Struggling to make its voice heard: Can the EU forge a true foreign policy?

Home Shows Talking Europe To display this content from YouTube, you must enable advertisement tracking and audience measurement. One of your browser extensions seems to be blocking the video player from loading. To watch this content, you may need to disable it on this site. Cover image: TALKING EUROPE © FRANCE 24 11:34 Issued on: 04/09/2026 - 15:42Modified: 04/09/2026 - 15:43 From the show "Who do I call if I want to speak to Europe?" The famous quote attributed to Henry Kissinger still resonates today. There is in fact a Mrs Europe on the world stage: Kaja Kallas, the EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy. She is actually the sixth high representative. But ever since that post was created, rivalries between different centres of power have diluted the EU's ability to speak with one voice. We saw that recently with tensions over who should represent the EU in any potential talks with Russia. There is now also a Franco-German idea to overhaul the EU's diplomatic service. We discuss these issues with prominent German Green MEP Hannah Neumann and former Estonian foreign minister Urmas Paet. Programme prepared by Isabelle Romero, Perrine Desplats and Florine Hausfater