The last Wednsaday, the High Representative and the European Commission adopted a Joint Communication on a ‘Strategic Partnership with the Gulf’ with the aim to broaden and deepen the European Union (EU)’s cooperation with the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) and its Member countries. A strengthened partnership is beneficial both for the EU and for the […]
Speech by Von der Leyen at the European Hydrogen Energy Conference 2022
Your Majesty, Vice Prime Minister Ribera, Dear friends of the Spanish Hydrogen Association and Hydrogen Europe, Distinguished guests, For years, science has been telling us that we must end our reliance on fossil fuels to save our planet. Now the Kremlin’s attack on Ukraine has given us yet another reason. That is to secure […]
Partnerships for Regional Innovation: 63 regions, 7 cities and 4Member States
Yesterday, the Commission announced the 63 regions, seven cities and four Member States selected in the pilot project for Partnerships for Regional Innovation, an initiative developed together with the Committee of the Regions. Participants in the pilot action are open to share good practices and to co-develop and test tools to mobilise multiple sources of […]
The Broadband Platform discusses ways to improve digital cohesion in Europe
The European Committee of the Regions and European Commission held the 4th meeting of the Broadband Platform on 6 May, focusing on ways to improve the digital infrastructure in the European Union by adding the concept of digital cohesion to the ones of social, economic and territorial cohesion recognised by the Treaties. The Covid-19 pandemic and the […]
G7 Leaders’ Statement
On 8 May, the Leaders of the Group of Seven (G7), alongside Ukraine and the wider global community, commemorate the end of the Second World War in Europe and the liberation from fascism and the National Socialist reign of terror, which caused immeasurable destruction, unspeakable horrors and human suffering. We mourn the millions of victims […]
Chile and Europe united for the development of Green Hydrogen
In Santiago de Chile yesterday, 28 April 2022 , with the participation of Josep Borrell, High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, the work plans that the EU and Chile have jointly defined for sustainable transformation were presented to Chile’s ministers and leaders. The European Union (EU) and Chile are […]
Biodiversity and peace: joint EU cooperation priorities with Colombia
As part of his visit to Colombia to prepare for the Conference of the Parties on Biodiversity (COP 15), which will take place in the second half of 2022, the Commissioner for the Environment, Oceans and Fisheries, Virginijus Sinkeviĉius, has presented the joint priority areas of cooperation with Colombia. The European Union (EU) will provide […]
European Peace Facility backs African Union with 600 million euros
The Council adopted on 21 April a decision establishing an assistance measure under the European Peace Facility to support the African Union for an amount of EUR 600 million. The EU reiterates its strong commitment to the partnership between the European Union and the African Union and to cooperation in the field of peace and […]
EU-Mexico cooperation in the fight against inequality
The Governor of the State of Guanajuato, the Ambassador of the European Union in Mexico, Finance Secretaries of ten Mexican states and the Director of the Institute of Fiscal Studies of Spain participate in the Meeting with the European Union: State Tax Model. Within the framework of the Team Europe Initiative for Social Cohesion, the […]