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Portugal na UE 🇵🇹🇪🇺 @portugalue.bsky.social · 10d

Minister of Education, Science and Innovation, Fernando Alexandre, at the #Compet Council (Research).

Agenda:

→ Research and innovation on the EU Startup and Scaleup Strategy
→ Life sciences for 🇪🇺's
Union’s competitiveness
→ Horizon Europe 2028-2034
→ Research and technology infrastructures

Portugal na UE 🇵🇹🇪🇺 @portugalue.bsky.social · 11d

Secretary of State for Economy João Rui Ferreira at the #COMPET Council (Internal market and industry).

Agenda:
→ European Competitiveness Fund
→ Simplification measures and the omnibus approach
→ Single Market Strategy

Portugal na UE 🇵🇹🇪🇺 @portugalue.bsky.social · 18d

Minister of Agriculture and Maritime Affairs, José Manuel Fernandes, and Secretary of State for Fisheries and Maritime Affairs, Salvador Malheiro,at the #AGRIFISH Council

Agenda
→ Post-2027 common agricultural policy
→ Future 🇪🇺 fisheries policy; 🇬🇧🇳🇴 consultations
consilium.europa.eu/en/meetings/ag…

Portugal na UE 🇵🇹🇪🇺 @portugalue.bsky.social · 22d

🇵🇹 Minister of Environment and Energy Maria da Graça Carvalho at the Environment Council.

Ministers debate the European climate law and the EU’s nationally determined contribution to be submitted to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change.

Portugal na UE 🇵🇹🇪🇺 @portugalue.bsky.social · 24d

Followed by the General Affairs Council.

Agenda:
→ Preparations for the
October European Council
→Legislative programming
→Annual rule of law dialogue
→Rule of law in candidate countries

Portugal na UE 🇵🇹🇪🇺 @portugalue.bsky.social · 24d

Secretary of State for European Affairs Inês Domingos at the EU-Albania Intergovernmental Conference with Prime Minister Edi Rama.

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Portugal na UE 🇵🇹🇪🇺 @portugalue.bsky.social · Jul 18

Secretary of State for European Affairs Inês Domingos at the General Affairs Council. #GAC

Agenda:
→ EU’s long-term budget post-2027
→ Catalan, Basque and Galician
→ Simplification agenda

consilium.europa.eu/en/meetings/ga

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Portugal na UE 🇵🇹🇪🇺 @portugalue.bsky.social · Jul 15

Minister of State and Foreign Affairs Paulo Rangel at the Foreign Affairs Council. #FAC

Agenda:
→ Russian aggression against Ukraine
→ Situation in the Middle East
→ Georgia
→ The New Pact for the Mediterranean

www.consilium.europa.eu/en/meetings/...

Portugal na UE 🇵🇹🇪🇺 @portugalue.bsky.social · Jul 14

Minister of Agriculture and Maritime Affairs José Manuel Fernandes at the Agriculture and Fisheries Council. #AGRIFISH

Agenda:
- Danish presidency work programme
- Market situation
- Proteins for food and feed

www.consilium.europa.eu/en/meetings/...

Portugal na UE 🇵🇹🇪🇺 @portugalue.bsky.social · Jul 14

Secretary of State for European Affairs Inês Domingos at the Foreign Affairs Council (Trade) in Brussels.
#FAC #TRADE

Agenda:
- EU–US trade relations
- Trade agreements already negotiated and still pending - EU-China trade relations

Portugal na UE 🇵🇹🇪🇺 @portugalue.bsky.social · Jul 8

Minister of State and Finance Joaquim Miranda Sarmento at the #ECOFIN meeting.

Agenda:
- Euro area enlargement
- Stability and Growth Pact
- 🇩🇰 Presidency
- European Semester
- Recovery and Resilience Facility
- Single currency package
- Russia’s aggression against 🇺🇦
- G20
- Financial services

Portugal na UE 🇵🇹🇪🇺 @portugalue.bsky.social · Jul 7

Minister of State and Finance Joaquim Miranda Sarmento at the #Eurogroup meeting.

Agenda:
- Election of the president of the Eurogroup
- Fiscal policy coordination
- International role of the euro
-Bulgaria’s 🇧🇬 conversion rate to the euro
- Digital euro
- Savings and investments union

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Valdis Dombrovskis @valdisdombrovskis.ec.europa.eu · Jun 30

🇵🇹 Parabéns a Portugal!

@portugalue.bsky.social

europa.eu/!Bn6Ptq

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Portugal na UE 🇵🇹🇪🇺 @portugalue.bsky.social · Jun 26

🇪🇺 🇵🇹 Prime-Minister Luís Montenegro at the European Council in Brussels. #EUCO

🇪🇺 leaders discuss geoeconomic challenges, Ukraine, and the Middle East.

European defence, migration, preparedness, and internal security are also on the agenda:

consilium.europa.eu/en/meetings/eu…

Portugal na UE 🇵🇹🇪🇺 @portugalue.bsky.social · Jun 24

Secretary of State for European Affairs Inês Domingos at the General Affairs Council in Luxembourg. #GAC

On the agenda:

🔹️Preparation of the June
European Council
🔹️ European Semester
🔹️Annual rule of law dialogue

www.consilium.europa.eu/en/meetings/...

Portugal na UE 🇵🇹🇪🇺 @portugalue.bsky.social · Jun 23

Minister of State and Foreign Affairs Paulo Rangel at the Foreign Affairs Council in Brussels. #FAC

On the agenda:
- Situation in the Middle East, with a focus on Iran, Israel and Gaza
- Russia’s aggression against 🇺🇦
- China and European security

consilium.europa.eu/en/meetings/fa…

Portugal na UE 🇵🇹🇪🇺 @portugalue.bsky.social · Jun 20

#EPSCO| Minister Ana Paula Martins at the Health Council in Luxembourg.

On the agenda:

-Critical Medicines Act
- Mental health of children and adolescents
- EU measures on prevention

www.consilium.europa.eu/en/meetings/...

Portugal na UE 🇵🇹🇪🇺 @portugalue.bsky.social · Jun 20

Minister of State and Finance Joaquim Miranda Sarmento participates today in the #ECOFIN meeting.

On the agenda:
- EU customs reform
- European Semester
- Stability and Growth Pact
- Russia’s aggression against 🇺🇦

Ministers will also hold a debate on how to lower energy prices in the 🇪🇺.

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Portugal na UE 🇵🇹🇪🇺 @portugalue.bsky.social · Jun 19

Minister of State and Finances Joaquim Miranda Sarmento
at the #Eurogroup meeting in Luxembourg.

Agenda:

- Article IV review of euro area policies
- Budgetary developments in the euro area
- 🇧🇬 Bulgaria's progress in joining the euro area
- Digital euro

consilium.europa.eu/en/meetings/eu…

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Portugal na UE 🇵🇹🇪🇺 @portugalue.bsky.social · Jun 19

Other key topics discussed included:

The new European Pillar of Social Rights Action Plan and the first EU Anti-Poverty Strategy;

The Equal Treatment Directive;

Gender equality in the AI-driven digital age;

The role of older people in the labour market and society.

Portugal na UE 🇵🇹🇪🇺 @portugalue.bsky.social · Jun 19

Secretary of State for Social Security, Filipa Lima, represented 🇵🇹 at the EPSCO Council (Social policy)
in Luxembourg.

Today, the Council agreed on its negotiating position on the Traineeships Directive.

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Portugal na UE 🇵🇹🇪🇺 @portugalue.bsky.social · Jun 17

Ambassador Manuela Teixeira Pinto represented 🇵🇹
at the Environment Council in Luxembourg. #ENVI

Agenda:
- End-of-life vehicles
- EU at COP30 - stocktake and road ahead

www.consilium.europa.eu/en/meetings/...

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Luxembourg Permanent Representation to the EU @luxembourgintheeu.bsky.social · Jun 16

#FriendsOfRenewables welcome the launch of the Energy Union Task Force, with Commissioner Dan Joergensen
and #eu2025pl

Together, we're paving the way for a cleaner, safer, and more energy sovereign and competitive #EU.
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#EnergySecurity
@lexdelles.bsky.social

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EU Council @consilium.europa.eu · Jun 12

This year, we’re celebrating 3 milestones in #EUenlargement history:
📌40 years ago 🇪🇸 & 🇵🇹 signed EU accession treaties
📌30 years ago 🇦🇹, 🇫🇮 & 🇸🇪 joined the EU
📌20 years ago 🇧🇬 & 🇷🇴 signed EU accession treaties

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António Costa @eucopresident.consilium.europa.eu · Jun 12

Today I will be in Lisbon and Madrid to mark 40 years since Portugal and Spain signed their EEC accession treaties.

A defining step for two young democracies—and a milestone that reaffirmed the European integration as a project of shared values, prosperity, and peace.

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