EC Midday press briefing of 10/11/2026
10 November 2026
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European Commission
Follow its sittings00:00 - 00:31
Speaker 1
Thank you. Martina Sabi from Politico. I wanted to ask a little bit more details about what the President said about the Black Sea Maritime Hub yesterday and today. She mentioned, so she mentioned fast tracking, she mentioned timelines for the operationalization of the hub. And she also mentioned the 50 million euros.
I wanted to ask a bit more details if we know what the timelines are, what the, what fast tracking means in practice and also where the 50 million will come from and will go. Thank you.
00:31 - 01:25
Speaker 3
Thank you. So you're referring to the visit of President von der Leyen to the Black Sea region and more concretely, yesterday, the President was in Romania, today she is in Bulgaria. She just gave a press conference this morning, as she did yesterday, and indeed the Black Sea Maritime Security Hub was one of the key topics discussed with the respective leaders. So, the President underlined the need of making the hub a reality. It had been first flagged in the Black Sea Strategy last year, and now, with the increasing strikes, attacks that we've been witnessing in the Black Sea, this has become of ever bigger importance.
01:25 - 02:29
Speaker 2
So, it is determinent to strengthen the situational awareness, surveillance capacity and to advance shared security in the region. And in this context also, the President has welcomed the closer maritime cooperation between Romania, Bulgaria and Türkiye. You mentioned what is next now in terms of making this hub operational, and here, first thing, there will be a joint working group which will be in charge of developing an integrated concept and a very clear work plan with concrete deliverables and deadlines. And second, and very importantly, the President also announced that we will be funding up to 50 million euro to set up this hub, and the objective being of having it operational next year in 2027. And on further details, and they will come, we will keep you posted following this announcement by the President yesterday and today.
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