Photo: Charles Michel, Belgian Prime Minister on the left, and Jean-Claude Juncker, President of the EC, leaning, lighting a candle on a chalk drawing on the ground
Message from the President of the European Commission Jean-Claude Juncker following the attacks in Brussels:
I would like to express my deepest sympathy to the people of Brussels, to the many wounded, to the families and loved ones of those cruelly hit by the explosions this morning at Zaventem airport and Maelbeek Metro Station. I would also like to express my full support for and solidarity with the Belgian authorities.
I commend the security forces, emergency services and all those who have helped victims and are still doing so now.
I would like to reassure the employees of the Commission and the European Institutions that their security remains a priority for me and that all possible measures will be taken in full cooperation with the Belgian authorities.
These attacks have hit Brussels today, Paris yesterday – but it is Europe as a whole that has been targeted. The European Union and its Institutions stand united in the face of terrorism.
These events have affected us, but they have not made us afraid. We will continue our work, to face the terrorist threat together, and to bring European solutions to questions that concern us all.
