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Today, the Council formally adopted a regulation to modernise and simplify the structure of fees paid to the European Medicines Agency. The new rules will ensure both adequate funding for the EMA and sufficient support for national competent authorities to undertake their scientific evaluation tasks. "During the last years, the European Medicines Agency and the national competent authorities ha...
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Thank you to all of you. It has been – as I told you at the beginning, at 8:00 in the morning - a very intense [Foreign Affairs] Council, with only two points on the agenda – well, only two main points on the agenda – but with a high number of high-level guests. As always, we started with Ukraine – which is and remains a top priority for us in front of the Russian continued aggression agains...
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Good morning to all of you. Today, we are going to have an exceptional Foreign Affairs Council. I think that never before we have had a Council with so many, and so important guests, in these dramatic circumstances. We managed to invite – and they are coming today – first, the Israeli Foreign Minister [Israel Katz] - the new one. Second, the representatives of the Arab and Muslim countries d...
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On 18 January at the Press Club in Brussels, Bioenergy Europe hosted an event to delve into the heart of Europe's energy landscape and the role of Bioenergy in the EU energy transition. During the event Jérémie Geelen, Bioenergy Europe's Market Intelligence Director, presented a statistical report, 'Bioenergy Landscape' shedding light on bioenergy’s significance in the European Union's decarboniza...
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As part of the Belgian presidency of the Council of the European Union, PPS Social Integration organised the 'Minimum Income, towards a safety net for all' conference on 18 January 2024, in Brussels. An opportunity for Member States to take stock of their progress and commit to strong social protection within the EU. At the conference, participating Member States presented the progress made on ...
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This press briefing will be "off the record" and it will be given by a senior EEAS official in a hybrid format: EU accredited journalists will be able to participate and ask questions either remotely or in person at the Europa building press room. To attend the event remotely, please use this link to register and have the possibility to ask questions. Those who already registered for pre...
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On Tuesday 23 January, the High Representative/Vice-President Josep Borrell will host the conference “Beyond Disinformation: Strengthening our societies against Foreign Information Manipulation and Interference”. He will deliver a keynote speech on the topic and present the second EEAS report on foreign interference and information manipulation threats. His speech will be followed by a high-...
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Brussels, 18h January 2024 – The European Parliament’s Plenary voted on a resolution, led by Professor Krasnodębski MEP from the European Conservatives & Reformist Group (ECR), to support a European geothermal energy strategy. 531 of the 533 Members of the European Parliament present (96%) voted in favour of the resolution with no abstentions and 2 voting against. The resolution calls for: ...
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A Ceasefire in Gaza and the Day After Almost 2 months after the glimmer of hope cast by the November 24th truce in Gaza, a tentative first step to quell hostilities, has been swiftly extinguished. In a distressing turn, the ceasefire proved unsustainable, lasting a mere week. Against the backdrop of a catastrophic situation in Gaza, urgency heightens for sustained efforts to forge a lasting pea...
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The EDPS publishes today the results of its survey on the role, responsibilities and tasks of data protection officers in the EU institutions, bodies, offices and agencies (EUIs). The outcome of the survey demonstrates a high level of awareness and compliance of EUIs with data protection officers’ advice. Launched earlier in March 2023, the survey is part of the European Data Protection Board’s (E...
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