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The European Commission is updating energy and tire labels for home appliances and devices. These changes give you clearer information on energy efficiency, how long a product will last, and also and very important: how easy it is to repair.
The new regulations will allow for better traceability of products across the EU, and give Member States better tools to tackle non-compliant products being sold in within the EU.
Find more information here: Commission simplifies and makes energy and tyre labelling rules more accessible to European consumer…
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Criminal networks operate across borders.
The EU is upgrading its tools and cooperation to better investigate, prosecute and dismantle organised crime.
On 25 June, Commission President von der Leyen is giving a speech at the Ukraine Recovery Conference (URC 2026).
The conference will be co-hosted by Poland and Ukraine and will take place in the city of Gdańsk on 25 and 26 June 2026.
URC 2026 seeks to bolster international support for the country’s reconstruction as well as catalyze investments for Ukrainian businesses.
The event will focus on the sectors most impacted by Russian aggression: energy, critical infrastructure, and logistics.
The conference will place additional emphasis on enhancing Ukraine’s security capabilities, including a new Security and Defense dimension proposed by Poland, which will be introduced as a new feature of URC 2026 in Gdansk. Strengthening Ukraine’s defense is viewed as essential for broader reconstruction and long-term development.
Designed as a high-impact investment facilitation platform, URC will gather international, sovereign and private capital actors to accelerate transactions and anchor long-term economic transformation.
URC 2026 will bring together a diverse group of stakeholders, including heads of state and government, allied governments, national parliament members, international and financial institutions, business leaders, local authorities, and civil society organizations.
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To ensure long-term peace and security, Europe must take the lead in building and strengthening its defence capabilities. The EU already has three concrete steps in place to achieve this:
1. Supporting and integrating with Ukraine: aligning military and industrial capabilities for shared security.
2. Rapid defence innovation: learning from the frontlines to produce faster, better, cheaper and more repairable equipment.
3. An integrated European defence market: mobilising the power of the European economy to strengthen supply lines between Member States.
You can read more about the EU’s defence strategy here: https://link.europa.eu/phtmntnh
Moldova just moved closer to joining the EU, and young Moldovans could soon get Erasmus+ and free rail travel across Europe.
At the second EU-Moldova Summit in Brussels, President Ursula von der Leyen together with EU leaders met President Maia Sandu to push forward the country’s path to EU membership.
What’s new?
Accession negotiations officially opened just one week before this summit, a major milestone in EU enlargement.
The EU will support Moldova’s full participation in the next Erasmus+ programme, meaning more student exchanges and education opportunities.
Young Moldovans could receive a DiscoverEU rail pass in 2027, giving them free train travel across Europe.
The European Commission is allocating €56 million in aid to farmers across six EU countries hit by storms, drought, heatwaves and frost.
Country breakdown:
Portugal — €30M (Storm Kristin)
Romania — €14.8M (heatwaves & drought)
Cyprus — €4.6M (heatwaves & drought)
Croatia — €4.4M (excessive rainfall & freezing temperatures)
Slovenia — €2.8M (spring frosts)
For more details, follow this link: https://link.europa.eu/vhhbmpbh
During today’s EU-Moldova Summit at the European Council, Commission President Ursula von der Leyen will come together with Council President António Costa and Moldovan President Maia Sandu.
On the agenda are topics such as Moldova’s potential EU membership, the war in Ukraine, trade, connectivity and security and defence.
The summit is a key opportunity to highlight the strategic importance of Moldova’s future within the EU and to strengthen the partnership between the EU and Moldova.
Leaders are expected to issue a joint declaration at the close of the summit.
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EU air passenger rights get upgraded, Ukraine and Moldova are moving forward in EU accession talks, and the EU’s loan support for Ukraine is entering its next phase.
In this weekly EU news recap for 13-19 June 2025:
EU air passenger rights get an upgrade: Booking tickets will become more transparent. Airlines will have to show ticket prices with and without luggage separately. Parents travelling with young children should be able to sit together at no extra cost, and missing an outbound flight should no longer cancel the return ticket. https://link.europa.eu/vdcrdyxj
Ukraine and Moldova move forward in EU accession talks: Ukraine and Moldova have opened the first cluster of EU membership negotiations. The first cluster negotiations will focus on core reforms such as the rule of law, judiciary, anti-corruption and democratic institutions. https://link.europa.eu/gdpmxrpp
EU loan support for Ukraine: The European Commission’s €90 billion loan package is designed to cover two-thirds of Ukraine’s financing needs for 2025 and 2026. The first payment is expected before the end of June. https://link.europa.eu/fpxvrnmg
The European Council is ongoing – https://link.europa.eu/djnykpmm
The European Council is taking place in Brussels on 18th and 19th June. European heads of states will come together to discuss the following topics: Competitiveness, the EU’s long-term budget for 2028 to 2034, Ukraine, the situation in the Middle East, migration and illicit drugs.
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What if 150 randomly selected citizens from across Europe, representing EU diversity, were given real power to shape European policy? That’s exactly what happened. And what they decided could directly affect your safety.
The European Commission brought together 150 citizens from across the EU and asked them one question: What should Europe do to prepare for a major crisis? No politicians. No lobbyists. Just people like you.
Their 20 recommendations will influence real EU policy. Among these recommendations, there is the 72-hour emergency preparedness kit, that every household should have, the creation of a universal EU crisis communication language using pictograms, symbols and colour coding, and a network of local preparedness centres where citizens can do practical preparedness exercises.
Learn more about the recommendations the citizens gave to the European Commission at the following link: https://link.europa.eu/yphjpxpf
And at this link you can find out more about the concept behind the European Citizens Panels, and which one have concluded already: https://link.europa.eu/cfxcphdm
Watch on the Audiovisual Portal of the European Commission: https://audiovisual.ec.europa.eu/en/media/video/I-291494
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