EU leaders gathered in a summit in Brussels on Thursday (June 26) to discuss defence priorities and U.S. tariffs, among other topics.

The discussion took place a day after a NATO summit in The Hague, where alliance members committed to boosting defence spending to 5% of Gross Domestic Product.

European Union leaders are also to tell the European Commission if they want a quick trade deal with the United States at the cost of Washington getting better terms, or to escalate the fight in hope of something better.

The Commission, which negotiates trade agreements on behalf of the EU, will ask leaders of the EU's 27 members meeting in Brussels how they want to respond to President Donald Trump's July 9 deadline for a deal, now less than two weeks away.

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BRUSSELS, BELGIUM (JUNE 26, 2025) (AGENCY POOL - Access all)

1. EUROPEAN COUNCIL PRESIDENT ANTONIO COSTA AND AUSTRIAN CHANCELLOR CHRISTIAN STOCKER TALKING IN COUNCIL MEETING ROOM

2. EUROPEAN COMMISSION FOREIGN POLICY CHIEF KAJA KALLAS ARRIVING IN MEETING ROOM

3. KALLAS AND ITALIAN PRIME MINISTER GIORGIA MELONI GREETING EACH OTHER

4. GERMAN CHANCELLOR FRIEDRICH MERZ ARRIVING IN MEETING ROOM

5. MERZ GREETING KALLAS AND SLOVENIAN PRIME MINISTER ROBERT GOLOB

6. MERZ, KALLAS AND MALTESE PRIME MINISTER ROBERT ABELA DISCUSSING

7. MELONI SPEAKING

8. HUNGARIAN PRIME MINISTER VIKTOR ORBAN ARRIVING

9. MELONI AND EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT PRESIDENT ROBERTA METSOLA DISCUSSING

10. MERZ AND PORTUGUESE PRIME MINISTER LUIS MONTENEGRO DISCUSSING

11. KALLAS AND DANISH PRIME MINISTER METTE FREDERIKSEN SPEAKING

12. ORBAN GREETING FINLAND PRIME MINISTER PETTERI ORPO, GOLOB AND MONTENEGRO

13. GREEK PRIME MINISTER KYRIAKOS MITSOTAKIS SPEAKING WITH IRISH TAOISEACH MICHEAL MARTIN

14. MERZ AND METSOLA DISCUSSING

15. BELGIAN PRIME MINISTER BART DE WEVER SPEAKING

16. MERZ AND METSOLA DISCUSSING

17. EUROPEAN COMMISSION PRESIDENT URSULA VON DER LEYEN ARRIVING IN MEETING ROOM

18. VON DER LEYEN GREETING LATVIAN PRIME MINISTER EVIKA SILINA AND MARTIN

19. FREDERIKSEN, GREEK PRIME MINISTER KYRIAKOS MITSOTAKIS AND VON DER LEYEN DISCUSSING

20. LEADERS SEATED IN MEETING ROOM

21. COSTA AND METSOLA SEATED

22. FRENCH PRESIDENT EMMANUEL MACRON'S SEAT EMPTY