{"id":470325,"date":"2026-11-05T17:14:42","date_gmt":"2026-11-05T16:14:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/2026\/11\/05\/costa-chiama-i-ventisette-a-dublino-lue-deve-definire-la-sua-posizione-nella-corsa-globale-sullia\/"},"modified":"2026-11-05T18:13:04","modified_gmt":"2026-11-05T17:13:04","slug":"costa-calls-on-the-27-member-states-in-dublin-the-eu-must-define-its-position-in-the-global-race-for-ai","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/2026\/11\/05\/costa-calls-on-the-27-member-states-in-dublin-the-eu-must-define-its-position-in-the-global-race-for-ai\/","title":{"rendered":"Costa calls on the 27 member states in Dublin: \u201cThe EU must define its position in the global race for AI\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"

Brussels \u2013 Artificial intelligence (AI) is the main topic of the forthcoming informal meeting of EU heads of state and government, to be held on 13 November in Dublin (Ireland). The President of the European Council, Ant\u00f3nio Costa<\/strong>, sent the official invitation letter<\/a> to the 27 leaders on 3 November, outlining the agenda ahead. \u201cGiven the rapid pace of AI development,\u201d Costa emphasised, \u201cI believe the time has come to launch an initial dedicated discussion, at leader level, on the opportunities offered by this technology, as well as its transformative impact on our economies and societies.\u201d The proceedings will consist of a morning session and a lunchtime session, with the aim of concluding \u201cby 4 pm,\u201d the President said. <\/p>\n

The first session of the morning will feature two \u201cexternal guests\u201d, with whom the heads of state will have the opportunity to exchange views<\/strong>. The first is the CEO of Mistral AI, Artur Mensch<\/strong>, \u201cwith whom we will analyse Europe\u2019s position in the global AI landscape and the strategic issues the Union must address to strengthen its competitiveness and sovereignty in this field,\u201d he explained. These include \u201creducing critical dependencies, strengthening European capabilities in the AI sector, and developing the necessary infrastructure \u2013 underpinned by affordable clean energy and public and private investment at scale \u2013 as a condition for strategic autonomy.\u201d In particular, the meeting will provide an opportunity to discuss how to harness AI\u2019s potential for “industrial transformation through wider uptake across the economy.”<\/strong> <\/p>\n

The second part of the morning will feature the Nobel Laureate in Physics and professor of computer science, Geoffrey Hinton<\/strong>, who will focus \u201con the broader impact of AI on our societies, as well as on issues relating to security and trust.<\/strong>\u201d The topics of this debate will range \u201cfrom fundamental rights and the protection of children, to democratic processes and our social model, right through to the need to tackle market concentration and security challenges, including cybersecurity,\u201d the President explained. In this instance, the aim is to reflect \u201con how Europe can contribute to international cooperation and the governance of advanced AI security.\u201d As for the lunch, Costa anticipates \u201can exchange of views amongst the 27 Member States on the way forward for Europe in the area of artificial intelligence.\u201d <\/p>\n

In addition to the letter of invitation, the President also sent a guidance note<\/a> containing \u201cfurther details on the issues to be discussed, as well as some suggestions for questions that might guide the discussion.\u201d With regard to the ongoing discussions on the next Multiannual Financial Framework for 2028\u20132034, Costa noted that the budget \u201cand, in particular, the new European Competitiveness Fund could play a decisive role in this context. Europe must define its position in this global race<\/strong>: which technological capabilities need to be developed internally and what tools are required to reduce critical dependencies, while strengthening competitiveness, productivity, and technological sovereignty,\u201d he emphasised. <\/p>\n

This focus on artificial intelligence comes after that, last February, \u201cat Alden Biesen (Belgium), we agreed that 2026 will be the Year of Competitiveness<\/strong><\/a>\u201d and after that \u201cat the March European Council, we emphasised that, to stimulate growth in Europe, it is essential to channel investment towards the technologies of the future and accelerate innovation,\u201d the President recalled. Following next week\u2019s meeting, \u201cI expect we will return to the subject of artificial intelligence in 2027, including as part of the discussions we will have during the leaders\u2019 next retreat at Alden Biesen,\u201d on the occasion of another informal meeting<\/a> of the leaders, he concluded.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In the invitation letter to the informal meeting of Heads of State or Government, the President of the European Council explained that \u201cwe need to discuss the opportunities offered by artificial intelligence, as well as its transformative impact on our economies and societies\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7908,"featured_media":470302,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":{"format":"standard","override":[{"template":"1","parallax":"1","fullscreen":"1","layout":"right-sidebar","sidebar":"default-sidebar","second_sidebar":"default-sidebar","sticky_sidebar":"1","share_position":"top","share_float_style":"share-monocrhome","show_featured":"1","show_post_meta":"1","show_post_author":"1","show_post_author_image":"1","show_post_date":"1","post_date_format":"default","post_date_format_custom":"Y\/m\/d","show_post_category":"1","show_post_reading_time":"0","post_reading_time_wpm":"300","post_calculate_word_method":"str_word_count","show_zoom_button":"0","zoom_button_out_step":"2","zoom_button_in_step":"3","show_post_tag":"1","show_prev_next_post":"1","show_popup_post":"1","show_comment_section":"1","number_popup_post":"1","show_author_box":"0","show_post_related":"1","show_inline_post_related":"0"}],"image_override":[{"single_post_thumbnail_size":"crop-500","single_post_gallery_size":"crop-500"}],"trending_post_position":"meta","trending_post_label":"Trending","sponsored_post_label":"Sponsored by","disable_ad":"0","subtitle":""},"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_override_counter":{"view_counter_number":"0","share_counter_number":"0","like_counter_number":"0","dislike_counter_number":"0"},"footnotes":""},"categories":[25710,25707],"tags":[27175,26324,25821,27335,26655],"class_list":["post-470325","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-net-tech-en","category-world-politics","tag-artificial-intelligence-en","tag-council-en","tag-financialframework-pluriennial-en"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/470325","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7908"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=470325"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/470325\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":470326,"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/470325\/revisions\/470326"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/470302"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=470325"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=470325"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=470325"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}