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Under the European Peace Facility, the EU agreed to mobilise an additional €500 million to help the Ukrainian armed forces:
🔹defend Ukraine's territorial integrity and sovereignty
🔹protect the civilian population
The EU contribution now totals €2.5 billion.
#StandWithUkraine
Only together can we succeed in tackling #climatechange. The EU is working to get other global players on board.
➡️ The carbon border adjustment mechanism #CBAM is one of the ways we can reduce emissions globally.
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The EU has sanctioned an additional 54 individuals and 10 entities, in response to Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
They include:
🚫 senior members of the political or cultural establishment
🚫 the mayor of Moscow
🚫 high ranking military leaders
🚫 Sberbank
🚫 propagandists
EU countries adopted new measures in response to the Russian aggression against Ukraine.
They introduce a ban on imports of Russian-origin gold, including jewellery.
New measures, just like earlier sanctions, do not target Russia's exports of food, grain or fertilisers.
Xavier heads a local action group in Wallonia, Belgium which works to develop rural areas in a sustainable way🌍
His work is based on the LEADER approach - a community-led method which is supported by the 🇪🇺EU’s #CAP.
Learn more here 👉 https://europa.eu/!87MrWH
On 🇧🇪national day, let's take a look at this commemorative euro coin featuring Pieter Bruegel the Elder, lauded as the greatest artist in Dutch and Flemish Renaissance painting.
Fijne nationale feestdag, België! Bonne fête nationale ! Alles Gute zum Nationalfeiertag!🎉
#EUROat20
Today we celebrate Belgium’s national day🎊
🇧🇪Joyeuse fête nationale ! Gelukkige nationale feestdag! Einen schönen Nationalfeiertag!
For Council info:
in Dutch 👉visit https://europa.eu/!gwjwBX
in French 👉visit https://europa.eu/!Crxj6T
in German 👉visit https://europa.eu/!7nqN7X
🇪🇺 EU member states have agreed on a negotiating mandate for the general product safety regulation (GPSR).
Its goal is to protect consumers during their (online) shopping, making sure products sold in the single market comply with EU rules and are safe to use. 👩💻🔒
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⌛ 53 years ago today humans landed on the moon for the first time.👩🚀🌕
Let's mark this anniversary by celebrating the EU's work on 🇪🇺 space policy, which aims to:
📈increase growth and investment in Europe
🔬boost science and research
🛡️enhance EU security and autonomy
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🇪🇺 EU countries have agreed on a negotiating mandate for the general product safety regulation (GPSR).
Its goal is to protect consumers during their (online) shopping, making sure products sold in the single market comply with EU rules and are safe to use. 👩💻🔒
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The Council's mobile expo is in Prague 🇨🇿!
Curious about how the Council and the Presidency work? Come and visit us!
More info → https://europa.eu/!HrvJBJ #EU2022CZ
RT @EUCouncilPress: Historic moment in 🇪🇺 🇦🇱 relationship: EU opens accession negotiations with Albania.
The enlargement process reinforces peace, democracy and stability in Europe.
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RT @EUCouncilPress: The opening phase of the accession negotiations for North Macedonia to join the EU has been launched. Today was the first intergovernmental conference on the accession of 🇲🇰 to the 🇪🇺.
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🚫🚢 Following Russia's military aggression against Ukraine, the EU has closed its ports to Russia's entire merchant fleet of over 2 800 vessels.
What does that mean in practice? Watch our animation to find out 🎥
#AGRIFISH | Today, EU agriculture and fisheries ministers agreed conclusions on boosting sustainable aquaculture in the EU.
The agenda also included:
📌 the agri-food market situation
📌 #CAP strategic plans
More info → https://europa.eu/!dCdQVH
#FAC | 🇪🇺 foreign affairs ministers today:
🌐 agreed on additional military support for the Ukraine Armed Forces
🌐 discussed EU relations with Latin America and the Caribbean
🌐 approved conclusions on EU digital diplomacy & on foreign information manipulation and interference
Thanks to the #CAP, the EU is not at risk of food shortages.
Yet today millions of people globally are at risk of famine, as Russia’s war against Ukraine and its attacks on the country’s agricultural system are disrupting global food markets.
EU support to agriculture ensures a stable income for European farmers, enabling them to produce enough nutritious food.
Elisabeth Huber🇦🇹 is one of the young farmers who receive EU funding to run and grow their business.
2022 marks 60 years of the #CAP→ https://europa.eu/!HnXfd9
EU agriculture ministers are today discussing the approval of #CAP strategic plans – a new tool to improve targeting of the funds from the common agricultural policy.
Approving the plans is key for European farmers and for securing food supply in the EU.
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EU countries have agreed Council conclusions to boost the EU aquaculture sector and make it:
👉 greener
👉 more competitive
👉 more self-sufficient
This means more made-in-the-EU fish and shellfish for all 🐟🦐
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