Mogherini: There is a growing feeling about the need to change EU

“I think that the secret of change is to focus all your energy not on fighting the old, but on building the new. And this is why I decided to go forward with the Global Strategy, even a few days after the result of the referendum, to send this message: that even in the moment when we understand that our citizens are calling for something new, there is a moment – instead of posing and taking a break – you engage even more in constructing the future work.”

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EU Foreign Affairs Council results and conclusions

“The Council welcomed the joint framework in countering hybrid threats that includes 22 concrete proposals. If there is one field where the added-value of EU-NATO cooperation is absolutely clear, and where the EU tools can provide a lot of support to the work NATO is doing, it is on hybrid threats,” said Federica Mogherini, High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy.

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EU Summit with Turkey: official statement

Following their meeting with Prime Minister Davutoğlu, the EU Heads of State or Government addressed the migration situation, in particular as regards the Western Balkans route. They welcomed their discussion with the Turkish Prime Minister on EU-Turkey relations and on the progress made in the implementation of the Joint Action Plan.

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