Costa said that the summit sends a clear message to the world – that at a time when the global order is being fundamentally reshaped, the EU and India stand together as strategic and reliable partners.

European Council President António Costa’s referred to his Goan roots during the India-EU free trade agreement announcement on Tuesday. From holding an OCI card to tracing family ties to Margao, Costa

European Council President António Costa said Wednesday that President Trump’s threats to impose tariffs and take control of Greenland threaten the continent’s security and prosperity. “The geopolitical challenges Europe is facing sometimes seems daunting: Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine,

European Council President Antonio Costa remembered his Indian roots, showing his Overseas Citizenship of India (OCI) card, and speaking about how the India-EU FTA has a “special meaning” for him.

India-EU Trade Deal: The European Union (EU) is a political and economic partnership of 27 European countries formed to promote peace, economic growth and cooperation

The 25th meeting of the Accession Conference with Montenegro provisionally closed chapter 32 on financial control.

Leaders will discuss transatlantic relations, arrangements with US President Donald Trump on resolving the situation around Greenland, his invitation for the EU to join the "Board of Peace", as well as a peace settlement plan for Ukraine at an extraordinary meeting of the European Council on the evening of 22 January.

India has agreed to give European automakers a quota more than six times larger than any it has offered before, slashing tariffs under a trade pact with the European Union and granting far greater access to its tightly protected car market.