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Today, the Commission has proposed an update to the Council Recommendation on the coordination of free movement restrictions in the EU. As the epidemiological...
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May 27
2021
New support to the cultural and creative sectors
Yesterday, the Commission initiated new actions to support the cultural and creative sectors, after the adoption of the work programme for the first year of the Creative...
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Today, leaders of the G20 committed to several actions to speed up the end of the COVID-19 crisis and better prepare for future pandemics, at a summit co-hosted by European...
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Today, May 21, the European Commission approved the provisional political agreement between the European Parliament and the Council on the Regulation governing the EU...
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May 20
2021
The European Commission and BioNTech-Pfizer: a third contract for an additional 1.8 billion doses
Today, 20 May, the European Commission signed a third contract with the pharmaceutical companies BioNTech and Pfizer. Thanks to this, an additional 1.8 billion doses have been...
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May 07
2021
Porto hosts EU Social Summit
The EU Social Summit of 2021 is taking place in Porto, Portugal, where European Union leaders are meeting for two days (7 and 8 May) with the goal of making progress on the...
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May 06
2021
EU Strategy on COVID-19 therapeutics
Today, the Commission is adding to the EU Vaccines Strategy a strategy on COVID-19 therapeutics to support the development and availability of these, including...
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May 05
2021
EU Industrial Strategy updated
The Commission updates today the EU Industrial Strategy to guarantee that its goals take into account the pandemic crisis while also promoting the transition to a more...
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Yesterday, the Commission proposed that Member States alleviate the current restrictions on non-essential travel into the EU. This was proposed because of how vaccination...
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The European Commission published today an open public consultation on the European Health Data Space (EHDS). The EHDS goal is to take full advantage of digital health...
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On Tuesday, 27 April, the European Parliament accepted a consolidated legal framework for the EU Civil Protection Mechanism to make sure that the EU is better equipped to deal...
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The EU is sending to India a shipment of urgently needed oxygen, medicine and equipment, over the next few days, after the country requested support through the EU Civil...
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