EPP leaders to meet in Brussels on 15 October ahead of European Council - list of participants

14. October 2026

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EPP Summit
Date: Thursday, 15 October from 07:30 – 09:30
Venue: Hotel Sofitel Brussels Europe, Pl. Jourdan 1, 1040 Brussels.
EPP Leaders will participate in the EPP Summit in Brussels on Thursday 15 October. Preparations for the European Council on 15-16 October will be on the agenda. The meeting will be hosted by EPP President Manfred WEBER. EPP Secretary General Dolors MONTSERRAT and the members of the Presidency will participate.
The following leaders have confirmed their attendance:
  • President of the European Commission Ursula von der LEYEN and President of the European Parliament Roberta METSOLA.
  • EU Heads of state/government Nikos CHRISTODOULIDES (Cyprus), Ilie BOLOJAN (Romania), Luc FRIEDEN (Luxembourg), Janez JANŠA (Slovenia), Ulf KRISTERSSON (Sweden), Péter MAGYAR (Hungary), Friedrich MERZ (Germany) Kyriakos MITSOTAKIS (Greece), Luís MONTENEGRO (Portugal), Petteri ORPO (Finland), Andrej PLENKOVIĆ (Croatia), Christian STOCKER (Austria), and Donald TUSK (Poland).
  • EU Deputy Prime Ministers Antonio TAJANI (Italy) and Vincent VAN PETEGHEM (Belgium).
  • Party leader Henri BONTENBAL (The Netherlands).
  • EU opposition leaders Alex BORG (Malta), Mona JUUL (Denmark), and Alberto NÚÑEZ FEIJÓO (Spain).
  • Non-EU opposition leader Ine ERIKSEN SØREIDE (Norway).
  • Members of the EPP Presidency Magnus BRUNNER (Austria), Kostis HATZIDAKIS (Greece), David McALLISTER (Germany), Siegfried MUREŞAN (Romania), Paulo RANGEL (Portugal), Dubravka ŠUICA (Croatia) and EPP Treasurer François-Xavier BELLAMY (France).
  • President of the EPP Group in the CoR Sari RAUTIO.
Press registration
Journalists wishing to cover the EPP Summit must register by 14 October via the following link: https://forms.cloud.microsoft/e/8LAhCiK0dg
For security reasons, please ensure that you bring a valid form of identification. Journalists will be given access to the venue upon presentation of their accreditation badges issued by the European Council or their national press ID cards.
Press registration will open at 06:45.



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