On 18-19 March 2021, Josep Borrell Fontelles, High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and Vice-President of the European Commission in charge of a stronger Europe in the World, travelled to Italy, ahead of the first anniversary of the EU Common Security and Defence Policy (CSDP) military operation, EUNAVFOR MED IRINI.

This video shows Josep Borrell Fontelles delivering a speech from the Sigonella air base in Sicily and presiding a medal ceremony in honour of the military personnel detached to the Operation. It also shows him visiting a static display of the Operation’s air assets.