While we fully respect Russian sovereignty, and its own responsibility regarding the fulfillment of its international commitments, European Union considers that issues related with the rule of law, human rights, civil society and political freedom are central to a common future, both for the European Union and Russia.

Josep Borrell

The last interaction is not converging, it is diverging.

If the process does not converge, the whole process is in danger.

The fundamental freedoms, as guaranteed in the Hong Kong Basic Law and in the Sino-British Joint Declaration, must be respected.

Certainly, I have reason to be concerned but I don't want to go in a nervous attack.

We are going to mobilize all our resources to help Ukraine cope with these cyberattacks, sadly, we expected this could happen.

We will give the green light to extending the legal framework of our sanctions against Belarus so that it can be applied to everyone who participates in smuggling migrants to this country.

We are not going to send any electoral observation mission there because Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega has taken care to imprison all the political contenders who have stood in these elections.

Member states are free to do bilateral agreements, as far as I know, there is nothing illegal, nothing that goes against European law, on this deal between Hungary and Gazprom.

It has to clear: You are a member of a club, you have to abide by the rules of the club. And the most important rule of the club is that the European law is over national law.

We stand ready to assist, but if there is further obstruction to solutions to the current multi-dimensional crisis in the country, we will have to consider other courses of action as some member states have proposed.

Lebanon needs an agreement with the IMF and there is no time to waste, you are at the edge of the financial collapse.

The European Union (foreign) ministers unanimously agreed on an assessment that says that this election failed to comply with the minimum international standards, they failed to mobilise the Venezuelan people to participate.

When there is no unanimity (in the EU), the remaining majority have to act.