3rd Summit of the European Political Community

Alain Berset represents Switzerland at the 3rd Summit of the European Political Community, in Granada: 47 states and the EU institutions. On the programme: security in Europe, energy, geopolitics. With Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, he co-chairs a round table on multilateralism and the geostrategic and security situation.

The EPC was born in Prague in October 2022, then met in Chișinău in June 2023; the United Kingdom will host the next one. Switzerland had prepared the summit with a workshop in Geneva, with the ECFR and the GCSP, on the EPC’s place in the European security architecture. In the evening, the heads of state and government are received at the Alhambra by King Felipe VI.

Thursday 5 October 2023 — Granada

• Opening plenary session, family photo
• Round table “Multilateralism, security and geostrategic issues”, co-chaired with Kyriakos Mitsotakis
• Bilateral meetings, including with the Irish Taoiseach Leo Varadkar and the President of the Italian Council of Ministers, Giorgia Meloni
• Press conference
• Reception by the King and Queen of Spain at the Alhambra, official dinner

Sources

• Federal Council, press release of 03.10.2023