The European Commission’s first vice-president Frans Timmermans delivered a lecture on Friday 18 September 2015 at the Leiden University Faculty Campus in The Hague. 

The sold out lecture was organised by the Clingendael Institute in collaboration with Leiden University.

A Q&A session was held after the lecture and during the event there was a live twitterfeed: www.twitter.com/FTcollege.

The full text of the speech can be found here: "Une solidarité de fait" - Speech by First Vice President Timmermans at Clingendael - Netherlands Institute of International Relations - 18/09/2015 and will be broadcasted on NPO Politiek on Sunday, September 20th at 17:00. 

See also: 'Landen desnoods voor rechter' on Telegraaf, video interview after the lecture (Dutch). And the report on the Campus Den Haag website.

All photos of the event can be found on the photo page.