US president Joe Biden is in Brussels for summits with both Nato and the EU - following the G7 meeting in the UK at the weekend (Photo: White House)

Biden in Brussels - what's in the 'in-tray'?

EU & the World

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by 21 MEPs from the European People's Party, Brussels,

When president Joe Biden, EU Commission president Ursula von der Leyen and EU Council president Charles Michel meet on Tuesday (15 June), more than seven years will have passed since the last opportunity for leaders from both sides of the Atlantic to discuss and engage face-to-face.

Diagnoses of the state of our transatlantic relationship over the past years have been as numerous as varied, ranging from strained, burdened and on life support to brightening up and increasingly resilient...

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The initiative comes from Daniel Caspary and Angelika Niebler MEPs, and co-signatories include Michael Gahler, foreign policy coordinator of the EPP group, Radosław Sikorski, former foreign minister of Poland, Antonio Tajani, former president of the European Parliament and EPP-Group vice-chairs Sandra Kalniete, Esther de Lange and Andrey Kovatchev. The complete 21 are: \nDaniel CASPARY MEP (EPP, Germany)\nAngelika NIEBLER MEP (EPP, Germany)\nMichael GAHLER MEP (EPP, Germany)\nRomana TOMC MEP (EPP, Slovenia)\nAntonio TAJANI MEP (EPP, Italy)\nRadosław SIKORSKI MEP (EPP, Poland)\nTomas TOBÉ MEP (EPP, Sweden)\nDolors MONTSERRAT MEP (EPP, Spain)\nAndrius KUBILIUS MEP (EPP, Lithuania)\nPernille WEISS MEP (EPP, Denmark)\nPaulo RANGEL (EPP, Portugal)\nBenoît LUTGEN (EPP, Belgium)\nAndrey KOVATCHEV (EPP, Bulgaria)\nSandra KALNIETE (EPP, Latvia)\nRiho TERRAS (EPP, Estonia)\nIvan ŠTEFANEC (EPP, Slovakia)\nChristophe HANSEN (EPP, Luxembourg)\nLuděk NIEDERMAYER (EPP, Czech Republic)\nRoberta METSOLA (EPP, Malta)\nEvangelos-Vasileios MEIMARAKIS (EPP, Greece)\nEsther DE LANGE (EPP, Netherlands)