Frans Timmermans @TimmermansEU@respublicae.eu

RT @EUClimateAction: Peace, freedom, democracy & justice. 🕊️

These are our Union's 🇪🇺 values we cherish today & every day.

Together, we can build a stronger, safer, more sustainable 🌍 within & beyond our borders.

Discover more about the EU:
https://europeday.europa.eu/index_en

#EuropeDay #StandWithUkraine

🐦🔗: https://nitter.eu/TimmermansEU/status/1523602821698166791

RT @EU_Commission: Peace is the heart of our Union 🕊️

Today, when Russia's aggression against Ukraine breaches international law, we stand united in supporting our Ukrainian friends.

Peace has no alternative.

#EuropeDay

🐦🔗: https://nitter.eu/TimmermansEU/status/1523550802123497472

RT @EU_ENV: 📣 Join us at the #EUOpenDay

Visit the #EUGreenDeal village and try our virtual reality #PollinatorPark experience! Explore a future without #EUPollinators and learn how you can protect the last remaining 🦋🐞🐝

📆 7 May, Berlaymont building, Brussels

#EuropeDay #ForNature

🐦🔗: https://nitter.eu/TimmermansEU/status/1522522406203625474

RT @EU_Commission: ▫ Listing of high-ranking military officers
▫ De-swifting major Russian banks
▫ Banning state-owned broadcasters
▫ Phasing out Russian oil

Today we are presenting the 6th package of sanctions.

Speech by @vonderleyen at #EPlenary. #StandWithUkraine

https://nitter.eu/i/broadcasts/1yoKMWVLrNXJQ

🐦🔗: https://nitter.eu/TimmermansEU/status/1521835013037244416

RT @EU_ENV: 📆 Mark your calendars!

On 11 May, we will open our MapMyTree counter for all 🇪🇺 citizens to register their planted 🌲🌳 as part of the #3BillionTrees Pledge

Join us at 17:00 CEST for the LIVE launch event with @VSinkevicius: https://ec.europa.eu/environment/events/launch-3-billion-trees-counter-individuals-2022-05-11_en

#EUForests #EUBiodiversity

🐦🔗: https://nitter.eu/TimmermansEU/status/1521834816202752000

RT @EUClimateAction: After 2 years, we can finally open our doors & welcome you back for #EuropeDay ! 🇪🇺🌟

Join us at the Green Deal Village to talk about EU climate action & how we can build a greener Europe together.

⏰ Saturday 7 May, 10h – 18h
📍 Berlaymont, Brussels
👉 https://ec.europa.eu/info/events/europe-day-open-doors-2022_en

🐦🔗: https://nitter.eu/TimmermansEU/status/1521554841469956096

RT @EUAgri: What should the EU do to make our food system more sustainable? 🌱

We want your opinion.

Participate in the #EUFarm2Fork public consultation by answering the online survey.
👉 https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/13174-Sustainable-food-system-setting-up-an-EU-framework/public-consultation_en

#EUHaveYourSay

🐦🔗: https://nitter.eu/TimmermansEU/status/1520801038600740867

In sum, EU food supply is currently not at risk. Scaring Europeans into believing that food might run out is incredibly cynical. There’s no need to add to people’s already high anxiety with false problems that serve to protect an unsustainable status quo

RT @TimmermansEU: If we don’t understand that #FarmToFork is an attempt to save agriculture, not punish it, in light of the devastating effects of biodiversity loss and climate …

🐦🔗: https://nitter.eu/TimmermansEU/status/1519982991245815814

While our immediate outlook is reassuring, we @EU_Commission remain vigilant: synthetic fertilizers’ high price can have an impact in 2023. This is another reason to optimize use and shift to precision farming and other sustainable practices. #CAP national plans must support this

🐦🔗: https://nitter.eu/TimmermansEU/status/1519982986023817216

With a 2°C temp⬆️wheat yields in parts of Europe could decline 10-50%. We are rapidly losing pollinators: 50% of EU land in need of pollination faces a deficit. Extreme droughts bring billions in damages, and soil erosion already costs €50 bn per year.

🌾https://europa.eu/!yRcJ8Y

🐦🔗: https://nitter.eu/TimmermansEU/status/1519982978675392512

Stopping the transition to sustainable food systems in line with the #FarmToFork and #biodiversity strategies is not the solution, even though some may try to use Russia’s war on Ukraine as a pretext to do so.

🐦🔗: https://nitter.eu/TimmermansEU/status/1519982970173632513

It’s clear that reduced production and uncertainty about exports from Ukraine and Russia carry significant risks for both food availability and affordability in Africa, the Middle East, and parts of Asia. Tackling this is a question of logistics and finance, not supply.

🐦🔗: https://nitter.eu/TimmermansEU/status/1519982962271563776

In fact, about ⅔ of cereals in the EU are used as animal feed. Human consumption accounts for the remaining ⅓ and biofuels take up 3%.

Meanwhile, 20% of EU food (about 88 million tonnes per year) is lost or wasted.

🐦🔗: https://nitter.eu/TimmermansEU/status/1519982954788933632

The EU is largely self-sufficient for several key food products.

Production in 2022 of cereals, rapeseed, and sunflower is projected to surpass the previous 5-year average.

▶️ https://europa.eu/!wwBwMj

🐦🔗: https://nitter.eu/TimmermansEU/status/1519982947973181440

Is food supply in the EU at risk due to Putin’s war against Ukraine? No

Is there a problem on global maize🌽and wheat🌾markets? Yes

Is this a reason to throw sustainability targets and #FarmToFork overboard? Definitely not

Here’s why 👇

🐦🔗: https://nitter.eu/TimmermansEU/status/1519982940331167748

Cities are the hub for the innovation we need to reach #ClimateNeutralEU:

Greening urban spaces 🌿
Tackling air pollution 🌤️
Renovating for energy-efficient buildings 🏫
Advancing clean mobility 🚲

Congratulations to all the cities selected today!

#EUMissions #EUGreenDeal

🐦🔗: https://nitter.eu/TimmermansEU/status/1519655167083298817

'Some people pretend we have a risk of food shortages in Europe, which is not the case. The problems following Russia’s invasion are due to the functioning of the global wheat and maize markets. It’s a logistics and financial problem. Not a problem of the availability of food.’

🐦🔗: https://nitter.eu/TimmermansEU/status/1519635290700361728

If we don’t understand that #FarmToFork is an attempt to save agriculture, not punish it, in light of the devastating effects of biodiversity loss and climate change on food production globally, we are really in a wrong attitude

Answer to @EP_Environment on food security risks⬇️

🐦🔗: https://nitter.eu/TimmermansEU/status/1519635077931671552

RT @EUAgri: Just published: 🇪🇺 Commission's observation letters to 19 Member States on their proposed #CAP strategic plans, and the comments sent by the Member States in response.

On our website ⤵️ #NewCAP
https://ec.europa.eu/info/food-farming-fisheries/key-policies/common-agricultural-policy/cap-strategic-plans/obervation-letters_en

🐦🔗: https://nitter.eu/TimmermansEU/status/1519599240800051200

RT @EUClimateAction: 📣 Event Alert 📣

On 29 April, a group of European citizens, including #EUClimatePact Ambassadors, will be joining @TimmermansEU to discuss:

🚌Green mobility
⚡Energy transition
🥕Sustainable food consumption

Tune in at 10AM CEST to watch live online👇https://europa.eu/climate-pact/news/shaping-climate-transition-citizens-take-floor-2022-04-25_en

🐦🔗: https://nitter.eu/TimmermansEU/status/1519246569173827584