Good news for summer: you can swim safely across Europe!
🌊85% of bathing sites are rated 'excellent'.
🌊96% meet at least the minimum quality standards.
Cyprus leads with all its bathing waters rated excellent.
Well done!
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- This progress didn’t happen by chance. It is the result of EU environmental legislation and efforts by EU countries to improve water quality across Europe. 🔗
- European Commission reposted
We had a productive European Council. We congratulated Ukraine on opening the first cluster. Our goal is to open more clusters before the summer. - Following the Brussels summit, the momentum for a stronger Europe is growing. We have taken decisive steps to reinforce our security and boost economic competitiveness across all EU countries. Building a safer, simpler Europe is a team effort ↓
Our next steps to support Ukraine and protect our citizens: 🔹 Ukraine will receive the first payout from our €90 billion loan before the end of June 🔹 A new sanctions package against Russia is on its way 🔹 We're preparing new sanctions to tackle transnational drug networksOur next steps to drive EU competitiveness and innovation: 🔹 We're cutting red tape and pushing Single Market reforms to back businesses 🔹 Affordable energy remains a priority, with an Emissions Trading System proposal due by mid-July 2026 More: link.europa.eu/rXDD98 - Europe stands firmly with Armenia in the face of Russia’s trade restrictions on the country's private sector. We’ve disbursed €34 million in financial support, which will be complemented by trade facilitation measures and support for affected sectors↓ link.europa.eu/fmyg4h
- Europe has the talent, infrastructure and industrial capacity to build advanced AI systems. We've chosen the EUROPA consortium to build an open-source frontier AI model in all 24 official EU languages↓
We are proud to support transparent digital tools that remain freely available to researchers, creators, and public institutions in all EU countries. Open technology benefits everyone↓ - We’re rewriting Europe’s business rules for the first time since 2004. This once-in-a-generation moment will define the prices you pay, the tech you use, and how companies grow for the next 20 years. Just one week left to have your say ↓ link.europa.eu/XyfjJY
- 🌊At @OurOceanOOC #OOC11, the EU announced more than €338 million in new commitments for global ocean protection. The funding will support ocean conservation, maritime security and sustainable fisheries. Our Ocean. Our Heritage. Our Future↓ link.europa.eu/XGRrqv
- Looking for a new place to debate Europe? Follow our account on W, a freshly launched independent social media network – based in Europe and aiming for open, safer online conversations. Join the conversation - @ ec.europa.eu ℹ️ wsocial.eu
- European Commission repostedToday our G7 discussion focuses on two closely linked challenges. First, structural imbalances in the global economy, including persistent overcapacities in strategic sectors. Second, the crises affecting us all: Russia's war against Ukraine, the conflict in the Middle East and
00:00 - At the 2026 G7 Leaders' Summit, the Leaders discussed topics including international peace and security, public health, migration, drug trafficking, global economic stability, growth, and emerging technologies. You can read their statements here: link.europa.eu/Pmd6hN
00:00 - 📱 Young people spend 4.5 hours online on school days and 6.1 hours at weekends. ⚠️ 14% spend more than 10 hours a day on screens. 💬 Nearly 1 in 3 say social media makes them feel stressed, sad or left out. 🛑 1 in 4 have seen harmful content online.
These are some of the finding in a new Eurobarometer survey showing the impact screen time and social media can have on young people's wellbeing. Social media can help us connect and learn. But these findings also show we need to do more to protect young people online. Find out - Video games providers must treat consumers fairly. Under EU consumer law consumers must be informed about the duration and conditions of a video game’s lifespan. If the supply is stopped earlier than the contract states, players should be reimbursed.
Readers added context they thought people might want to knowReaders added contextThe EU Commission decided against new legislation requiring video games to remain playable after publishers end commercial support, instead enforcing existing consumer laws on disclosing service duration and providing refunds for early termination. ec.europa.eu/commission/pre… citizens-initiative.europa.eu/stop-destroyin…We will work with consumer authorities and organisations to raise awareness about these rights and their active application. - European Commission repostedThe tide is turning for Ukraine. The situation in 2026 is very different from 2025. Ukraine is bravely holding the frontline. Russia’s fatigue is openly showing. That’s the time to double down on our support. With the first disbursement of the €90 billion EU loan. With a
