EU Foreign Affairs & Security Policy High Representative/European Commission Vice President Catherine Ashton commemorates May 9, Europe Day--the occasion on which in 1950 then-French Foreign Minister Robert Schuman first proposed the concept that evolved into today’s European Union. High Representative Ashton looks forward, outlining EU foreign policy priorities and the role of the new European External Action Service (EEAS).”
A press briefing by EU Foreign Affairs & Security Policy High Representative/European Commission Vice President Catherine Ashton, immediately following Egyptian President Mubarak's resignation.
The European External Action Service (EEAS) is being established following the entry into force of the Treaty of Lisbon. It will serve as a foreign ministry and diplomatic corps for the EU, under the authority of the High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy. Here are 10 videos on EEAS.
These are videos of EU Foreign Affairs & Security Policy High Representative/European Commission Vice President Catherine Ashton's various missions across the globe.
This video from the EU-US Energy Council meeting held in Lisbon, Portugal features US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton & EU Foreign Affairs & Security Policy High Rep./European Commission VP Catherine Ashton.
EU International Cooperation, Humanitarian Aid & Crisis Response Commissioner Kristalina Georgieva expresses her concern about Haiti's cholera epidemic and explains the EU's response.
European Commission Vice President/Transport Commissioner Siim Kallas outlines steps to be taken by the EU to strengthen air cargo security--in the first video. The second video highlights discussions at the EU Civil Aviation Security Regulatory Committee meeting on this topic.
The 2010 AFI (American Film Institute) European Union Film Showcase--the signature fall cultural event for Washington, DC, movie lovers and the area's embassy community--is previewed in this short video. Join us for several festival award winners, box office hits and US premieres of EU Member State films.
The European Commission has proposed a better, more predictable and more expedient organization of EU response to natural and man-made disasters inside and outside the Union. The proposal outlines the possible new steps in this direction - first, defining the main types of disaster scenarios, second, identifying the assets needed for efficient response and the existing resources that EU Member States could pool for coordinated action, and ultimately - suggesting improvements in the Commission's coordinating role in the deployment of different European capabilities. EU International Cooperation, Humanitarian Aid & Crisis Response Commissioner Kristalina Georgieva held a press conference on the topic.
The European Parliament's (EP) 2010 Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought has been awarded to Cuban dissident Guillermo Fariñas. The winner was announced by EP President Jerzy Buzek in Strasbourg on Oct. 21. Nominated in the name of all those who fight in Cuba for freedom and human rights, the 48-year-old doctor of psychology, independent journalist and political dissident has conducted 23 hunger strikes over the years to protest against the Cuban regime. He will be invited to the prize ceremony in Strasbourg on December 15.
EU Foreign Affairs & Security Policy High Rep./European Commission VP Catherine Ashton & Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi jointly host the 3rd Ministerial meeting of the "Friends of Democratic Pakistan"--established in the margins of the 2008 UN General Assembly meeting as a forum for policy dialogue with Pakistan to address security and economic challenges and to mobilize support. The EU is a founding member. Here are all videos of the meeting.
EU Foreign Affairs & Security Policy High Representative/European Commission Vice President Catherine Ashton & US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton hold a press conference after their meeting.
European Council President Herman Van Rompuy discusses EU-US relations on the eve of conferring with US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and just a little more than a month before the EU-US Summit.
Ahead of the October 3rd 20th anniversary celebrations of German unity, European Commission President José Manuel Barroso confirmed that German and European unity are two sides of the same coin, as once expressed by Helmut Kohl. This is reflected in the continued strong dedication and commitment of Germany to Europe. "German unity has influenced positively the development of Europe. In turn, Germany benefited from the enlargement as no other country. Today, Germany is a very important stability and growth engine for Europe," concluded President Barroso.
EU Foreign Affairs & Security Policy High Representative/European Commission Vice President Catherine Ashton & US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton speak about their meeting, having discussed various foreign policy issues.
Deputy Head of Delegation Angelos Pangratis, Ambassador/Head of Delegation João Vale de Almeida, EU Foreign Affairs & Security Policy High Rep./European Commission VP Catherine Ashton, US Under Secretary of State for Economic, Energy & Agricultural Affairs Robert Hormats & US Rep./Subcommittee on Europe Chair William Delahunt (Massachusetts 10th District) snip the ribbon inaugurating the Delegation of the European Union to the USA, September 29. 2010.
European Commission President José Manuel Barroso & EU Economic & Monetary Affairs Commissioner Olli Rehn discuss the new economic governance comprehensive legislative package in these excerpts from their press conference.
European Commission President José Manuel Barroso adresses a Council on Foreign Relations audience in New York: "Stabilize, Consolidate, Reform: EU Moves from Crisis Management to Reform Agenda."
EU Foreign Affairs & Security Policy High Rep./European Commission VP Catherine Ashton in formal meetings with Chinese Prime Minister Wen Jiabao & Foreign Minister Jiechi Yang in EU-China Partnership Dialogue.
EU Foreign Affairs & Security Policy High Rep./European Commission VP Catherine Ashton in formal meetings with Chinese State Foreign Affairs Councillor Bingguo Dai in EU-China Partnership Dialogue. HR Ashton condemns Mideast attacks in a statement.
EU International Cooperation, Humanitarian Aid & Crisis Response Commissioner Kristalina Georgieva holds a press conference at the EU Delegation in Islamabad, Pakistan, to report on her visit and on her assessment of the situation there. Also present is the EU Ambassador to Pakistan Jan De Cock.
EU International Cooperation, Humanitarian Aid & Crisis Response Commissioner Kristalina Georgieva confers with Pakistan National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) Chairman General Nadeem & Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Quershi, Islamabad, Pakistan.
EU Urges Climate Action - Bangladesh: View the dire effects of climate change on the most vulnerable populations, such as in Bangladesh. EU urges action.
Estonia Joins the Euro Family: The Council of the European Union agreed on July 13 that Estonia would adopt the euro as of January 1, 2011. This means that Estonia will become the 17th European Union country to have the euro as its currency.
Europeana.eu is about ideas and inspiration: the EU's virtual digital library. It links you to 6 million digital items from the EU's 27 Member States: Images - paintings, drawings, maps, photos and pictures of museum objects; Texts - books, newspapers, letters, diaries and archival papers; Sounds - music and spoken word from cylinders, tapes, discs and radio broadcasts; Videos - films, newsreels and TV broadcasts, June 2, 2010.
European Commission Vice President/Justice, Fundamental Rights & Citizenship Commissioner Viviane Reding describes the EU adoption of a draft mandate to negotiate a personal data protection agreement between the European Union and the United States when cooperating to fight terrorism or crime. The measure aims to ensure high levels of protection to personal information, such as passenger data or financial information, transferred as part of transatlantic cooperation in fighting crime. An agreement would enhance the right of citizens to access, rectify or delete data, where appropriate, May 26, 2010.
EU Internal Market & Services Commissioner Michel Barnier's press conference setting out where the EU and the US stand on delivering G20 commitments on financial regulation reform and the next steps to fulfill those commitments, as well as discussing his recent trip to Washington, DC, to meet with US Administration financial officials, May 17, 2010.
EU Foreign Affairs & Security Policy High Representative/European Commission Vice President Catherine Ashton commemorates May 9, Europe Day--the occasion on which in 1950 then-French Foreign Minister Robert Schuman first proposed the concept that evolved into today’s European Union. High Representative Ashton looks forward, outlining EU foreign policy priorities and the role of the new European External Action Service (EEAS).”
A press briefing by EU Foreign Affairs & Security Policy High Representative/European Commission Vice President Catherine Ashton, immediately following Egyptian President Mubarak's resignation.
The European External Action Service (EEAS) is being established following the entry into force of the Treaty of Lisbon. It will serve as a foreign ministry and diplomatic corps for the EU, under the authority of the High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy. Here are 10 videos on EEAS.
These are videos of EU Foreign Affairs & Security Policy High Representative/European Commission Vice President Catherine Ashton's various missions across the globe.
This video from the EU-US Energy Council meeting held in Lisbon, Portugal features US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton & EU Foreign Affairs & Security Policy High Rep./European Commission VP Catherine Ashton.
EU International Cooperation, Humanitarian Aid & Crisis Response Commissioner Kristalina Georgieva expresses her concern about Haiti's cholera epidemic and explains the EU's response.
European Commission Vice President/Transport Commissioner Siim Kallas outlines steps to be taken by the EU to strengthen air cargo security--in the first video. The second video highlights discussions at the EU Civil Aviation Security Regulatory Committee meeting on this topic.
The 2010 AFI (American Film Institute) European Union Film Showcase--the signature fall cultural event for Washington, DC, movie lovers and the area's embassy community--is previewed in this short video. Join us for several festival award winners, box office hits and US premieres of EU Member State films.
The European Commission has proposed a better, more predictable and more expedient organization of EU response to natural and man-made disasters inside and outside the Union. The proposal outlines the possible new steps in this direction - first, defining the main types of disaster scenarios, second, identifying the assets needed for efficient response and the existing resources that EU Member States could pool for coordinated action, and ultimately - suggesting improvements in the Commission's coordinating role in the deployment of different European capabilities. EU International Cooperation, Humanitarian Aid & Crisis Response Commissioner Kristalina Georgieva held a press conference on the topic.
The European Parliament's (EP) 2010 Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought has been awarded to Cuban dissident Guillermo Fariñas. The winner was announced by EP President Jerzy Buzek in Strasbourg on Oct. 21. Nominated in the name of all those who fight in Cuba for freedom and human rights, the 48-year-old doctor of psychology, independent journalist and political dissident has conducted 23 hunger strikes over the years to protest against the Cuban regime. He will be invited to the prize ceremony in Strasbourg on December 15.
EU Foreign Affairs & Security Policy High Rep./European Commission VP Catherine Ashton & Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi jointly host the 3rd Ministerial meeting of the "Friends of Democratic Pakistan"--established in the margins of the 2008 UN General Assembly meeting as a forum for policy dialogue with Pakistan to address security and economic challenges and to mobilize support. The EU is a founding member. Here are all videos of the meeting.
EU Foreign Affairs & Security Policy High Representative/European Commission Vice President Catherine Ashton & US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton hold a press conference after their meeting.
European Council President Herman Van Rompuy discusses EU-US relations on the eve of conferring with US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and just a little more than a month before the EU-US Summit.
Ahead of the October 3rd 20th anniversary celebrations of German unity, European Commission President José Manuel Barroso confirmed that German and European unity are two sides of the same coin, as once expressed by Helmut Kohl. This is reflected in the continued strong dedication and commitment of Germany to Europe. "German unity has influenced positively the development of Europe. In turn, Germany benefited from the enlargement as no other country. Today, Germany is a very important stability and growth engine for Europe," concluded President Barroso.
EU Foreign Affairs & Security Policy High Representative/European Commission Vice President Catherine Ashton & US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton speak about their meeting, having discussed various foreign policy issues.
Deputy Head of Delegation Angelos Pangratis, Ambassador/Head of Delegation João Vale de Almeida, EU Foreign Affairs & Security Policy High Rep./European Commission VP Catherine Ashton, US Under Secretary of State for Economic, Energy & Agricultural Affairs Robert Hormats & US Rep./Subcommittee on Europe Chair William Delahunt (Massachusetts 10th District) snip the ribbon inaugurating the Delegation of the European Union to the USA, September 29. 2010.
European Commission President José Manuel Barroso & EU Economic & Monetary Affairs Commissioner Olli Rehn discuss the new economic governance comprehensive legislative package in these excerpts from their press conference.
European Commission President José Manuel Barroso adresses a Council on Foreign Relations audience in New York: "Stabilize, Consolidate, Reform: EU Moves from Crisis Management to Reform Agenda."
EU Foreign Affairs & Security Policy High Rep./European Commission VP Catherine Ashton in formal meetings with Chinese Prime Minister Wen Jiabao & Foreign Minister Jiechi Yang in EU-China Partnership Dialogue.
EU Foreign Affairs & Security Policy High Rep./European Commission VP Catherine Ashton in formal meetings with Chinese State Foreign Affairs Councillor Bingguo Dai in EU-China Partnership Dialogue. HR Ashton condemns Mideast attacks in a statement.
EU International Cooperation, Humanitarian Aid & Crisis Response Commissioner Kristalina Georgieva holds a press conference at the EU Delegation in Islamabad, Pakistan, to report on her visit and on her assessment of the situation there. Also present is the EU Ambassador to Pakistan Jan De Cock.
EU International Cooperation, Humanitarian Aid & Crisis Response Commissioner Kristalina Georgieva confers with Pakistan National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) Chairman General Nadeem & Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Quershi, Islamabad, Pakistan.
EU Urges Climate Action - Bangladesh: View the dire effects of climate change on the most vulnerable populations, such as in Bangladesh. EU urges action.
Estonia Joins the Euro Family: The Council of the European Union agreed on July 13 that Estonia would adopt the euro as of January 1, 2011. This means that Estonia will become the 17th European Union country to have the euro as its currency.
Europeana.eu is about ideas and inspiration: the EU's virtual digital library. It links you to 6 million digital items from the EU's 27 Member States: Images - paintings, drawings, maps, photos and pictures of museum objects; Texts - books, newspapers, letters, diaries and archival papers; Sounds - music and spoken word from cylinders, tapes, discs and radio broadcasts; Videos - films, newsreels and TV broadcasts, June 2, 2010.
European Commission Vice President/Justice, Fundamental Rights & Citizenship Commissioner Viviane Reding describes the EU adoption of a draft mandate to negotiate a personal data protection agreement between the European Union and the United States when cooperating to fight terrorism or crime. The measure aims to ensure high levels of protection to personal information, such as passenger data or financial information, transferred as part of transatlantic cooperation in fighting crime. An agreement would enhance the right of citizens to access, rectify or delete data, where appropriate, May 26, 2010.
EU Internal Market & Services Commissioner Michel Barnier's press conference setting out where the EU and the US stand on delivering G20 commitments on financial regulation reform and the next steps to fulfill those commitments, as well as discussing his recent trip to Washington, DC, to meet with US Administration financial officials, May 17, 2010.
EUNAVFOR Somalia: Operation Atalanta: 31 videos dealing with the European Unon's anti-piracy actions off the coast of Somalia are available for downloading.
EU Trade Commissioner Karel De Gucht Meets with US Trade Representative Ron Kirk & US Deputy National Security Advisor for International Economic Affairs Michael Froman, May 11-12, 2010.
On May 10, at the World Economic Forum on Europe 2010, European Commission President José Manuel Barroso underlined that in the space of 48 hours, the European Union had concluded an agreement that enables the EU to respond in a coordinated, fast, effective manner to difficulties in any Euro Area Member State. "But this deal is not only about assistance, it is also about further efforts of consolidation," Mr. Barroso said.
EU Commission President José Manuel Barroso stated at the 2007 EU-US Summit that "The reality is that the world is safer and more prosperous when Europe and America work together as global partners." View this narrative of the EU-US relationship over the decades.
EUNAVFOR Somalia: Operation Atalanta: 31 videos dealing with the European Unon's anti-piracy actions off the coast of Somalia are available for downloading.
EU Trade Commissioner Karel De Gucht Meets with US Trade Representative Ron Kirk & US Deputy National Security Advisor for International Economic Affairs Michael Froman, May 11-12, 2010.
On May 10, at the World Economic Forum on Europe 2010, European Commission President José Manuel Barroso underlined that in the space of 48 hours, the European Union had concluded an agreement that enables the EU to respond in a coordinated, fast, effective manner to difficulties in any Euro Area Member State. "But this deal is not only about assistance, it is also about further efforts of consolidation," Mr. Barroso said.
EU Commission President José Manuel Barroso stated at the 2007 EU-US Summit that "The reality is that the world is safer and more prosperous when Europe and America work together as global partners." View this narrative of the EU-US relationship over the decades.
