{"id":470509,"date":"2026-11-06T16:47:35","date_gmt":"2026-11-06T15:47:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/2026\/11\/06\/costa-daccordo-con-meloni-nei-negoziati-sullucraina-il-messaggio-ue-sia-unitario-e-chiaro\/"},"modified":"2026-11-06T17:32:48","modified_gmt":"2026-11-06T16:32:48","slug":"costa-agrees-with-meloni-in-the-negotiations-on-ukraine-the-eus-message-must-be-unanimous-and-clear","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/2026\/11\/06\/costa-agrees-with-meloni-in-the-negotiations-on-ukraine-the-eus-message-must-be-unanimous-and-clear\/","title":{"rendered":"Costa agrees with Meloni: “In the negotiations on Ukraine, the EU\u2019s message must be unanimous and clear”"},"content":{"rendered":"

Brussels \u2013 The European Union\u2019s participation in discussions that \u201cshape Europe\u2019s security and Ukraine\u2019s future\u201d must \u201cbe organised in such a way as to enable it to convey a clear and unified message, to defend its own interests and to support Ukraine\u201d. This is what the President of the European Council, Ant\u00f3nio Costa<\/strong>, wrote yesterday (6 November) in a letter addressed to the President of the Italian Council of Ministers, Giorgia Meloni<\/strong><\/a>, in response to the letter in which the Prime Minister had asked him to decide \u201conce and for all\u201d who should represent the European Union in the negotiations concerning the end of the war in Ukraine. \u201cThe interests of the European Union must be represented by its institutions, in accordance with the Treaties,\u201d <\/strong>Costa agreed. <\/p>\n

In her letter to Costa, Meloni not only called for “a decision to be made once and for all as to who sits at the negotiating table on behalf of the European Union<\/b><\/a>,” but also “with what mandate.” According to the Prime Minister, \u201cproceeding in a disorganised manner, with initiatives that follow one another and overlap,\u201d such as the one held two days ago in Brussels<\/a> with only the delegations from France, Germany, and the United Kingdom representing the EU, \u201cwill not help us, neither with our partners nor with those we need to convince to stop a senseless act of aggression.<\/strong>\u201d At the end of the letter, she also requested \u201cformally that the matter be discussed at the forthcoming informal European Council in Dublin, so that the December European Council is in a position to formalise a decision on the matter, following consultation with the United Kingdom, Norway and the other European partners concerned.\u201d Otherwise, \u201cI fear we risk condemning Europe to irrelevance in the negotiation process,\u201d she added. In doing so, she hopes that Costa will make \u201cthis issue one of his priorities,\u201d knowing that \u201che can always count on her support.\u201d <\/p>\n

After thanking the Italian Prime Minister for her letter and \u201cfor setting out your concerns so clearly,\u201d the President of the European Council stated that he agreed with her \u201cthat Europe must act with consistency, unity, and determination.\u201d This is particularly true \u201cin light of the immense human suffering caused by Russia\u2019s war of aggression against Ukraine, and its profound implications for Europe\u2019s security,\u201d he emphasised. Costa also agreed with the view \u201cthat the European Union must be properly involved in the discussions shaping Europe\u2019s security and Ukraine\u2019s future.\u201d The President confirmed that he had taken \u201cnote of your request to explore this issue further during the upcoming informal meeting of the European Council in Dublin;<\/a> we will certainly find a way to discuss it,<\/strong>\u201d he concluded the letter, stating: \u201cI am convinced that it is in our common interest to ensure that the European Union contributes effectively to a just, lasting, and sustainable peace, in close cooperation with Ukraine and our other partners.\u201d <\/p>\n

In addition to Costa, the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen<\/strong>, also received Meloni\u2019s letter. This was confirmed today by the chief spokesperson for the European Commission, Paula Pinho<\/strong>, during a press briefing: \u201cAll members of the European Council, and therefore also President von der Leyen, have received the letter.<\/strong>\u201d Pinho also stated that \u201cwe fully agree that Europe must be involved in the negotiations aimed at achieving a solid and lasting peace in Ukraine and ensuring the country\u2019s security\u201d and that \u201cwe are in complete agreement on the need to remain united, consistent, and determined in defending our interests and supporting Ukraine.\u201d On the specific point raised by Costa concerning the Treaties, the chief spokesperson clarified that \u201cit is in the EU\u2019s interest for its interests to be represented by its institutions, in line with the Treaties.\u201d <\/p>\n

Prime Minister Meloni was satisfied with the response. On Ukraine, \u201cwe must act swiftly because it would be good news if there were a push towards a negotiating process, but we can facilitate that process if we know clearly what we are going to say,\u201d she stated on her arrival today (6 November) at Fieracavalli in Verona. \u201cI am pleased that President Costa responded immediately to this request with a letter he sent yesterday, in which he announced that he would find an opportunity at the forthcoming informal European Council in Dublin to open this discussion, because our aim must be to reach the December meeting, that is the Council that can decide with a process that enables us to deliberate and find a solution,\u201d Meloni emphasised.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The President of the European Council has responded to the Italian Prime Minister\u2019s request to decide \u201conce and for all\u201d who should represent the Union in the talks aimed at ending the war<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7908,"featured_media":470456,"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":[25681,25707],"tags":[27175,25871,27335,26064,35217,29842],"class_list":["post-470509","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics","category-world-politics","tag-council-en","tag-giorgia-meloni-en","tag-palazzo-berlaymont","tag-war-in-ucraine-en"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/470509","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=470509"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/470509\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":470510,"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/470509\/revisions\/470510"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/470456"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=470509"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=470509"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=470509"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}