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La présidente de la Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, se rends au Maroc cet après-midi. À son arrivée, elle rencontrera le ministre des affaires étrangères Nasser Bourita. Demain matin, elle rencontrera également le chef du gouvernement Aziz Akhannouch.

Tomorrow, 27 January, marks the 77th anniversary of the liberation of the concentration camp Auschwitz-Birkenau. To remember the millions of of Jewish women, men and children as well as all other victims murdered by the Nazi regime, the Commission, for the first time, will illuminate its headquarter

The EU has requested dispute settlement consultations at the World Trade Organization (WTO) with Egypt on the latter's compulsory import registration requirements. The EU considers that these requirements violate WTO rules because they place import restrictions on a vast range of goods...

Ahead of the International Day of Education on 24 January, the European Commission and High Representative/Vice-President Josep Borrell made the following statement

The winners of the Music Moves Europe Awards were revealed last night during the livestreamed Music Meets Europe Awards ceremony, organised during the ESNS festival in Groningen, The Netherlands. An international jury of music industry experts selected the winners from a short list of 15 nominees...

The Commission completed the payments of the EU Solidarity Fund (EUSF) assistance to tackle the coronavirus health emergency to 19 countries for a total amount of almost €385.5 million. This comes in addition to €132.7 million paid in 2020 to the Member States that requested an EUSF advance payment.

Humanitarian crises around the world continue to rise. While conflicts and violence are the source of major humanitarian needs, the situation is increasingly being worsened by natural disasters, such as drought or floods, fueled by climate change and environmental degradation.

Commissioner for Home Affairs, Ylva Johansson, will be in Berlin tomorrow, where she will meet Nancy Faeser, Interior and Community Minister, Wolfgang Schmidt, Head of the Federal Chancellery and Minister for Special Tasks, and Anna Lührmann, Minister of State for Europe and Climate.

The Commission welcomes the report of the European Court of Auditors on the EU support for the rule of law in the Western Balkans...

The EU mobilised an additional €10 million to help people in Syria. This funding brings total EU humanitarian support to Syria in 2021 to €141 million. The funding announced today will help people access water and rehabilitate critical water infrastructure.

Today, the High Representative and the European Commission put forward the European Union's new policy to support disarmament, demobilisation and reintegration of former combatants (DDR), as part of the EU's wider contribution to peacebuilding.

The Commission has allocated €21.5 million in additional humanitarian funding to the Horn of Africa to help the region fight off what is rapidly becoming its worst drought in decades, already affecting millions of people.

A new tool to support trade and investment between the EU and Eastern Partnership countries launched on 15 September. The Eastern Partnership Trade Helpdesk will help open new market opportunities for importers and exporters in the EU and the Eastern Partnership countries.

The heads of state or government of the Republic of Armenia, the Republic of Azerbaijan, Georgia, the Republic of Moldova and Ukraine, the representatives of the European Union and the heads of state or government of its member states met in Brussels on 15 December 2021.

The European Commission has today signed an agreement worth €35 million with the BGK, Polish Development Bank, to set up an innovative arrangement to support EU Member States in the delivery of COVID-19 vaccines to the Eastern Partnership countries.

Dear Madam President Daszyńska-Muzyczka, Minister Rau, thank very much for joining us today, here in the Berlaymont. I think that we have some very good news - we are launching an initiative that we have been working on together

Today, the Commission adopted three new equivalence decisions certifying that COVID-19 certificates issued by Cabo Verde, Lebanon and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) are equivalent to the EU Digital COVID Certificate.

The Commission welcomes the political agreement reached yesterday evening by the European Parliament and the Council to make 2022 the European Year of Youth.

Today, the European Commission and the High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy launch the Global Gateway, the new European Strategy to boost smart, clean and secure links in digital, energy and transport and strengthen health, education and research systems across the world.