European Council

British

noun

an executive body of the European Union, made up of the President of the European Commission and representatives of the member states, including the foreign and other ministers. The Council acts at the request of the Commission

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But Rafael Loss, a policy fellow at the European Council on Foreign Relations, said leaders should find confidence in European support for strengthening nuclear deterrence.

From Barron's

"It's beginning to sound like 2003," Carl Bildt, a former Swedish prime minister and current co-chair of the European Council on Foreign Relations, wrote on X Thursday.

From Barron's

"Washington and Tehran have been locked in last ditch diplomacy for decades," remarks Ellie Geranmayeh, senior policy fellow at the European Council on Foreign Relations.

From BBC

Tuesday's anniversary is expected to see the head of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, and the president of the European Council, Antonio Costa, in Kyiv to mark the occasion.

From Barron's

The second area where it’s happening is in the European Council itself.

From The Wall Street Journal

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