[2] 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.

[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] Media related to Philippe Goffin at Wikimedia Commons