Midday press briefing from 08/09/2026
Exterior views of the European Commission Berlaymont building
ANNOUNCEMENT - College agenda and press events
ANNOUNCEMENT - Today’s Council
SOVEREIGNTY - Maps / United States: Q&A
FOREIGN AFFAIRS / FUNDAMENTAL EU VALUES / PRESIDENT'S AGENDA / ENLARGEMENT - Funeral of Ratko Mladić / Upcoming visit of EC President von der Leyen to Western Balkans / Serbia: Q&A
Recorded cutaways
AGRICULTURE / COHESION - Czechia / Agrofert / Andrej Babiš: Q&A
BORDERS / COLLEGE MEMBERS AGENDA - Ceuta / Spain / Meetings between Commissioners Šuica and Brunner with Spanish Minister for Foreign Affairs Albares and with Ceuta Autonomous City President Vivas Lara: Q&A
DIGITAL SERVICES ACT (DSA) / CONSUMER PROTECTION - France / Social media ban / Children safety online: Q&A
FOREIGN AFFAIRS - West Bank / Israel / Settlements: Q&A
FOREIGN AFFAIRS / WAR IN UKRAINE - Peace negotiations: Q&A
FOREIGN AFFAIRS / WAR IN UKRAINE - Hungary / Russia diplomatic relations: Q&A
FOREIGN AFFAIRS - Tunisia: Q&A
Midday press briefing from 08/09/2026
SOVEREIGNTY - Maps / United States: Q&A
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Thank you, Paula, Philip O'Sullivan
The American president posted an image, of many parts of the American, North American continent, but also Greenland and Iceland colored in, in, the colors of the American,
map, and, does the Commission have any reaction to this,
Apparent questioning of Danish sovereignty and Icelandic sovereignty and,
and, and as well as many other countries. Thank you.
Thank you, the only formal discussions that we are all aware of regarding maps is the recent resolution at the United Nations,
which has voted recently,
I think last week on how to present the planet Earth.
That's all we are aware of. Other questions.
