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EU_Commission, 1 year ago to random

🛂 We want to make travelling across EU borders smoother.

That’s why we are launching a public consultation on the digitalisation of travel documents. Your contributions will help establish a common standard in the Schengen area.

Digital travel documents can be easier to issue than physical ones and can facilitate border checks.

This initiative aims to decide on a common format for digital travel documents.

#EUHaveYourSay until June 28: https://europa.eu/!8CGq6H

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EU_Commission, 1 year ago to random

Antibiotics are vital.

But their overuse and misuse has led to antimicrobial resistance being declared one of the top three health threats in the EU.

We propose a Council recommendation and reform of the #EUPharmaStrategy to fight AMR by:

🔸 Ensuring more prudent use of antibiotics,
🔹 Improving the availability of antibiotics,
🔸 Fighting antimicrobial resistance globally,
🔹 Encouraging research and innovation into AMR.

Learn more with our #EUDataCrunch ↓

🔗 https://europa.eu/!7prhmX

EU_Commission, 1 year ago to random

Thanks to the Digital Services Act, our online experience will be safer, without any restriction of freedom of expression.

Listen to the latest episode of #EuropeCalling featuring Executive Vice-President Margrethe Vestager to discover more about the #DSA.

https://audiovisual.ec.europa.eu/en/video/I-239322 ↓

EU_Commission, 1 year ago to random

We want to make medicine accessible, available, and affordable everywhere in the EU.

Our new reform of the #EUPharmaStrategy legislation proposes a single market of medicines that will:

💶 ensure affordable access,

🪫 prevent shortages,

💡 foster industry innovation,

🦠 fight antimicrobial resistance,

💚 improve environmental sustainability.

Together, we can create an innovative, patient-focused single market that is fit for the future. → https://europa.eu/!7prhmX

EU_Commission, 1 year ago to random

🔴 or 🔵: which one do you pick?

Virtual worlds might take years to develop into high-quality, realistic #digital environments. Yet we want to ensure EU citizens harness the benefits while keeping risks and challenges at bay.

Last weekend, we convened a citizens' panel to develop recommendations on human-centric, transparent and safe metaverses.

They provided us with 8 guiding principles and 23 actions to help us develop policies in the field.

Discover them: https://europa.eu/!MddTkm

#DigitalEU

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EU_Commission, 1 year ago (edited 1 year ago) to random

Do you use Amazon, Facebook, or Google?

These Very Large Online Platforms (VLOPs) and Very Large Online Search Engines (VLOSEs) impact our lives greatly.

That is why we have designated 17 VLOPs and 2 VLOSEs to meet the full range of new obligations under our Digital Services Act (#DSA) within four months.

This will empower users, protect minors, reduce disinformation and increase #transparency.

Check out our list to see which platforms are affected: https://europa.eu/!V9Cp9w

#DigitalEU

EU_Commission, 1 year ago to random

Save the date! On Saturday 6 May we open our doors for Europe Day.

This May, join online and in-site activities across our Union, as well as in the home of the EU institutions in Brussels, Luxembourg and Strasbourg.

In Brussels, you will be able to visit our headquarters - the Berlaymont building from 10:00 to 18:00.

#EuropeDay

EU_Commission, 1 year ago to random

What is the best book you have ever read?

Since the very beginning of their circulation in Europe, books have represented an incomparable good.

Be it for academic purposes or just leisure, books accompany us in our everyday life.

Let’s celebrate #WorldBookDay with some of the most beautiful libraries in our Union!

#EuropeanUnion

EU_Commission, 1 year ago to random

This week, we welcomed Ukraine as it becomes the newest member of the EU Civil Protection Mechanism!

This is a great step in further strengthening the European civil protection and disaster management system.

The EU Civil Protection Mechanism has been the central engine in channelling #emergency in-kind assistance to #Ukraine from across #Europe since the start of the war.

Now, Ukraine will be able to dispatch aid via the Mechanism at a time another country finds itself in a crisis.

#EU

EU_Commission, 1 year ago to climate

Today is #EarthDay 🌍!

We celebrate our planet with ambitious measures to overcome #climate change and environmental degradation.

We are working hard to transform our Union into the first climate-neutral continent by 2050! How?

With:

✅ environmentally-friendly technologies

✅ cleaner, cheaper and healthier forms of #transport

✅ decarbonisation of the #energy sector

✅ more energy-efficient buildings

✅ support to industry innovation

More about the #EUGreenDeal → https://europa.eu/!8bB4bR

EU_Commission, 1 year ago to random

Did you know that there are about 90 million persons with disabilities living in the 🇪🇺?

Often they face challenges when travelling or accessing services abroad, as their #disability status is not mutually recognised among the Member States.

We are working to introduce the European Disability Card, to make free movement and equal enjoyment of rights in the 🇪🇺 easier for persons with disabilities.

Share your view and help shape #EUDisabilityRights → https://europa.eu/!8nDtfx

#EUHaveYourSay

EU_Commission, 1 year ago to random

Like the intricate design of the Las Setas building in Seville, algorithms are complex structures that shape our online experiences.

Today, we are pleased to announce the opening of the European Centre for Algorithmic Transparency (ECAT), the first of its kind in #Europe.

ECAT brings together high-level experts to tackle the challenge of creating a safe and transparent online space for all.

Our goal is to open the black box of #algorithms and create a better online experience for all.

#EU

EU_Commission, 1 year ago to random

25 years ago, brave leaders made the impossible come true by signing the Good Friday (Belfast) Agreement.

It not only ended 30 years of the Troubles, but also opened a new era of cooperation.

After a quarter of a century of peace, we recently renewed our commitment to maintaining peace and prosperity with the Windsor Framework.

It will preserve peace by avoiding a hard border on the island, while also protecting the integrity of the EU’s Single Market.

➡️ https://europa.eu/!K8nW4f

"25 years ago, the leaders of Northern Ireland, Ireland and the UK made the impossible come true. For years, every attempt to broker peace had failed. At Easter in 1998, when a new proposal was put on the table, the talks were once again on the verge of collapse. It felt like Northern Ireland could return to violence. It took the courage and vision of some extraordinary leaders to cross the finish line. But this success was not only made at the negotiating table, in places such as Hillsborough Castle. At the time, outside the castle, a small crowd of school children had gathered, with their parents and teachers. They came from Catholic and Protestant families. And they carried balloons and signs with two simple words: ‘Peace, please'. It was a stark reminder of what was at stake in those negotiations: Not only different identities, ideals and allegiances but the future of children in Northern Ireland. The Good Friday (Belfast) Agreement has delivered on the simple demand of those children. With 25 years of peace. 25 years of possibilities. So today we celebrate brave leaders, like John Hume and David Trimble, who came from opposing sides and ended up sharing a Nobel Peace Prize. And we also celebrate all the peace-loving people of Ireland and Northern Ireland – the unsung heroes of the Good Friday (Belfast) Agreement." Read President von der Leyen's full speech on the 25th anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement: https://europa.eu/!K8nW4f

EU_Commission, 1 year ago to random

🎖 120 years ago, Polish-French scientist Marie Skłodowska–Curie became the first woman to receive a Nobel Prize.

Today as in 1903, European women are leading excellence in research and innovation.

Of the 74M people working in science and technology in the EU, 52% are women. A figure that has grown over the years, bridging the gender gap.

We want to give every woman, from Faro to Kyiv, opportunities to usher in a new era of research.

Discover how: https://europa.eu/!x9wRVT

#WomenInScience

EU_Commission, 1 year ago to random

We may never be able to match the incredible achievements of #JohnMastodon, but the European Union still plays its part!

We are proud funders of Mastodon through the Next Generation Internet initiative (@EC_NGI).

Open,
Interoperable,
Decentralised,
Trust based.

More info: https://www.ngi.eu/blog/2022/11/24/how-ngi-supports-open-interoperable-decentralised-and-trust-based-internet-applications-through-fediverse-projects-like-mastodon/

EU_Commission, 1 year ago to random

Aware of anyone circumventing EU sanctions on Russia or Belarus?

We have created an online tool for whistleblowers to contact us and report violations of EU sanctions.

Make an anonymous report 👉 http://eusanctions.integrityline.com