HR/VP Blog - My mandate as HR/VP in charge of the Union's foreign and security policy is coming to an end. With this blog post, I take the opportunity to look back over these five years. Since 2019, I have constantly tried to do my best to advance in this direction, but, in current very dangerous geopolitical context, we have still a lot of work to do to be able to speak effectively the “language...

HRVP Blog – A few weeks ago, I returned to the Island of Ventotene, in Italy, where in 1941 a visionary manifesto “For a free and united Europe” was published. Many of those visions have become reality, but, in the current tense geopolitical context, much more needs to be done to strengthen our political union and reinforce our common foreign and security policy.

HRVP Blog - Two years ago, Mahsa Amini was killed in police custody in Iran, triggering the dignified “Women, Life, Freedom” movement. This movement faced brutal repression. At the same time, Iran has also chosen to provide massive support to the Russian war of aggression against Ukraine. The latest delivery of ballistic missiles is a dangerous escalation. Such policies have been answered with...