New year. New presidency of the Council of the European Union! From January until the end of June 2025, Poland will hold the presidency of the Council of the European Union for the second time in history 🇵🇱 🇪🇺 Under the motto, "Security, Europe!", the Polish presidency will support activities strengthening European security in seven dimensions: • external • internal • information • economic • energy • food • health Find out more about Poland's priorities on the presidency website 👉https://europa.eu/!kJQRKB
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Goodbye Hungary and hello Poland! Starting 1 January, Poland has taken over the EU presidency for the coming six months, meaning it's in charge of chairing meetings of the Council of the EU and ensuring the continuity of its works. The Council of the European Union is one of the EU’s decision-making institutions. It is made up of representatives of the governments of the member states, usually ministers. It meets in 10 different configurations, so that the topic of the meeting is covered by ministers with the relevant portfolio. The Council negotiates and adopts laws together with the European Parliament. The presidency of the Council rotates among EU countries every six months. During this six-month period, the presidency chairs meetings at every level in the Council. 🔗 Find out more about the rotating EU presidency: https://lnkd.in/deAxf7a
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Welcome to Schengen, Bulgaria and Romania! As of today, there will be no more checks when travelling across land borders between Bulgaria or Romania and any Schengen member country. Border checks for air and sea travel were lifted in March 2024. Today we celebrate them becoming fully-fledged members of the largest free travel area in the world.
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2024 was a year of change. We cannot predict what 2025 will bring us but, whatever happens, we will continue to work to make people’s lives a little easier, safer and more prosperous. Happy new year from President of the European Parliament Roberta Metsola.
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We need more women in leadership positions. And now, we are one step closer. EU countries had until 28 December to introduce new rules set out in the "Women on Boards" Directive into their laws. These rules were adopted by the European Parliament two years ago and aim to boost gender equality on corporate boards. At least 40% of non-executive director posts or 33% of all director posts should go to the under-represented sex. EU countries have until the end of June 2026 to reach the objectives. According to Evelyn Regner and Lara Wolters, MEPs responsible for the legislation, competence will count more in a selection procedure than ever before, as will transparency and gender balance in the boardrooms of listed companies will become the norm throughout the EU. Read more → https://europa.eu/!C8g7YC
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One year since his passing, we remember Jacques Delors, a man ahead of his time. As one of the architects of the EU we know today, his time as both President of the European Commission and a member of the European Parliament has left behind a lasting legacy. The creation of the European single market, the adoption of the Maastricht Treaty and the introduction of the euro can all be traced back to Delors, who was driven by a passion to bring Europe closer together.
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Christmas is a time of solidarity. A time to reconnect and reflect. Merry Christmas from President of the European Parliament Roberta Metsola.
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Here’s a Christmas surprise: 28 December will be the day that changes electronics sold in the EU. It’s the day that one charging cable for all your new devices becomes a reality🔌 In a few days, all new mobile phones, tablets, digital cameras, headphones, speakers, keyboards and many other electronics sold in the EU will have to be equipped with a USB Type-C charging port. Regardless of manufacturer. Benefitting your wallet and the environment. Let’s leave messy cables in 2024 🎉