EPP Group in the European Parliament
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The largest political group in the European Parliament. We defend centre-right policies to promote growth and jobs in a more integrated Europe. #JobsJobsJobs
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🇬🇱 🇪🇺 "Greenland and the Arctic are the northern border of Europe, and we need to protect them just as well as we protect the southern borders.

NATO has a vital role to play here," says Niels Flemming Hansen
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We urge the EU to move from words to action and defend its airspace, warning that Russia’s escalating hybrid attacks against EU Member States amount to state-sponsored terrorism and demand an immediate, coordinated European response.

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We call for a close, renewed and balanced transatlantic partnership with the US. A partnership built on trust and predictability, with the EU maintaining its own values and preserving and strengthening its regulatory autonomy.

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We are in favour of a package of measures to simplify the EU’s #CAP and cut red tape

🚜raising aid for small farms to €75,000
🚜 doubling flat-rate payments to €5,000
🚜easing certain environmental rules and eligibility thresholds for crisis support.

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Cut red tape, let farmers farm
The EPP Group will vote in favour of a package of measures to simplify the EU’s Common Agricultural Policy and cut red tape. The measures include raising aid for small farms to €75,000, doubling flat-...
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These changes send a clear and firm message to third countries which, despite being considered partners, fail to sufficiently cooperate with the EU and its Member States in addressing security threats and irregular migration.
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Europe must defend the integrity of the Schengen area and act swiftly to counter hybrid threats, state-sponsored migration manipulation and regimes that exploit our openness.

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“Our #digital policies will be key to strengthening our competitiveness,” says MEP Arba Kokalari ahead of unveiling of the @EU_Commission’s AI package, including the Apply AI Strategy and the European Strategy for AI in science.
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On Wednesday, the European Parliament will debate the EU #digital rules.

“Protecting European sovereignty means setting our own digital rules and ensuring they are respected,” says MEP @ASchwab.bsky.social.
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The @eppgroup.bsky.social calls for the swift adoption of a strong digital Omnibus package. It should cut red tape, eliminate overlaps, and simplify rules. The goal: a more competitive and thriving EU #digital market - for citizens and businesses alike.
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In addition to irregular migration and security risks, new reasons to refuse a #Schengen visa now include, for example, hybrid threats or risks linked to investor citizenship schemes.

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MEP Dan Motreanu : “We urge the Commission to stop sending mixed signals. With one hand, it promises to cut red tape, while with the other, it pulls the rug out from under #CAP in the EU’s long-term budget.”
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On Wednesday, the European Parliament will vote on simplifying the future Common Agricultural Policy (CAP). The EPP Group welcomes steps towards simplification, but will not allow attempts to sideline the #CAP in the proposed long-term EU Budget.
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"Europe’s skies are under attack. Securing them is urgent to protect our internal security", says Tomas Tobé, Vice-Chairman of the @EPPGroup.

#Defence
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After the recent airspace violations, the Parliament will hold a #EPlenary key debate on protecting the European skies.

#Defence
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MEP @aschwab.bsky.social on the EU’s #SingleMarket: We will need concrete actions, in particular the acceleration of the mutual recognition of professional qualifications or the creation of a single portal for uploading documents.
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It is absolutely vital that we deepen and complete the EU's single market.

On the EPP Group's initiative, the European Parliament will debate the EU's #SingleMarket on Tuesday morning.
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Europe needs to defend the integrity of the #Schengen area and act with speed against hybrid threats, state-backed manipulation of migration, and regimes that exploit our openness.

On Tuesday, the European Parliament will vote on a reform of the Visa Suspension Mechanism.
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Democracy in Europe, the continent’s future, and its vital transatlantic partnership will be at the forefront of the EPP Group Study Days, taking place from Wednesday to Friday in Gdańsk - the historic birthplace of Poland’s Solidarność movement.
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European Heads of State or Government will gather for an informal summit in Copenhagen. "After the Russian airspace violations, we couldn't underline the importance of the meeting enough", says Nicolás Pascual de la Parte, the EPP Group's Spokesman in the Parliament’s Security and Defence Committee.
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European Heads of State or Government will gather for an informal summit in Copenhagen.

“After the Russian airspace violations, we couldn't underline the importance of the meeting enough,” says MEP Nicolás Pascual de la Parte.

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