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Apr 1 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
Open and frank exchange today at the 🇪🇺🇨🇳 Summit

There must be respect for international law and Ukraine’s sovereignty and territorial integrity.

China, as a Permanent member of the UN Security Council, has a special responsibility.
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China’s reputation is at stake.
 
This is about trust, reliability and decisions on long-term investments.
 
Every day 🇪🇺🇨🇳 trade amounts to €2 billion.

🇷🇺🇨🇳 trade, €330 million.
 
A prolongation of the war and more disruption to the world economy is in no-one’s interest.
We continue to cooperate constructively on climate.
 
We want to build on this to prepare for #COP27.

The high prices of fossil fuels should encourage us to move towards renewables and decarbonisation.
We can also cooperate in the fight against COVID-19
 
The EU is the world’s frontrunner when it comes to providing vaccines to the world.

We have exported over 2 billion doses.
China, 1.2 billion.

We are willing to share our expertise on widespread vaccination with mRNA.

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Mar 25
But to drive prices down and enhance our energy security in the longer-term, we have to look at the root cause of the price spike.

Namely high and volatile gas prices and their impact on electricity prices.
With a true European approach to buying pipeline gas, we have important leverage.

So instead of outbidding each other and driving prices up, we should pull our common weight.

This is why we are proposing common gas procurement and stricter rules for storage.
We pool our demand and reach out to international partners to negotiate LNG and pipeline gas via a new EU Energy Platform.

In parallel we use storage facilities in some Member States to the benefit of all.

If needed, we can consider price caps.
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Mar 11
As Russia’s ruthless invasion continues, the EU and our G7 partners continue to ramp up the economic pressure on the Kremlin.

Tomorrow, we will introduce a fourth package of measures to further isolate Russia and drain the resources it uses to finance this barbaric war ↓
We will:

1. Deny Russia the status of Most-Favored Nation in our markets, revoking important WTO benefits.


We’ll also work to suspend its membership rights in multilateral financial institutions like the IMF & World Bank – so no more loans or benefits from these institutions.
2. Continue pressuring Russian elites close to Putin.

3. Make sure that the Russian state and its elites cannot use crypto assets, to circumvent the sanctions.

4. Ban the export of any EU luxury goods from our countries to Russia.
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Mar 11
The way we respond today to Russia's heinous attack will determine the future of Ukraine, of our Union and of our entire continent.

Let's stay true to the principles that have guided our response so far:

Responsibility, unity, solidarity, determination. twitter.com/i/broadcasts/1…
This crisis has made us face up to our responsibilities in the face of a new reality.

First, our duty to continue ensuring reliable, secure and affordable supply of energy to European consumers.

In the mid-term this means getting rid of our dependency on Russian fossil fuels.
By end of May we will propose to phase out our dependency on Russian gas, oil and coal by 2027.
 
It will be backed by the necessary national and European resources.
 
And we’ll present options to optimise the electricity market design, so it better supports the green transition.
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Mar 10
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Oct 22, 2021
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
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Oct 20, 2021
The whole world is affected by the energy prices spike.

Yet there is something specific to the 🇪🇺 situation.

We are too reliant on gas, too dependent on gas imports. It makes us vulnerable.

We need to diversify suppliers but crucially, speed up the transition to clean energy Image
Citizens expect quick responses.

Our priority is to give relief to vulnerable families and businesses.

Under EU rules, Member States can take measures swiftly.

This includes state aid, targeted support to consumers and cuts to energy taxes. Image
La @EU_Commission va agir:

1) Mettre fin à la spéculation sur les marchés de l'énergie

2) Évaluer comment le marché de l'électricité fonctionne

3) Établir des contacts avec les fournisseurs de gaz étrangers
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