Briefing - Outcome of the meetings of EU leaders, 23 October 2025 - 05-11-2025
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'Delivered on all fronts' was the main message from European Council President António Costa on the results of the 23 October European Council meeting. On defence, the European Council defined a timeline and priorities for achieving EU defence readiness in 2Briefing - Outcome of the meetings of EU leaders, 23 October 2025 - 05-11-2025
'Delivered on all fronts' was the main message from European Council President António Costa on the results of the 23 October European Council meeting. On defence, the European Council defined a timeline and priorities for achieving EU defence readiness in 2030 – the more immediate priorities being air defence and Europe's eastern flank. On competitiveness, EU leaders strongly pushed the simplification agenda, and stressed the need for a competitive and pragmatic green transition and for decisive progress towards EU digital sovereignty. On Ukraine, however, the outcome was mixed: even though EU leaders adopted the 19th sanctions package against Russia, and committed to covering Ukraine's financial needs for 2026-2027, they failed to agree on methods for doing so, postponing a decision on the matter to December 2025. In addition to the three core topics, the European Council discussed housing for the first time, stressing the need to focus on European citizens' daily concerns and to launch complementary initiatives at EU level to promote affordable housing. Source : © European Union, 2025 - EP Read more














