EU to partake in Trump’s ‘Board of Peace’ but not as member

2026-02-16 - 12:39

The European Union will take part in this week’s inaugural meeting of US President Donald Trump’s “Board of Peace”, but a spokesman insisted Monday that Brussels would not be joining as a member. The European Commissioner for the Mediterranean, Dubravka Suica, will head to Washington to represent the EU at the meeting Thursday. “She will participate in the meeting of the Board of Peace for the specific part dedicated to Gaza. Let me stress that the European Commission, it’s not becoming a member to the Board of Peace,” EU spokesman Guillaume Mercier said. He added the EU executive was participating as part of its “long-standing commitment” to the implementation of the Gaza ceasefire and “to support the reconstruction and