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When alarms sound and walls shake, children need more than medicine - they need comfort. Thanks to support from the EU, @RedCrossUkraine is providing children's hospitals with psychological first aid kits, helping young patients to feel safe, seen, and supported.
🇪🇺remains strongly committed to the overarching objective of #PAROS in all its aspects. We must discuss diverse initiatives, incl. comprehensive legally-binding instruments covering all threats & non-legally-binding instruments aiding dialogue, transparency & confidence-building.
This year we celebrated 50 years of the European Council! 🎉 Discover its beginnings, see how it grew and how it has steered the EU’s political direction for more than half a century. 👇 🔗 More in this interactive story: europa.eu/!KrQnrj
The EU stands with Cyprus as it fights major wildfires. We have urgently mobilised support via our Civil Protection Mechanism. This summer, nearly 670 firefighters from 14 countries and a #rescEU fleet of 22 planes and 4 helicopters are deployed to countries in need.
Gaza’s hunger crisis has reached catastrophic levels. More & more people are facing starvation. This man-made famine must end. A permanent ceasefire is urgently needed. All crossings must be opened, Israeli restrictions lifted, & an UN-led humanitarian response restored now.
Gaza’s hunger crisis has reached new and astonishing levels of desperation. 🔴Nearly 1 person in 3 isn’t eating for days 🔴90,000 women & children need urgent malnutrition treatment Food assistance is the only solution to stop starvation in its tracks. There's no time to lose.
In Beijing, with @vonderleyen and @eucopresident for frank and constructive talks with President Xi and Premier Li. We raised concerns on China’s economic imbalances and its backing of Moscow. We are indeed at an inflection point and need China to act on our concerns.
Both Europe and China are committed to multilateralism and the UN Charter. So we raised the crucial issue of Russia’s war on Ukraine. We asked China to use its influence to bring Russia to accept a ceasefire, enter peace talks and put an end to the bloodshed.
Today is #EarthOvershootDay In 2025, our demand for ecological resources has already exceeded what 🌍 can regenerate. With global population rising, a circular economy & working with nature are vital to sustain life. Let’s #MoveTheDate 👉 europa.eu/!Pwqpgh #EUGreenDeal
📂 🇪🇺🤝🇨🇳 L📂50 years of diplomatic relations L ℹ️25th Summit Today, EU and China will discuss their bilateral relationship in all its aspects, including: 🌍 Trade 🌱 Climate 🔌 Energy 🖥️ Digital 🌐 Geopolitics More info: europa.eu/!VCFhKh
Dear Premier Li, Europe believes in the power of free trade to drive prosperity. But it has to be fair. So we need to address market access, overcapacity and export control. Rebalancing is also in the interest of stronger 🇪🇺🇨🇳 relations ↓
Today we are launching our 🇪🇺🇯🇵 Competitiveness Alliance: • Increased trade between us • Strengthened economic security, with robust rare earths supply chains • Accelerated work on innovation, clean tech and digital ↓
At the #EUJapan summit, leaders committed to further strengthening all aspects of the strategic partnership, including cooperation on: 📌 security & defence 📌 economic security & competitiveness 📌 multilateralism & the rules-based international order ➡️europa.eu/!wPDyJy
President of the @EU_Commission, Ursula von der Leyen (@vonderleyen) and President of the @EUCouncil, Antonio Costa (@eucopresident), are currently in Tokyo, Japan, at the 30th EU–Japan Summit. The summit focuses on strategic cooperation and key global challenges. Watch the…
Today we are launching our 🇪🇺🇯🇵 Competitiveness Alliance: • Increased trade between us • Strengthened economic security, with robust rare earths supply chains • Accelerated work on innovation, clean tech and digital ↓
Europe and Japan face many of the same security challenges. This is why our Security and Defence Partnership is so timely. At the EU-Japan summit, we agreed to deepen our close ties even further, including with a new Defence Industry Dialogue.
Your #PassengerRights are protected. Whatever your mode of transport, you are entitled to: 🧳 adequate traveller information; 🧳 non-discrimination and special protection for passengers with reduced mobility; 🧳 support from national bodies for handling complaints, & more!
The EU 🇪🇺-Japan 🇯🇵 summit is starting. Japan is the EU’s closest partner in the Indo-Pacific region. In 2024, trade between them exceeded €190 billion. More facts and figures ⬇️europa.eu/!8XqPgY #EUJapan