📣 The European Commission has launched a Call for Evidence on the upcoming European Strategy for VET. Whether you are a business, a training provider, or a learner, tell us what changes are needed to build a more competitive Europe. Share your views until 19 February 👇 link.europa.eu/8Tt9pW

It was a pleasure to catch up with Jens Spahn. We discussed decarbonisation, competitiveness, and the evolving political and geopolitical context shaping Europe today. 📸 CDU/CSU-Bundestagsfraktion

Great to meet and discuss key questions with the next generation of space experts. Our era is shaped by #EUSpace 🇪🇺 If young people choose to link their studies and careers to space, they can become winners of the new space race 🚀 #YouthDialogue #ESC2026

Pleased to open the Annual Promotion Info Days! 🌍 Promotion is more than funding ➡ This is your chance to learn how €205M for EU agri-food promotion in 2026 supports 🇪🇺 farmers & producers, showcasing their quality products, and market access link.europa.eu/KgVVQ3

Today we have taken a step forward to make #AI safer, more democratic, and respectful of fundamental rights. 🤖 The Commission @imco.europarl.europa.eu has endorsed the report that I co-led on the Framework Convention of @coe.int on AI and Human Rights, Democracy, and the Rule of Law.

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Important announcement at #ESC2026 EU Member States already can use secure satellite communications for governmental services provided by the European #GOVSATCOM, while #IRIS² will be fully operational from 2029 🇪🇺 #EUSpace

🏆 Happy to award the 5 prizes for game-changing European innovations for #LaunchSolutions at #ESC2026 Europe has regained access to space 🚀— now we accelerate! Announcing a new €20M EU grant to drive innovation & leadership in space 🇪🇺 This is just the beginning!

I don’t think anyone from the Motorists will ever make it into the textbooks of political science, but if they do, it will be more of a case study of a political party’s self‑destruction. The Prime Minister should dismiss Petra Macinka for this and finally say goodbye to the Motorists.

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Meeting with the Indian and European business community in Delhi. Under the FTA, European exporters will save up to €4bn a year in duties. And EU exports are expected to more than double over time. Major opportunities ahead. link.europa.eu/pTjhmF

How we search for information, and which AI tools people can use on their devices, matters. Today we opened proceedings to clarify how Google must comply with the DMA on access to search data and interoperability for AI assistants on Android. #DMA digital-markets-act.ec.europa.eu/commission-o...

📢 Last days to apply, you have time until 29 January 2026 ↓ With a budget of €14.5 million, the Skills Guarantee Pilot will focus on projects that will support workers from the automotive industry, who are at risk of unemployment. Apply here 👇 link.europa.eu/nVYGyQ

In Berlin today for the Welt Economic Summit and meetings. Great first exchange with 🇩🇪 Transport Minister Patrick Schnieder. Excellent discussion on decarbonisation of transport, competitiveness, independence, simplification.

As we continue to tighten the net on the criminal networks that traffic illegal drugs, they find ever more inventive ways to bring cocaine and other narcotics into our Union. So we must further intensify and diversify our efforts. The findings of this report will help.

We have started two sets of proceedings to assist Alphabet in complying with its obligations on AI services interoperability and online search data sharing under the DMA. This will ensure more open and innovative AI and Search services to the benefit of consumers and businesses.

We did a lot last year to ensure Europe accelerates its role in space. But much more is coming on the path to defence readiness with a powerful European Space Shield, European autonomy, strong industry & new technologies. Keynote at the 18th #EuropeanSpaceConference ec.europa.eu/commission/p...

If we miss the climate targets, it could be expensive for taxpayers 👇

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The Holocaust stands as the darkest chapter in human history. Today we honour the memory of the six million Jews, Roma and Sinti, and countless others who were senselessly murdered. (1/4)

Today, the world’s two largest democracies launched a Security and Defence Partnership. A platform for stronger cooperation on the strategic issues that matter most - from defence industry to maritime security. This is what trusted partners do. link.europa.eu/V94YWr