Thank you very much, dear ministers, dear colleagues. It has been a very fruitful day. We come from two different hemispheres and four different continents, but our exchanges today show how we are facing similar challenges that require joint engagement to address them. Maritime security [was a] topic central to today’s discussions. It is a shared responsibility, not a competitive venture. Now mor...
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Kaja Kallas, EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and Vice-President of the European Commission, chaired the fourth EU Indo-Pacific Ministerial Forum in Brussels, on 20-21 November 2025. The Forum brought together around 70 delegations from the EU institutions and EU Member States, as well as from countries and regional organisations from the Indo-Pacific region, spanning...
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I am very glad to be in Johannesburg with Ursula von der Leyen, to represent the European Union. Africa is a strategic partner in our multipolar world. And for the very first time, we are having a G20 summit on African soil. We are living in challenging times. Wars in Africa and Europe. Humanitarian tragedies in the Middle East. Trade tensions, supply chains being disrupted and economic coercio...
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Excellencies, Ministers, Distinguished delegates, It is my honour to kick off our deliberations today. A point on housekeeping before we dive into the substance. Today we have 64 countries here, from Europe and the Indo-Pacific. The EU, with our Member States, cooperates well with each you on various topics we will discuss later. Now, for today’s speech I faced a dilemma: whether I name...
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First, I would like to congratulate the South African authorities and the Commission for the work that you have been doing since our summit 8 months ago in Cape Town. It is very impressive, the capacity that you show to translate into concrete projects what we have agreed on and our ambitious common partnership. My second word is to thank President Ramaphosa and South Africa for their very stro...
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Brussels, 20 November 2025 - The Caribbean Chamber of Commerce in Europe (CCCE) is proud to present the third edition of the Caribbean Days, which will be enlightening Brussels’ Winter Days at the Wiltcher’s, an iconic Steigenberger Hotel, from 22 through 28 November 2025. The Caribbean Days is a series of business and cultural events to showcase ‘The Best of the Caribbean’ through the creative...
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Good morning! We have a very packed agenda today. First, we are going to discuss Ukraine. We have a very good plan to discuss very specifically, what more can we do with the shadow fleet, because it really has an effect on Russia's revenues to finance this war. But of course, now we are going to discuss also the recent news. What we, as Europeans, have always supported is a long, lasting and ju...
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Brussels / Brasília, 19 November 2025 — In a significant step toward strengthening the global hydrogen economy, the Associação Brasileira da Indústria do Hidrogênio Verde (ABIHV), the Hydrogen Council of Belgium, and Flanders Investment & Trade (FIT) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to deepen cooperation in technology, investment, innovation, and market development for renewable...
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The 11th EPP European Congress of Young Farmers took place today under the topic "Young farmers: Toward a prosperous future for farming in Europe #ReFarmEU".  This year marked an unprecedented level of engagement, with a record 540 young farmers at the European Parliament and over 1,000 participants following the event online. The Congress served as a major platform to showcase innov...
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From 20 to 25 November 2025, the President of the European Council, António Costa, will travel to South Africa and Angola. He will attend the G20 summit in Johannesburg, on 22-23 November. He will then co-chair the 7th summit between the European Union and the African Union, in Luanda, on 24-25 November. G20 The G20 summit will take place in Africa on 22 and 23 November 2025. The summit will bri...
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