EU Council @EUCouncil@respublicae.eu

RT by @EUCouncil: I am shocked at the news of the attack on Slovakian PM Fico after a meeting of the Slovak Cabinet in Handlova.

Nothing can ever justify violence or such attacks.

My thoughts are with the Prime Minister and his family.

[2024-05-15 13:54 UTC]

The EU is working on updating existing rules on the safety of toys.
The objectives:
🛡️ increasing protection against harmful chemicals
📉 reducing the number of unsafe toys sold in the EU, especially online
The Council adopted its position today →
https://europa.eu/!PTMtDG

[2024-05-15 10:00 UTC]

https://nitter.privacydev.net/search?q=%23EYCS
| 🇪🇺 EU Education, Youth, Culture and Sport ministers met in Brussels.
They discussed:
📌 the role of online influencers
📌opportunities to learn abroad
📌 inclusive societies for young people
📌self-organised sport
More info:

[2024-05-14 16:38 UTC]

https://nitter.privacydev.net/search?q=%23ECOFIN
| Ministers approved new rules for simpler and faster withholding tax procedures and adopted conclusions on financial literacy.
They also discussed:
🔹VAT in the digital age
🔹The Recovery and Resilience Facility
🔹Russia’s aggression against
https://nitter.privacydev.net/search?q=%23Ukraine
Click for more👇

[2024-05-14 15:27 UTC]

The Council has greenlighted new rules on safer and faster procedures to obtain double taxation relief and refunds.
https://nitter.privacydev.net/search?q=%23FASTER
The new rules will help:
🌍 boost cross-border investment
🛡️ fight tax abuse
Find out more ➡
https://europa.eu/!DwFn3r

[2024-05-14 13:49 UTC]

Today the Council adopts the
https://nitter.privacydev.net/search?q=%23migration
&
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pact:
☑️easing the burden on EU countries where most migrants arrive
☑️offering a fairer and more efficient framework for registering and processing asylum requests
☑️ helping to reduce secondary movements

[2024-05-14 11:02 UTC]

EU sanctions can now target persons and entities supplying or involved in transferring Iranian missiles and drones to
➡️ Russia for use in its full-scale invasion of Ukraine
➡️ armed groups and entities undermining peace and security in the Middle-East and the Red Sea region
👇

[2024-05-14 10:29 UTC]

The Council has given a positive assessment of the 'Ukraine plan', Ukraine's comprehensive reform and investment strategy for the next four years.
This means that Ukraine fulfils the precondition for support under the Ukraine Facility, and that payments can start to flow.
⬇️

[2024-05-14 09:29 UTC]

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| Today, Economy and Finance ministers will meet to discuss:
💰 Withholding taxes
🧾 VAT in the digital age
💶 The Recovery and Resilience Facility
🇺🇦 Russia’s aggression against
https://nitter.privacydev.net/search?q=%23Ukraine
📘 Financial literacy
Read more 🔗
https://europa.eu/!jgDBm8

[2024-05-14 06:00 UTC]

At today's
https://nitter.privacydev.net/search?q=%23Eurogroup
meeting, ministers discussed:
☑️banking union
☑️macroeconomic developments
☑️capital markets union
☑️euro area competitiveness
Hear what President
https://nitter.privacydev.net/Paschald
said after the meeting 👇
🔗
https://europa.eu/!K4vbb8

[2024-05-13 20:34 UTC]

https://nitter.privacydev.net/search?q=%23Eurogroup
| Today, finance ministers are meeting in Brussels to discuss:
📊 macroeconomic outlook
🏦banking union
🌍euro area competitiveness
📈capital markets union
🎥 Listen to what president
https://nitter.privacydev.net/Paschald
expects from the meeting & read the agenda 🔗
https://europa.eu/!K4vbb8

[2024-05-13 14:21 UTC]

The Council gave its green light today to measures that will simplify the common agricultural policy and allow farmers more flexibility in complying with certain
https://nitter.privacydev.net/search?q=%23CAP
rules.
More 👇

[2024-05-13 11:00 UTC]

The Council has adopted new targets to reduce CO2 emissions from trucks, buses and coaches:
⏬ -45% from 2030
⏬ -65% from 2035
⏬ -90% from 2040
And from 2035 new urban buses will have to be zero-emission vehicles.
https://nitter.privacydev.net/search?q=%23ClimateNeutralEU

[2024-05-13 09:30 UTC]

🍃 Climate change ranks as a top concern for European citizens.
Yet, emerging tensions have the potential to disrupt the green transition unless social challenges are addressed carefully.
Find out more in our latest
https://nitter.privacydev.net/search?q=%23ResearchPaper
👇
https://europa.eu/!WXm89D

[2024-05-11 06:30 UTC]

🍃 Climate change ranks as a top concern for European citizens.
Yet, emerging tensions have the potential to disrupt the green transition unless social challenges are addressed carefully.
Find out more in our latest
https://nitter.privacydev.net/search?q=%23ResearchPaper
👇
https://europa.eu/!WXm89D

[2024-05-11 06:30 UTC]

13-14 May | The Education, Youth, Culture and Sport Council meets in Brussels to discuss:
•The role of online influencers
•Opportunities to learn abroad
•Inclusive societies for young people
•Self-organised sport
More info 👇
https://nitter.privacydev.net/search?q=%23EYCS

[2024-05-10 07:00 UTC]

It's 9 May, it's
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! But hang on a minute, what are we celebrating exactly?
Find out what Europe Day is about and why we celebrate it on 9 May 👇
Want more info? Go to our website:
https://europa.eu/!YhdkKw

[2024-05-09 10:05 UTC]

Happy Europe Day! 💙 🇪🇺 💙
Watch as EU ambassadors come together to give everyone their best wishes for Europe Day.
Find out more about Europe Day:
https://europa.eu/!MFjqrt

[2024-05-09 08:00 UTC]

💙🇪🇺 Tomorrow is
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, but do you know why it is celebrated on 9 May?
On this day in 1950, the foundations were laid for the European Union. Robert Schuman proposed the creation of a European Coal and Steel Community, the EU’s predecessor.
More ⬇️

[2024-05-08 07:00 UTC]

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| EU ministers of Employment, Social Policy, Health and Consumer Affairs met in Brussels today.
They discussed:
✔️
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in public life
✔️ Economic
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and financial independence of women
✔️ Equal treatment directive
More info:
https://europa.eu/!KppHNV

[2024-05-07 14:38 UTC]