Belgium’s ambassador to the EU, Willem van de Voorde, presented, on Wednesday 13 December, his country’s slogan for its Presidency of the EU Council: “protect, strengthen, prepare”.
At a conference organised by the EPC, the ambassador explained that the slogan meant protecting the values and principles of the EU, “the fabric of our societies”, improving what can be improved, doing better and preparing for the future, as the Presidency comes at the end of the terms of the...