Kai Holst Andersen 🇪🇺

Bolstering European Defence: Readiness 2030 Upholding peace in Europe is central to the EU. This means taking greater responsibility for building a stronger defence together.

More info: www.eeas.europa.eu/eeas/bolster...

In the air, at sea, on the ground and online, the battlefield is changing. Europe’s security is under pressure. From air defence, and counter-drones, to rapid military mobility, the EU is stepping up.

27 Member States, one shared goal. A stronger European defence.

@eudiplomacy.bsky.social

Infographic map of the European Union highlighting the percentages of each EU country that believes positively in EU membership. The text reads: 62% of Europeans believe their country's EU membership is a good thing.

62% of Europeans believe their country's EU membership is a good thing, according to the European Parliament’s latest Eurobarometer survey.

Learn more: link.europa.eu/kbPyBC

At night, a large neoclassical triumphal arch is illuminated in deep blue light, with yellow stars arranged in a circle projected across its upper facade, showing the European Union flag. A crowd gathers at the base, many holding up smartphones to photograph the illuminated monument. ©️ Lars Baron / Getty Images

Go team EU! 👏 #MilanoCortina2026

They’re looking for:

🎓 Graduates (AD5) from any field of study

🗓 Applications are open since 5 February 2026

⏰ Deadline: 10 March 2026 at 12:00 Brussels time.

👉 Don’t miss your chance!

See the official competition page to apply: eu-careers.europa.eu/en/apply-gra...

Do you want to work in the European Union? 🇪🇺

EPSO is recruiting staff for EU institutions like the European Commission, Parliament, Council and the European External Action Service (EEAS)

@ec.europa.eu @europarl.europa.eu @consilium.europa.eu @eudiplomacy.bsky.social

How Maastricht changed Europe The Maastricht Treaty established the European Union, paved the way for the euro and created EU citizenship. Check out our interactive story to learn more.

By reshaping its structure and powers, the treaty brought our union closer together and empowered it to speak with a single voice.

Learn more: link.europa.eu/tNk9qm

Did you know it was the Maastricht Treaty that established the name 'the European Union'! 🇪🇺

✍️ Signed on this day in 1992, the treaty had a profound impact on the EU:
-paving the way for the euro
-introducing EU citizenship
-strengthening integration

@cy2026eu.bsky.social @consilium.europa.eu

Doing so would send a powerful signal ahead of the grim 4th anniversary of this war:

Our commitment to a free and sovereign Ukraine is unwavering.

if anything, it grows stronger day by day, month by month, year by year.

Russia’s fiscal revenues from oil and gas dropped by 24% in 2025 compared to the previous year, the lowest level since 2020.

This confirms what we already knew; our sanctions work.

I now call on the Member States to swiftly endorse this new package.

Russia will only come to the table with genuine intent if it is pressured to do so.

So we are tabling our 20th package of sanctions against Russia covering energy, financial services and trade ↓

link.europa.eu/nXpRkQ

💪Allocating €347 million to strategic submarine cable projects, including a €20 million call to enhance Europe’s repair capacities, which opens today

🧰A new Cable Security Toolbox of risk mitigating measures

📋A list of Cable Projects of European Interest (CPEIs)

ℹ️ link.europa.eu/VJF7qC

Aerial view of a cable-laying ship at sea, with red buoys and submarine cable deployed into turquoise water. Overlaid text reads ‘Submarine Cable Security’ and ‘€347 million investment,’ with the European Commission logo

Submarine data cables, carrying 99% of intercontinental internet traffic, are the backbone of modern life and the European economy 👩‍💻⚙️🛠️

In the face of increasing risks to this critical infrastructure, we are stepping up our efforts to enhance our security and resilience by
⬇️

Illustration of a hand holding a yellow sunflower with a blue centre. Blue and yellow blocks of colour behind and in front of the hand evoke the Ukrainian flag.

The EU continues to act decisively in support of Ukraine.

The Council agreed its position on the legal framework to provide €90 billion in financial support to Ukraine.

The loan aims to support Ukraine's general budget as well as its defence needs.

More: www.consilium.europa.eu/en/press/pre...

Visual showing an army uniform with an EU logo on it, with text reading 'EU security is an EU priority'. There is a European Parliament logo in the bottom right-hand corner.

EU and NATO go hand in hand.

Still, the EU must take more care of its own security.

All EU countries are obliged to help if one of them gets attacked. It's time to make sure the EU is ready to act on this, Parliament states.

Learn more: link.europa.eu/38DGqm

And very soon, we will present our 20th package of sanctions.

This is about increasing pressure on Russia to come to the negotiating table with a genuine intention to peace.

We’re sending hundreds of generators to keep the heat and lights on.

We have tabled a €90 billion loan proposal for the next two years.

We are advancing toward a single, unified Prosperity Framework with Ukraine and our US partners.

I spoke with President Zelenskyy ahead of this week’s peace talks.

As we approach the 4th year of the brutal war against Ukraine, Russia continues to double down on war crimes, striking civilian infrastructure and homes.

Year after year, Europe’s support for Ukraine remains unwavering.

Ulterior, la 1 ianuarie 2007, alături de Bulgaria, România a devenit oficial stat membru al Uniunii Europene.

🎉 Today, we celebrate 33 years since Romania's first step 🇷🇴 on the road to the European Union 🇪🇺: the signing of the Europe Agreement.

🎉 Astăzi aniversăm 33 de ani de la primul pas al României 🇷🇴 pe drumul către Uniunea Europeană 🇪🇺: semnarea Acordului European.

Acesta a instituit o asociere între România, pe de o parte, şi Comunităţile Europene şi statele lor membre, pe de altă parte (1 februarie 1993).

@ec.europa.eu

We are Europe 🇪🇺

Roberta Metsola, President of the European Parliament

@president.europarl.europa.eu @europarl.europa.eu

EU-Inc.

Making business truly borderless.

If Greenlanders were forced to choose between strengthening cooperation with the EU or with the US, the choice would be clear: the EU. According to a new population survey, 65 percent believe that closer cooperation with the EU would be best for Greenland.

cphpost.dk/2026-01-30/n...

@eudiplomacy.bsky.social

The EU and India have signed a Security and Defence Partnership which marks a new chapter in EU-India relations. It will help bolster dialogue and mutually beneficial cooperation on security and defence, and deliver concrete results in areas such as maritime security, cyber and counterterrorism.

Nato without America: Europe ‘thinks the unthinkable’ After the stand-off over Greenland, European leaders are having to consider what would happen if Washington leaves the military alliance

America’s NATO allies have shifted from fearing US abandonment to fearing US hostility, and are now confronted to a new existential question: can the US security guarantee be trusted at all? @sbeverts.bsky.social rts.bsky.social in the @financialtimes.com

“Do not bet against Europe. We are an economic superpower and superpower of values. We are proud of our history but prouder still of what our future holds. Now is the time for bold decisions to unlock the vast untapped potential of this continent.”

Roberta Metsola, European Parliament President 🇪🇺

For more than 120 days in a row, Russia has been shelling Ukraine’s energy infrastructure, harder than ever before. Russia is failing to win on the battlefield, so it tries to weaponise winter.

Read more: link.europa.eu/QfvQRx

Russia is failing on the battlefield,
so it is trying to weaponise winter.

The EU is responding with the biggest ever winter aid package.

Just today, we provided an extra 500 generators and €50 million for energy support.

Extract of my press conference ↓

Iran: Council adopts new sanctions over serious human rights violations and Iran’s continued support to Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine The Council imposed restrictive measures related to serious human rights violations in Iran and to Iran’s continued military support to Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine.

Today, the EU has also imposed new sanctions in view of Iran’s military support to Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine.

More information on EU sanctions against Iran: www.consilium.europa.eu/en/press/pre...

#HumanRights