Author: Web Master

Well, here we are, eight years later - eight years after the last meeting, we are here holding this EU-CELAC meeting [Summit], which, in the current geopolitical circumstances, is a political imperative. It is a moment to reunite, to relaunch and to rebuild our relation. We are all together, one billion people, 60 countries. I think it is going to be a success in itself. But the meeting is some...
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During today's EU-LAC Business Round Table as part of the EU-CELAC Summit, President Ursula von der Leyen has presented the EU-LAC Global Gateway Investment Agenda (GGIA), which revolves around the following pillars: a fair green transition, an inclusive digital transformation, human development and health resilience and vaccines. She also announced that Team Europe has committed over  €45 b...
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President Lula, Prime Minister Sánchez, President Goldfajn, President Díaz-Granados, It is such a great pleasure to welcome all of you here in Brussels. Today's Summit marks a new beginning for an old friendship. But it is also a new beginning that builds on decades of a good friendship. Our two continents are brought together by a shared culture, a shared belief in the UN Charte...
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HR/VP Blog Post – Asia is the most dynamic region in the world and key international predicaments play in Southeast Asia. The EU must be more present and engaged in this pivotal region. Working with ASEAN and deepening our strategic partnership is key to do so. At the end of last week, I was in Jakarta co-chairing the ASEAN-EU Post-Ministerial Conference (PMC) (so called because it t...
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The Global Gateway project will contribute to climate action to mitigate the effects of climate change. Solar photovoltaic plants will be installed on homes and on local business premises. The European Investment Bank (EIB), the world's largest multilateral public bank, and Banco Santander (Brasil), the largest foreign bank in Brazil, have signed an agreement to foster the use of renew...
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● European Council   17/07/2023 09:18 | MEETING | EU-CELAC summit, 17-18 July 2023   Background brief - EU-CELAC summit, 17-18 July 2023 View meeting page           Council of the European Union: +32 22816319 | Press European Council / President: +32 22815...
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Press remarks by President Charles Michel following trilateral meeting with President Aliyev of Azerbaijan and Prime Minister Pashinyan of Armenia We have just finished the sixth meeting with President Aliyev and Prime Minister Pashinyan. Our exchanges have once again been frank, honest and substantive. Our meeting was the latest in a series of intensive and productive high-level meetings inv...
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Barend Leyts, spokesman of the President of the European Council, will join the cabinet of the Prime Minister of Belgium Alexander De Croo where he will take on the role of Director of Communications. Barend Leyts and the President of the European Council have worked 8 years together. The President is grateful for his excellent work and wishes him all the best in his new position. Mr. Ley...
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In its Decision published on 13 July 2023, the EDPS finds that the use of Cisco Webex videoconferencing and related services by the Court of Justice of the European Union (the Court) meets the data protection standards under Regulation 2018/1725 applicable to EU institutions, bodies, offices and agencies. Wojciech Wiewiórowski, EDPS, said: “EU institutions, bodies, offices and agencies in their...
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Promote Ukraine1, a Brussels-based Ukrainian civil society organisation and European Citizen’s Prize Awardee 2022 has sent a letter to Latin American and Caribbean leaders, urging them to denounce Russia’s invasion of Ukraine ahead of the upcoming EU-CELAC summit. This major summit of heads of state and government from the European Union and the Community of Latin American and the Caribbean Sta...
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