HR/VP blog - As in previous years, we have compiled a book bringing together blogs, speeches and op-eds published in 2024. It is titled Europe in "the Arc of Fire" because our geopolitical environment has been defined this year by multiple conflicts and crises. Against this backdrop, it has never be so urgent to place security and defense at the top of EU’s agenda, topics which have been at the...

HR/VP Blog post - After a year of unheeded pleas by the Israeli authorities regarding respect for international law in the Gaza war, we cannot continue with business as usual. This is why I have proposed to EU Member States to ban imports from illegal settlements and to suspend the political dialogue with Israel. We will discuss these measures at the Foreign Affairs Council next week.