After presenting her credentials to Mr Charles Michel, President of the European Council, on March 6 2020, before the pandemic intervened, Her Excellency Mrs Isabelle Berro-Amadei presented her credentials on Tuesday May 11 to Mrs Ursula Von der Leyen, President of the European Commission.

The ceremony completed the accreditation procedures of the Ambassador, as Head of the Mission of the Principality of Monaco to the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community.

During a brief exchange following the ceremony, the President of the European Commission expressed her admiration for HSH Prince Albert II’s long-standing commitment to environmental protection and the fight against climate change, areas which are also priorities for the European Union. Mrs Von der Leyen and HE Mrs Berro-Amadei remarked on the excellence of relations between Monaco an the European Union.

ORIGINAL SOURCE & PHOTO: Monaco Government Press Service