1. HR/VP speeches

   Common Foreign and Security Policy and Human Rights: Speech by High Representative/Vice-President Josep Borrell at the EP debate

   Check against delivery! [Thank you] Ms President, Honourable Members [of the European Parliament]. Thank you to the three Members [of the European Parliament] that have presented these reports: Mr David McAllister, Mr [Sven] Mikser and Mrs [Isabel] Santos. Three reports: Article 36 [TEU], the

   Author: EEAS Press Team - Publication date: 19/01/2021

2. Press releases

   Council reaches a political agreement on the European Peace Facility

   The Council today reached a political agreement on the European Peace Facility (EPF), the new global off-budget instrument that will finance external action having military or defence implications, under the Common Foreign and Security Policy, with the aim to prevent conflict, preserve peace and

   Author: EEAS Press Team - Publication date: 18/12/2020

3. Press releases

   EU Integrated Resolve 2020 kicks off

   Languages: Français This week the EU has launched the EU Integrated Resolve 2020 (EU IR20), a complex crisis management exercise to enhance the EU’s ability to coordinate and respond to external conflicts and crises, with a focus on Common Security and Defence Policy (CSDP) planning processes and

   Author: EEAS Press Team - Publication date: 23/09/2020

4. Statements by the Spokesperson

   Indonesia: Statement by the Spokesperson on the 15th anniversary of the signature of the Helsinki Peace Agreement for Aceh

   15 August 2020 marks the fifteenth anniversary of the signature of the Memorandum of Understanding between the Government of Indonesia and the Free Aceh Movement. The peace agreement brought an end to 30 years of conflict. Aceh’s example serves as an inspiration of how, through negotiations and

   Author: EEAS Press Team - Publication date: 14/08/2020

5. Statements by the HR/VP

   Statement by the High Representative Josep Borrell on the situation in the Eastern Mediterranean

   Latest naval mobilisations in Eastern Mediterranean are extremely worrying. They will not contribute to finding any solutions. On the contrary, they will lead to a greater antagonism and distrust. Maritime boundaries must be defined through dialogue and negotiations, not through unilateral actions

   Author: EEAS Press Team - Publication date: 09/08/2020

6. Press releases

   New Director General takes command at the EUMS and MPCC

   At a low key but dignified ceremony held in the EUMS premises on 30 Jun 2020, Vice Admiral Hervé Bléjean (FR) assumed command of the EU Military Staff and the Military Planning Conduct Capability from his predecessor Lieutenant General Esa Pulkkinen (FI). Normally such an occasion would be marked

   Author: The European Union Military Staff (EUMS) - Publication date: 02/07/2020

7. Remarks

   Africa: High Representative/Vice-President Josep Borrell and Commissioner for International Partnerships, Jutta Urpilainen, at the press conference on the Joint Communication towards a Comprehensive Strategy with Africa

   Check against delivery!  This is one of the most important international partnerships that we are going to build. That is why we are here, the two of us together [with Commissioner for International Partnerships Jutta Urpilainen], to stress the fact that this joint communication is an important

   Author: EEAS Press Team - Publication date: 09/03/2020

8. Press releases

   Main results- Foreign Affairs Council 11/11/2019

   The Foreign Affairs Council discussed pressing issues on the international agenda. The High Representative and foreign ministers followed-up on their discussion on Syria at the last Foreign Affairs Council in October, and recalled their commitment to halt arms exports to Turkey. They also noted the

   Author: Strategic Communications - Publication date: 11/11/2019

9. Press releases

   Bosnia and Herzegovina: EU appoints new Special Representative

   On 8 August 2019, the Council appointed Johann Sattler as EU Special Representative in Bosnia and Herzegovina. He will also take over the role of the Head of the European Union's Delegation in Sarajevo.

   Author: EEAS Press Team - Publication date: 08/08/2019

10. Press releases

    Declaration by the High Representative on behalf of the EU on Venezuela

    The EU reaffirms that the underlying multidimensional crisis requires an urgent political solution. This can only be achieved through a peaceful, democratic and Venezuelan-owned process leading to free and fair presidential elections.

    Author: Strategic Communications - Publication date: 16/07/2019

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