Today, we have adopted our 2022 Work Programme, setting out next steps towards a post-COVID-19 Europe that is greener, fairer, more digital and resilient.
It contains 42 new policy initiatives across all six headline ambitions of President @vonderleyen. More ⤵
Making Europe the world’s first climate neutral continent by 2050!
For this, we will take further steps towards:
🚊zero-emission mobility
💧improving water & air quality
🥦new rules on sustainable use of pesticides
📱the right to repair instead of replace products
Delivering the EU’s digital transformation by 2030!
The Single Market remains key to our innovation.
We will address:
🖥️concerns on the supply of semi-conductors
🛡️common cybersecurity standards
🛰️EU space-based secure communications system
🤳digital skills & more
We will focus on:
👦🏽quality jobs, fair working conditions, work-life balance
🏧setting out an initiative on minimum income
🏦facilitating access to capital for businesses
📈implementing the global corporate tax framework
Strengthening the EU’s unique brand of global leadership!
Over the next year, we will set out a new global gateway strategy to build connectivity partnerships around the world to boost trade and investment.
We will accelerate work on a genuine European Defence Union, and more.
Empowering young people to shape the future!
We proposed to make 2022 the European Year of Youth. And deploy ALMA initiative, enabling young Europeans to gain professional experience abroad.
It will help integrate them into education, vocational training or quality employment.
European Citizens’ initiatives and the Conference on the Future of Europe are making European democracy more vibrant!
We will also take further steps to safeguard media freedom and pluralism, and guard the rule of law.
We believe that a safe, sustainable, peaceful and prosperous Arctic is important not just for the Arctic itself, but also for the EU and actually for the whole world.
Today, together with the High Representative @JosepBorrellF, we unveil an updated Arctic policy.
We will support efforts to reduce black carbon emissions in the Arctic by 33% by 2025 acting against major sources of pollution affecting the Arctic regions.
We are a global leader in the fight against climate change, and we are ready to play our full part.
Tehkem see teoks! Let’s #MakeItReal for Estonia! 🇪🇪
Green light to Estonia’s €969.3 million recovery and resilience plan. It will help the country:
🔵 build a stronger health system
🟣 digitalise its society
🟢 accelerate its green transition