The 35th edition of the 🇪🇺 Contest for Young Scientists starts today in Katowice! Good luck to the 146 bright minds who'll present their projects & compete for the prizes 🏆 They are the #InnovationLeaders of tomorrow! 🔗eucyskatowice2024.eu #EUCYS #research #innovation

📽️ Chronicles from the 1st day of #EUTalentOn 2024 108 young researchers started working on #innovative ideas to solve our most complex challenges, based on the 5 #EUMissions 🌍 Let the games begin! 👀 Curious to follow their experience? Check out our daily recaps!

Congratulations to all winning teams. And well done to all teams participating to #EUCYS and #EUTalentOn

How can 🇪🇺 boost its R&I performance to enhance competitiveness? Timely debate about the importance of investments & reforms today at the informal council of Higher Education & #Research Ministers in Budapest! More info 🔗europa.eu/!hrCRJd

Looking forward to participate in the first panel ‘ERA revamped: Four years later’ at the #EUResearchArea conference to look at the past achievements and future steps! Follow live here: [tinyurl.com/42u3bku7]

👩‍🔬 Want to know statistical trends in R&I careers? The #HorizonEU-supported #Research and #Innovation Careers Observatory (ReICO) is launched: first data available in first half of 2025. Stay tuned!    #EUResearchArea

Excellent news the launch of the European Open Science EU Node. This is an important milestone reached thought the excellent collaboration between European Commisison, EU Member States and @eoscassociation EU Science & Innovation 🇪🇺 Horizon Europe 🇪🇺

Today, I am in Athens 🇬🇷 to launch the Trusted Investors Network, supporting startups & boosting co-investments across 🇪🇺! We start with a meeting with investors and companies to hear their views, together with Deputy Minister Zoe Rapti and EIB VP Yannis Tsakiris.

Proud to announce the launch of the European Innovation Council Trusted Investors Network! 🚀 🇪🇺 joins forces with investors to supercharge deep-tech startups and scale #innovation through co-investment with the #EUeic Fund. Shaping the future of European #DeepTech ✨ ➡️ europa.eu/!4dcpmx

Ευχαριστώ θερμά τους ευρωβουλευτές της Επιτροπής Μεταφορών και Τουρισμού του Ευρωπαϊκού Κοινοβουλίου για την ευρύτατη και διακομματική εμπιστοσύνη στο πρόσωπό μου για τη θέση του Επιτρόπου Βιώσιμων Μεταφορών και Τουρισμού της Ευρωπαϊκής Ένωσης. Μαζί θα εργαστούμε στενά και

Πρώτη σύσκεψη με την ομάδα μου στις Βρυξέλλες. Έχουμε πολλή δουλειά μπροστά μας!

Υποδέχθηκα με χαρά τον φίλο Υπουργό Εξωτερικών της Ελλάδας Γιώργο Γεραπετρίτη στο γραφείο μου στις Βρυξέλλες. Συζητήσαμε για τη σημασία των Μεταφορών και του Τουρισμού για τη συνδεσιμότητα τόσο των ευρωπαίων πολιτών, όσο και μεταξύ της ΕΕ και τρίτων χωρών, η οποία αποτελεί βασικό

Today, I discussed the future of electric vehicles – the critical decisions & practical solutions we need to ensure EV adoption, strengthen competitiveness, and achieve emissions reduction targets. Together, we can drive change.    🚗 On 30 January President Ursula von der Leyen will

I welcome further engagement with 🇸🇦 Minister of Tourism Ahmed Al Khateeb أحمد الخطيب and Saudi Arabia in multilateral fora – such as G20 South Africa and UN Tourism – to address the challenges faced by the global tourism industry.    Europe seriously values dialogue with its international partners and

By land, air and sea – the EU is ready to drive the decarbonisation of the transport sector.    During my conversation with Executive Director of International Energy Agency Fatih Birol, I outlined some of the regulatory developments that will enable the decarbonisation of transport in the European Union &

Europe remains the world’s most visited continent.    However, with success comes responsibility. Overcrowding, housing pressures and environmental strain are a few of the key challenges that Europe must address to develop tourism in a balanced way.   During the Stakeholder

Thank you to the CEOs of Airports of Tomorrow for our exchange on the future of aviation.   As we know, aviation brings enormous benefits to our economies – but business as usual cannot go on.    We have a responsibility to reduce emissions and drive decarbonisation. In Europe,

The future of #TEN_T is looking bright 💡 – or rather green! 🟢 With the latest round of #CEFTransport #AFIF funding there will be: 🔌 5,000 charging points ⛽ 35 hydrogen refuelling stations for cars, trucks & buses ⛴️ Greening of 9 ports & more. 🔗 europa.eu/!RgFdTt

Today, we are one step closer to delivering Europe’s promise of a modern, sustainable and resilient transport network.   💶 Nearly 2.8billion€ in EU funding from the Connecting Europe Facility has been allocated to 94 projects from across Europe.   These projects will boost

A great day for science and partnership! The Republic of Korea joins Horizon Europe. The largest innovation programme in the world, which we propose to double in the next EU budget. Together, we’ll drive cutting-edge research, from digital to clean tech.