- Title: European leaders gather to take 'family photo'
- Date: 6th October 2022
- Summary: PRAGUE, CZECH REPUBLIC (OCTOBER 6, 2022) (REUTERS) EUROPEAN COMMISSION PRESIDENT URSULA VON DER LEYEN WALKING TOWARDS FAMILY PHOTO GERMAN CHANCELLOR OLAF SCHOLZ SMILING, LOOKING ON FRENCH PRESIDENT EMMANUEL MACRON AND CZECH PRIME MINISTER PETR FIALA TALKING LEADERS WALKING TOWARDS FAMILY PHOTO, POSITIONING THEMSELVES SCHOLZ IN CONVERSATION WITH NORTH MACEDONIAN PRIME MINIS
- Embargoed: 20th October 2022 15:47
- Keywords: EU Leaders European Union Family Photo Summit
- Location: PRAGUE, CZECH REPUBLIC
- City: PRAGUE, CZECH REPUBLIC
- Country: Czech Republic
- Topics: European Union,Europe,Government/Politics
- Reuters ID: LVA001046706102022RP1
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text: Leaders of EU and neighbouring countries including the Balkans and Ukraine posed on Thursday (October 6) for a family photo at the inaugural meeting of the European Political Community (EPC) in Prague.
The leaders met to discuss security and energy emergencies plaguing them all since Russia's invasion of Ukraine, a symbolic summit that underlined Moscow's isolation.
The gathering aimed to bring together the EU's 27 member states and 17 other European countries on an equal footing.
Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen was tied up with a crucial parliamentary debate at home, bringing the number of leaders down to 43 from the originally envisaged 44.
The meeting at the ancient compound of Prague Castle was a grand show of solidarity for a continent mired in multiple crises - from the security fallout of the war in Ukraine to an energy crunch and a looming recession that has dashed hopes of robust recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic downturn.
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