On 21 October 2026 President Petr Pavel met Chancellor Friedrich Merz in Berlin to discuss mutual relations and security policy.
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz received Czech President Petr Pavel in Berlin on 21 October 2026. In the Chancellery building they discussed Czech-German relations and foreign and security policy.[1][2]
Pavel was in Berlin on a two-day working visit. A joint press conference was not on the programme; the president planned to make a statement for Czech journalists. In the evening he was to take part in a round table of the German Council on Foreign Relations (DGAP), and on Thursday 22 October 2026 he was to speak at the Berlin Global Dialogue conference. The conference deals with the connections between politics, economics and geopolitics. [1][1][2]
Pavel last visited Berlin in July 2025, when he met Federal President Frank-Walter Steinmeier. After that meeting Pavel said that the above-standard relations with Germany had been confirmed. [1][1][2]
Pavel regularly takes part in the Munich Security Conference, held every year in February in Munich. [1]
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Chronology
- — President Petr Pavel held talks in Berlin with German Chancellor Friedrich Merz on Czech-German relations and on foreign and security policy. ČTK / České noviny FORUM 24
- — President Petr Pavel received representatives of the youth organisations of parliamentary parties at Prague Castle and discussed affordable housing, mental health and artificial intelligence with them. iDNES.cz Blesk.cz
- — On 19 October 2026, Prague Castle announced that President Petr Pavel will attend a meeting of the Bezpečnostní rada státu on Tuesday, 20 October. ČTK / České noviny Novinky.cz
- — The Chamber of Deputies overrode, with the votes of 104 deputies of the ANO, SPD and Motoristé coalition, the veto of President Petr Pavel on the new act on state employees and on a related amendment that abolishes the president's power to appoint and recall heads of permanent missions to international organisations. Blesk.cz iROZHLAS
Sources
- ČTK / České noviny — 21 October 2026
- FORUM 24 — 21 October 2026