Virginijus Sinkevičius @VSinkevicius@respublicae.eu
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Joined Apr 2022
Today’s proposal for new, impactful rules to tackle waste from packaging in Europe:
1) reduce packaging waste by 15% by 2040
2) boost its efficient reuse
3) make it all recyclable by 2030
4) reduce the need of fossil resources by using recycled plastics
https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/qanda_22_7157
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/VSinkevicius/status/1597956506397605889
Our choices, our 🌍 future!
Packaging is one of the main users of raw materials: 40% plastic & 50% paper is used for something we barely look at & throw away so easily!
Today’s 🇪🇺 proposals help us put an end to this.
https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/ip_22_7155
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/VSinkevicius/status/1597950527853035521
📲 Placing online order
✅ Parcel delivered
📦 Ending up with big carton boxes & plastic wraps
Sounds familiar?
Let’s change this!
New rules to end wasteful packaging & clarify which plastics are truly 🌍 friendly
⌚️+/- 14:15 with @TimmermansEU
https://audiovisual.ec.europa.eu/en/ebs/1/20221130
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Acknowledging the importance of civil society’s work to preserve Vietnam’s Nature.
Pleased to hear their views & share our proposals for joint steps forward to advance our work for the protection of biodiversity & marine ecosystems & push for circular economic models.
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So great to see the green transition happening in Vietnam!
Inaugurated Vietnam’s 1st ever Green Economy Forum - biggest green business Forum in SE Asia.
Exciting that ♻️ #CircularEconomy & clean energy solutions take over Asian markets.
The #EUGreenDeal spirit is unstoppable!
🐦🔗: https://nitter.eu/VSinkevicius/status/1597184486386839552
Our food security, fighting illegal, unreported & unregulated fishing, a sustainable blue economy & healthy forests are all extremely important.
Glad to see my colleague Mr Le Minh, Minister for Agriculture 🇻🇳 agreeing with those priorities & intensifying 🇪🇺🇻🇳 cooperation.
🐦🔗: https://nitter.eu/VSinkevicius/status/1597178338954850304
Vietnam 🇻🇳 is our strong environmental partner.
With its Minister responsible for the Environment, Mr Hong Ha, we will be working very closely for #COP15 and to get a 🌍 agreement to end plastic pollution.
Very glad to witness such progress firsthand!
🐦🔗: https://nitter.eu/VSinkevicius/status/1597171966913695746
Our partnership with Vietnam 🇻🇳 has been picking up!
I am delighted to meet Prime Minister, Mr Pham Minh Chinh, to discuss about our enhanced cooperation to tackle the triple 🌏 crisis: biodiversity loss, climate change, & pollution.
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Moldova 🇲🇩 & the EU 🇪🇺 are destined for the future!
And Moldova is ready to accelerate its green transition.
We will be supporting each step of the way with @LIFEprogramme & any other possible means.
A friendship that keeps growing in the greatest possible way.
🐦🔗: https://nitter.eu/VSinkevicius/status/1596816445232492546
Moldova’s 🇲🇩 active & democratic journey to join the European Union 🇪🇺 includes an honest engagement with civil society.
We know it best from home: NGOs are vital for mobilising, inspiring & delivering the #EUGreenDeal.
Key partners to pave the green transition fast.
🐦🔗: https://nitter.eu/VSinkevicius/status/1596559107879993347
Young 🇪🇺 Ambassadors in Moldova 🇲🇩 are so motivated: they came out to meet us on a Saturday afternoon. 🙂
Glad to chat with them on how they see their journey of joining our Union.
All we do know together is for your future & I’m proud you are so involved in shaping it!
🐦🔗: https://nitter.eu/VSinkevicius/status/1596545094147969024
Moldova has been courageous & resilient, showing what solidarity means with real support to #Ukraine.
So today, I reassured Prime Minister @natgavrilita that we will be supporting Moldova when going through the necessary reforms that will pave the way to the European Union.
🐦🔗: https://nitter.eu/VSinkevicius/status/1596457429197520898
A big & green welcome to Moldova 🇲🇩 to our @LIFEprogramme!
Prime Minister @natgavrilita & I just signed ✍️ its accession agreement that will support Moldova in its green transition & to fight the 🌍 crisis.
Congratulations for such a fast-track process!
🐦🔗: https://nitter.eu/VSinkevicius/status/1596443951137189888
In difficult times we need strong leaders & trusted friends.
Moldova is destined to be part of the EU with President’s @sandumaiamd commitment & leadership.
We are by your side to help you fulfill your dreams to join the European family!
🐦🔗: https://nitter.eu/VSinkevicius/status/1596418228594802689
Moldova’s EU candidacy is a historic moment.
Yet environment is one of the most demanding areas of 🇪🇺 legislation.
The sooner we start working closely together the easier the process will be!
Good progress with the Minister of Environment, Ms Iordanov!
🐦🔗: https://nitter.eu/VSinkevicius/status/1596167591466246147
Moldova must focus on its strong reform commitments with the #EUGreenDeal as guiding compass.
We know these are difficult times.
I thanked the President of the Parliament, Mr Grosu, for the brave & unwavering support to #Ukraine.
Friends standing up for friends! 🇪🇺🇲🇩🇺🇦
🐦🔗: https://nitter.eu/VSinkevicius/status/1596150423471394818
An honor to be in Moldova 🇲🇩 & address the Parliament.
Moldova is on its path to join its European 🇪🇺 family.
It seems like a long process but as a Lithuanian & young person myself I can tell you:
It’s a journey worth taking!
We will be supporting you every step of the way.
🐦🔗: https://nitter.eu/VSinkevicius/status/1596130112365551617
We strongly support @HELCOMInfo work despite the difficult circumstances caused by Russia’s aggression.
More than ever our efforts are needed for a healthy Baltic Sea!
🐦🔗: https://nitter.eu/VSinkevicius/status/1595799586655899651
I addressed the 🇫🇮 Parliament to present our 🇪🇺 proposal for a Nature Restoration Law.
We need to restore Nature because it’s the right business move for our economy & society.
Working closer with Member States is the way to do it.
🐦🔗: https://nitter.eu/VSinkevicius/status/1595793085459480583
Plastic pollution is a global problem requiring global solutions.
Plastics can travel far & reach even remote, pristine parts of our world.
Today, we 🇪🇺 join @HACplastic, as we focus on a 🌍 agreement to end plastic pollution by 2040.
https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/mex_22_7152
🐦🔗: https://nitter.eu/VSinkevicius/status/1595760105886212097
Unofficial automated mirror. No copyright asserted. ∎ @EU_Commission Commissioner for Environment, Oceans and Fisheries
Joined Apr 2022
