Energy prices: while supporting consumers and businesses, we’ll work on increasing resilience & independence.
•See how to establish a strategic gas reserve
•Explore joint procurement
•Intensify outreach to suppliers
•Speed up work on interconnections twitter.com/i/broadcasts/1…
We will also assess how the gas, electricity and ETS markets function.
We need more renewables. They are cheaper, carbon-free and homegrown.
We also need a stable source, nuclear, and during the transition, gas.
This is why we will come forward with our taxonomy proposal.
Important discussion on rule of law and judicial independence in Poland.
The rule of law ensures mutual trust, legal certainty and equality between Member States and citizens.
A fundamental pillar of the rule of law is judicial independence.
This was the core of our discussion
There's a long road ahead, combining dialogue, legal response and action to restore the independence of the judiciary.
ECJ ruled that the disciplinary regime for judges had to be overhauled and unlawfully dismissed judges, reinstated.
We expect Poland to implement this ruling.
On the situation in Belarus.
The people instrumentalised by Lukashenko are victims.
We must help them.
We will keep up the pressure on Lukashenko’s regime.
We have already proposed measures to reverse visa facilitation. We are ready to explore further sanctions.
We need concerted action.
Belarus has offered further visa waivers to other countries. We will work with them to limit smuggling.
This shows again the need for a coherent, effective common migration and asylum policy.
I reiterated my call to Leaders to progress on the Pact.
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#LSEEurope: Before the end of the month, I expect both the British & European Parliaments to ratify the agreement. In just over 3 weeks, on the 31st of January, the UK will spend its last day as a member state. This will be a tough and emotional day.
But when the sun rises again on February 1st, the EU & the UK will still be the best of friends and partners. The bonds between us will still be unbreakable. We will still contribute to each other’s societies. We will still have a lot to learn from each other.
Truth is: Our partnership cannot and will not be the same as before. And it cannot and will not be as close as before because with every choice comes a consequence. With every decision comes a trade-off.