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.

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.

HR/VP Blog – My friend and colleague Ukrainian FM Dmytro Kuleba has been replaced by his former deputy Andrii Sybiha. I would like to pay tribute to the tremendous job he did in representing Ukraine in a very difficult time and in advancing the EU-Ukraine relationship. Based on this close relationship, we will continue to support Ukraine’s fight for its freedom and sovereignty for as long as it...