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European Commission Speech Katowice, 07 May 2024 Dear Minister, Ladies and Gentlemen, Good afternoon, everybody,   Let me first thank the City of Katowice, the Metropolis of the region and PGE for inviting me ...

Equality Ministers from across the European Union met in Brussels on 7 May, in the context of the Employment, Social Policy, Health and Consumer Affairs Council (EPSCO). What is the Council of the EU? In the second of three EPSCO Council meetings under the Belgian Presidency, equality issues such as violence against women and anti-discrimination see new-found prominence on the agenda. Marie-Colline Leroy, State Secretary for Gender Equality, Equal Opportunities and Diversity, says: Gender equality and equal opportunities are among key priorities of Belgium Presidency of the Council of the...

Today, the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC), the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA), the European Environment Agency (EEA), the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA), and the European Medicines Agency (EMA) published a joint framework to strengthen cooperation to support the implementation of the One Health agenda in the European Union (EU). 

Mr Erik Fågelsbo has been formally appointed as the new National Member for Sweden at Eurojust. He will succeed Ms Marie Lind Thomsen, with whom he has been working at the Agency as Deputy National Member since March 2020. He already served as acting National Member since July last year. Mr Fågelsbo has long-standing experience in international judicial cooperation, working as Justice and Home Affairs Counsellor at the Permanent Representation of Sweden to the European Union, among other roles.

European Commission Speech Brussels, 07 May 2024 Je suis très heureux d'accueillir Monsieur le chef du gouvernement d'Andorre et Monsieur le Ministre des Affaires étrangères de Saint-Marin à la Commission européenne

Council Conclusions on Small Island Developing States (SIDS).

Lithuanian campaign to fight violence against women, French platform to empower young people, and German visual journalism on Europe are winners of the 2024 prize. Source : © European Union, 2024 - EP

Council conclusions on European Court of Auditors’ Special Report No 04/2023 on the Global Climate ChangeAlliance (+).