EPP leaders to meet in Brussels on 18 June ahead of European Council - list of participants

17. June 2026
EPP Summit
Date: Thursday, 18 June from 15:00 – 17:00
Venue: Hotel Sofitel Brussels Europe, Pl. Jourdan 1, 1040 Brussels.
EPP Leaders will participate in the EPP Summit in Brussels on Thursday 18 June. Preparations for the European Council on 18-19 June 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), 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).
  • EU opposition leaders Alex BORG (Malta), Annita DEMETRIOU (Cyprus), Mona JUUL (Denmark), and Alberto NÚÑEZ FEIJÓO (Spain).
  • Party leader Henri BONTENBAL (The Netherlands).
  • Members of the EPP Presidency Magnus BRUNNER (Austria), Andrzej HALICKI (Poland), Kostis HATZIDAKIS (Greece), Siegfried MUREŞAN (Romania), Paulo RANGEL (Portugal), and Dubravka ŠUICA (Croatia).
  • 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 17 June via the following link: https://forms.cloud.microsoft/e/iRZuMXZyqi
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 14:00.



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