Dear President Zelenskyy, Dear Volodymyr, Dear Foreign Ministers, other ministers, Thank you for welcoming us here in Kyiv today. We meet at a dangerous moment. Russia's war of aggression against Ukraine shows no signs of abating, and the new war has captured the Middle East. Both wars are very much interlinked. Iran designed the drones that Russia is using against you and is mass prod...
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Dear Andrii, thank you for inviting us here. It is true that we are commemorating four years of liberation of Bucha that also showed the atrocities that were committed under occupation against civilians. All these war crimes that we have seen, these people that lost their lives, these are regular civilians. Some were just walking on the street. Some were killed in their own homes. Some were tortu...
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Joint statement by the High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Cyprus, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden and Ukraine. We gathered today in Kyiv and in Buch...
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High Representative/Vice-President (HR/VP) Kallas will travel to Ukraine on 31 March alongside European Union Foreign Ministers. During the visit, the HR/VP and Ministers will travel to Bucha to mark four years since Russia’s mass killings. On the same day, the HRVP will host an informal meeting of EU Foreign Ministers. The meeting will be followed by a press conference with Ukrainian Foreign M...
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Today, the Council formally authorised the Commission to open negotiations with the UK on two agreements regarding the latter’s participation in the EU’s internal electricity market and on an appropriate UK financial contribution to the EU’s cohesion policy. The Council also agreed to allow UK’s participation in the EU’s Erasmus+ programme for the year 2027. “Strengthening the Union’s relat...
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We should have been in Nicosia today, but developments in the Middle East led to this meeting being held via teleconference. We express our solidarity and support for the Cypriot people and the Cypriot government, and we look forward to being there very soon. The first issue discussed by the Eurogroup was the situation in the Middle East and its economic impact on Europe. This is a concerning c...
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The report of the United Nations Commission of Inquiry, documenting serious violations of international human rights law and international humanitarian law in Sweida in July 2025, is an important contribution to advance justice and the search for accountability in Syria. The EU calls on all parties, including the Syrian transitional authorities, to swiftly and transparently implement the recomm...
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The Eurogroup assessed the impact of the Middle East crisis on the European economy and discussed policy measures to address it. As is customary ahead of the World Bank and International Monetary Fund Spring Meetings, the Eurogroup also exchanged views on international economic developments View meeting page
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On 27 March 2026, the FPS Foreign Affairs, in collaboration with the FPS Health, Food Chain Safety and Environment, organised a conference at the Egmont Palace to mark the publication of the latest report by the OECD (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development), “Environmental Outlook on the Triple Planetary Crisis”. The event brought together numerous Belgian stakeholders, inclu...
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Indicative programme All times are approximate and subject to change Chaired by Kyriakos Pierrakakis, President of the Eurogroup 09.45 Eurogroup videoconference in inclusive format Stocktake on the impact of the Middle Eastern crisis on the EU economy, including on energy markets and policy measures Miscellaneous 11.30 Eurogroup videoconference in regular format Preparatio...
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