The Seventh European Political Community Summit was a meeting of the European Political Community held on 2 October 2025 in Copenhagen, Denmark.
Background Denmark was announced as the host of the seventh summit of the European Political Community by British Prime Minister Keir Starmer during the closing press conference of the fourth summit held in the United Kingdom in July 2024.
Aims The summit will focus on how to strengthen Ukraine, the general security situation in Europe and how to make our Europe stronger and more secure in the geopolitical situation we face. The plenary will be followed by several roundtable discussions focusing on different aspects of the security situation in Europe including; traditional & hybrid threats, economic security, migration.
Schedule and agenda The summit was held on Thursday 2 October 2025.
The schedule and agenda was as follows: 08.15 – 10.00: Arrivals, doorsteps and handshakes 10.00 – 11.30: Opening plenary session 11.30 – 12.00: Family photo 12.00 – 13.00: Roundtables 13.15 – 15.15: Bilateral meetings 15.15 – 16.30: Closing session 16.30: Press conference and exit doorsteps
Attendees
The summit was 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, the president of the European Parliament as well as the Secretaries General of the Council of Europe and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). The prime ministers of Denmark's overseas territories, Greenland and the Faroe Islands, were represented for the first time within the ECP at this summit. British Prime Minister Keir Starmer left the summit early in order to chair a COBR meeting on a Manchester synagogue attack which occurred during the summit.
Participating states + KeyAbsent Member Represented by Title AlbaniaEdi RamaPrime Minister AndorraXavier Espot ZamoraPrime Minister ArmeniaNikol PashinyanPrime Minister AustriaChristian StockerChancellor Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev President Belgium Bart De WeverPrime Minister Bosnia and Herzegovina Željko KomšićChairman of the Presidency Bulgaria Rosen ZhelyazkovPrime Minister Croatia Andrej PlenkovićPrime Minister Cyprus Nikos ChristodoulidesPresident Czech Republic Denmark Mette Frederiksen Prime Minister Estonia Kristen MichalPrime Minister European Union Kaja KallasHigh Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy António Costa President of the European Council Ursula von der Leyen President of the European Commission Roberta Metsola President of the European Parliament Finland Petteri OrpoPrime Minister FranceEmmanuel MacronPresident Georgia Irakli Kobakhidze Prime Minister Germany Friedrich MerzChancellor Greece Kyriakos MitsotakisPrime Minister Hungary Viktor OrbánPrime Minister IcelandKristrún FrostadóttirPrime Minister Ireland Micheál MartinTaoiseach Italy Giorgia MeloniPrime Minister Kosovo Vjosa Osmani President Latvia Evika SiliņaPrime Minister Liechtenstein Brigitte HaasPrime Minister Lithuania Gitanas NausėdaPresident Luxembourg Luc FriedenPrime Minister Malta Robert AbelaPrime Minister Moldova Maia SanduPresident Monaco Albert IISovereign Prince Montenegro Jakov MilatovićPresident Netherlands Dick SchoofPrime Minister North Macedonia Gordana Siljanovska-DavkovaPresident NorwayJonas Gahr StørePrime Minister Poland Donald TuskPrime Minister Portugal Luís MontenegroPrime Minister Romania Nicușor-Daniel DanPresident San Marino SerbiaAleksandar VučićPresident Slovakia Slovenia Robert GolobPrime Minister Spain Pedro SánchezPrime Minister Sweden Ulf KristerssonPrime Minister Switzerland Karin Keller-SutterPresident Turkey Ukraine Volodymyr ZelenskyyPresident United Kingdom Keir StarmerPrime Minister
Invited delegates Entity Represented by TitleGreenlandJens-Frederik NielsenPrime MinisterFaroe IslandsAksel V. JohannesenPrime Minister North Atlantic Treaty Organization Mark Rutte Secretary GeneralCouncil of EuropeAlain BersetSecretary GeneralOrganization for Security and Co-operation in EuropeFeridun Hadi SinirlioğluSecretary-General United Transitional Cabinet of Belarus Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya Head
Outcomes European Coalition Against Drugs (ECAD) The governments of France, Italy, Albania, Andorra, Armenia, Bosnia Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Croatia, Denmark, Georgia, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Kosovo, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Moldova, Monaco, Montenegro, Netherlands, North Macedonia, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, San Marino, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Sweden, and the United Kingdom, together with the Council of Europe agreed to launch a European Coalition Against Drugs (ECAD) as a platform within the European Political Community.
Greenland-United Kingdom relations During the summit, Greenland and the United Kingdom agreed to resume negotiations on the Greenland–United Kingdom Partnership, Trade and Cooperation Agreement, a post-Brexit free trade agreement which had previously stagnated.
See also
European integration Pan-European identity Politics of Europe
References
External links European Council: 7th European Political Community Summit Government of Denmark: Meeting of the European Political Community Press materials from the European Council Press materials from the Government of Denmark