Iberia’s blackout might trigger grid rethink
Spain and Portugal’s power outage will increase pressure on governments to improve grids and power links, so that it – hopefully – does not happen again.
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- Today - Romania's presidential rerun
Romania will rerun its presidential election.
- 16 May - EPC meeting
European leaders meet in Albania for the latest edition of the European Political Community.
- 18 May - Poland's presidential poll
Poland’s presidential election will be held. A second round, if needed, will be held on 1 June.
- 19 May - EU-UK summit
EU leaders will meet with the UK government in London.
- 15 June - G7 summit
Canada will host the 51st G7 summit in Alberta.
- 26 June - EUCO summit
EU leaders meet again for a council summit in Brussels.
- 1 July - Denmark's EU presidency
Poland will hand over the reins of the EU presidency to Denmark.
- 1 October - Informal Danish summit
EU leaders will meet for an informal summit to commemorate Denmark’s hosting of the rotating council presidency.
- 2 October - EPC meets again
European leaders meet in Denmark for another European Political Community summit.
- 23 October - EUCO
EU leaders meet again in Brussels for a summit.
- 10 November - COP30 kicks off
The COP30 climate summit kicks off in Brazil.
- 23 November - G20 summit
South Africa hosts the G20 summit in Johannesburg.
- 18 December - One last EUCO
EU leaders will attend the last official council summit of the year in Brussels.
- 31 December - Cyprus EU presidency
Denmark will hand over to Cyprus at the end of December.
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