EU Ambassador to the U.K. Formerly: Head of Cabinet to HRVP Borrell, Deputy SG at the EEAS, EU Ambassador to the UN & Diplomatic Advisor to EUCO President
Thank you to the many guests from all walks of life for joining our
#EuropeDay
reception and in particular huge thanks to Secretary of State
@chhcalling
MP &
@FCDOGovUK
Europe Minister
@Nus_Ghani
MP for their insightful speeches.
It is an honour to take over as the European Union’s new Ambassador to the United Kingdom. Building on our common interests and shared values we will strengthen the relationship between the U.K. and the EU
It is an honour to welcome the Presidents of the European Council, the
@EU_Commission
and the European Parliament to London on the occasion of the coronation of HM King Charles III and Queen Camilla.
It is a strong expression of the EU’s commitment to its relations with the UK.
It was a pleasure to receive the First Minister of
#Scotland
@HumzaYousaf
at Europe House, together with EU27 Ambassadors.
We discussed topics of common interest including
#EU
citizens living in Scotland.
Honoured to present my credentials to His Majesty King Charles III.
I look forward to helping further strengthen EU-UK ties. Key goal of my mission in the UK.
🇪🇺🇬🇧
Looking forward to visiting Scotland this week.
I will be visiting Edinburgh, the Orkneys as well as Glasgow and meet with key stakeholders from politics, academia and civil society.
Very much looking forward to discovering some more of this beautiful country.
Great end of the day having been invited to the yearly consular reception hosted by
@ScotGovFM
at Edinburgh Castle.
I thank the Scottish government for opening its arms to EU citizens.
My friends and European colleagues are doing an important job as consuls in the 🏴 capital.
A fruitful informal exchange with EU colleagues and U.K. experts on EU-UK relations and international issues, in the beautiful English countryside
#EUretreat
Very fruitful meeting with EU Member States Consuls in
#Edinburgh
, citizens support organizations and the
@scotgov
.
Supporting EU citizens remains our priority.
I welcome the formal agreement on
#UK
participation in Horizon and Copernicus programmes. Cooperation in
#science
and
#technology
is essential for building a common future and ensuring the well being and security of our citizens.
#EU
Honoured to welcome Foreign Secretary
@JamesCleverly
at
#EuropeHouse
this afternoon. Grateful to hear the latest developments on the situation in
#Israel
and discuss 🇪🇺-🇬🇧 relations.
Together with all 🇪🇺 Ambassadors, we expressed our unwavering solidarity to
#Israel
.
Wonderful to be in
#Glasgow
for the last leg of my Scotland visit.
Today, I will be visiting
@UofGlasgow
meeting Sir Anton Muscatelli, as well as the Lord Provost of Glasgow and civil society organizations.
Welcome to London 🇪🇺 Commissioner
@ili_ivanova
as we celebrate the UK’s association to
#HorizonEurope
, marking a renewal of the EU-UK relationship in science & innovation.
🇬🇧 businesses & scientists can apply for Horizon Europe funding & lead projects 👉
Great discussion on EU-UK relations with
@AngusRobertson
, Cabinet Secretary at the
@Scotgov
and Dunstan Hadley, Deputy Director at the
@FCDOGovUK
, organized by Scottish Advisory Forum on Europe (SAFE).
Huge thanks to
@IreneOldfather
and SAFE members.
Delighted to attend the Europe Day picnic organised by
@WeAreSettled
@the3million
&
@coesplondres
in London today.
👏Thank you for your support to EU citizens and their families living in the UK.
EU Ambassadors in London together with 🇺🇦Ambassador
@VPrystaiko
mark the anniversary of
#Ukraine
’s brave defence against Russia’s brutal & illegal invasion.
The EU will continue to support Ukraine in the interest of international peace & security.
#WeStandWithUkraine
#24Feb2022
Very good exchange on 🇪🇺🇬🇧 relations, trade and economy with FM
@PrifWeinidog
during a meeting with EU27 Ambassadors. I look forward to visiting Wales soon!
In my speech at the
@EUdelegationUK
after presenting my credentials to HM King Charles III, I highlighted the importance of our continuous support to Ukraine 🇺🇦
Thank you to Secretary of State
@chhcalling
and my colleagues from the diplomatic corps for attending our reception.
Honoured to receive Mayor of London
@SadiqKhan
at Europe House. Very grateful for his support to 🇪🇺 citizens in 🇬🇧. Useful exchanges on 🇪🇺-🇬🇧 relations and common challenges.
Today I met with
@PedroSerranoEU
, Ambassador of the European Union, to discuss London's relationship with the EU, how we can support EU Londoners, and tackling the climate emergency.
I look forward to continuing our work together to defend our common values and interests.
It was an honour to welcome Tony Blair at the
@EUDelegationUK
today to meet EU27 Ambassadors and discuss current international challenges and EU-UK relations.
Honoured to be hosted with 🇪🇺 Ambassadors by Foreign Secretary
@David_Cameron
at
#LancasterHouse
this morning. Grateful to discuss 🇪🇺-🇬🇧 relations, including EU citizens in the UK and Windsor framework implementation.
Honoured to be formally welcomed to
#Glasgow
by the
@LordProvostGCC
and to meet with the enthusiastic representatives of EU citizens’ forum. Very fruitful meeting to discuss current challenges for eu citizens as well as ongoing cooperations between Glasgow and Europe.
Visited
@IGSfarm
in Inverkeithing today. Very impressed with the vertical farm tower and the potential this technology could have for food security all over the world.
1 year since I started my mandate as
#EU
Ambassador to the
#UK
@eudelegationUK
. A remarkable year for our bilateral ties: the Windsor Framework, financial services MoU & UK association to
#Horizon
&
#Copernicus
. We share values, face common challenges and need to stand together.
Delighted to welcome to London EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs & Security Policy
@JosepBorrellF
to deliver the Dahrendorf Lecture at
@UniofOxford
.
In Orkney I visited
@OrbitalMarine
's EU-funded project that generates electricity from tides, powering the
@EMEC_Ltd
This is a great example of
#HorizonEurope
helping to address energy security through new renewable energy sources.
Honoured to meet Sir Anton Muscatelli, the Vice Chancellor of
@UofGlasgow
and his leadership team, together with a group of very talented
@ERC_Research
grantees from across the university.
1/2
Delighted to welcome Christine
@Lagarde
, President of the
@ecb
, to London for the EEFC Distinguished Speakers Seminar, taking place at Westminster Palace.
Third day of my trip to Scotland.
In Orkney Islands joined by Czech and Slovenjan Ambassadors.
Visited innovative EU-co-funded tidal turbine by
@Orbitalmarine
and EMEC developments and facilities, including hydrogen plant. Great hospitality from Orkney council representatives.
Delighted to pay courtesy call on
@JamesCleverly
and
@LeoDochertyUK
. Grateful for their warm welcome and looking forward to working with
@FCDOGovUK
to help strengthen further relations between the EU and the UK
Very fruitful meeting with Scottish Cabinet Secretary for Europe
@angusrobertson
and Scottish minister for culture
@kaukabstewart
MSP as well as
@glasgowfilmfest
CEO Alison Gardener and the film festival curator Balenji Mwiche to discuss our strong cultural bonds.
Very thoughtful discussion on EU-UK relationship and how to advance it further. The EU and the UK are partners facing common challenges and promoting common values in a conflictual world.
Thank you fellow panellists and
@CER_Grant
for moderating.
#LPC23
#CER
Honoured to join Queen’s University to mark 25 years of the
#Belfast
#GoodFridayAgreement
The EU supports efforts to advance reconciliation and economic development in Northern Ireland building further on the hard-earned gains of the peace process.
#GFA
#Agreement25
What happens in Ukraine matters to all of us.
We support Ukraine whatever it takes.
Glad to be part of such a distinguished panel and for the great attendance at our event organised in cooperation with
@Ukr_Institute
&
@epinuk
.
I am very glad to have had the opportunity to talk with a group of postgraduate students from the
@UniWestminster
about the role of the EU 🇪🇺 as an international actor 🌍
Friendly exchanges with
@britishchambers
Director General
@BCCShevaun
on opportunities in the EU-UK relations.
Looking forward to continued engagement with businesses.
Delighted to meet Lord Mayor Nicholas Lyons
@citylordmayor
.
🇪🇺🇬🇧EU and UK are major trading partners in financial services. Finance is central to addressing global challenges.
#EUintheUK
Today we 🇪🇺 are visiting
#Wales
🏴 with the Ambassadors of Slovakia 🇸🇰, Slovenia 🇸🇮, the High Commissioner of Cyprus 🇨🇾
We met
@SusanaGalvanSee
@TaithWales
Executive Director, and her team to learn more about the International Learning Exchange Programme.
Delighted to welcome Commissioner Mairead
@McGuinnessEU
to London for a series of insightful meetings. We had the opportunity to discuss a number of challenges and issues faced by the EU and the UK today, including
#AI
.
A pleasure to meet
@ScanlonPatricia
in London today.
As 🇮🇪 AI Ambassador, Patricia is leading a public conversation about artificial intelligence: the opportunities & risks, & why regulation is important to ensure a people-centred, ethical development of AI.
#AIAct
#DigitalEU
I had the pleasure to join 120+ young people at the 🇪🇺🇬🇧
#YouthGathering
today in London to listen to their views on the future of EU-UK youth relations.
Thanks to
@UCL_EI
for hosting us.
Real pleasure to meet 🏴First Minister Mark Drakeford during my first visit to Wales, together with the ambassadors of 🇸🇰🇸🇮🇨🇾
We discussed UK and Welsh politics, devolution, youth mobility and EU citizens’ rights.
In Belfast for 1st time since power-sharing restored. Insightful meetings w/Speaker
@edwinpootsmla
, First Minister
@moneillsf
, Dep. First Minister
@little_pengelly
& a cross-party round table. Good to see Stormont up & running creating conditions for stability & prosperity in NI
Delighted to meet with
@DLidington
and Tom Keatinge
@RUSI_org
ahead of our Europe House event on financial crime and sanctions, in discussion with Commissioner
@McGuinnessEU
.
It was a pleasure to meet Cllr Lewis, Leader of Leeds City Council, Tom Riordan, Chief Executive, Leeds City Council,
@LordMayorLeeds
Cllr Bob Gettings, Kully Thiarai CEO
@LEEDS_2023
& LeedsArt Gallery, and to discover what a vibrant and inspiring city Leeds is.
A wonderful start to my day with a stimulating discussion on the EU in the World with
@KingsCollegeLon
students this morning.
Thank you very much for sharing your thoughts with me, and to
@KCL_Law
, prof. Biondi & prof. Tridimas for kindly hosting me.
Today we welcomed
@nowak_paul
, General Secretary of
@The_TUC
to
@EUdelegationUK
to discuss employment rights and the role of trade unions in the 🇬🇧.
I underlined how social dialogue is a core feature of the European social market economy.
On my first visit to Wales, together with
@LeskovarSimona
@Ondrejcsak
&
@AKakourisCY
we met EU citizens’ advice organisations & immigration service providers to discuss EU citizens’ issues in 🏴
👏Thank you for your impressive commitment and hard work.
It was a pleasure to listen to the Young Musicians Symphony Orchestra at
@cadoganhall
yesterday.
👏 Brilliant performance of Edvard Grieg’s 🇳🇴 Piano Concerto in A minor with Lithuanian 🇱🇹 soloist Gabrielė Sutkutė and Mahler’s tragic but triumphant Sixth Symphony. 🎶
Delighted to discover the wonderful
@burrellcollect
that with its 9000 works of art, amongst which many European ones, constitutes an ode to Scottish – European cultural ties.
Special thanks to the Director and the staff for their generous welcome.
A very friendly and productive meeting with Permanent Secretary Sir
@MatthewRycroft1
on
#EUcitizens
and common concerns.
EU and UK are natural partners and I look forward to our continued cooperation.
As the
#Euelections2024
are just one month away we are reaching out to EU citizens living in the UK to make sure they will use their vote.
#useyourvote
First part of my Scotland trip is coming to an end.
I thank
@AnasSarwar
,
@Douglas4Moray
,
@agcolehamilton
and
@lornagreens
for the good meetings.
Interesting to hear the different perspectives on Scotland’s political landscape.
Next 🏴 stop: the Orkneys.
Meeting EU candidate countries’ representatives in
#London
, together with 🇧🇪 Ambassador van der Pluijm
@BelgiuminUK
during Belgium’s EU Council Presidency
@EU2024BE
. Building a stronger Europe together.
Wonderful opportunity to meet
@guildeu
members from across Europe to discuss the re-association of UK to Horizon Europe and the future of EU-UK academic cooperation.
#HorizonEurope
Today we are holding the 4th 🇪🇺🇬🇧 Parliamentary Partnership Assembly in London - testimony to the effectiveness of the Trade & Cooperation Agreement and the Withdrawal Agreement in building the new EU-U.K. relationship.
A privilege to host today at Europe House over 40 consuls of EU member states from across the UK.
Promoting interests of
#EUcitizens
in the UK is a key priority.
"We need to maximise the benefits of existing EU-UK agreements. The EU and the UK must work together in responding to common challenges."
Thank you fellow panelists and
@CER_Grant
for moderating.
#CPC2023
#CER
Honoured to host Sviatlana
@Tsihanouskaya
at
#EuropeHouse
together with all 🇪🇺 Ambassadors. She shared latest updates on situation in her country and we discussed 🇪🇺 support in defending a free and democratic Belarus.
Together we
#StandwithBelarus
.
Wonderful to visit one of
@UofGlasgow
’s newest venues, the Mazumdar-Shaw Advanced Research Centre and meet British and European researchers working together across disciplines on stem cells.
A pleasure to be hosted by Peter Mathieson, Principal of
@edinburghuni
to learn more about this outstanding 🏴 institution and its future projects.
We stand united in our commitment to fostering strong & cooperative 🇪🇺🇬🇧 relations.
#EuropeDay
reminds us of the importance of collaboration, friendship & shared aspirations. A strong EU-UK partnership strengthens our role in promoting peace, prosperity and democracy globally
Delighted to meet
@MichelleDonelan
, Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology and Minister
@GeorgeFreemanMP
, at
@SciTechgovuk
today.
Good discussion on opportunities for EU-UK cooperation in the science and technology sectors.
Delighted to speak
@oxfordlitfest
at the Sheldonian theatre on how recent major conflicts are being reported in the media & if we can trust what we are being told.
Many thanks to
@oxfordlitfest
organisers & to my co-panellists
@y_alibhai
, Justin Schlosberg & Stephen Law.
Glad to have met Prof Colin Riordan, President and Vice-Chancellor of
@cardiffuni
and his senior management team together with ambassadors
@LeskovarSimona
@Ondrejcsak
&
@AKakourisCY
.
We discussed the state of play in international student exchanges and research cooperation.
A great pleasure to meet this morning 🇮🇹 Undersecretary of State
@GiorgioSilli
from
@ItalyMFA
.
We discussed EU-U.K. relations with a focus on EU citizens living in the U.K.
Delighted to welcome our distinguished panel and a full house to
@EUdelegationUK
for our event marking the International day of Women in Diplomacy realised in cooperation with
@LSE_IDEAS
&
@uk_aspen
.
It was a pleasure to see
@Fotolateras
’ unique photographs at Europe House’s 12 Star Gallery last night.
The 🇪🇸 photographers captured the essence of 🇪🇺 cities with cameras made of tins!
Huge thanks to
@CervantesLondon
&
@EPinUK
for bringing this fascinating exhibition to London
Thank you for the fascinating panel discussion about the opportunities and challenges women face in international diplomacy:
🇬🇧Sally Axworthy
@FCDOGovUK
,
🇬🇲Dr Fatou Bensouda
@GambiaHighComUK
,
🇬🇪Amb. Sophie Katsarava
@SophieKatsarava
,
🇵🇦Panama Amb. Natalia Royo
@nataroyo
Delighted to welcome EU Ambassadors of🇨🇭 🇮🇸 🇳🇴 🇻🇦& 🇱🇮 in Western Europe together with Council of Europe
@coe
,
@aneichhorst
and
@eeas
Brussels team for our yearly seminar at Europe House.