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The European Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS) is making organisational changes to be able to continuously respond and adapt to the evolving data protection challenges that lie ahead, announced the Supervisor, Wojciech Wiewiórowski, today. Wojciech Wiewiórowski, EDPS, said: Since its establishment, the EDPS’ mandate, responsibilities and tasks have expanded considerably. Likewise, the risks pos...
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The European Union welcomes the information that the United States have achieved the complete destruction of its remaining chemical weapons stockpile on 7 July. The liquidation was completed before the scheduled timeline set for September this year in a safe and environmentally sound manner. The EU also commends the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) and its on-site te...
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The Board of the European Union Institute of Security Studies (EUISS) has appointed Mr Steven Everts as the new Director of the EUISS. He will replace the outgoing Director Gustav Lindstrom, who has managed the Institute since January 2018, advancing the analysis on international security challenges and the developments of the EU’s common foreign, security and defence policy. Mr Everts will st...
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Following a proposal by Ministers Dedonder, Lahbib and Gennez, the Council of Ministers officially adopted the Integrated Strategy for the Sahel Region on Friday, July 7. This reaffirms the priority of this region for Belgium. The Strategy is the result of a thorough and inclusive consultative process and is evidence of Belgium's commitment to mobilize all its foreign policy actors in the region: ...
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The 2023 edition of the European Innovation Scoreboard and the bi-yearly edition of the Regional Innovation Scoreboard published today showcase that, despite the recent crises, EU Member States and their regions keep improving their innovation performance. The European Innovation Scoreboard 2023 highlights a substantial improvement in the innovation performance of approximately 8.5% since...
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Today, the European Commission presented the 2023 Strategic Foresight Report, which analyses how to put ‘sustainability and people's wellbeing at the heart of Europe's Open Strategic Autonomy' and suggests ten concrete actions to achieve this aim. The EU is engaged in a profound and ambitious transition to achieve climate neutrality and sustainability in the next few decades. This sustain...
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On 13 July 2023 European Council Charles Michel and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, representing the EU, will meet Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida at the 29th EU-Japan summit in Brussels. Information on the programme will be shared at a later stage. Accreditation & access Access with the one-year 2023 badge for EU summits. or Please send an e-mail to pre...
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Hong Kong’s Legislative Council adopted further changes to the electoral system of the District Councils on 6 July. The reform of the District Council elections goes against the commitment to democratic representation set out in the Hong Kong Basic Law, and further undermines the ‘one country, two systems’ principle. The electoral overhaul of the District Council reduces drastically the num...
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Bonjour messieurs-dames, Merci beaucoup de votre attention. Je suis très honoré de pouvoir enfin visiter, en tant que haut représentant [pour les Affaires étrangères et la Politique de sécurité] de l’Union Européenne, le Niger. J’étais venu auparavant en tant que ministre espagnol des Affaires étrangères, mais il y a longtemps, et maintenant en tant qu’Européen, je veux dire ô combien nous a...
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Belgium has signed the Joint Declaration on Living Wage and Living Income, joining Germany, the Netherlands and Luxembourg. Indeed, it is only when workers and smallholder farmers in our global supply chains earn a living wage or living income that we can effectively address the major challenges of poverty, hunger, deforestation, climate change and child labour.   Our responsibility as ...
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