#Vision & trade were at the heart of today’s #AGRIFISH 🇪🇺 agri-food depends on global markets w/ fair rules, reliable partners, strong safeguards for our farmers. That’s how we’ll move forward—expanding our network of trade agreements & diversifying partners Live press conf 📹🔴 link.europa.eu/j48hrc

🇺🇳🇪🇺 Great to see a committed leader as Alexander de Croo in his new role of @UNDP administrator. Advancing together in sustainable development goals is a great enabler of prosperity, peace and multilateralism in these changing times.

Always great to speak with Gilberto Pichetto Fratin, 🇮🇹 Minister of Environment and Energy Security, about the clean transition. We had a constructive exchange on the Emission Trading System, and the follow-up of the leaders’ meeting in Brussels.

Good to meet with Selwin Hart at the United Nations. An opportunity to exchange views on how to advance climate action together, bringing on board all actors, from governments to cities, industry and civil society, and keeping cooperation at the core of delivery in a changing context. #UnitedNations

Always a pleasure to exchange views with Michael Bloomberg in New York. We took stock of the work under the Global Covenant of Mayors and the role cities continue to play in driving climate ambition and delivering concrete solutions on the ground. 1/2

🇪🇺 Big milestone for European defence. #EDIP is here⬇️ €1.5bn to boost defence capacity in Europe & Ukraine, scale up joint procurement, and reduce fragmentation. This is how Europe steps up, faster and more united. Calls open from 26 March: ec.europa.eu/info/funding... #EUDefence

🇪🇺🇷🇴 Thank you, President Nicusor Dan for welcoming me to Cotroceni Palace today. Our dialogue focused on EU funding and the opportunities that Romania can still access, as well as the next MFF.

We started the European Parliament mission @epdiplomacy.bsky.social in Taiwan, key for the Commission @sede.europarl.europa.eu. We had the mission briefing followed by an exchange with think tanks and civil society working against disinformation and hybrid threats.

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Why did we vote twice on the dangerous Chat Control 1.0? Here, our dear colleagues from the EPP actually approached the President of the European Parliament with a request to bend the rules for them, hoping that Chat Control 1.0 would still get through. Fortunately, that did not succeed for them, and we have permanently established a loophole.

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Always a pleasure to meet with Antonio Tajani, 🇮🇹 Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation. Good exchange on the current geopolitical context, European cooperation in foreign policy, international security and energy independence.

Last week the European Parliament voted to expand the EU’s punitive and restrictive detention and deportation plans. This agreement was rushed through by the EPP and the far right without adequate scrutiny or meaningful human rights evaluations. @left.eu voted against.

Extreme weather has hit farmers hard — drought in Bulgaria & Hungary, frost and rain in Estonia. Europe stands firmly with them: €21.5 million to support farmers in these countries, and continued action to protect our agriculture from climate shocks. 🔗https://link.europa.eu/kYbBXw

The passage of time erodes memories, but some never fade. Our accession to the European communities and the firm defense of democracy, dialogue, and peace in hard times in the Balkans will always remain associated with Carlos Westendorp. With respect, pride, and gratitude.

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Arriving in 🇮🇹 this morning for a two-day visit. Read my interview in Corriere della Sera 👉🏻 www.corriere.it/esteri/26_ma...

EU trade deals are dripping with blood. We make deals on sustainable raw materials with Rwanda, knowing that Rwanda extracts most of its minerals from the occupied Eastern Congo. In the recent collapse of a coltan mine, 400 workers died, 70 among them were children.