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🪾🔥 Wildfires in the EU are getting longer and more intense.    Despite much-needed intermittent rain last year, leading to less land burnt than in 2023, the total of 383 thousand hectares still exceeded the 17-year average.   Countries like Bulgaria, Greece, Italy, Portugal, and Spain were hit hardest, while Ukraine bore significant losses outside the EU, with most wildfires seen across the combat frontlines.    In 2025, our nature and vegetation continued to face these challenges. With extreme heatwaves adding fuel to the fire, urgency is needed.    So far, we have doubled our rescEU fleet and strengthened firefighting resources. Yet, firefighting alone isn't enough. We need proactive measures:    🌱 Integrated wildfire risk management  🌿 Nature-based solutions  🌲 Sustainable landscape management    📷© European Union – Wildfire emergency in Chios, Greece. Copernicus Sentinel-2 imagery, 23 June 2025 

Ukraine is at a critical juncture.   Russia is intensifying attacks, and Ukraine’s financing needs are growing.   We propose two solutions, including a Reparations Loan using immobilised Russian assets, with safeguards for EU countries to raise Russia’s war costs and force peace. More 👉 https://lnkd.in/eT8riJVv

Making cities accessible is key to creating inclusive communities where everyone can thrive. Congratulations to the winning cities of the 2026 EU Access City Award:  🥇 Zaragoza, Spain has made streets, public transport, digital services and housing accessible for people with disabilities.  🥈 Valencia, Spain has implemented a data-driven approach that ensures people with disabilities can participate in urban life.  🥉 Rennes, France has upgraded streets, transport and cultural venues to make them accessible and welcoming for everyone. By prioritising accessibility, these cities are improving the quality of life for residents and visitors alike and setting an example for other cities across Europe. Their achievements inspire others to make accessibility a key part of urban planning and development. Learn more: https://europa.eu/!F3jQCB 

Quality jobs 🤝 a better quality of life 🤝 a more competitive Europe The new EU Quality Jobs Roadmap is our plan to make work fairer, more future-ready, and to support both people and businesses across Europe. It focuses on the areas where EU action adds the most value: 🏢 Creating and maintaining quality jobs  💶 Ensuring fair, modern working conditions  🌱📱 Supporting green and digital transitions  🤝 Strengthening social dialogue  🗣️ Ensuring access to rights We’re also launching the first-stage consultation on the upcoming EU Quality Jobs Act — your opportunity to provide feedback on how to protect workers’ rights while keeping up with technological, economic, and societal changes. 📣 #HaveYourSay by 29 January 2026 and help shape the future of work in Europe. Together, fairness and competitiveness can go hand-in-hand. More: link.europa.eu/XdkhgT

🚨 Illicit drugs like cocaine and synthetics are devastating mental health, causing overdoses, poisoning, psychosis, addiction and vulnerabilities like suicidal tendencies.     Our new Drugs Strategy and Action Plan prioritises mental health protection by:    🔥 Better prevention, treatment and recovery under Healthier Together   🔔 European Union Drugs Agency alerts on new drugs and strong opioids   🛡️ Help to stop overdoses, poisoning and other risks    Together, we can protect mental health and save lives. 

Europe needs a real single financial market. And we are making it happen.     Right now, EU markets are fragmented. In 2024, market capitalisation to GDP stood at 73% in the EU, while it was 270% in the US. That gap means fewer chances for Europeans to grow their savings and for businesses to access funding.     Our new package will:     👉 Make cross-border investing simpler and cheaper  👉 Remove barriers in trading, post-trading, and asset management  👉 Enable innovation with technologies like blockchain  👉 Strengthen supervision and cut complexity     A fully integrated EU capital market means better returns for savers, more funding for businesses, and is crucial in the green and digital transitions.     Toward unlocking opportunities for citizens and companies.     Here's how ➡️ https://lnkd.in/ehjXbKpe

Unprecedented economic security threats demand unprecedented answers.     War in Ukraine, weaponised dependencies, and unfair tech competition are reshaping Europe’s economic security landscape.     We are launching a new approach to reducing strategic dependencies and securing Europe’s supply chains:     🔹 A strategic Economic Security framework that makes smarter, more coordinated use of EU tools to protect critical technologies, secure supply chains, attract safe investment and safeguard sensitive data.     🔸 RESourceEU, the first concrete action under this approach, ensuring access to alternative sources of critical raw materials and semiconductors for European industry.     Economic security means working with trusted partners to tackle shared risks and reduce vulnerabilities.     Together, we will protect Europe’s ability to act, innovate, and compete globally.     More 👉 https://lnkd.in/eVmvPTwi  

We want to make Europe accessible for all, at work, in education, while travelling, at home, online, and in public spaces📍🫂    On the International Day of Persons with Disabilities, we reaffirm our commitment to promoting inclusion. This includes people with long-term physical, mental, intellectual, or sensory impairments, many of which are often invisible.     With our 2021-2030 Strategy for the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, we want to ensure that they can⤵️     🫂 enjoy their human rights  🗣️ access equal opportunities and take part in society and the economy  🏠 choose where, how and with whom they live  ✈️ move freely in the EU, regardless of their support needs  ❌ live without discrimination 

From Seoul to Singapore, we're strengthening tech ties across Asia. This week we engaged both the Republic of Korea and Singapore to advance cooperation on emerging and critical technologies. 🤝🇰🇷 In Seoul, the third Digital Partnership Council reaffirmed joint work on semiconductors, 6G, AI, quantum technologies, and cybersecurity.    🤝🇸🇬 In Brussels, the second Digital Partnership Council deepened cooperation on AI, including safety and language models, as well as consumer protection, online safety and cybersecurity.  These outcomes build on the momentum of our Digital Partnerships and drive progress toward boosting mutual competitiveness, innovation, and resilience. More ↓  🇰🇷 link.europa.eu/rgbnMq  🇸🇬 link.europa.eu/pvyJPy

Europe is working to turn its ambition into reality. Over the past year, we’ve been working to further complete our Union: ✂️ Seven simplification packages to reduce administrative burden, saving €8.6 billion annually plus €5.8 billion by 2029. 📉 Supporting industries to reduce energy costs thanks to a Clean Industrial Deal that powers green innovation. 🏭 AI is helping businesses with 19 AI factories and €2.6 billion shaping Europe’s digital future. 💶 Unlocking the potential of capital markets through a Savings and Investments Union, connecting ideas with funding. 📦 And as trade agreements with Mercosur, Mexico, and Indonesia secure better terms for European companies, the continent is building a competitive, resilient economy, ready for tomorrow. For a Europe that’s stronger, united, and ready to lead. Here's how 👉 https://lnkd.in/e5_2mrQJ