On Friday, December 19 from 10:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. ET, the Atlantic Council’s Europe Center will host a conversation on assessing Europe’s geopolitical ambitions in 2025 and opportunities for 2026.
On December 18, leaders of the European Union’s (EU) twenty-seven member states convene in Brussels for the final European Council meeting of the year. They meet to discuss and take action on issues critical to the future of the bloc and Europe, including support for Ukraine, European defense and security, EU competitiveness, enlargement, relations with the Middle East, and more. Their meeting coincides with questions about the future of transatlantic relations and Washington’s relationship with the EU in particular.
This expert discussion will look at how the EU and Europe have met—or not—their geopolitical ambitions and evolving transatlantic relations in 2025 and take a look at what lies ahead for Europe and the transatlantic relationship in 2026.
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Speakers
Tyson Barker
Nonresident Senior Fellow, Europe Center
Atlantic Council
Frances Burwell
Distinguished Fellow, Europe Center, Atlantic Council;
Senior Director, McLarty Associates
Charles Lichfield
Director, Economic Foresight & Analysis, C. Boyden Gray Senior Fellow, GeoEconomics Center
Atlantic Council
Margaritis Schinas
Distinguished Fellow, Europe Center
Atlantic Council
Moderated by
Jörn Fleck
Senior Director, Europe Center
Atlantic Council
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