our core principles of human rights, democracy, the rule of law, gender equality and solidarity, a European Union with a powerful unified voice,,

and a European Union guided by its principles to meet its international responsibilities and face new challenges.

At a time when multilateralism is being challenged in all global matters that can affect the life of people including European citizens, with unilateral actions in breach of international treaties and rules, we have to stay firm to our belief that a multilateral system and its institutions, the international criminal court, the WTO and above all the United Nations, are at the core of the only sustainable rules-based global order. The European Union’s strength has always been in influencing the world through soft power.

Building peace is in Europe’s DNA. For centuries, Europe was the theatre of bloody wars and destruction. On the contrary, the idea of the European Union is based on tolerance, trust and peaceful coexistence of nations. It is the reason why we believe that