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Nov 19

We are making Europe ready to move where and when it matters most.

The EU’s Military Mobility Package put forward today ensures troops and equipment can be deployed fast and critical infrastructure stays secure.

Security starts with readiness↓

The package delivers:

🔹 Upgraded key EU military mobility corridors to dual‑use standards

🔸 Streamlined authorisations to cut delays at borders

🔹 Enhanced protection for strategic infrastructure and civilian preparedness ↓

🔸 A solidarity mechanism to pool transport assets

🔹 In emergencies, fast-track procedures with priority access

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Sep 15

Europe is doubling down on competitiveness.

A year after the Draghi Report, Europe is delivering in key areas.

Barriers to growth are coming down as we lay the foundations for our tech leadership and common defence industry.

The story so far ↓

✅ AI gigafactories and quantum strategy launched to close the innovation gap

✅ Scale-up plan and ‘Choose Europe’ initiatives to attract talent

✅ Savings and Investment Union to advance access to finance ↓

✅ 6 simplification packages adopted to make life easier for businesses

✅ Clean Industrial Deal and 2040 climate targets to align competitiveness with decarbonisation

✅ €150 billion SAFE initiative to boost defence investment ↓

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Apr 9

What if the next big AI breakthrough came from Europe?

Today we announced an ambitious AI Continent Action Plan to make this happen ↓

Our plan includes:

🏭 13 AI Factories to drive innovation, connecting universities, startups, industry, and policymakers. These hubs will bring together top talent, high-quality data, and powerful computing.

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🚀 The EU will also set up AI Gigafactories with 100,000 state-of-the-art AI chips – four times more than current AI factories.

📊 Data Labs will curate large, high-quality data.

🎯 We are launching the Apply AI Strategy to boost industrial use in EU sectors.

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Apr 8

The power of trade at a glance ↓

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And more are being adopted or ratified ↓

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And more are being negotiated ↓

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Mar 13

🇪🇺🇿🇦 – let’s write the future, together.

In Cape Town, President @vonderLeyen took part in the EU-South Africa Summit.

With an ambitious agenda, we’ve strengthened our strategic ties and joined forces to tackle defining challenges

Ready to bring our relations forward ↓

We agreed to start talks on the first-ever Clean Trade and Investment Partnership.

It will be focusing on:

🔸 Investment 🔹 Clean energy 🔸 Skills 🔹 Technology 🔸 Jobs 🔹 Critical raw materials

We also announced a #GlobalGateway investment package worth €4.7 billion.

It will boost projects supporting:

🔸 A clean and just energy transition in South Africa 🔹 Digital and physical connectivity infrastructure 🔸 The local pharmaceutical industry.

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Mar 10

Commission 2024-2029: First 100 days

Since entering office, we have upheld our commitments and values while tackling the tectonic shift in geopolitics head-on.

To guarantee the security, prosperity and well-being of Europeans, our work continues ↓

The Competitiveness Compass charts a path to a stronger, more prosperous Europe.

🔹 Closing the innovation gap 🔹 Aligning decarbonisation with growth 🔹 Enhancing security and reducing dependencies

Since the mandate began, we’ve launched eight key initiatives to boost Europe’s competitiveness.

Competitiveness and security are two sides of the same coin.

REARM Europe is our plan to step up European defence, mobilising up to €800 billion by:

✅ unlocking public funding ✅ launching €150 billion in defence investment loans ✅ leveraging EU funds

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