Informal meetings of EU foreign ministers (Gymnich) - Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs https://www.diplomatie.gouv.fr/en/french-foreign-policy/france-and-europe/events-and-news-relating-to-france-s-european-policy/european-meetings/informal-meetings-of-eu-foreign-ministers-gymnich/?xtor=RSS-1 en Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs https://www.diplomatie.gouv.fr/local/cache-vignettes/L144xH72/visuel_defaut_une_fd-44916-890bc.jpg?1702480414 https://www.diplomatie.gouv.fr?xtor=RSS-1 Catherine Colonna's participation in the Gymnich meeting and the Indo-Pacific Ministerial Forum (12-13 May 2023) https://www.diplomatie.gouv.fr/en/french-foreign-policy/france-and-europe/events-and-news-relating-to-france-s-european-policy/european-meetings/informal-meetings-of-eu-foreign-ministers-gymnich/last-meeting/article/catherine-colonna-s-participation-in-the-gymnich-meeting-and-the-indo-pacific?xtor=RSS-1 On May 12 and 13, Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs Catherine Colonna will take part in the informal meeting of EU foreign ministers known as the “Gymnich,” and on May 13, she will attend the second edition of the EU Indo-Pacific Ministerial Forum in Stockholm. At the Gymnich, the minister will emphasize the need for us to provide support for Ukraine over the long term by boosting the production capacities of European defense industries and instituting a European war economy. She will (…) 2023-05-12 08:24:43 59739_273168 Statement by Catherine Colonna, Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs, on her arrival at the informal meeting of Foreign Ministers (Prague, 30 Aug. 22) https://www.diplomatie.gouv.fr/en/french-foreign-policy/france-and-europe/events-and-news-relating-to-france-s-european-policy/european-meetings/informal-meetings-of-eu-foreign-ministers-gymnich/last-meeting/article/statement-by-catherine-colonna-minister-for-europe-and-foreign-affairs-on-her?xtor=RSS-1 Hello everyone. We're meeting today, as you know, to talk about Africa and Ukraine, in a format enabling direct discussions, as always, the Gymnich format. Regarding Africa, it will essentially be a question of working on implementing the commitments the European Union made on Africa at the European Union-Africa summit in February, particularly at financial level. I'd like to remind you here that the European Union is the leading partner in the world for Africa's development. That has to be (…) 2022-08-31 09:05:25 59739_268478 EU - Jean-Yves Le Drian participating in Foreign Affairs Council (Brussels, 24 Jan. 22) https://www.diplomatie.gouv.fr/en/french-foreign-policy/france-and-europe/events-and-news-relating-to-france-s-european-policy/european-meetings/informal-meetings-of-eu-foreign-ministers-gymnich/last-meeting/article/eu-jean-yves-le-drian-participating-in-foreign-affairs-council-brussels-24-jan?xtor=RSS-1 Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs Jean-Yves Le Drian is taking part in today's meeting of the EU Council of Foreign Ministers. Following on from the foreign ministers' discussions in Brest on January 13 and 14 (in the so-called “Gymnich” format), this meeting will address the security of the EU's eastern neighbors, and especially Ukraine, at a time of growing tension with Russia. The ministers will reaffirm a two-pronged European policy consisting of a) a deterrent posture toward any (…) 2022-01-25 10:31:23 59739_264222 European Union - Jean-Yves Le Drian's participation in the informal meeting of foreign affairs ministers in the so-called Gymnich format (Kranj, 02-03 Sept. 2021) https://www.diplomatie.gouv.fr/en/french-foreign-policy/france-and-europe/events-and-news-relating-to-france-s-european-policy/european-meetings/informal-meetings-of-eu-foreign-ministers-gymnich/article/european-union-jean-yves-le-drian-s-participation-in-the-informal-meeting-of?xtor=RSS-1 Jean-Yves Le Drian, Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs, will take part in the informal meeting of EU foreign affairs ministers in Kranj in Slovenia from September 2 to 3. Following on from the extraordinary Foreign Affairs Council on August 17, the ministers will take stock of the humanitarian, security and political situation in Afghanistan. The minister will reaffirm the requirements we must have vis-à-vis the Taliban: respect for humanitarian law and the protection of all those who (…) 2021-09-01 18:38:33 54167_261092