Dec 1, 2024 · Kaja Kallas is the High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and Vice-President of the European Commission. Her task is to lead a more strategic and assertive foreign and security policy that better enables the EU to pursue its strategic interests and shape the global system.

Since 2024, she has served as High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and Vice-President of the European Commission in the second von der Leyen Commission. The leader of the Estonian Reform Party since 2018, she was a member of parliament (Riigikogu) in 2011–2014, and 2019–2021.

Jul 15, 2024 · Estonia’s Prime Minister Kaja Kallas has stepped down as the leader of the Baltic country to become the foreign policy chief of the European Union later this year.

Nov 12, 2024 · Ms Kallas warned that Russia, Iran, North Korea, and - more covertly - China, want to change the rules-based world order. She called on the EU to respond to this threat alongside its closest allies and partners “without losing an inch of who we are”.

Dec 5, 2024 · Kaja Kallas has been given a vote of confidence with a clear mandate and expectations for the EU’s foreign policy, security, and defense by the European Commission President, Ursula von der Leyen. In her Mission Letter to Kallas, von der Leyen outlines the main priorities to addressing this new era of geostrategic rivalries.

Jul 15, 2024 · Kaja Kallas has officially resigned as Estonia’s prime minister to become the European Union's foreign policy chief later this year.

Jul 15, 2024 · Kallas, 47, was one of the first EU leaders to sound the alarm about Putin's expansionist designs, warning colleagues against falling into the "trap" of believing good trade relations with Moscow...

Oct 23, 2024 · Kaja Kallas, the former primer minister of Estonia, has made her pitch to become the next foreign policy chief of the European Union by issuing stark warnings against Russia's...

Oct 15, 2024 · Kaja Kallas served as the prime minister of Estonia from 2021 to 2024. In 2024, she was awarded the Walther Rathenau Prize in recognition of outstanding lifetime achievement in foreign policy. Having joined the Estonian Reform Party in 2011, Kallas has been its leader since April 2018.

Dec 31, 2024 · Former prime minister of Estonia Kaja Kallas has taken over as the EU’s foreign affairs chief at a time when – in her own words – the world is “on fire”. Kallas (47) is known as a hawk on Russia....