The European Union Visitors Programme (EUVP) was established in 1974 and has since then been jointly managed by the European Parliament and the European Commission. The EUVP is supervised by Dr Othmar Karas, Vice-President of the European Parliament, and by Josep Borrell Fontelles, Vice-President of the European Commission and High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy. The EUVP seeks to cultivate long-lasting relationships between visitors and their European contacts in order to sustain and maximise its impact.

A member of the ELI’s Executive Committee and Judge at the French Supreme Court, Sylvaine Poillot Peruzzetto represent ELI at the above exchange, which took place remotely on 4 December 2024. ELI is pleased to be a part of the EU’s longer-term commitment to people-to-people diplomacy.