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On 9 May 2022, French President Emmanuel Macron proposed a 'European Political Community' (EPC) — a structured cooperation framework for European states outside the EU, offering cooperation in security, energy, transport, investment, infrastructure, and free movement of people without requiring or implying future EU membership. The concept explicitly included states that had left the EU (i.e. the UK). Ukraine could participate without waiting for an accession process 'that could take decades.' The first EPC summit was held in Prague in October 2022 with 44 European leaders; the third was in Granada on 5 October 2023, where Icelandic PM Katrín Jakobsdóttir participated. The EPC represents an institutional alternative to full EU membership for associated European states.
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Brussel-vaktin (Sendiráð Íslands í Brussel) — 13. maí 2022 og 13. október 2023
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The EPC remains a forum for dialogue rather than a treaty-based organisation with binding commitments. Its institutional weight and longevity are uncertain. It does not replace the EEA Agreement's legal framework for market access. Macron's original vision of concentric circles (inner EU core, outer political community) may not fully materialise.