No time to wait! We are moving ahead with 🇪🇺defence funding for #DefenceReadiness After detailed analysis, today @ec.europa.eu approved 8 MSs #SAFE national plans for €38 bln of funding. Next steps: other 11 MSs plans, Council decisions, loan agreements & 15% funding release!

Over €307 million in funding are now available for #AI and related technologies. Two new calls have just been launched under the Horizon Europe Work Programme, mobilising €307.3M to strengthen Europe’s digital innovation & competitiveness.

A concrete example of why you cannot take a back seat in fighting climate change. Climate does not wait! Finland is warming visibly faster than the global average. At this rate we will reach the Paris Agreement's 1.5°C warming limit even a decade earlier than previously estimated. www.hs.fi/alueet/art-2...

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Today in the morning I participated in the Committee for European Affairs of the Croatian Parliament and asked the Government several important questions concerning the everyday life of citizens 👇

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Glad to be back in Germany 🇩🇪 discussing the road ahead with the @bundestag.de Agri Committee This year is about delivery: shaping the new CAP, fair and reciprocal trade, and real support for farmers as costs rise, climate hits harder and animal diseases become more frequent.

1/ 81 years ago, the darkest chapter in Europe’s history came to an end. Keeping it‘s memory alive is our shared responsibility, and essential to confronting antisemitism and protecting our democratic values.

Wide range of questions from challenges we face to European defence readiness discussed at the Decoding Geopolitics Podcast with Dominik Presl ⬇️ 📹 m.youtube.com/watch?v=lPaT...

More money alone is not the answer to all our issues; we need to look more deeply at what the European pillar of NATO and a European Defence Union could look like. Exchange of views on European defence at the Belgian Federal Parliament ⬇️ 📹 media.lachambre.be/meeting/56-0...

I had a call with new 🇺🇦 Defence Minister Mykhailo Fedorov. I am sure Ukraine will win, 🇺🇦 army will be the strongest & most innovative on the continent! I am committed to help. Today @ec.europa.eu adopted €90 bln Ukraine Loan Support instrument to mostly fund Ukraine’s military needs!

Our support for Ukraine remains unwavering 💙💛 We are strengthening our financial support through new legislative proposals. ec.europa.eu/commission/p...

Significant news for Ukraine: The EU Commission is proposing a new €90bn support package for 2026–2027. At the core is a €90bn support loan: 🛡️ €60bn for military assistance 🏦 €30bn for general budget support 💶 Financed through common EU borrowing

🚨 We are experiencing the warmest decade since records began! Science is sounding the alarm while politics is currently heading in the wrong direction.

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Today, we are presenting a decisive €90 billion support package combining military assistance and budget support. It will fund the military support Ukraine needs to defend itself against Russia’s invasion, while keeping Ukrainian hospitals, schools, and public services running. (1/2)

The European Commission has prepared proposals for financing Ukraine in 2026–2027 amounting to 90 billion euros. It will provide significant support to Ukraine in its fight against the aggressor Russia. It is also an investment in the security of all Europe.

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Today, the @ec.europa.eu proposes a further €90bn in support for Ukraine in 2026-27 to safeguard its financial sustainability and strengthen its defence. We will stand with Ukraine for as long as it takes. 🇪🇺🇺🇦

The climate is changing at an unprecedented rate, driven by human activity, and will have far-reaching consequences for every single one of us. The latest Copernicus data shows once again the seriousness of this issue ⤵️

Today, on my birthday, I decided to leave Musk’s network. The decision had been brewing for a long time, but the new year, Musk’s “destruction of the EU,” algorithmic support for hacks, the free reign of bots, and the dragging of children naked finally convinced me. Bluesky FTW!

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1/ The EU is stepping up to protect children from sexual abuse. We are launching the Network for the Prevention of Child Sexual Abuse — because prevention saves children’s futures.

María Corina Machado, the winner of the Nobel Peace Prize, has been calling for her country to be destabilised and invaded for some time. As a representative of the business class, she has every interest in selling off her country rather than caring about peace for her country.