European Commission @EU_Commission@respublicae.eu

Save the date! On Saturday 6 May, we open our doors for Europe Day.

This May, join online and in-site activities across our Union, as well as in the home of the EU institutions in Brussels, Luxembourg and Strasbourg.

#EuropeDay

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/EU_Commission/status/1650493389681434624

Today, we add a forward-looking, green chapter to our energy cooperation with Norway:

From renewables to critical raw materials, our new EU-Norway Green Alliance will allow us to join forces on our path to climate neutrality.

#EUGreenDeal

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/EU_Commission/status/1650453646331486208

🇳🇴 and 🇪🇺 share a common vision for building a climate-neutral continent.

Today, we established the EU-Norway Green Alliance to deepen our cooperation on climate, environmental protection and the clean energy and industrial transition. ↓

#EUGreenDeal

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/EU_Commission/status/1650430456247078912

RT @vonderleyen: Today we sign the EU-Norway Green Alliance - a new, green chapter to an already fruitful energy cooperation.

From renewables to critical raw materials, the EU and Norway are now working together towards net-zero ↓
https://n.respublicae.eu/i/broadcasts/1ZkKzXNXdEWJv

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/EU_Commission/status/1650427840087638016

A wind of change is blowing in Europe.

Today, we'll be joining leaders in Ostend for the second edition of the North Sea Summit to discuss the importance of investing in offshore wind.

With #REPowerEU, we are creating the right conditions to make the green transition a success.

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/EU_Commission/status/1650386590642970626

Together with @DIGITALEUROPE, we're sending your donated electronics to Ukraine to help teachers, students and health workers.

#LaptopsForUkraine donations continue at 18 collection hubs in 🇧🇪🇨🇿🇩🇪🇪🇪🇪🇸🇫🇷🇱🇹🇭🇺🇷🇴🇸🇮.

Find out how to donate a spare device ↓

#StandWithUkraine

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/EU_Commission/status/1650160348651986945

The next step on our journey to net-zero emissions will be the proposal of intermediate targets for 2040.

We need to create a predictable environment to guide citizens’, investment, and political decisions.

And you can help to shape it. ↓

#EUHaveYourSay

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/EU_Commission/status/1650130149684260864

This week we adopted new EU rules to reduce the amount of energy consumed by electrical appliances in standby mode.

This will mean savings on consumers' energy bills, while reducing CO2 emissions by 1.36 million tonnes a year.

Let's make a positive impact on our planet. ↓

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/EU_Commission/status/1650108003830382595

"Writing a new present and future is always a possibility.

The Windsor Framework is a new beginning for old friends.

It is an opportunity to set our sights on the future of our partnership and to focus on what brings us together."

— President @vonderleyen in Belfast

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/EU_Commission/status/1650077301512589313

The Single Market is Europe's crown jewel.

A market where 450 million people are free to study, live, shop, work and retire and enjoy products from all over Europe.

A global champion worth €14.5 trillion, empowering 23 million businesses to move and trade. ↓

#SingleMarket

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/EU_Commission/status/1650046859010879488

Since the beginning of their circulation in Europe, books have represented an incomparable experience.

Be it for academic purposes or leisure, books stay with us in our everyday life.

On #WorldBookDay, let’s celebrate them with some of the most beautiful libraries in our Union!

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/EU_Commission/status/1650024201414381569

Are you changing to summer tyres on your car?

The EU energy label highlights the tyre's performance on issues relating to fuel efficiency, safety and noise.

Learn more to make an informed purchase decision when replacing the tyres: →https://europa.eu/!3W3n8R

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/EU_Commission/status/1649798212432134145

The EU will be the first region worldwide to have a driving licence that works across borders:

🔹 it will be accessible through a mobile phone, and
🔹 would be recognised throughout the EU.

This would make it easier to replace, renew or exchange a driving licence at EU level.

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/EU_Commission/status/1649775312006438916

✍️ Journalism has the power to harness a positive social change.

The Lorenzo Natali Media Prize recognises and honours the work of journalists from around the world which shed a light on the most pressing global challenges.

Apply for the 2023 #NataliPrize by 28 April ↓

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/EU_Commission/status/1649745615943761930

Together with @UNICEF_UA, we have helped rehabilitate this kindergarten in Northern Ukraine to provide a safe space for children.

It is just one of 56 facilities that will now have restored and well-equipped bomb shelters where kids can learn, play and rest.

#StandWithUkraine

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/EU_Commission/status/1649722714989682688

Last year, Europeans produced more electricity from sun and wind than from gas and any other source.

This week, President @vonderleyen proposed an initiative for global renewables and energy efficiency targets at the Major Economies Forum.

Read her Statement here ↓

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/EU_Commission/status/1649692013640515584

Putin must be held accountable for his crimes.

For the first time in history, the @IntlCrimCourt has issued an arrest warrant for a leader of a permanent member of the UN Security Council.

There will be no escape for the perpetrator and his henchmen.

#StandWithUkraine

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/EU_Commission/status/1648574651818455040

𝗘nvironmental degradation
𝗔vailability of fresh water
𝗥ising sea levels
𝗧hreat to business
𝗛igh temperatures
...
The list of effects from global warming could be endless, but we have a plan to prevent it: the #EUGreenDeal. ↓

#EarthDay

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/EU_Commission/status/1649661813863374848

All Ukrainian refugees considered temporary residents in the EU have the right to open a bank account.

With a basic bank account, refugees can have access to basic services that we all need in our daily lives.

🇺🇦🇪🇺 http://europa.eu/!Hc99Xx

#StandWithUkraine

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/EU_Commission/status/1647253458913837057

How competitive is your region?

Find out in the Regional Competitiveness Index interactive tool.

The revised index will allow us to draw better policies, which can provide attractive and sustainable living conditions for citizens in Europe’s regions. ↓

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/EU_Commission/status/1647223252517892098