Emanuele Giaufret

Emanuele Giaufret has arrived as Head of Delegation of European Union to the State of Israel following an extensive career in EU foreign policy. Most recently, he was Head of Division for Democracy and Electoral Observation at the European External Action Service (EEAS); Advisor to the Managing Director for North Africa and the Middle East; and prior to that he served in the EU Delegation to the UN in New York, as well as in the EU Delegation in Tel Aviv. He has a PhD in History of International Relations from the University of Florence and a Master's degree in European Affairs received from the College of Europe in Belgium. He is married and has three children, born in Tel Aviv, New York and Brussels. His mother tongue is Italian and he is also fluent in French, English and Spanish.

ISRAEL’S PRIME Minister Benjamin Netanyahu shakes hands with European Union foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini at the European Council in Brussels, Belgium in 2017

Beating the pandemic and reopening Europe

DEMONSTRATORS WEAR a sheep and a cow mask to protest kosher and halal slaughter, at the German Chancellery in Berlin in 2012.

The European Union has not banned kosher slaughter

A European Union flag flies outside the European Commission headquarters in Brussels, Belgium, December 19, 2019.

The EU lays out plans to strengthen European ties post-coronavirus


European Union to spearhead int’l response to the coronavirus pandemic

The EU is also harnessing its scientific and technological research to fight COVID-19, and here we have launched cooperative projects with Israel.

We WILL emerge stronger

The European Union is young, but not stupid

The European project has evolved over times and needs to constantly adapt to respond to new realities and the demands of European citizens.

The European Union  is young, but wise

The EU and settlement products – what’s true, what’s not

Accuracy on what the court’s ruling is really about and its implications are part of our shared responsibility to promote and protect our relationship.

European Union flags fly near the European Commission headquarters in Brussels, Belgium, October 4, 2019

A brief history of EU-Israel relations

For seven decades now, Europe and Israel have been good friends, partners and neighbors. We have joint interests, joint history and a joint future.

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Supporting Israeli and Palestinian civil society

Peace is both top-down, but also bottom-up.

Demonstrators including Israeli and Palestinian activists take part in a demonstration in support of peace near Jericho last year

The real story of the EU-Israel friendship

The EU member states themselves are working to advance relations with Israel and combat antisemitism.

European Comission First Vice President Frans Timmermans addresses a news conference on the Democracy Package in Brussels in September

Why European Union studies are more relevant than ever – even to Israelis

A study of civic education textbooks in Israel showed that the younger generation continues to be educated on the basis of democracy as the most important common thread between us.

MK RACHEL AZARIA and EU Ambassador Emanuele Giaufret attend the EU-IASEI Annual Conference.

New year, new peace: Incoming EU ambassador speaks out for the first time

Incoming EU Ambassador to Israel in special for the Jerusalem Post: Agreements begin with leaders. Peace begins with people.

EU flags flutter outside the EU Commission headquarters in Brussels.