This article is brought to you in association with the European Commission. The Commission welcomes the political agreement reached last night between the European Parliament and the Council on the Cyber Solidarity Act, proposed by the Commission in April 2023. The Cyber Solidarity Act will strengthen solidarity at EU level to better detect, prepare and respond […]Commission welcomes political agreement on Cyber Solidarity Act
March 7, 2024 by Leave a Comment
This article is brought to you in association with the European Commission. The Commission welcomes the political agreement reached last night between the European Parliament and the Council on the Cyber Solidarity Act, proposed by the Commission in April 2023. The Cyber Solidarity Act will strengthen solidarity at EU level to better detect, prepare and respond […]Commission welcomes political agreement on a new economic governance framework fit for the future
February 13, 2024 by Leave a Comment
This article is brought to you in association with the European Commission. The Commission welcomes today’s agreement between the European Parliament and the Council on the most ambitious and comprehensive reform of the EU’s economic governance framework since the aftermath of the economic and financial crisis. The Commission presented its reform proposals in April 2023. The […]Commission welcomes political agreement on European Disability and Parking Cards
February 9, 2024 by Leave a Comment
This article is brought to you in association with the European Commission. The European Commission welcomes the political agreement reached today between the European Parliament and the EU Member States on the Directive establishing the European Disability Card and the European Parking Card for persons with disabilities. The Directive was proposed by the Commission in September 2023. A […]The Commission welcomes the political agreement on new rules for a more resilient Schengen area
February 7, 2024 by Leave a Comment
This article is brought to you in association with the European Commission. The Commission welcomes the political agreement reached today between the European Parliament and the Council on new rules for the Schengen Borders Code. This Regulation will strengthen EU coordination to deal with challenges at the EU external borders as well as cross-border health and […]Commission welcomes political agreement on European Media Freedom Act
December 18, 2023 by Leave a Comment
This article is brought to you in association with the European Commission. The Commission welcomes the political agreement reached today between the European Parliament and the Council on the European Media Freedom Act, proposed by the Commission in September 2022. These new rules will better protect editorial independence, media pluralism, ensure transparency and fairness and bring better cooperation […]Commission welcomes political agreement on rules enforcing human rights and environmental sustainability in global supply chains
December 15, 2023 by Leave a Comment
This article is brought to you in association with the European Commission. The European Commission welcomes the political agreement reached between the European Parliament and the Council on the Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive. The proposal aims to foster sustainable and responsible corporate behaviour throughout global value chains. Large companies will be required to identify and, […]The Commission welcomes the political agreement on automated data exchange for police cooperation
November 21, 2023 by Leave a Comment
This article is brought to you in association with the European Commission. The security of those living in Europe is a key priority for the Commission. To fight crime effectively, law enforcement authorities need to be able to exchange data in a timely manner. Today, the Commission welcomes the political agreement reached by the European Parliament […]The European Union and Tunisia: political agreement on a comprehensive partnership package
July 19, 2023 by Leave a Comment
This article is brought to you in association with the European Commission. Today, the President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen, the Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni and the Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte, in a Team Europe spirit, alongside the President of Tunisia, Kaïs Saied have agreed to implement the comprehensive partnership package […]European defence industry: Commission welcomes political agreement on the support to ramp up the production capacities of ammunition and missiles
July 10, 2023 by Leave a Comment
This article is brought to you in association with the European Commission. The Commission welcomes the political agreement reached between the European Parliament and the Council of the European Union on the Regulation on supporting ammunition production (ASAP) with a budget of €500 million. ASAP will ensure that the EU can efficiently ramp up its production […]Commission welcomes provisional political agreement on EU Digital Identity Wallet, Europe’s first trusted and secure digital identity app
June 30, 2023 by Leave a Comment
This article is brought to you in association with the European Commission. The Commission welcomes the provisional political agreement of the European Parliament and the Council of the EU on the key elements of the proposal for a legal framework for a European Digital Identity. The central innovative element of this framework is a personal digital […]Schengen visa: Political agreement on digitalisation of visa application
June 15, 2023 by 1 Comment
This article is brought to you in association with the European Commission. The Commission welcomes today’s political agreement between the European Parliament and the Council allowing for the digitalisation of the Schengen visa procedure. This is a key deliverable under the Schengen Strategy, presented by the Commission in June 2021. The agreed rules will modernise, simplify, […]Statement on the political agreement on the New Pact on Migration and Asylum
June 9, 2023 by Leave a Comment
This article is brought to you in association with the European Commission. The European Commission welcomes the successful political agreement reached by the Member States at the Home Affairs Council on 8 June on the New Pact on Migration and Asylum, which it had presented in September 2020. This is a real breakthrough after years of […]Intellectual property: Commission welcomes the political agreement to boost the protection of European craft and industrial products in the EU and beyond
May 4, 2023 by Leave a Comment
This article is brought to you in association with the European Commission. The Commission welcomes the provisional political agreement reached by the European Parliament and Council on a new Regulation to protect the intellectual property for craft and industrial products that rely on the originality and authenticity of traditional skills from their regions. This framework will […]EU Drugs Agency: Commission welcomes political agreement on new fully-fledged Agency
March 29, 2023 by Leave a Comment
This article is brought to you in association with the European Commission. The Commission welcomes today’s political agreement between the European Parliament and the Council on a stronger mandate which establishes a new EU Drugs Agency. The new Agency builds on the achievements of the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction. Illicit drugs pose […]Commission welcomes political agreement on the European Year of Skills
March 8, 2023 by Leave a Comment
This article is brought to you in association with the European Commission. The Commission welcomes the political agreement reached today by the European Parliament and Member States on the European Year of Skills. Following the announcement by President Ursula von der Leyen in her 2022 State of the Union address, the Commission submitted its proposal on […]e-Evidence: Commission welcomes political agreement to strengthen cross-border access for criminal investigations
November 30, 2022 by Leave a Comment
This article is brought to you in association with the European Commission. The European Commission welcomes the provisional political agreement reached today by the European Parliament and the Council on the new rules for sharing of e-evidence across the EU. This agreement will lead to the formal adoption of a Directive and a Regulation to govern […]EU Digital COVID Certificate: Commission welcomes political agreement on one year extension
June 14, 2022 by Leave a Comment
This article is brought to you in association with the European Commission. The European Commission welcomes the provisional political agreement reached today by the European Parliament and the Council on the extension of the EU Digital COVID Certificate by one year, following the Commission’s proposal. The extension will allow persons to continue using their certificate to […]Political agreement on new Common Agricultural Policy: fairer, greener, more flexible
June 28, 2021 by Leave a Comment
This article is brought to you in association with the European Commission. The provisional political agreement reached today by the European Parliament and Council on the new Common Agricultural Policy introduces a fairer, greener, more animal friendly and flexible CAP. Higher environmental and climate ambitions, aligned with Green Deal objectives, are to be implemented from January […]Fighting sexual abuse of children: Commission welcomes political agreement on interim rules for voluntary detection measures by online service providers
April 30, 2021 by Leave a Comment
This article is brought to you in association with the European Commission. The Commission welcomes today’s political agreement between the European Parliament and the Council on the proposed interim legislation regarding the detection of child sexual abuse online by communications services. This legal adjustment was urgently needed to give certain online communications services such as webmail and messaging services legal certainty in their voluntary measures to detect and report […]
