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 been so urgent to place security and defence at the top of the EU’s agenda, topics which have been at...

HRVP Blog – In the wake of the US elections, I travelled to Kyiv once more with a message of EU support for Ukraine. Despite Russian pressure in Donetsk and relentless attack on civilian targets and energy infrastructure, I found a country determined to prevail. And with a clear ask from the EU: more arms, more ammunition and more funding for Ukraine’s innovative defence industry.

HR/VP blog – Since 2022, Russia has systematically destroyed energy infrastructure in Ukraine, to keep Ukrainians without light, water and heating. As winter approaches, how can we support Ukraine to avoid a major humanitarian crisis? It was the main topic of the G7 foreign ministers meeting last week in New York.

HR/VP Blog - At last weekend’s Ambrosetti Forum in Italy, President Zelenskyy and Queen Rania of Jordan addressed the audience. They confronted us with the grim realities of the wars in Ukraine and the Middle East, highlighting how in both places civilians are suffering of violations of international law and paying a high price for it.