"Artificial Intelligence, genetics, blockchain: science is at the core of today's most promising breakthrough innovations. Europe is a world leader in science and technology and will play a major role in driving innovation." Commissioner Carlos Moedas
Over the next 3 years, we will be investing €30 billion in new solutions for societal challenges and breakthrough innovation through our #Horizon2020 research and innovation funding programme.

#investEU #Horizon2020 #H2020

The unemployment rate in September 2017 is the lowest since January 2009 in euro area (8.9%) and lowest since November 2008 in the EU (7.5%) → http://europa.eu/!gg74GT

At the invitation of the Portuguese President, President Jean-Claude Juncker has been travelling to #Portugal yesterday and today for an intensive two-day visit, including meetings with the President of the Republic Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa and Prime Minister António Costa as well as the participation in a debate with students .
President Juncker was also awarded the Honoris Causa diploma by the University of Coimbra.

#EuropeanUnion #EuropeanCommission

Pictures: European Commission/Etienne Ansotte

This summer you gave your feedback to our survey on the European Citizens’ Initiative—a tool for participatory democracy allowing one million EU citizens the possibility to call on the Commission for a legislative proposal. These are some of the things you suggested:
✔️ “The Commission should provide the technical help to get the initiative started”
✔️ “Organisers should be able to agree a date with the Commission to start the signature collection period”
✔️ “Non-harmonized data requirements are a big problem”
We’ve taken on board your suggestions in our latest proposal:
✔️ An online collaborative platform will be set up to help
✔️ Organisers can choose the collection starting date
✔️ We propose only two forms to simplify the signature collection
Thank you for your feedback—your voice maters! 🇪🇺 💪
#EUHaveYourSay #ECI

Products from all over the world, delivered to our door in a few clicks - that's the advantage of online shopping. But what about the safety of the products we buy? As consumers, we have the right to expect that the products delivered to us will cause no harm.
For this reason, there are safety rules and mechanisms in place that have to be respected before making a product available to consumers. And national authorities across the European Union are taking action to ensure that products sold to us are safe. But there are also a number of things we can do ourselves.

Stay informed about unsafe products by checking our weekly #productsafety reports: http://europa.eu/!tY96bY

#ThinkThenBuy

Space matters to all of us in Europe.
EU space programmes improve people's lives and boosts our economy. Space data is used in many areas, such as emergency services, aviation, agriculture, energy, transportation, banking or insurance.

Today, President Jean-Claude Juncker is visiting the Guiana Space Center in Kourou together with the President of the French Republic Emmanuel Macron.

#RUP2017 #EUSpaceStrategy

The EU helps companies grow in Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Republic of Moldova and Ukraine (Eastern Partnership countries ) to increase trade with the EU and create jobs. Check who they are!

#eapbusiness
#Armenia #Azerbaijan #Belarus #Georgia #RepublicOfMoldova #Ukraine

Nous nous engageons pour les régions ultrapériphériques : les Açores, les iles Canaries, la Guadeloupe, la Guyane, Madère, la Martinique, Mayotte, la Réunion et Saint Martin.
Pour la 1ère fois, nous mettons en place un accompagnement personnalisé, avec les Etats membres, pour aider ces régions à miser sur leurs atouts uniques, tels la croissance bleue, les sciences de l'espace ou les énergies renouvelables, et créer des opportunités pour leurs habitants.
#RUP2017
Plus de détails sur notre nouvelle stratégie pour les régions ultrapériphériques et sur l'impact pour chaque région ici: http://europa.eu/!tt99Kk

Did you know that everyone can contribute to making EU policies better?
🎥 Watch the video to find out how to send your input on all our initiatives, and visit our portal to discover all the opportunities to make your voice heard ➡ http://europa.eu/!Fn48uB

#EUHaveYourSay #BetterRegulation