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Today, Ministers from EU Member States and Southern Mediterranean partner countries gathered in Barcelona to jointly launch the Pact for the Mediterranean: an historic moment for the EU's deeper cooperation with Mediterranean countries.

Today, the European Commission has registered the European Citizens' Initiative (ECI) entitled ‘Demand the full suspension of the EU-Israel Association Agreement in view of Israel's violations of human rights'.

A year-long campaign to mobilise investments in renewable energy in Africa, led by European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and South African President Cyril Ramaphosa, has secured €15.5 billion to power a clean future across the continent...

Today, the European Commission convened the first meeting of the Palestine Donor Group (PDG) in Brussels, co-chaired by Commissioner for the Mediterranean Dubravka Šuica and Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammad Mustafa.

Today, the Council approved conclusions welcoming the pact for the Mediterranean. This coincides with the marking of the 30th anniversary of the Barcelona Declaration, which laid the foundations for a comprehensive partnership between the EU and ten countries in the southern Mediterranean.

The European Union is tomorrow, 15 November, organising the 9th edition of the ‘Day of Dialogue’, which will be held for the first time in the Syrian capital, Damascus. Taking previously place in Brussels within the framework of the Brussels Conferences

A free press is the heartbeat of democracy. Society depends on journalists who shine a light on injustice and hold those in power accountable. Yet across the world, journalists continue to be killed, tortured, harassed, detained and forced into exile.

In a world of profound geo-strategic and economic uncertainties, closer cooperation amongst partners and with neighbours is the way forward. It is in this mindset that we are now building a Common Mediterranean Space. We are bringing our cooperation to a new level...

Your Excellency President El-Sisi, Ministers, Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen, It is a pleasure to wrap up this high-level event – just before we head into the very first Summit between Egypt and the European Union. Here in this room, we have more than 300...

Today, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen will participate in the first EU-Egypt Summit held in Brussels, together with the President of the European Council António Costa, and the President of Egypt Abdel Fattah El-Sisi.

Today, at the first EU-Egypt Summit held in Brussels, European Commission President von der Leyen and Egypt President al-Sisi

The European Union and the Arab Republic of Egypt held today a High-Level Event on Investments, Competitiveness and Innovation on the margins of the first-ever EU–Egypt Leaders’ Summit in Brussels.

Today, Egypt has officially joined Horizon Europe, becoming the second African country associated to the EU's multibillion-euro research and innovation (R&I) programme. This grants Egyptian researchers, universities, innovators and entities access to all parts of the programme on similar terms to...

The European Union and the Republic of Iraq held the 4th EU–Iraq Cooperation Council in Luxembourg on 19 October 2025.

The President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, is in Portorož, Slovenia today to participate in the MED-9 Summit.

The President of the European Council, António Costa, together with the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, will represent the EU at the first EU-Egypt summit taking place in Brussels on 22 October 2025. President Abdul Fattah al-Sisi will represent Egypt.

Today the College of Commissioners approved our Pact for the Mediterranean. For millennia, the Mediterranean has been a bridge between continents. For people, goods and ideas.

Today, the European Commission and the High Representative set out a new ambitious strategy to strengthen EU relations with its Southern Mediterranean partners.

The College adopted several initiatives today.