The Delegation of the European Union to the United States represents the European Union in the United States, working in coordination with the diplomatic and consular missions of the 27 EU Member States. It is located at 2175 K Street, N.W., in the West End neighborhood of Washington, D.C..
Since 2010, the Ambassador of the EU Delegation has been João Vale de Almeida.
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—James Madison (1751–1836)
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