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Last updated on November 24, 2024.
Pierre Vimont

Pierre Vimont is a French diplomat who served as the Executive Secretary-General of the European External Action Service (EEAS) from 2010 until 2015. His current rank in the French civil service is "Ambassadeur de France", which is properly not a rank but a "dignity" bestowed upon a diplomat for life. He is a senior fellow at Carnegie Europe.

Born: June 15, 1949
foreign policy is about trying to project the European model, its values, its principles, to the outside world. But at the moment, the European model is not as fascinating and as attractive as it may have been a few years ago. We have to be aware of this and take it into account when we try to promote our European system.
... new EU embassies lack the expertise in the field of culture and given the budget cuts in all Member States it is important to confront this challenge together. — © Pierre Vimont
... new EU embassies lack the expertise in the field of culture and given the budget cuts in all Member States it is important to confront this challenge together.
We have to be in a listening mode: it is about dialogue, about listening to what the others have to say, about cooperating in the best way possible. These are the values and principles that we put forward.
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