Ursula von der Leyen @vonderleyen@respublicae.eu

1. Almost 200 more individuals and entities added to our sanctions list

2. Sanctions against 3 more Russian banks

3. Cutting Russia’s access to drones, directly and through potential third country suppliers like Iran

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/vonderleyen/status/1600535980573966345

Russia continues to bring death and devastation to Ukraine.

We stand by Ukraine and we are making Russia pay for its cruelty

The existing 8 packages of sanctions we introduced so far are already biting hard.

Today we are stepping up the pressure on Russia with a 9th package↓

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/vonderleyen/status/1600535728173199360

Un piacere confrontarsi con il Presidente Mattarella. Avevamo molto di cui parlare

Dal come affrontare la crisi energetica all'attuazione del piano 🇮🇹 #NextGenEU

Abbiamo anche discusso l’inflessibile sostegno all'Ucraina e l’impegno per l'integrazione 🇪🇺 dei Balcani occidentali

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/vonderleyen/status/1600509659558854656

A great pleasure to exchange with President Mattarella. And we had a lot to talk about.

From tackling the energy crisis to rolling out the 🇮🇹 #NextGenEU plan.

We also discussed our unyielding support to Ukraine and commitment to the 🇪🇺 integration of the Western Balkans.

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/vonderleyen/status/1600509088936378368

🌈 Proud of the new rules we are presenting today on the recognition of parenthood in the EU.

We want to help all families and children in cross-border situations.

Because if you are parent in one country, you are parent in every country.

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/vonderleyen/status/1600452338799374336

The global competition is getting tougher.

To nurture clean tech we need now:

1. To make public investments in the transition simpler

2. More 🇪🇺 funding with a boosted #REPowerEU

3. To work with 🇺🇸 in clean tech sectors

We also need to discuss the idea of a Sovereignty fund.

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/vonderleyen/status/1600447638729465856

Europe is strong when Italy is strong. And vice-versa.

This is something you often explained, dear Mario Monti.

You have strived to keep Italy at the heart of Europe.

And you have made Italy’s voice heard, and respected in all EU capitals. https://n.respublicae.eu/i/broadcasts/1RDGlapNZWOJL

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/vonderleyen/status/1600443703860301824

Nature is our best ally to fight climate change.

So the EU will use all its clout for an ambitious deal at #COP15

🟢 Restoring 3 billion ha of land and 3 billion ha of oceans by 2030

🟢 Bringing back nature in degraded areas

🟢 Funding biodiversity in vulnerable countries

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/vonderleyen/status/1600174460518412288

We remain fully focused on the enlargement process and on regional integration.

This year has seen a lot of progress.
 
We are bringing our migration and justice systems closer.
 
And we are investing in youth.

In the next generations of Europeans in the Western Balkans.

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/vonderleyen/status/1600159057754497024

The EU and the Western Balkans face the same energy challenges.

So we are offering our partners the same solutions.

Support to the most vulnerable and investments to improve the resilience of energy systems.

Both are on track ↓ https://n.respublicae.eu/i/broadcasts/1BRKjZoenMeKw

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/vonderleyen/status/1600143900106117120

With today's agreement, telecom operators will start lowering data roaming charges between the EU and the Western Balkans, starting next year.
 
This is good for business and tourism.
 
It is also a great way of bringing people closer together.

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/vonderleyen/status/1600064789056741376

Dear @ediramaal, thank you for hosting us in Tirana for the EU-Western Balkans Summit
 
For the first time, our summit takes place in a Western Balkan country.
 
This sends a strong message about our unity and our enduring partnership.

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/vonderleyen/status/1600059463569768449

For friends like 🇪🇺🇺🇸 competition & cooperation can be two faces of the same coin.

We’re working together on strengthening our clean energy industrial bases, from standards to raw materials.

In the global context we have a common interest in preserving our industrial leadership

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/vonderleyen/status/1599437865792188416

We need to focus on:

• Adjusting our State Aid rules

• Further 🇪🇺 funding for the transition, with a boosted #REPowerEU and a Sovereignity Fund

• Working with the US to address the most concerning aspects of the IRA

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/vonderleyen/status/1599418618667995136

The EU is in a strong position to compete on global markets.

And #NextGenerationEU accelerates the #EUGreenDeal

But to keep up in the clean tech race, we need to do our homework in Europe and rebalance the playing field where the IRA and others create distortions.

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/vonderleyen/status/1599418297484967936

We welcome fair competition.

It can push both our industries to excel, innovate and transform faster.

But it has to respect the level playing field.

It is critical that the 🇪🇺🇺🇸 tech competition is a race to the top for our industries on both sides of the Atlantic.

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/vonderleyen/status/1599417067056549888

With the #EUGreenDeal and the #InflationReductionAct, the EU and the US are modernising their economies and addressing climate change, the biggest challenge of our time.

Yet the IRA is also raising concerns in Europe ↓ https://n.respublicae.eu/i/broadcasts/1ynJOamWmawKR

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/vonderleyen/status/1599389685973123084

Looking forward to exchanging with @collegeofeurope students about Europe’s competitiveness in a new context: accelerating the clean transition with a strong industrial base.

You can watch my address to the students tomorrow at 2pm.

→ https://europa.eu/!Jw63DJ

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/vonderleyen/status/1599047312445435905

Fruitful exchange with @andrejplenkovic ahead of #EUCO

We discussed further integration of the Western Balkans, Croatia joining the Eurozone and Schengen.

We also touched on energy and the need to strengthen our 🇪🇺 competitiveness in a more challenging global environment.

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/vonderleyen/status/1599028985299468289

Good meeting with @kmitsotakis in preparation of the next #EUCO summit.

We need to improve our toolbox to support vulnerable households and businesses dealing with high energy prices.

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/vonderleyen/status/1598749708733775889