Financial aid for Egypt: MEPs strike deal with the EU Council Presidency
On Monday night, negotiators from the European Parliament and the Council reached a provisional agreement on a financial aid package…
Migration and Asylum: EU Commission unveils first EU list of safe countries-of-origin
The EU Commission is proposing to frontload two key elements of the Asylum Procedure Regulation with the aim of supporting…
Eurojust expands judicial cooperation: New Working Arrangement with Egypt
Egypt and Eurojust have signed a Working Arrangement. Egypt is the eighth country to sign such an arrangement with Eurojust.…
Chad and Sudan crisis: EU Commission announces €282.5m in humanitarian aid
The EU Commission has announced today €282.5 million in EU humanitarian aid to address the needs of the most vulnerable…
EU and Egypt successfully conclude negotiations on Horizon Europe
The EU Commission and the Arab Republic of Egypt have successfully concluded negotiations on Egypt’s association to Horizon Europe, the…
MEPs approve new financial aid package for Egypt and Jordan
The macro-financial assistance (MFA) for Egypt was adopted by Parliament by 452 votes in favour, 182 against and 40 abstentions.…
Joint statement by EU HR Kaja Kallas and the Arab-Islamic Ministerial Committee
The Parties discussed recent developments in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, and expressed their grave concern over the breakdown of the…
MEPs back new financial assistance for Egypt and Jordan
The EU Parliament’s International Trade Committee approved two proposals on Thursday to offer Jordan and Egypt loans worth €500 million…
European Council President Costa to travel to London, Chișinău, and Cairo
The President of the European Council, António Costa, will travel to the United Kingdom, Moldova and Egypt from 2 to…
Gaza ceasefire and hostage deal: Statement from U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris
Thanks to the leadership of President Joe Biden, a ceasefire and hostage deal has been reached between Israel and Hamas.…
Egypt: EU Commission provides €1bn in macro-financial assistance
This instalment comes after the EU Commission concluded that Egypt has taken measures to strengthen macro-economic resilience by unifying its fragmented exchange…
Egypt: Statements by EU HR/VP Borrell and EU Commissioner Johansson
EU High Representative/Vice-President Josep Borrell met with Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty while EU Commissioner for Home Affairs Ylva Johansson discussed…
Egypt: Statement by EU High Representative Borrell at the Rafah border crossing
"I am used to having a look at this place through satellite images. I see the Rafah crossing almost every…
Egypt: EU Commissioner Johansson to strengthen migration and security cooperation
The Commissioner will meet Minister of Foreign Affairs, Emigration and Expatriates, Badr Abdelatty, to discuss the ongoing comprehensive cooperation on…
First EU-coordinated medical evacuation of Palestinian children from Egypt to Spain
In a first EU-coordinated medical evacuation, 16 Palestinian children and their families were transferred from Egypt to Spain. The operation…
Egypt-EU investment conference announces €1bn in Macro-Financial Assistance
At the EU-Egypt Investment Conference, co-organised by the EU and the Government of Egypt on 29-30 June, the EU and Egypt…
Diplomatic rotation: EU HR Borrell nominated new Heads of EU Delegations
Josep Borrell, High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy/Vice-President of the European Commission, nominated 44 Heads of…
Egypt: EU Council adopts €1 billion macro-financial assistance
The aid is meant to address the deteriorating macro-fiscal situation and financing needs of the country over the recent months,…
Egypt – EU: Joint Declaration on the Strategic and Comprehensive Partnership
The Arab Republic of Egypt and the European Union have mutually agreed to elevate their relationship to the level of…
Egypt: Continued humanitarian cooperation to support Gaza’s civilian population
At the request of the French President and Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs, medical cargo worth €1 million arrived…
EU migration policy: MEPs call for change in approach to external dimension
Members of the Subcommittee on Human Rights urged the European Commission to change its approach to the cooperation with partner…
10th EU-Egypt Association Council meeting: Joint press statement by Egypt and the EU
The Association Council took stock of the progress made on the joint Partnership Priorities adopted in June 2022 with a…
El-Dabaa NPP: Vladimir Putin will meet with Fattah el-Sisi
Rosatom State Corporation is building Egypt’s first nuclear power plant in accordance with the 2015 Russian-Egyptian intergovernmental agreement.
First UK maritime shipment of lifesaving aid for Gaza arrives in Egypt
87 tonnes of life-saving UK and Cypriot aid for the people of Gaza delivered by Royal Fleet Auxiliary Ship Lyme…
Switzerland provides funding for Sudan and neighbouring countries
The humanitarian situation in Sudan has deteriorated significantly amid the ongoing fighting. More than 5.3 million people have fled their…
Global Counterterrorism Forum: Opening speech by EU HRVP Borrell
The speed at which the threat level is spreading across Africa is particularly worrying. Increasing the representation of African voices…
Egypt: EEAS Spokesperson on the pardon of Patrick George Zaki and Mohamed El-Baqer
The European Union and its Member States have been closely engaged in both cases since Mr Zaki and Mr El-Baqer…
League of Arab States: EU HR Borrell on his meeting with SecGen Aboul Gheit
§The re-admission of Syria in the League of Arab States is a sovereign decision, and we respect it fully. But we also see…
EU HRVP Borrell travels to Egypt
High Representative/Vice-President Josep Borrell will travel to Egypt on 17-19 June.
Global Counterterrorism Forum: Joint statement by Egypt and the EU
4 May 2023 On 4 May 2023, Egypt and the European Union co-chaired the 21st...
Finances: The UFM and the EIB partner for trainings in Mediterranean Universities
Barcelona, 14 April 2023 Through a partnership between the two institutions, students on the South...
EU Commission VP Schinas in Egypt to discuss skills, education, mobility and migration
Brussels, 24 March 2023 Vice-President Schinas will be in Egypt from 26 to 28 March. This visit...
EU Commissioner Simson to visit Egypt to discuss energy security
Brussels, 10 February 2023 On Monday 13 February, Commissioner for Energy Kadri Simson will be in Egypt...
Migration routes: EU Commission proposes measures for Central Mediterranean to address immediate challenges
Brussels, 21 November 2022 Ahead of the Extraordinary Justice and Home Affairs Council (Home Affairs)...
COP27: EU and Egypt step up cooperation on clean energy transition
Brussels, 16 November 2022 At COP27 in Sharm El-Sheikh, today, the EU and Egypt have...
Joint Statement on the EU-Egypt Renewable Hydrogen Partnership
Brussels, 9 November 2022 Mrs Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission and President...
Egypt: EU Commission President von der Leyen on ‘investing in future of energy’
Brussels, 8 November 2022 First of all, I want to thank you, Mr President,...
COP27: EU calls on all Parties to limit global warming and respect the Paris Agreement
Brussels, 4 November 2022 At the COP27 UN Climate Change Conference starting this weekend in...
Statement of the 9th EU-Egypt Association Council meeting
Brussels, 20 June 2022 The ninth meeting of the Association Council of the European Union...
EU and Egypt discuss their co-operation on 19 June 2022
Brussels, 17 June 2022 The ninth meeting of the EU-Egypt Association Council will take place in Luxembourg,...
EU and Egypt intensify cooperation on energy and green transition
Brussels, 15 June 2022 Today in Cairo, on the occasion of the visit of Commission...
Next Strategic Concept: NATO engages with partners
Last updated: 02 Feb. 2022 15:56 French On 31 January 2022, NATO hosted a workshop...
EU Commission challenges Egyptian import restrictions at the WTO
Brussels, 26 January 2022 The EU has requested dispute settlement consultations at the World Trade...
Egypt: Progress on Africa’s integration boosts prospects for economic transformation – UNCTAD
Geneva, 8 July 2021 – The African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) could add at...
SWP: Ende der Eiszeit zwischen Ägypten und der Türkei
Hürcan Aslı Aksoy / Stephan Roll, SWP-Aktuell 2021/A45 In unserem soeben erschienenen SWP-Aktuell beschäftigen wir...
EU Commission Answer to a written question – Detention of Egyptian student Ahmed Samir Santawy
EN E-001629/2021 Answer given by High Representative/Vice-President Borrell on behalf of the European Commission (3.6.2021)...
Phone call readout: EU Council President Charles Michel and Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi
Link President Charles Michel and the President of Egypt Abdel Fattah al-Sisi exchanged over the...
EU Commission publishes Ex-Post Evaluation Study of trade chapters of the six Euro-Mediterranean Agreements
The Commission published the ex-post evaluation of the Euro-Med FTAs with EU’s six Southern neighbours:...