What are you looking for?

Number of results found No suitable keywords found. Please enter your complete search term.

Navigation

Welcome

Europe United

Article

11.08.2021 Article

#EuropeUnited in emergencies: European solidarity in action

While many people in Germany are still busy clearing up after the catastrophic flooding, thousands of professionals and volunteers in South-Eastern Europe and Turkey are fighting countless forest fires. Amidst all the emergencies, Europe is demonstrating its solidarity across borders.

German Firefighters on a ferry
21.06.2021 Article

Minister Maas at the Foreign Affairs Council: Sending a strong message to Belarus with new sanctions

At their meeting, the Ministers of Foreign Affairs agreed sectoral sanctions targeting the Lukashenko regime. The EU also offered the Foreign Minister of Iraq its support for the reform process in his country.

Foreign Minister Maas travels to Luxembourg
22.03.2021 Article

Maas in Brussels for the Foreign Affairs Council and the NATO Foreign Ministerial

Today’s Foreign Affairs Council will focus on the situation in Myanmar, relations with Turkey and the EU’s new human rights sanctions regime.

Foreign Minister Maas is travelling to Brussels
17.11.2020 Article

First country-specific discussion on the rule of law among EU Member States

Under Germany’s Presidency of the Council of the European Union, the EU member states are now, for the first time ever, holding discussions via video conference about the state of the rule of law in specific countries. The aim is to improve their common understanding of this issue.

Minister of State for Europe Michael Roth giving his opening statement
09.11.2020 Article

Trio works to promote rule of law in the EU: Germany, Portugal and Slovenia coordinate efforts

At today’s virtual meeting, Minister of State Roth will liaise closely with his counterparts from Lisbon and Ljubljana on key policy areas of the EU Council Presidency. A joint statement will lay down the Trio’s agenda in this regard.

Minister of State Roth
15.10.2020 Article

A day dedicated to the Weimar Triangle

Foreign Minister Maas is meeting with his French and Polish counterparts in Paris. Afterwards, Poland’s Foreign Minister Rau will visit Berlin.

Foreign Minister Maas, wearing a mask, walking to a plane at daybreak.

Press releases

  1. 24.06.2020 Press release

    Foreign Minister Maas on the Cabinet decision concerning the national programme for Germany’s Presidency of the Council of the European Union

  2. 23.06.2020 Press release

    Foreign Minister Maas prior to his departure for Spain

  3. 04.06.2020 Press release

    Statement by Foreign Minister Maas prior to his departure for The Hague

  4. 09.05.2020 Press release

    Foreign minister Heiko Maas on Europe Day

  5. 10.01.2020 Press release

    Maas: “We Europeans must bring our combined weight to bear”

  6. 22.05.2019 Press release

    Meeting of the Foreign Ministers of Germany, Portugal and Slovenia - Declaration on the Trio Presidency 2020/2021

  7. 01.05.2019 Press release

    Statement by Foreign Minister Heiko Maas on the fifteenth anniversary of EU eastern enlargement

Show more
Top of page