The current Ambassador of the European Union to the United States is Jovita Neliupšienė, who started on January 1, 2024, and is the first female to hold the position.

This includes presenting and explaining EU policies and actions to the different branches and levels of the U.S. Administration, Congress, and across the country, as well as promoting EU-U.S. cooperation in all fields.

Jean Monnet, one of the EU's founding fathers, reciprocated this recognition by choosing Washington, D.C, as the ECSC's first external presence.

Led by Leonard Tennyson, an American journalist and public relations official in the Marshall Plan administration, the two-room, two-person office was first located at 805 15th Street NW.

In 1972, the European Communities Information Service received full diplomatic status when Congress approved legislation and U.S. President Richard Nixon signed it into law.

Summit shared commitment to strengthen transatlantic technological cooperation and is a core part of the Conclusions on Digital Diplomacy, adopted by the EU Foreign Affairs Council in July 2022.

In 2018, the Department of State returned the EU ambassadorship to non-country level, "back alongside the African Union.

"[8] The EU-U.S. partnership has prospered for more than six decades, constructed on a foundation of shared common values, including a commitment to the rule of law, the democratic process, free enterprise, human rights, and alleviating poverty.

[1] The EU and the United States share a global responsibility to promote common values, including democracy, peace, freedom, and the rule of law; support and protect human rights around the world; create conditions for harmonious economic development worldwide; strengthen the rules-based international system, and improve the economies of developing countries and those in transition.

Since 1 December 2024,[10] the EU Delegation represents EU interests as determined by European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, European Council President António Costa, and High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy/Vice-President Kaja Kallas.

Through digital communications, the media, educational initiatives, cultural events, and outreach activities, the section is the Delegation’s first line of contact with the American public.