Ursula von der Leyen @vonderleyen@respublicae.eu

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

The EU agreement on an oil price cap, coordinated with G7 and others, will reduce Russia’s revenues significantly.

It will help us stabilise global energy prices, benefitting emerging economies around the world.

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/vonderleyen/status/1598734779750309888

Japan is an energy partner we can count on.

Following agreements with 🇪🇬🇰🇿🇳🇦, I welcome the start of a 🇪🇺🇯🇵 partnership on hydrogen, to boost innovation and create a global hydrogen market ↓
RT @KadriSimson: Historic day for #EU-#Japan energy partnership: we signed w/ Minister Nishimura a Memorandum of Cooperation on #hydrogen, to boost innovation & help create a🌍market for this fuel of the future.

🇪🇺 & 🇯🇵 are both trailblazers for H2 technology & together we c…

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/vonderleyen/status/1598642557499703296

🇮🇪 Ireland's story is one of reconciliation, peace, and progress.

No one embodies these values like Peter Sutherland - the architect of some of Europe’s greatest achievements.

It's an honour to accept the Sutherland Leadership award on behalf of the EU. https://n.respublicae.eu/i/broadcasts/1mrGmkLDrRNxy

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/vonderleyen/status/1598401302748311552

Dear @narendramodi, I wish you every success for your G20 presidency.

We are facing colossal challenges, from fighting climate change to addressing the consequences of Russia’s war on food and energy.

So your leadership will be instrumental in taking our G20 agenda forward.
RT @narendramodi: Today, as India begins its G-20 Presidency, penned a few thoughts on how we want to work in the coming year based on an inclusive, ambitious, action-oriented, and decisive a…

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/vonderleyen/status/1598340740974772224

History has never been easy on Ireland.
 
But you have never surrendered your soul.
 
Always rising up from crises with resolve, ingenuity and optimism.
 
Today 🇮🇪 is helping us overcome the energy crisis by being a wind energy superpower and a key player in our #EUGreenDeal

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/vonderleyen/status/1598329653562843137

Ireland shows Europe’s best face.

Innovative and inclusive.

Loyal to your history and traditions.

Open to the future and the world.

In 50 years of 🇪🇺 membership, Ireland has made Europe a better place. https://n.respublicae.eu/i/broadcasts/1YqGoABbmrAxv

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/vonderleyen/status/1598316667603341312