EU in SA

The official account of the Delegation of the European Union to South Africa. Follow Amb Kristian Schmidt @EUAmbSchmidt. See also @EU_eeas & @EU_Partnerships

[EU in SA @EUinSA]

South Africa and EU are partners for a #GreenTransition. Collaborating on climate adaptation is key to mitigating climate risks. Today we hosted a discussion on this, spotlighting practical clean tech solutions from four companies.

#EUGreenDiplomacy #ForOurPlanet

[EU in SA @EUinSA]

“We are offering a partnership of mutual benefit”: New EU Ambassador highlights how the relationship can be leveraged to bolster South African processing of critical minerals, with dependable market demand from EU companies.

https://t.co/iLDBVA33qq

[Visit Europe @visiteurope]

Yes, Luxembourg has an upgrade for your fall getaway! 🍁🇱🇺

With free buses, trams, and second-class trains nationwide, you can explore golden forests🌳, vineyard landscapes🍇, and charming towns🚆 while traveling greener.

Where would you go first?💚
🍁 https://t.co/JghccCiFw6

[Kristian Schmidt @EUAmbSchmidt]

#RailDiplomacy this week! Took @TheGautrain to @SaraRail_Org, meeting 🇪🇺🇿🇦 Rail Suppliers, with @ERA_railways Executive Director Oana Gherghinescu. We are partners all of in Southern Africa.

[Kristian Schmidt @EUAmbSchmidt]

Thanks @dailymaverick, and hope you will read the interview! Spoiler alert: the headline is slightly more dramatic than the content 🤗 🇪🇺🫱🏻‍🫲🏾🇿🇦

[Kristian Schmidt @EUAmbSchmidt]

Congrats! The @IntlCrimCourt ICC wins the EU 🇪🇺 Prize for Freedom of Thought, putting the Court in the excellent company of Nelson Mandela 🇿🇦 and the people of #Ukraine! 🇺🇦. And @NaviPillay1 🇿🇦 is probably please too🤗

[EU in SA @EUinSA]

EU ambassador Kristian Schmidt defends the principle of BEE while urging flexibility, highlights differences over Ukraine, and outlines deeper trade, investment and security ties with South Africa 🇿🇦🤝🇪🇺

[Daily Maverick @dailymaverick]

New EU envoy red-flags rigid BEE, SA’s Ukraine ‘double standard’, but hails ‘deeper’ ties https://t.co/hkWGEQWdxU

[EU in SA @EUinSA]

South Africa and the EU are partners for a #GreenTransition. Responding to climate risks in urban areas is key to that. What is the role for businesses, clean tech and innovation? How can solutions be scaled up? Join us online!
🗓️28 OCT 9:30-11:30 SAST
👉https://t.co/V6rkfrjZTg

[FAO Subregional Office for Southern Africa @faosfsafrica]

The #EU funded #STOSARII Project is supporting a #SADC regional validation workshop in Johannesburg, bringing SADC stakeholders together to review three strategic studies on #valuechains, market access and #AfCFTA.

[FAO Subregional Office for Southern Africa @faosfsafrica]

The three strategic #valuechains studies commissioned by @FAO on behalf of #SADC with #EU support to strengthen regional agricultural competitiveness includes:

🌾 Sector plans for cotton, rice, soya & wheat
🤝Smallholder aggregation & investment
📈 #AfCFTA trade gaps & barriers

[EU in SA @EUinSA]

Blue Invest Africa is coming to Cape Town on 2-3 November 2026! We’re proud to be part of it. 🌊 #BlueInvestAfrica #BlueEconomy #GlobalGateway

[EU in SA @EUinSA]

On this #WorldOceansDay, we look ahead to #BlueInvestAfrica in Cape Town later this year, bringing together investors, entrepreneurs and change makers to advance a sustainable ocean economy.

https://t.co/7YGC5pZhOn

[EU in SA @EUinSA]

On this #WorldOceansDay, we look ahead to #BlueInvestAfrica in Cape Town later this year, bringing together investors, entrepreneurs and change makers to advance a sustainable ocean economy.

https://t.co/7YGC5pZhOn

[EU in SA @EUinSA]

Maritime decarbonisation is in the interest of everyone.

EU and South Africa are hosting a second workshop attended by 12 African countries on the @IMO’s Net Zero Framework, a great opportunity to build new value chains, attract investment, and create skilled jobs.

[Kaja Kallas @kajakallas]

International navigation must remain open to everyone, not to whoever can pay.

Today, 60 countries pledged to oppose tolls or fees on international shipping routes by joining our “No Fees, No Tolls” global pledge.

This is a clear diplomatic signal to all those who seek to hijack waterways for their own gain.

I want to thank all the countries who signed up and invite others to join us.

[Kaja Kallas @kajakallas]

EU Foreign Ministers just adopted nearly 1,600 new sanctions listings targeting Russia’s military-industrial complex.

This is the single largest expansion of our sanctions list since Russia started its war.

Europe is again showing a united front.

More than half are connected to the production chain for ballistic missiles.

We are making it significantly harder, slower and more expensive for Russia to produce the weapons it uses to kill Ukrainians.

[Visit Europe @visiteurope]

Come for the castle🏰, stay for the sails⛵.

October in Trieste comes with an #UnexpectedUpgrade: Adriatic views from Miramare Castle and a waterfront buzzing with excitement as @RegataBarcolana takes over the city from October 2–11🌊.

☀️ https://t.co/3kxI7vFfu1

[EU in SA @EUinSA]

Together with Embassies of Ukraine 🇺🇦 & Norway 🇳🇴 we hosted a panel on "Pathways to Peace in Ukraine" with 🇺🇦 Ambassador, @DIRCO_ZA 🇿🇦 & CdA of 🇨🇦, followed by screening of powerful film "Ash and Crayons."

The EU stands with Ukraine for just and lasting peace 🇺🇦 🇪🇺

[EU in SA @EUinSA]

On Africa-EU relations, @EUAmbSchmidt spoke of where @EU’s positions match those of the Global South, and how world powers could better be classified by “cooperative” rather than “competitive” world views. @RonaldLamola @AshorSarupen @HannsSeidelSA @issafrica @AfricanFutures

[EU in SA @EUinSA]

Congratulations to Navanethem “Navi” Pillay on winning the Nobel Peace Price and to all South Africans for the fifth Nobel Peace Price 🇿🇦

[Ursula von der Leyen @vonderleyen]

Congratulations to lawyer and human rights activist Navanethem “Navi” Pillay on her Nobel Peace Prize.

Few have devoted their lives to justice, peace and human dignity like she did.

From the violence of apartheid in South Africa to the horrors of the Rwandan genocide, she has confronted some of humanity’s darkest chapters.

She has looked the brutality of injustice in the eye and never looked away.

She is the defender of the persecuted, the vulnerable, the voiceless and the excluded.

Of the rule of law over the right of might.

In a world that needs justice more than ever, her courage and moral clarity are a precious compass.

[EU in SA @EUinSA]

A first for South Africa and the EU: yesterday,both sides held their first Peace, Security and Defence Dialogue.A new step in working together on evolving security challenges and a commitment to further strengthen our cooperation in the context of a changing geopolitical context.