Over the past five years, I have had the honour of representing the European Union (EU) as the President of the European Council, which comprises the Heads of State and Government of its member States. I have also come to the United Nations in that capacity.
Please allow me, in my address today, my…
The European Union is fighting intensely to preserve the rules-based
international order, which is currently under great strain with regard to trade, security, climate change and human rights. We say that not only as countries that strongly support the United Nations, but as a continent that cares …
The European Union (EU) stands for freedom and a credible rules- based global order, because that order is a real sine qua non condition for peace, stability and a global economy that works for everyone. An alternative to that order is chaos, which always encourages violence, egoism and extremism.
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Last year, I stood here to assure the General Assembly that isolationism will never be Europe’s policy (see A/71/PV.16). I have not changed my mind, even though the past 12 months have been difficult, not least for the European Union (EU). Europe will always stand for a free and open world governed …
I am here today to reassure the General Assembly that Europe is as committed to its values and objectives now as it has ever been. Europe will stay the course, even though it is now confronting challenges that we have not witnessed for decades. Wars are raging both to the south and east of our borde…
