Josep Borrell Fontelles

• Commission Vice-President in charge of coordinating the external action of the European Union.
• Coordinating the external dimension of the work of the Commissioners, improving the link between internal and external aspects of the Commission’s policies. 
• Chairing the Commissioners’ Group on a Stronger Europe in the World.
• Promoting the EU as a global leader, working to strengthen the EU’s capacity to act autonomously and promote its values and interests globally.
• Helping the EU to take decisions in a faster and more efficient way.
• Progressing towards a European Defence Union, ensuring coherence and consistency in the Commission’s work linked to defence.
• Ensuring external financial instruments are used strategically, contribute to the EU’s wider political aims and enhance Europe’s leadership and influence in the world.

“A Window on the World” – Blog by the High Representative/Vice President Josep Borrell 

Blog by Josep Borrell on his activities and European foreign policy. Also features interviews, op-eds, and selected speeches and videos.

Mission letter

European Parliament hearings

Josep Borrell Fontelles's team supports him in his daily work.

My team

Pictures and videos

All calendar items

As part of the Commission’s commitment to transparency, Commissioners and their members of Cabinet publish information on meetings held with organisations or self-employed individuals.

• Meetings with High Representative / Vice-President Borrell
• Meetings with the High Representative / Vice-President's cabinet
• Missions of High Representative/Vice-President Borrell

In line with the Commission's Code of Conduct for Members of the Commission, each Commissioner publishes a Declaration of Interests.

A signed, authentic version is published at the bottom of this page.

A machine-readable version of all Declarations is also published. This is in line with the requirements of the Code of Conduct.

The Declarations of Interests follow the requirements set out in Article 3 and in Annex 1 of the new Code of Conduct for Commissioners.

Declaration of interests