EU Council @EUCouncil@respublicae.eu

Main points discussed by EU agriculture ministers today:
✅ farmers’ protests and how to manage crises in the future
✅ market issues in the context of Russia’s war
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[2024-05-27 16:49 UTC]

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| Defence ministers will meet tomorrow in Brussels. On the agenda:
🔹 EU support to Ukraine with
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and
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🔹 defence readiness
🔹 CSDP engagements, the EU Rapid Deployment Capacity and the PESCO strategic review
More information ⬇️

[2024-05-27 14:30 UTC]

📣 Following the shocking death of the Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny, the EU has set up a new sanctions' framework targeting those responsible for human rights violations or abuses in Russia.
19 people and 1 entity are sanctioned under the new regime.
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[2024-05-27 13:29 UTC]

The EU has sanctioned 2 individuals and 1 entity responsible for:
🚫 propaganda actions targeting civil society
🚫 distorting and manipulating facts in order to justify and support Russia's war of aggression against Ukraine
Find out more ⬇️
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[2024-05-27 12:37 UTC]

Each year, thousands of people are trafficked in Europe.
Today the Council adopted rules to update existing legislation to criminalise:
📌forced marriage
📌illegal adoption
📌the act of knowingly using services from victims of traffickers
https://europa.eu/!fy9QNK
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[2024-05-27 11:33 UTC]

Methane emissions cause global warming and also pollute the air.
New rules adopted today will set stricter requirements for monitoring and reporting emissions and will reduce methane leaks in the energy sector.
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[2024-05-27 10:16 UTC]

The EU has adopted the net-zero industry act.
The new regulation will accelerate progress towards the transition to climate neutrality, while:
✅ boosting the competitiveness of EU industry
✅ creating quality jobs
✅ supporting the EU’s efforts to become energy independent

[2024-05-27 08:44 UTC]

RT by @EUCouncil: Today @EUCouncil adopted new rules to improve the safety and quality of blood, tissues and cells used in healthcare. Read more 👇
https://europa.eu/!fbf6j6

[2024-05-27 08:38 UTC]

The EU's general data protection regulation has now been in force for 6 years❗
Technology moves rapidly &
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forms the basis of
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, with safeguards also for:
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👩‍💻facial recognition
🔒sensitive personal data
More👇
https://europa.eu/!mQWPjx

[2024-05-25 08:09 UTC]

Today at
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, EU ministers adopted conclusions on:
✅ the future of the internal market
✅ the European Court of Auditors’ report on EU public procurement contracts
✅ a competitive European industry for the future
Find out more →
https://europa.eu/!xHNxmw

[2024-05-24 16:12 UTC]

The single market is one of the EU’s greatest achievements.
The Council calls for a modernised internal market based on:
📌a regulatory framework adapted to the 21st century
📌enhancing the freedom of movement of goods, services, capital & people
See →
https://europa.eu/!KN6QTc

[2024-05-24 14:23 UTC]

Final greenlight for new
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rules to include:
📌 tools to better manage
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flows
📌 rules for external borders in the event of a health crisis
📌 rules & procedures for internal border controls
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[2024-05-24 09:48 UTC]

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| EU foreign affairs ministers will meet in Brussels on 27 May to discuss:
🔹 Russia's military aggression against Ukraine with
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🔹 the situation in the Middle East
🔹 the latest developments in Venezuela and Georgia
More information ⬇️

[2024-05-24 09:00 UTC]

Just adopted: the corporate sustainability due diligence directive ✅
Companies will need to identify and mitigate any adverse impact on human rights and the environment, with respect to:
📌their own operations
📌those of their subsidiaries
📌those carried out by their partners

[2024-05-24 08:55 UTC]

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| Internal market and industry ministers are meeting today.
On their agenda:
🖊️ EU industry policy
🖊️ the future of the internal market
🖊️ EU public procurement
🖊️ the state of play of various legislative files (late payments, detergents, compulsory licensing)

[2024-05-24 06:01 UTC]

At
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today, ministers adopted:
🗎 a recommendation on the strenghtening of security in research
🗎 a position on EuroHPC
as well as conclusions on:
🗎 EU competitiveness through space
🗎 knowledge valorisation of Horizon 2020
🗎 the ex-post assessment of Horizon 2020

[2024-05-23 17:05 UTC]

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EU space ministers will debate:
🌌 the forthcoming space law
🛰️ EU competitiveness through space
EU ministers in charge of research and innovation will discuss:
🛡️ research security
🌐 EuroHPC
🔬 Horizon 2020
🇪🇺 advanced materials for industrial leadership

[2024-05-23 06:01 UTC]

Two key steps towards a greener energy market. This week the Council adopted rules to:
1️⃣ reform the electricity market and boost green power
2️⃣ decarbonise the gas sector and create a market for hydrogen
Find out how EU countries are reshaping energy supply 👇

[2024-05-22 09:00 UTC]

200 species go extinct every day in the world 🐝🥀🖤
Yet every single one of us can help protect and restore nature. This is how the EU is doing it 👉
http://europa.eu/!Nj3XHD
What can you do?
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[2024-05-22 07:00 UTC]

At
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, EU 🇪🇺 affairs ministers:
✔️prepared the June
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✔️discussed the article 7 procedure on Poland
✔️adopted conclusions on foreign interference in electoral processes
More ➡️
https://europa.eu/!CvjXjj

[2024-05-21 17:28 UTC]