G20 Rome Leaders’ Declaration

Brussels 01.11.2021 “We, the Leaders of the G20, met in Rome on October 30th and 31st, to address today’s most pressing global challenges and to converge upon common efforts to recover better from the COVID-19 crisis and enable sustainable and inclusive growth in our Countries and across the world. As the premier forum for international…

EUCO: EU Summit conclusions on pandemic

Brussels 22.10.2021 European Council conclusions on COVID-19: “Vaccination campaigns around Europe have brought about significant progress in the fight against COVID-19. Nevertheless the situation in some Member States remains very serious. In order to further increase vaccination rates throughout the Union, efforts to overcome vaccine hesitancy should be stepped up, including by tackling disinformation, notably…

COVID19: G20 pivotal role in global coordination

Today, Thursday 26 March 2020, the President of the European Council Charles Michel and the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen participated in the extraordinary G20 Leaders’ videoconference called by Saudi Arabia that currently holds the G20 Presidency. Unprecedented events call for action to save lives and avoid further economic crisis. Joint…

Trump looks forward to ‘positive things’

U.S. President Donald Trump told Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday that it was an “honor” to meet him for the first time and said he looked forward to “positive things” in the relationship between two states. The face-to-face encounter between Trump and Putin at a Group of 20 summit in Germany was one of…

Putin slams sanctions as form of protectionism

Russian President Vladimir Putin blasted economic protectionism and sanctions in an implicit gesture at President Trump a day before the two leaders are set to meet for the first time. Published in the German financial newspaper Handelblatt ahead of the G20 meeting in Hamburg, Putin praised the strategy for free trade and action on climate change, while warning…

Trump announces talks with European leaders in Hamburg

U.S. President Donald Trump plans to speak with German, French and Italian officials on Monday (03.07.2017) he said ahead of the summit of the G20 economies in Hamburg this week. Trump announced the talks on Twitter but gave no details, is scheduled to attend the two-day G20 summit that starts on Friday (07.07.2017), and will…

Europe united in pursuit of Paris agreement

In Berlin the European leaders declared their intention to unite their efforts to achieve the climate change goals, and free trade at the upcoming G20 summit, but made clear that they have no thoughts of reproaching the  U.S. President Donald Trump who has different opinion n both issues. German Chancellor Angela Merkel said European countries…

Merkel to visit Sochi

Germany’s Angela Merkel will visit Sochi, Russia, for talks on May 2 with Russian President Vladimir Putin for the first bilateral visit since Maidan revolution in Ukraine and following sanctions over Crimea in 2014. The talks will be ‘pragmatic’  with no immediate prospect that Western sanctions imposed on Moscow over the Ukraine crisis will be…