We are stronger when we act in unity and solidarity.
Today, we are launching the first call for companies to buy gas at EU level.
It is a key step to filling our gas storage for next winter and negotiating better prices with international partners.
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/EU_Commission/status/1650802446363492352
Almost 90 million people with disabilities live in 🇪🇺
The European Disability Card will help recognise their rights across the EU and facilitate their mobility.
Tell us what you think in the public consultation and help shape the future of #EUDisabilityRights ↓
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/EU_Commission/status/1650748976931676160
RT @vonderleyen: Good exchange with clean tech business leaders.
We need companies fully on board on the way to net-zero.
So as policy-makers, we have to set the right conditions:
Faster permitting
Less red tape
More predictability for investments
Diverse supply chains for materials. https://t.co/Cdlhg7fTnT
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/EU_Commission/status/1650554917541621791
"Europe has become the house of renewables. And the North Sea is becoming the powerhouse of Europe.
The Ostend Declaration will give us all the wind we need in our sails to set the course onto climate neutrality."
— President @vonderleyen at the #NorthSeaSummit23
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/EU_Commission/status/1650543455184072736
The North Sea Coalition builds on a dream to create the world’s largest green energy plant in the North Sea.
By joining hands, we will accelerate the energy transition, strengthen our technological leadership and provide millions of Europeans with zero carbon energy.
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/EU_Commission/status/1650538469431857152
Responding to emergencies is a shared responsibility.
We are investing €106.2 million in 8 countries for the first pan-European field hospital. It will boost emergency medical support to populations affected by disasters and become gradually operational as of 2024.
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/EU_Commission/status/1650529027697053706
The @EU_Commission will help deliver on the Ostend targets.
→ A simpler regulatory framework with our Net Zero Industry Act
→ Incentivised use of renewables with the electricity market design reform
→ Secure supplies of critical raw materials https://n.respublicae.eu/i/broadcasts/1MYxNgqoLwLKw
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/vonderleyen/status/1650521197942308865
Last weekend, 150 European citizens met in Brussels to share their views on virtual worlds.
Together, they developed 8 guiding principles to help us advance initiatives in the field, from sustainability to transparency to security and safety.
They also recommended key actions.…
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/EU_Commission/status/1650503898753380353
Glad to be in Ostend for the #NorthSeaSummit.
Today 🇧🇪🇩🇰🇩🇪🇳🇱🇱🇺🇫🇷🇮🇪🇳🇴🇬🇧 will double down on the targets set in Esbjerg last year for offshore wind production.
We need that ambition.
It will give us all the wind we need in our sails, as we set course onto climate neutrality.
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/vonderleyen/status/1650501585787576321
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.
🐦🔗: 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.
🐦🔗: 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. ↓
🐦🔗: 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 ↓
🐦🔗: 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. ↓
🐦🔗: 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. ↓
🐦🔗: 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
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