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May 12 • 5 tweets • 3 min read
The EU and Japan have so much in common.
Our values – democracy and the rule of law.
Our economic model and a certain vision of the world.
We promote a multilateral global system based on rules designed to protect and benefit all.
President @vonderleyen at 🇪🇺🇯🇵 Summit ↓
@vonderleyen In this increasingly unpredictable world, the EU can count on one of its oldest and closest allies.🇯🇵
Also, on further cooperation and alignment on sanctions in response to Russia's aggression against Ukraine.
This can reduce EU demand for Russian gas by two thirds before the end of the year.
Mar 10 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
The EU has been a reliable partner of the Republic of Moldova for years and we continue to stand by Moldova in the face of the recent challenges.
We recommended that the @EUCouncil start negotiations for a status agreement between @Frontex and Moldova.
This will allow Frontex to assist Moldovan border guards in carrying out border management tasks with Ukraine.
Mar 8 • 4 tweets • 3 min read
Putin's war demonstrates the urgency of accelerating our clean energy transition.
Today we outline REPowerEU - our plan to increase Europe's energy independence:
⚡ Reduced demand for Russian fossil fuels.
⚡ Emergency measures to tackle energy prices in Europe.
#EUGreenDeal
We simply cannot rely on a supplier who explicitly threatens us.
We will end our overdependence on Russian gas by diversifying gas supplies and reducing faster the use of fossil fuels in our homes, buildings, industry, and power systems.
We are strengthening our response to hold Russia and Belarus to account for their attack on Ukraine.
Our new sanctions will harm their war and propaganda machine and have an eroding impact on their economies.
We will also finance the purchase and delivery of weapons to Ukraine.
Feb 26 • 11 tweets • 3 min read
President Putin has launched an unprecedented and unprovoked military attack against Ukraine.
We are responding in the strongest possible terms, by adopting the harshest ever package of restrictive measures.
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Feb 25 • 6 tweets • 1 min read
Massive and targeted sanctions, agreed by EU leaders, will have severe consequences for Russia.
These sanctions cover:
⛔️The financial sector
⛔️The energy and transport sectors
⛔️A ban on the export of aircraft spare parts
⛔️Access to important technology
⛔️Visa policy
⛔The financial sector
We target 70% of the Russian banking market and key state-owned enterprises, including in the defence sector.
Feb 23 • 4 tweets • 3 min read
Decent work is the foundation of a decent life.
We are strengthening our efforts to promote #DecentWork worldwide by:
🔹 setting out a strategy with new and existing tools;
🔹 preparing a new legislation to ban products made by forced labour from entering the EU.
#SocialRights
Around the world:
🌐 160 million children are in child labour, and
🌐 24.9 million people are in a situation of forced labour.
These practices must stop.
The elimination of child labour and forced labour is at the heart of our strategy for decent work worldwide.
The Data Act is a pillar of the European Data Strategy.
It will foster a competitive data market by opening up new opportunities for businesses and making data more accessible to every consumer and business.
#EUDataAct#DigitalEU
The volume of data is constantly growing, from 33 zettabytes in 2018 to an expected 175 zettabytes in 2025.
The Data Act addresses the legal, economic and technical issues that lead to data being underused.
#TeamEurope will provide funding and support for ongoing projects, electricity interconnections & transmission lines across countries, setting up the Africa Single Electricity Market.
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.
#Ukraine#EUSolidarity
The Economic and Investment Plan for the Eastern Partnership will leverage up to €6.5 billion investments to:
🟡Support SMEs
🟡Assist small farms
🟡Update border crossing points
🟡Modernise public IT infrastructure
🟡Reduce household energy bills
The sixth European Union-African Union summit began today in Brussels.
Our two Unions share the same goal: a common area of stability and prosperity.
At this summit, we will work out practical ways of achieving this.
#GlobalGateway will play a major role. ⬇️ #GlobalGateway will take infrastructure development to the next level in Africa, and 🌍 globally.
#TeamEurope will invest up to €300 billion to boost:
🌐 Digital transformation
♻️ Climate action and sustainable energy
🚈 Transport
🏥 Health
👩💻 Education and research
Feb 11 • 5 tweets • 3 min read
We are in 🇳🇱 Maastricht following the fourth European Citizens’ Panel.
People from all corners of the EU are meeting to discuss the role of the EU in a peaceful world 🌍.
👇 For more information about this Panel’s topics
#TheFutureIsYours
Four Panels, each consisting of 200 Europeans, are meeting three times to jointly discuss and design Europe's future.
They were selected randomly to reflect our diversity in geographic origin, gender, age, socioeconomic background, and education.
What topics do they discuss? 👇
Feb 10 • 6 tweets • 5 min read
What is the #GlobalGateway Africa – Europe Investment Package?
It is all about supporting Africa for a strong, inclusive, green and digital recovery and transformation.
#TeamEurope – the EU and EU countries, will support concrete and transformational project in priority areas.
We will invest in projects with concrete objectives for the green transition.
This includes:
🔷 increasing the renewable energy generation capacity by at least an additional 300 GW,
🔷 protecting biodiversity by stabilising 3 million km² of land.
We are helping accelerate the roll-out of vaccines with supply of auxiliary material like syringes, supply chain management, logistics and service delivery.