Political career
In the federal elections of 26 May 2019,he ran in Liège Province,in 3rd place on the Reformist Movement (MR) list led by Daniel Bacquelaine. He was re-elected to the House with 14,717 votes. [3] On 12 November 2019,following the departure of Charles Michel from the presidency of the MR,he stood in the internal elections of the party but failed in the first round. [4]
On 30 November 2019,he entered the federal government as Minister of Foreign Affairs and Minister of Defence,replacing Didier Reynders,who became a member of the European Commission headed by Ursula von der Leyen,holding the Justice portfolio. [2] In August 2020,Goffin said he welcomed the Israel–United Arab Emirates normalization agreement as a step toward a peaceful Middle East and added that the suspension of the proposed Israeli annexation of the West Bank must be followed up with the two-state solution. [5]
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