Good news for summer: you can swim safely across Europe! 🌊85% of bathing sites are rated ‘excellent‘ 🌊96% meet at least the minimum quality standards Cyprus leads with all its bathing waters rated excellent. Well done!

Storage is coming. Steady and succesfully. #EnergyTransition. Clean, affordable and secure energy for Europe. Wise electrification.

I am big fan of @bruegel.org papers. Accurate, sound, well explained… In this one, making clear why investing in climate action and preparedness & resilience is so important. Txs @heathergrabbe.bsky.social and @gzachmann.bsky.social.

Today at the opening of #FrankenburgTech factory in Latvia. Inspiring story of this disruptive rocket technology company: 🇪🇪 Estonian leadership of the company, 🇱🇻 Latvian perfect conditions for defence investment, 🇪🇺 European best talents in the team - this is what Eastern Flank provides.

Delighted to meet with 🇱🇻 Prime Minister Andris Kulbergs during my mission in Riga today. Good discussion on our steps towards achieving European #DefenceReadiness. 🇪🇺#SAFE loan agreement we signed today will contribute to the Eastern Flank defence capabilities.

Countries of the Eastern Flank take defence seriously. Today we signed €3,5 bln #SAFE agreement with Latvia🇱🇻, supporting the procurement of unmanned aerial vehicles, guided missiles and anti-drone systems, while accelerating the development of defence capabilities.

Last November, I attended a hearing with Commissioner Magnus Brunner, responsible for Internal affairs and Migration. I asked him about EU migration partnerships with third countries through which EU countries outsource surveillance and violence against migrants and keep them out of Europe.

The EPP, the biggest political party in @europarl.europa.eu and in #EUCO, made a strong pre-EUCO #EPP Summit Statement on defence: ⁃ the need of TEU Art. 42.7 operationalisation, with pre-crisis planing, clear activation and consultation mechanisms, toolbox of commitments; 1/⬇️

Good meeting with 🇲🇩 MOD Anatolie Nosatîi. Moldova is a promising destination for defence industrial cooperation, ready to enter European defence industry architecture and support programs 🇪🇺. Discussions will continue on engaging more, including in domains of security and defence partnership.

#EUCO conclusions send a strong messages of support to what we are doing in order to strengthen European #DefenceReadiness, to ramp-up European defence production, and to boost support to Ukraine. Clear emphasis on the importance of Eastern Flank Watch. 1/ www.consilium.europa.eu/media/r1rowt...

Following the Brussels summit, the momentum for a stronger Europe is growing. We have taken decisive steps to reinforce our security and boost economic competitiveness across all EU countries. Building a safer, simpler Europe is a team effort ↓

In May, Khaled El Hishri stood for trial before the the ICC for crimes against humanity perpetuated in Libyan prisons between 2014 and 2020. El Hishri committed, ordered, and oversaw enslavement, torture, sexual violence, and murder against detainees - women and children - in Mitiga Prison.

We had a productive European Council. We congratulated Ukraine on opening the first cluster. Our goal is to open more clusters before the summer. Statement: link.europa.eu/rXDD98

Europe has the talent, infrastructure and industrial capacity to build advanced AI systems. We've chosen the EUROPA consortium to build an open-source frontier AI model in all 24 official EU languages.

At the National Field Days & Young Farmers’ Day in 🇵🇱 I met young farmers shaping the future of 🇪🇺 agriculture. Poland is now one of the EU’s largest milk producer & a leader in generational renewal. Our task is clear: support the next generation, give them stability & predictability 🌾

I enjoyed reading this article by @carmengrigelmo.bsky.social about why she fights for social justice. We have been working with her and many other colleagues to achieve the ratification of a treaty on corporate accountability and we continue to fight for this. laperdizroja.com/de-barbadill...