Press Releases

The adoption of the legislative package on foreign funding and political activity by the Georgian Parliament on 4 March is part of a systematic effort of the Georgian authorities to restrict the country’s democratic and civic space. The new legislation establishes an extensive system of state control over political activity in the country. It introduces potential criminal liability for individu...
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The Eurogroup will discuss macroeconomic developments in the euro area and is expected to adopt a statement on the Belgian draft budgetary plan for 2026. Ministers will also exchange views on recent developments in digital finance, including tokenisation and stablecoins. They will further discuss energy prices and their implications for the euro area economy in the context of heightened geopolitic...
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Indicative programme All times are approximate and subject to change Place: Europa building, Brussels Chairs: Marinos MOUSHOUTTAS, Minister of Labour and Social Insurance Clea PAPAELLINA, Deputy Minister of Social Welfare Tuesday 9 March +/- 08.50 Arrivals (live streaming) +/- 08.50 Doorstep by Clea PAPAELLINA (live streaming) +/- 9.00 Doorstep by Marinos MOUSHOUTTAS (live str...
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Good morning, everybody. Today we have an extraordinary meeting with the EU Foreign Ministers and the Ministers from the Gulf. We are, of course, talking about what is happening in the Middle East. Iran is exporting the war, trying to expand it to as many countries as they can, to sow chaos and we are calling for stability and seeing what we can do together. Of course, our first priority ...
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High Representative/Vice-President (HR/VP), Kaja Kallas, will be in Switzerland on 5 March. HR/VP Kallas will deliver a Churchill lecture at the University of Zurich. She will also meet with the Vice-President of Switzerland, Ignazio Cassis, and Federal Councillor Martin Pfister, to discuss the bilateral cooperation between the European Union and Switzerland on security and defence, as well as cur...
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Brussels, 4 March 2026 - Today, Stéphane Séjourné, the European Commission's Executive Vice-President for Prosperity and Industrial Strategy, presented his proposal for an Industrial Accelerator Act. The official title of the Commission's proposal is "Proposal for a Regulation on establishing a framework of measures for accelerating industrial capacity and decarbonisation in strategic sectors"...
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Brussels, 4th March 2026 – The Industrial Accelerator Act, released today by the Commission, was initially expected to focus on: reinforcing the industrial capacity in Europe for EU clean technologies, and enabling other industries to stay competitive via access to affordable energy, reliable supply chains, leading to favorable competitive positioning of EU-made products and the protection of mill...
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Dear President, dear Nadia, Dear Vice-Presidents, Governors, Distinguished guests, Ladies and gentlemen, It is a great pleasure to be here with you today in the EIB Group Forum. 2025 has been an historic year for the European Union. We have built the main building blocks of the Europe of Defence. We have increased our steadfast support for Ukraine, to achieve a just and lasting peace. We fo...
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Strasbourg/Brussels, 03.03.2026 – Press freedom continued to be under sustained pressure in Europe in 2025, driven by legal threats, physical attacks and intimidation, attempts of media capture and transnational repression, according to the annual report of the partner organisations to the Council of Europe’s Platform to promote the protection of journalism and safety of journalists. This situa...
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On 4 March the President of the Eurogroup, Kyriakos Pierrakakis will travel to Luxembourg. He will give a keynote speech on the topic of “Digital finance – catalyst for European transformation” at the European Investment Bank (EIB) Group Forum. During his visit he will meet with the President of the EIB, Nadia Calviño, and the Managing Director of the European Stability Mechanism (ESM),...
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