungary misusing the presidency", due to Hungarian Prime Minister Orban visiting Moscow and Beijing amid the Russian war in Ukraine.

2023 Stockholm: 12 and 13 May Toledo: 29 and 30 August

2022 Prague: 30 and 31 August Brest: 13 and 14 January

2021 Lisbon (Portugal): 4 March. Kranj (Slovenia): 2 and 3 September.

2020 Lužnica Castle (Croatia): 5 March. Berlin: 27 and 28 August

2019 Bucharest: 31 January–1 February Helsinki: 29–30 August

2018 Sofia: 15–16 February Vienna: 30–31 August

2017 Valletta: 28 April Tallinn: 7–8 September

2016 Amsterdam: 5–6 February Bratislava: 2–3 September

2015 Riga: 6–7 March Luxembourg: 4–5 September

2012 Aphrodite Hills Resort, Pafos: 7 and 8 September

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