European Commission @EU_Commission@respublicae.eu

Every tonne of cereals produced in the 🇪🇺 will help to increase #FoodSecurity worldwide.

We are proposing a temporary short-term derogation from certain agricultural policy rules to:

🌾 maximise the production capacity for cereals
🚜 put back 1.5 million hectares in production

🐦🔗: https://nitter.eu/EU_Commission/status/1550499001438445569

Slovenia is facing one of the biggest wildfires in its history.

Since Wednesday, the #EUCivilProtection Mechanism has deployed in Slovenia:

🚁 3 helicopters
🛩️ 1 plane
👨‍🚒 1 firefighting team

Thank you 🇦🇹, 🇭🇷 and 🇸🇰 for helping Slovenia's emergency services combat wildfires.

🐦🔗: https://nitter.eu/EU_Commission/status/1550480789162311680

Meet the European Green City Award 2024 finalists!

Our @EU_GreenCapital finalists are 🇪🇸 Valencia and 🇮🇹 Cagliari.

Our Green Leaf finalists are 🇩🇰 Elsinore 🇸🇮 Velenje 🇷🇴 Bistrita.

The winners will be announced on 27 October 2022.

#EUGreenCapital #EUGreenLeaf

🐦🔗: https://nitter.eu/EU_Commission/status/1550458137949310976

We have to support Ukrainians fleeing the war and those who are hosting them.

Estonia, Lithuania, and Poland will receive an additional €125 million funds through REACT-EU to support people fleeing Russia’s aggression against Ukraine.

#StandWithUkraine

🐦🔗: https://nitter.eu/EU_Commission/status/1550446559019651074

Russia's invasion of Ukraine has also seriously affected the EU's fisheries and aquaculture sectors.

We welcome @eurparl and @EUCouncil adoption of our emergency crisis measures to support the fisheries sector impacted by this crisis.

🐦🔗: https://nitter.eu/EU_Commission/status/1550439947190018048

We have today launched four new infringement procedures against the United Kingdom for not complying with significant parts of the Protocol on Ireland / Northern Ireland.

Read more: http://europa.eu/!MV3F3x

🐦🔗: https://nitter.eu/EU_Commission/status/1550428025254297600

We have granted €274.9 million of additional resources for the recovery in Spain under #REACTEU.

These additional funds will strengthen Spanish regions, its employment sector and give the country significant support for a green, digital and cohesive recovery.

#NextGenerationEU

🐦🔗: https://nitter.eu/EU_Commission/status/1550424518576988160

📣 European Youth: as part of #EYY2022, the Voice Platform is your chance to UNMUTE,️ press record, and #VoiceYourVision for the future of 🇪🇺

Whether you’re passionate about:
environment
education
inclusivity

Or another topic, record your voice here ➡ http://youthvoices.eu/#/

🐦🔗: https://nitter.eu/EU_Commission/status/1550387730449940481

Putin continues to use energy as a weapon.

Almost half of EU countries are already directly affected.

✅ Filling our gas storage capacities before this winter can help us prepare for possible further gas supply disruptions and cut-offs.

More about what we do 👇

#REPowerEU

🐦🔗: https://nitter.eu/EU_Commission/status/1550148608946647041

After Russia's military aggression against Ukraine, costs for EU farmers and producers have increased substantially.

We propose to temporarily scrap tariffs on goods used to produce fertiliser aiming to help EU farmers and producers alleviate costs.

#FoodSecurity

🐦🔗: https://nitter.eu/EU_Commission/status/1550118409471266822

👩‍💼 👨‍💼 Do you want to be our next trainee? Applications for the March 2023 session are open!

You have a chance to spend 5 months working with colleagues towards achieving the EU’s priorities.

🗓️ Apply before 31/08 👉 https://traineeships.ec.europa.eu/

#EUTraineeship

🐦🔗: https://nitter.eu/EU_Commission/status/1550095750498988032

What is the fiscal impact of extreme weather on our economy?

Assessing fiscal risks from climate change is a critical and challenging issue, but extreme weather and climate events may pose risks to debt sustainability.

Find out in our latest publication👉http://europa.eu/!BW3tM8

🐦🔗: https://nitter.eu/EU_Commission/status/1550058251357749250

RT @vonderleyen: Member States have agreed to our reinforced, prolonged EU sanctions against the Kremlin.

I welcome that.

It sends a strong signal to Moscow: we will keep the pressure high for as long as it takes.

🐦🔗: https://nitter.eu/EU_Commission/status/1550056015609085953

Albania and North Macedonia opened their accession negotiations to the EU this week. 🇪🇺🤝🇦🇱🇲🇰

Curious to learn more about the EU's support to both countries on their European path?

Check it out ⬇️

🐦🔗: https://nitter.eu/EU_Commission/status/1550027804497944576

Learn more on our gas demand reduction plan: https://europa.eu/!npxdH8

🐦🔗: https://nitter.eu/EU_Commission/status/1550015564273311744

Russia sees gas as a political weapon.
Taking action now can reduce the risk and costs for Europe in case of further or full disruption.
While a lot has already been done with #REPowerEU, we need to reduce our gas demand too. It is a big ask, but it is necessary to protect us.

🐦🔗: https://nitter.eu/EU_Commission/status/1550015001292951553

Space plays a growing role in our daily lives, our economic growth, our security, and our geopolitical weight. 🛰️

Therefore earlier this year we upgraded our #EUSpace policy by proposing 2 initiatives for:
🚀 Space-based secure connectivity
🚀 Space Traffic Management

#MoonDay

🐦🔗: https://nitter.eu/EU_Commission/status/1549786217746612225

Although the situation has slightly improved, the risk of wildfires is widespread throughout Europe.

@CopernicusEMS continues supporting EU countries by providing satellite images to help firefighters with their operations.

Current Situation Viewer ➡️http://europa.eu/!KnpcKw

🐦🔗: https://nitter.eu/EU_Commission/status/1549771122991718401

With the proposals selected for funding, the European Defence Fund will support high-end defence capability projects such as:

🔹the next generation of aircraft fighters
🔹artificial intelligence
🔹semiconductors
🔹space
🔹quantum technologies
🔹new materials

#EUdefence

🐦🔗: https://nitter.eu/EU_Commission/status/1549751517854449665

The EU is delivering to its citizens in a challenging security context.

Today, we announce an investment of almost €1.2 billion to support 61 defence research and development projects under the European Defence Fund.

#EUdefence

🐦🔗: https://nitter.eu/EU_Commission/status/1549751171690205184