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Press remarks by Executive Vice-President Sefcovic following the meetings of the EU-UK Joint Committee and EU-UK Partnership Council

European Commission Statement Brussels, 16 May 2024 Good evening. I am glad to be here to inform you about very important meetings I hosted today. First, with the United Kingdom, we met in the context of the EU-U...

Joint Statement on the progress of the EU-UK Agreement in respect of Gibraltar

European Commission Statement Brussels, 16 May 2024 European Commission Executive Vice-President Maroš Šefčovič, Spanish Minister for Foreign Affairs José Manuel Albares and UK Foreign Secretary David Cameron, to...

Speech by Commissioner Hoekstra at the inaugural ceremony of the Innovation Fund project GO4ZERO

European Commission Speech Mons, 16 May 2024 Ladies and gentlemen, it is a great pleasure to be here today with you. Dear Prime Minister, beste Alexander, it is also a great pleasure to be here on the stag...

Commissioner Várhelyi‘s Joint Press Conference with Prime Minister Milojko Spajic in Kotor, Montenegro

European Commission Statement Brussels, 16 May 2024 Thank you very much. I want to pre-empt questions. So, I talk first about the Interim Benchmarks. I understand that this is a very highly discussed topic in the...

Commissioner Várhelyi's speech at the Western Balkans Leaders Summit in Kotor, Montenegro

European Commission Speech Brussels, 16 May 2024 Thank you very much Prime Minister, Dear President, Dear Prime Ministers, Ladies and Gentlemen, Dear Friends,  After only two months we are here again to make n...

Joint statement by European Commission Executive Vice-President Šefčovič and UK Foreign Secretary David Cameron

European Commission Statement Brussels, 16 May 2024 The European Union (EU) and the United Kingdom (UK) today held a meeting of the Withdrawal Agreement Joint Committee and the Trade and Cooperation Agreement (TCA) Partnership Council, welcoming their close cooperation at a time of threats and challenges to European peace.

Daily News 16 / 05 / 2024

European Commission Daily news Brussels, 16 May 2024 Commission opens formal proceedings against Meta under the Digital Services Act related to the protection of minors on Facebook and Instagram Today, the Commis...

Commission invests over €1 billion in 54 ambitious defence industrial projects through the European Defence Fund

European Commission Press release Brussels, 16 May 2024 Today, the Commission announced the results of the 2023 calls for proposals under the European Defence Fund (EDF) amounting to €1,031 million of EU funding to support 54 outstanding joint European defence research and development projects.

Commission opens formal proceedings against Meta under the Digital Services Act related to the protection of minors on Facebook and Instagram

European Commission Press release Brussels, 16 May 2024 Today, the Commission has opened formal proceedings to assess whether Meta, the provider of Facebook and Instagram, may have breached the Digital Services Act (DSA) in areas linked to the protection of minors.

Joint statement by High Representative/Vice-President Borrell and Commissioner Ivanova on the 70th anniversary of the Hague Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property in the event of Armed Conflict and its first Protocol

European Commission Statement Brussels, 16 May 2024 70 years ago, in May 1954, the Hague Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property in the event of Armed Conflict, together with its first Protocol, was ad...