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Slovenia 🇸🇮 + EU 🇪🇺 = 20 years!
'We joined a family that defends the principle that solutions must be found around a table.'
This is Urša's take on what 20 years in the EU has meant for Slovenia 👇
#20YearsTogether
Celebrating 20 years since 🇨🇿 🇪🇪 🇨🇾 🇱🇻 🇱🇹 🇭🇺 🇲🇹 🇵🇱 🇸🇮 🇸🇰 joined the EU.
Hear first-hand what 20 years in the EU means for those who witnessed their lives and countries transform. 👇
#20YearsTogether
On 1 May 2004, the 🇪🇺 EU became stronger.
🇨🇿 🇪🇪 🇨🇾 🇱🇻 🇱🇹 🇭🇺 🇲🇹 🇵🇱 🇸🇮 🇸🇰
10 new countries joined the EU.
Today, we mark this historic milestone and celebrate
#20YearsTogether
.
🇪🇺 Visit us on Saturday 4 May to celebrate Europe Day.
Learn how the Council works with different entertaining activities.
👉 More info:
Mark your calendar, 📅 come meet us in Brussels!
Hungary 🇭🇺 + EU 🇪🇺 = 20 years!
'For me, crossing the border into Austria feels like crossing the street. But unfortunately, it wasn't always like that.'
This is Péter's take on what 20 years in the EU has meant for Hungary 👇
#20YearsTogether
On 1 May 2004, the EU gained 10 new member states:
🇨🇿 🇪🇪 🇨🇾 🇱🇻 🇱🇹 🇭🇺 🇲🇹 🇵🇱 🇸🇮 🇸🇰
In the 20 years since, this historic enlargement has brought benefits and solid economic growth both to these countries and to the EU as a whole.
More 👉
#20YearsTogether
Main discussion points of today’s meeting of EU ministers for agriculture and fisheries:
✔️ rapid and structural measures to support farmers
✔️ trade issues
✔️ member countries’ performance reports under the
#CAP
#AGRIFISH
Today, the Council adopted new rules that will reform the EU’s economic and fiscal governance framework
#EGR
.
The new rules will:
✅ ensure sound public finances
✅ promote sustainable growth through reforms and investment
Watch the video for more 📽️
The Council has approved the EU-Japan data deal!
The updated economic partnership agreement:
✅ ensures that data flows between the EU and Japan are not hampered by unjustified data localisation measures
✅ enables companies to handle data more efficiently
More info ⬇️
Where does your honey🍯 come from?
New EU rules, adopted today, will ensure more transparency on the origin of certain food products, including honey. This will help consumers make more informed choices and reduce food fraud.
Poland 🇵🇱 + EU 🇪🇺 = 20 years!
'I have very emotional memories. It wasn't just the culmination of a process, but also the moment two parts of Europe were reunited.'
This is what Maciej remembers from when Poland joined the EU 👇
#20YearsTogether
Cyprus 🇨🇾 + EU 🇪🇺 = 20 years!
'I'm Cypriot through and through, but I feel at home when I travel to France, to the Netherlands or to Berlin.'
This is Vicky and Irena’s take on what EU membership means 👇
#20YearsTogether
Estonia 🇪🇪 + EU 🇪🇺 = 20 years!
'Estonia is celebrating 20 years in the EU, and I'm turning 20! I was born an EU citizen.'
This is Alexander's take on the 20th anniversary of Estonia’s EU membership 👇
#20YearsTogether
Czechia 🇨🇿 + EU 🇪🇺 = 20 years!
'For me as a mum, it's very important to know that my children are able grow up in a free country and that they’re able to speak their minds.'
This is Kateřina's take on the 20th anniversary of Czechia joining the EU 👇
#20YearsTogether
Happy national day to all Dutch people!
🇳🇱 & 🇪🇺: the 1992 treaty establishing the European Union as we know it today takes its name from the Dutch city where it was signed – Maastricht.
For info about the Council in Dutch, check out →
Fijne
#Koningsdag
, Nederland!
Samen met de andere EU-landen spreekt, onderhandelt en stemt Nederland in de Raad over EU-wetgeving.
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Celebrating 20 years since 🇨🇿 🇪🇪 🇨🇾 🇱🇻 🇱🇹 🇭🇺 🇲🇹 🇵🇱 🇸🇮 🇸🇰 joined the EU.
'Being in the EU has allowed us to preserve our identity, traditions, culture and language.'
Latvia 🇱🇻 + EU 🇪🇺 = 20 years!
This is Amanda’s take on what EU membership means for Latvia 👇
#20YearsTogether
#FAC
| The Foreign Affairs Council discussed EU military support to Ukraine with
@DmytroKuleba
&
@rustem_umerov
Ministers also discussed the situation in
📌 the Middle East, focusing on the humanitarian situation in Gaza and the regional dimension
📌 Sudan with
@Lamamra_UN
👇