(9 Dec 2022)
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Alicante, Spain - 9 December 2022
1. Security on roof
2. Photographers
3. Various of Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis arriving and greeting Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez
4. Various of Portuguese Prime minister Antonio Costa arriving
5. Various of French President Emmanuel Macron arriving
6. Various of European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen arriving
7. Various of leaders posing for family photo
STORYLINE:
Leaders or representatives of nine Mediterranean and Southern European countries planned to meet Friday in Spain, with the energy crisis triggered by the Russian invasion of Ukraine likely to top the agenda.
The EU-Med9 meeting in the eastern port city of Alicante brings together the leaders or representatives of Spain, Portugal, France, Italy, Greece, Malta, Cyprus, Slovenia and Croatia.
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and EU Council President Charles Michel will also attend.
Meetings of the EU-Med group began in 2014 and are intended to develop a consensus among the participating nations on major European Union issues.
After a joint lunch, the group had two discussion sessions scheduled.
The energy crisis and an EU-proposed price cap on natural gas is expected to dominate the first session.
The second session is devoted to EU economic governance policies and the strengthening of relations with countries on the southern side of the Mediterranean Sea.
Migration pressures and the protection of forests and marine ecosystems may also get discussed, particularly following forest fires in and the rising sea temperatures that occurred earlier this year.
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