The new Emergency Macro-Financial Assistance programme will provide €1.2 billion to help Ukraine strengthen its economic stability and resilience, directly benefiting Ukrainian citizens.
We have shown our support in the fight against the COVID -19 pandemic — 3.7 million doses of vaccines shared by Team Europe on top of 8.4 million doses from the COVAX Facility.
2024 is bringing us many exciting anniversaries of EU history.
These milestones laid the foundations for the EU as we know it today ↓
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⚖️ 60 years since Costa v ENEL case
In 1964, the European Court of Justice established the primacy of EU law over national laws.
The principle of the primacy of EU law has developed over time and is now a declaration annexed to the Treaty of Lisbon
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🏞️50 years since the launch of the European Regional Development Fund
It was created in 1975, laying the foundations for today’s EU regional policy and aiming to strengthen economic and social cohesion in the EU by correcting imbalances between its regions.
Dive back in time with this read made for its 10th anniversary in 1985:
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We’ve adopted our 2023 Enlargement Package recommending to open negotiations with Ukraine and Moldova, to grant candidate status to Georgia, and to open accession negotiations with Bosnia and Herzegovina, once the necessary degree of compliance is achieved
Completing our Union is the natural horizon.
Despite the ongoing war, Ukraine demonstrated resolve in making substantial progress in creating a powerful reform dynamic.
We recommend that the @EUCouncil opens accession negotiations with Ukraine.
Moldova has progressed steadily on meeting the 9 steps set out in its membership application, including comprehensive reforms on justice, anti-corruption, and public administration.
We recommend that the @EUCouncil opens accession negotiations with Moldova.
Europe is delivering on its promises made to citizens to lead the way on climate action.
Our legislation to reduce our greenhouse gas emissions by at least 55% by 2030 is now in place.
What will guide our way until 2030 to build a greener EU? Here is a brief summary ↓
→ ETS reform
Carbon pricing and an annual emissions cap will ensure that polluters pay and that EU countries generate revenues they can invest in the green transition.
→ ETS for buldings and road transport fuels
A separate Emissions Trading Scheme for fuels in road transport and buildings, to ensure emissions reductions in sectors hard to decarbonise.