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We ❤️ closing the year remembering the highlights that made 2️⃣0️⃣1️⃣9️⃣!
Ready for a retrospective?
Let’s embark on this journey together ↓
We adopted new rules on single–use plastics.

Europe is setting an ambitious #PlasticsStrategy, reducing marine litter and paving the way for the rest of the world. ♻

Read more → bereadytochange.eu/en/
We said bye bye to overpriced phone calls and SMS between EU 🇪🇺 countries!
 
The new maximum prices for all international calls and SMS within the EU are 19 cents/minute (+VAT) for calls and 6 cents (+VAT) for SMS. More → europa.eu/!bn84rc
We put forward new rights for working parents and carers including measures on:
👪 paternity leave
🤲 carers' leave
📅 flexible working arrangements.
 
All you need to know → europa.eu/!tf43Vq
#SocialRights
We opened a new authority to help enforce EU rules on labour mobility and coordinate social security in a fair and effective way.
 
Find out more about the European Labour Authority, which started its work in October → ela.europa.eu/index.html

#SocialRights
We expanded our circle of like-minded trade partners with 2 new international agreements:
🇯🇵 Japan in February
🇸🇬 Singapore in November.
 
The EU has in place trade agreements with countries and regions around the world.
 
More about #EUtrade deals → europa.eu/!kf38dv
We presented the European Green Deal, our new growth strategy which sets out how to make Europe the first climate-neutral continent by 2️⃣0️⃣5️⃣0️⃣.
 
If you missed the presentation of our🌱#EUGreenDeal, have a look at our Twitter moment. ↓
twitter.com/i/events/12055…
We said goodbye to President Jean-Claude Juncker following 5 years of his mandate. 👋
 
He has devoted his heart and his life to the 🇪🇺 European Union. His legacy speaks for itself.
 
Take a look at excerpts from eleven of his speeches ↓ medium.com/@EuropeanCommi…
"Vive l'Europe, es lebe Europa, long live Europe!" – President @vonderleyen.
 
In December, the new #vdLCommission took office with a team coming from different cultures, countries and with different backgrounds and political colours.
 
Get to know them: twitter.com/i/moments/1201…
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