Lisbon is my city. Portugal is my country. Europe is our common home. There is no contradiction. In today's world, the only way to be truly patriotic, is to build a common Europe --- first speech by incoming President António Costa

50 years of the European Council, the EU's highest political institution. 🎉 Travel back in time to discover how it has become the key strategic EU institution it is today. ⬇️

President Ursula von der Leyen and I held our first coordination meeting since the start of the new mandate. We will continue to meet regularly. We agreed to work closely together to advance the EU agenda for the benefit of European citizens.

Europe needs to assume greater responsibility for its own defence. We have a common interest in doing more and better at European level. That’s why I have invited leaders to discuss European defence on 3 February at the Château de Limont. #LimontRetreat Read it here ↓

Confident, collected, creative. This is how the EU should approach a difficult world. This is how the EU will succeed. #EUDiplomacy europa.eu/!7mw9gW

Sanctioning the ICC threatens the Court’s independence and undermines the international criminal justice system as a whole.

Il n’y aura pas de paix juste et durable en Ukraine sans les Européens. À Paris, je réunis ce soir Kaja Kallas, José Manuel Albares, Radosław Sikorski 🇵🇱🇪🇺, @ABaerbock, David Lammy, Andrius Kubilius, Maria Tripodi et Andrii Sybiha 🇺🇦 pour parler de sécurité européenne et de notre soutien à l’Ukraine.

Peace in Ukraine and Europe’s security are inseparable. Peace cannot be a simple ceasefire. Russia must no longer be a threat to #Ukraine, to Europe, to international security. There will be no credible and successful negotiations, no lasting peace, without Ukraine and without

To prepare for the Special European Council on 6 March, I am organizing a videoconference of the members of the EU Council, tomorrow morning, to hear a debriefing from President Emmanuel Macron on his recent visit to Washington DC. #EUCO

Continuing to work on close European coordination, today president Emmanuel Macron debriefed EU leaders on his meeting with Donald J. Trump earlier this week in Washington. Very useful to prepare our special European Council on 6 March, where we will take decisions on our

In London to participate in a summit organized by UK PM Keir Starmer on Ukraine. The EU is working with its partners to support Ukraine and reach a just and lasting peace. Preparations are ongoing with all EU member states for the Special #EUCO on 6 March. The goals are clear:

Germany has a crucial role in the European Union. Important discussion this morning with Friedrich Merz on the challenges Europe is facing.

Prosperity and security are two sides of the same coin. Investing in our defence also means investing in our industries, in our technology, in jobs for our citizens. Good to meet @Bundeskanzler Scholz in Berlin today to prepare next week’s #EUCO, which will have competitiveness

Heute wird ein historischer Tag #Schuldenbremse #Sondervermögen

A comprehensive, just and lasting peace for Ukraine must be the outcome of this terrible war. We hope that yesterday’s phone call is progress in this direction. We remain steadfast in our support for Ukraine. (AC & VDL)

I spoke with President of the European Council, António Costa António Costa, ahead of tomorrow’s European Council meeting, and thanked for the invitation to participate. We coordinated our positions and discussed key issues on the agenda. We also talked about Ukraine’s

I deeply regret the U.S. decision to impose tariffs on EU automotive exports.   Tariffs are taxes – bad for businesses, worse for consumers, in the US and the EU.   The EU will continue to seek negotiated solutions, while safeguarding its economic interests ↓

L'Europe est née de la mer, a tissé des liens à travers elle et se montrera unie pour la protéger. Mon discours en ouverture de la conférence SOS Océan ↓

Warm congratulations, dear Friedrich Merz @Bundeskanzler, on your appointment as Federal Chancellor of Germany. Herzlichen Glückwunsch! I am looking forward to our work together on an ambitious common European agenda. Ich freue mich sehr auf unsere Zusammenarbeit für ein

Exciting visits to the @bsc_cns and Sincrotró ALBA💡, two fantastic examples of what the talent of our scientists, the collaboration between administrations, and European support can achieve. I leave Barcelona with one certainty: We, Europeans can accomplish whatever we set our