HR/VP Blog – The bloodbath in Gaza on 29 February is the direct consequence of limiting humanitarian assistance to a starving population. It has shown the absolute urgency to end the fighting, massively increase humanitarian aid and free the remaining hostages. The international community needs to take decisive steps to save Gazan civilians from both starvation and violence.

HR/VP Blog - During the last days, I went to Israel, Palestine, Bahrain, Qatar and Jordan. Back to Brussels, I would like to share two main takeaways: on the one hand, a sense of absolute urgency, particularly due to the dramatic situation in Gaza, and the other, a sense of tenuous hope about a shared desire to work towards a lasting peace in the region.

HR/VP Blog - On Monday, we had our monthly Foreign Affairs Council. We discussed principally the dramatic situation in Gaza and the war against Ukraine. These two conflicts are very different but also interconnected. We need take a principled stand on Gaza and become much more committed to achieve peace in the Middle East and at the same time to stay united in support to Ukraine for “as long as it...

HR/VP Blog – Two weeks into the conflict triggered by 7 October appalling terrorist attack against Israel, it is time to take stock of what the EU stands for and what it is doing and could do in the future to help free hostages, protect civilians, prevent a regional spill over and work for a just and lasting peace.