On 6 March 2026, European Council President António Costa was in Hamburg where he delivered a speech at the Matthiae Mahl event.

There is something about the 6th of March that unsettles me. Not the celebration itself- I love the parade, the colours, the pride in people's eyes, the school bands marching slightly off-beat but ...

There’s something kind of magical about looking at stuff from the past; it’s like a tiny peek into how people lived, worked, ...