Press Releases

On Thursday 10 September, Secours populaire français and its European partners are unveiling the results of the annual Ipsos/Secours populaire survey. For its 20th edition, the study includes a survey on perceptions of poverty and precariousness in France and, for the fifth year running, across Europe. It is based on a sample of 10,000 people aged over 18 who were surveyed online across Europe, in...
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Prime Minister, dear Robert. First of all, thank you very much for your kind words and for having me in Malta. It is a true pleasure to meet you in your beautiful capital. It is very important for me to engage directly with all European leaders regularly, including their home country, and to listen to and understand all perspectives. This will help the European Council to achieve unity. Because...
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Mr Chancellor, dear Friedrich, guten Abend. Let me begin by thanking you very much for your time and your warm welcome here in Berlin, and for the very useful exchange that we had today. Meeting you in Berlin, as with every leader in their own capital, allows me to better understand each national perspective on our common challenges. It helps me and my team to prepare the upcoming European Coun...
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Dear Prime Minister, dear Donald. First of all, thank you very much for your warm welcome here in Warsaw, and our very good talk as always. It is essential for me to listen directly to you, in your capital, to understand your national priorities and expectations - and to properly prepare the upcoming meetings of the European Council. That is why I am now visiting the capitals of member states. ...
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The European Union strongly condemns the latest Houthi attacks against Saudi Arabia, which targeted civilian and economic infrastructure in the south of the country and injured 73 civilians, including women and children. We express our full solidarity with Saudi Arabia and wish those injured a full and speedy recovery. The targeting of civilians and civilian infrastructure is unacceptable. Thes...
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European Biogas Association (EBA) invite media to the launch event of our 2026 awareness campaign, Unlocking Europe's Own Circular Source of Clean Energy, taking place on 29 September 2026 on the Esplanade of the European Parliament in Brussels at 10 AM.  At a time when Europe is seeking to strengthen its energy security, enhance competitiveness, accelerate decarbonisation and advance circular ec...
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Six new restaurants have been awarded the Brusselicious quality label, which recognises Brussels establishments serving traditional Belgian cuisine. They join the nearly forty other restaurants in the Brussels-Capital Region that already hold the label. Read the press release
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Dear Prime Minister Sinkevičius, dear Mindaugas, Thank you for the warm welcome here in Vilnius. And it is good to be here before you are preparing to have your EU Council Presidency next year. Your Presidency priorities reflect the world that we are living today. We need to strengthen our defence, protect our democracies from external interference and hybrid threats, and ensure that Europe ha...
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The Western Balkan armed conflicts of the 1990s were among Europe’s darkest moments in its recent history. We are standing in solidarity with all victims, survivors and their families who suffered from war crimes in countries of former Yugoslavia. Ratko Mladić was a convicted war criminal who had committed war crimes, genocide, and crimes against humanity. He died while serving a life sentence ...
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On 07-08 September, High Representative/Vice-President (HR/VP) Kaja Kallas will travel to Vilnius, Lithuania. On 07 September, the HR/VP will meet with the President of the Republic of Lithuania, Gitanas Nausėda. She will then meet with the Lithuanian Prime Minister, Mindaugas Sinkevičius, after which they will deliver a joint statement to the press at 17:10 EEST. In the evening, HR/VP Kallas w...
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