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Joined Apr 2022
We wish to express our sincere condolences to the family and friends of Lord David Trimble.
Lord Trimble was a key architect of the Good Friday Agreement, which was instrumental in building peace in Northern Ireland.
Spokesperson @MamerEric
🐦🔗: https://nitter.eu/EU_Commission/status/1551876774040059910
RT @KadriSimson: The #EU energy ministers will discuss today our preparedness for coming winter.
Yesterday’s announcements by Gazprom underlines again we must be ready for a disruption of Russian gas at any moment.
We must tackle this risk now & together.
Doorstep⬇️
🐦🔗: https://nitter.eu/EU_Commission/status/1551843165249880064
🚨 Our Emergency Response Coordination Centre works 24/7 to coordinate the EU’s response to emergencies in Europe and around the world.
During 2021, the Centre coordinated assistance more than 114 times in response to activations of the #EUCivPro. 👇
🐦🔗: https://nitter.eu/EU_Commission/status/1551829406980751361
Wildfires know no borders, and neither does solidarity
Our firefighting fleet has been deployed in July from:
🇪🇸🇮🇹🤝🇵🇹 Spain and Italy to Portugal
🇬🇷🤝🇦🇱 Greece to Albania
🇬🇷🤝🇫🇷 Greece to France
🇦🇹🇸🇰🇭🇷🇷🇴🇷🇸🤝🇸🇮 Austria, Slovakia, Croatia, Romania & Serbia to Slovenia
🐦🔗: https://nitter.eu/EU_Commission/status/1551817090033664000
Ukraine has become one of the most mine-contaminated countries in the world.
Thank you 🇸🇮 Slovenia for providing metal detectors and other demining equipment to 🇺🇦 Ukraine via the #EUCivPro Mechanism.
This is #EUSolidarity in action.
🐦🔗: https://nitter.eu/EU_Commission/status/1551598152041603072
Ukraine can count on the EU's full support. 🇪🇺🇺🇦
The @EIB, with EU budget support, approved €1.59 billion of financing for Ukraine, with €1 billion to be released immediately.
This will help rebuild the country's infrastructure and resume its services.
🐦🔗: https://nitter.eu/EU_Commission/status/1551568204157390849
€31.5 billion to support Romania's economic, social and territorial cohesion.
The adoption of the Partnership Agreement for 2021-2027 will boost its:
👩⚕️Healthcare system
🚆Sustainable transport
👩💻Employment, skills and fight against poverty
🌊Sustainable fisheries
🐦🔗: https://nitter.eu/EU_Commission/status/1551530764491268096
We continue to help export Ukraine’s grain.
In face of rising prices, we:
☑️pledged €500m to support EU farmers
☑️support EU consumers by reducing VAT rates and containing retail prices
☑️temporarily derogated crop rotation rules to harness 1.5m hectares of land
🐦🔗: https://nitter.eu/EU_Commission/status/1551492402208292866
The #REPowerEU is our plan to phase out Russian fossil fuels and accelerate the green transition.
By acting as a Union, Europe can do it faster.
Find out more in our Twitter moment 👇
https://nitter.eu/i/events/1528699247138328576
🐦🔗: https://nitter.eu/EU_Commission/status/1551450609609482240
Climate change increases the risk of severe droughts and forest fires.
A devastating drought has hit Europe—nearly half of the EU is exposed to warning levels of drought.
Our report can help support mitigation strategies, and protect harvest and water resources.
Read more ↓
🐦🔗: https://nitter.eu/EU_Commission/status/1551220662462709768
We have already done a lot to reduce our dependency on Russian fossil fuels—our gas supply from other sources has increased by 75% compared to last year.
But now we also need to reduce our demand.
Our proposal: reduce gas use in Europe by 15% until next spring.
🐦🔗: https://nitter.eu/EU_Commission/status/1551190468825911298
Following Russia’s military invasion of Ukraine, the EU responded rapidly and showed solidarity in action by helping people in need.
Already 492,647 Ukrainian children have been integrated into the national school systems of EU countries.
See more updates ⬇️
🐦🔗: https://nitter.eu/EU_Commission/status/1551160268532551682
30 years of EU Humanitarian Aid
In 1992, the EU’s humanitarian office was born out of the desire to help the most vulnerable people affected by conflicts, natural disasters and health crises
Today, #TeamEurope is the world's leading humanitarian aid donor
This is #EUSolidarity
🐦🔗: https://nitter.eu/EU_Commission/status/1551114966484205569
Our signal to Moscow is clear: we will keep supporting Ukraine as long as it takes.
This week we have adopted new measures to strengthen and extend until January 2023 our current sanctions against Russia.
🐦🔗: https://nitter.eu/EU_Commission/status/1550911121812443142
We took this week a historic step forward in European defence integration.
We proposed to reinforce European defence industrial capacities through common procurement.
And we announced an investment of almost €1.2 billion to support 61 defence R&D projects.
🐦🔗: https://nitter.eu/EU_Commission/status/1550828082231185409
RT @JosepBorrellF: EU strongly condemns Russian missile strike on Odesa’s seaport. Striking a target crucial for grain export a day after the signature of Istanbul agreements is particularly reprehensible & again demonstrates Russia’s total disregard for international law & commitments
🐦🔗: https://nitter.eu/EU_Commission/status/1550814123344158721
"Russia is blackmailing us. They are using energy as a weapon.
Europe has to be prepared for a potential full disruption of Russian gas.
And if we act in unity, we can address any crisis."
This week, President @vonderleyen presented the ‘Save gas for a safe winter' Package ↓
🐦🔗: https://nitter.eu/EU_Commission/status/1550797876464336897
The EU is turning to trustworthy energy suppliers. Azerbaijan is one of them.
With this week's 🇪🇺🇦🇿 agreement, we commit to expanding the Southern Gas Corridor, to double gas supplies from Azerbaijan to the EU.
This will contribute to the EU's security of energy supplies.
🐦🔗: https://nitter.eu/EU_Commission/status/1550752577079259136
#OnThisDay in 1952, the path to the EU began.
We mark 70 years since the Paris Treaty entered into force, establishing the European Coal and Steel Community.
🇧🇪🇫🇷🇮🇹🇩🇪🇳🇱🇱🇺 were the first countries to come together as a united Europe following the devastation of war.
🐦🔗: https://nitter.eu/EU_Commission/status/1550729925992124418
RT @vonderleyen: Thank you dear @antonioguterres for your tireless efforts in securing the agreements with @UN and Turkey on 🇺🇦 grain exports.
Millions of tonnes of desperately-needed grain blocked by Russia’s war will finally leave through the Black Sea to help feed people across the world.
🐦🔗: https://nitter.eu/EU_Commission/status/1550507474876260354
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Joined Apr 2022
