Name: EC Midday press briefing of 09/07/2026
Uploaded: 2026-07-09T10:04:00+00:00
Duration: 1761 s

00:00 - 01:05

Intervenant 3

Good afternoon and welcome to our midday briefing. Today is Thursday, the 9th of July 2026. Before we move on to your questions, I have a few, just one short announcement for you, in fact. A meeting of the Eurogroup takes place in Brussels today. Commissioners Dombrovskis and Albuquerque are representing the Commission at this meeting.

Topics on the agenda include the euro area's fiscal stance in preparation of next year's national budget, as national budgets, forgive me, as well as the international role of the euro. This afternoon, ministers will also discuss artificial intelligence and cybersecurity in finance and the conditions needed to support the development of AI in Europe. Commissioner Dombrovskis will participate in a press conference following the meeting, expected to take place around 6:30 PM. As always, we invite you to save your questions on the agenda of the meeting and related topics for that dedicated press conference. And with that, dear friends, we can open the floor for your questions.

Ange.

01:05 - 01:36

Intervenant 4

Hi Olaf, Ange Laskidou from Euronews. A question about von der Leyen's working dinner with Erdoğan and Costa last night. Beyond the statement that was shared on Twitter with the photo of her seated, I was wondering if you could tell us what else, what was actually discussed. And in the tweet, it said that we must also seize the renewed momentum to advance a settlement of the Cyprus issue through the UN-led process. I want to know how, what was his response to this and how that was discussed.

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