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Joined Apr 2022
We are determined to tackle the global scourge of forced labour.
Today, the EU and US discussed forced labour with social partners in the first Trade and Labour Dialogue.
Workers, businesses and public authorities can together eradicate forced labour from global supply chains.
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/EU_Commission/status/1599803256280158209
Today, we approved an investment of €1.2 billion to support 61 industrial R&D projects for defence capabilities.
With this decision, the EU is funding high-end projects such as next generation of fighter aircraft or armoured vehicles, as well as critical defence technologies.
https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/mex_22_7511#:~:text=Defence%20Industry%3A%20Commission%20supports%20with%20%E2%82%AC1.2%20billion%2061%20industrial%20R%26D%20projects%20for%20defence%20capabilities%20%C2%A0
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/i/web/status/1599755953074802688
Visa-free travel between the EU and the Western Balkans and Eastern Partnership countries is a significant achievement.
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All countries continue to meet requirements for a visa-free regime, but immediate steps are needed on alignment with EU visa policy.
https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/ip_22_7411
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/i/web/status/1599729409463812098
The decision taken by the @G7 and EU countries to further hit Russia's revenues came into force today.
The $60 per barrel oil price cap will reduce Russia's ability to wage war in Ukraine while keeping global energy markets stable through continued supplies.
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/EU_Commission/status/1599716265962229761
Today is #WorldSoilDay.
In Europe, in less than a decade, the area of land at risk of desertification has increased by the equivalent of the size of Greece and Slovakia combined.
🌱Our #MissionSoil leads the transition towards healthy soils and aims to reduce desertification ↓
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/EU_Commission/status/1599674937765023744
Can we still turn the tide #ForOurPlanet at #COP15?
Overfishing, pollution and greenhouse gas emissions have added their toll on our blue planet.
As leaders from all over the world will meet in Montreal 🇨🇦 this week for COP15, our message is clear: we need to act now.
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/EU_Commission/status/1599667389003575296
The violation of EU sanctions against Russia won't pay off.
We've put forward a proposal to criminalise the evasion of EU restrictive measures.
It will make easier to investigate, prosecute and punish violations of sanctions in all EU countries.
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/EU_Commission/status/1599448446347272192
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For friends like 🇪🇺🇺🇸 competition & cooperation can be two faces of the same coin.
We’re working together on strengthening our clean energy industrial bases, from standards to raw materials.
In the global context we have a common interest in preserving our industrial leadership
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/vonderleyen/status/1599437865792188416
"Europe will always do what is right for Europe.
We have to work so hard in Europe and the US now to address the distortions of the Inflation Reduction Act.
Is not our interest to engage in a costly trade war."
— President @vonderleyen at the College of Europe in Bruges
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/EU_Commission/status/1599433982382333962
This week we had great news for researchers on both sides of the Atlantic.
We launched formal negotiations for Canada to join @HorizonEU.
Together, we will take our cooperation to a new level to benefit research and innovation communities, citizens of the EU and of the world.
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/EU_Commission/status/1599403155539763202
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With the #EUGreenDeal and the #InflationReductionAct, the EU and the US are modernising their economies and addressing climate change, the biggest challenge of our time.
Yet the IRA is also raising concerns in Europe ↓ https://n.respublicae.eu/i/broadcasts/1ynJOamWmawKR
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/vonderleyen/status/1599389685973123084
Consumers must be protected against unfair practices when they take out credit online, just as offline.
We welcome the agreement between the @europarl_en and @EUCouncil on new rules for consumer credit to provide higher protection and fair access to credit.
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/EU_Commission/status/1599372947382312963
🙅 Waste no more.
A packaging waste solution is here – with our new proposals to:
🔹 prevent the generation of new waste,
🔹 boosting reuse and refill of packaging,
🔹 make all packaging recyclable by 2030.
Our #EUDataCrunch reflects this shift to #CircularEconomy
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/EU_Commission/status/1599342755104182273
About 70,000 teachers in Ukraine are in need of laptops to continue teaching.
We are calling to citizens and organisations to donate spare laptops, smartphones or tablets lying around in homes or in offices.
⬇️How to donate #LaptopsForUkraine?
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/EU_Commission/status/1599312551673794560
RT @DanaSpinant: President @vonderleyen will deliver a speech at the @collegeofeurope tomorrow 4/12, on
‘Europe’s competitiveness in a new context: accelerating the clean transition with a strong industrial base’
You can follow it live on Twitter or ⬇️
https://audiovisual.ec.europa.eu/en
@FedericaMog
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/EU_Commission/status/1599072189331828737
We've approved 4 Interreg programmes for over €530 million involving 10 EU countries, Ukraine and Moldova.
The programmes will foster cross-border and transnational cooperation, boost the green transition and support healthcare and education in the regions.
More info ↓
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/EU_Commission/status/1599071461234221057
Russia must pay for its horrific crimes.
This week, we've proposed to create a structure for using Russian frozen assets for the reconstruction of Ukraine.
We will work with the @IntlCrimCourt and help set up a specialised court to try Russia’s crimes.
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/EU_Commission/status/1599040758433972224
RT @vonderleyen: Fruitful exchange with @andrejplenkovic ahead of #EUCO
We discussed further integration of the Western Balkans, Croatia joining the Eurozone and Schengen.
We also touched on energy and the need to strengthen our 🇪🇺 competitiveness in a more challenging global environment.
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/EU_Commission/status/1599033651131400193
Together, we are bringing Ukrainian children back to school safely.
The journey to school in Ukraine can be long and dangerous.
We are donating €14 million to purchase and transport school buses.
Public and private entities around Europe are joining us in donating buses ↓
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/EU_Commission/status/1598965266981044225
Today is International Day of People with Disabilities.
87 million Europeans live with disabilities — we must lift barriers they face so everyone can enjoy equal rights.
Last year, we launched a new EU Strategy on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/EU_Commission/status/1598942611863064576
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Joined Apr 2022
