After six busy and exciting months, it's time to say goodbye to the Polish presidency of the Council @Poland25eu
Thank you for all your work! 🙏 On 1 July, we say 👋 hej (hello) to Denmark.
Stay tuned!
#Poland25eu ➡️ #eu2025dk
Cesare Onestini @conestini will be the new @EUCouncil Director-General for Organisational Development and Services (DG ORG).
He will start in his new post on 1 January 2025.
Read the press release ⬇️
New captain at the helm! 🔔
Ambassador Katalin Molnár chairs the first Coreper I meeting under #HU24EU. 🇭🇺
Wishing the entire Coreper I team smooth sailing despite the rainy weather.
New captain at the helm! 🔔
Ambassador Katalin Molnár chairs the first Coreper I meeting under #HU24EU. 🇭🇺
Wishing the entire Coreper I team smooth sailing despite the rainy weather.
Welfare of cats and dogs: 🇪🇺 member states' representatives agree on @EUCouncil negotiating position. The proposal aims to:
🐶 ensure responsible breeding
🐱 improve the welfare of cats and dogs
🛑 end illegal trade 🛑
#AGRIFISH#AnimalWelfare#Pets
👉 https://t.co/jtogsuxgqj
The Council gives its final green light to measures aimed at simplifying the common agricultural policy and cutting red tape for farmers. 👩🌾 👨🌾
#CAP
Read the press release 👇
https://t.co/z5irc5TFw2
Commission VP @vestager opening the last event of the 🇪🇺European Year of Skills reminding us all that “the end of the European Year of Skills is more of a new beginning”
The words of Mario Draghi are a call to action for Europe 🇪🇺
“Restoring our competitiveness is not something we can achieve alone .. It requires us to act as a European Union in a way we never have before.”
Read full speech⬇️
https://t.co/LFnH69RIJb
The EU Agriculture Ministers are meeting in Genk today.
🫛 They will work on increasing EU's open strategic autonomy as regards food. The EU protein strategy will be high on the agenda.
Representatives of @COPACOGECA and @_CEJA_ take part in the informal discussions. #EU2024BE
🎙️"The question arises how we will find motivated fishers in the future (...) how can we make our fisheries more sustainable, while they remain profitable."
➖The 🇧🇪Minister of Fisheries at the informal fisheries council in Bruges today.
#EU2024BE#AGRIFISH#FISHERIES
📸 Ministra @AgaBak i Wiceminister Sebastian Gajewski przed dzisiejszym Trójstronnym Szczytem Społecznym do Spraw Wzrostu i Zatrudnienia w #Bruksela wzięli udział w spotkaniu z @conestini, Dyrektorem Dyrektoriatu LIFE (Rolnictwo, Rybołówstwo, Sprawy Społeczne i Zdrowie) w Sekretariacie Generalnym Rady #UE.
ℹ️ Główny temat spotkania to przygotowania do polskiej prezydencji w Radzie UE (pierwsze półrocze 2025 r.).
👉 Sekretariat Generalny Rady UE pomaga organizować prace Rady i dbać o ich spójność, a także realizować jej 18-miesięczny program. Wspomaga prezydencję https://t.co/w8hNPU1JJL. w negocjacjach na forum Rady, Komitetu Stałych Przedstawicieli (COREPER), a także pozostałe komitety i grupy robocze Rady oraz w negocjacjach z innymi instytucjami UE.
🍏 This deal creates a healthy space for your data!
@EUCouncil & @Europarl_EN provisionally agree on the regulation for a European Health Data Space (#EHDS).
🩺 Aiming to improve access to your personal electronic #health data, it'll strengthen #healthcare & rights of patients.
#PlatformWork: #EPSCO ministers confirm deal reached between @EUCouncil and @Europarl_EN on new rules to improve working conditions for more than 28 million workers across the EU.
Read more in our press release 👇
https://t.co/gV3ELGHPs3
A great result after many months of negotiations
Well done to the 🇧🇪Presidency team - and bravo as well to my colleagues in the Council Secretariat! 🇪🇺🇪🇺
👏 Today, 🇪🇺 member states made a huge step towards better protection of an important part of our workforce.
I’m very proud of this team that in the past weeks & months truly was an example of perseverance, building further on the relentless effort of the previous presidencies.